Last week Arjun Kolani, U14 British Blitz Chess Champion undertook his first ever simultaneous chess event in East Grinstead High Street. He played on 8 boards at once with opponents being replaced at the end of their matches. Over £100 was raised for the Teenage Cancer Trust. The event was organised by East Grinstead Bookshop …
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East Grinstead leads the way in return to over the board chess
The folk of East Grinstead Bookshop Chess Club proved themselves to be both pioneering and hardy – as far as we know the first club in Sussex to offer outdoor, post-lockdown, socially distanced, over the board chess…..albeit in unseasonally chilly temperatures. A mix of seasoned campaigners and enthusiastic juniors braved the cold last Sunday – …
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Another 1st Place for Crowborough Juniors & Friends in Worldwide Junior Team Battle
Crowborough Chess Club juniors, supported by several Sussex Juniors and Worthing Knights players have been competing in a fortnightly online Worldwide Junior tournament. In a very close battle top scorer Arjun Kolani led the team to first place by the very narrow margin of just 2 points. Mention also to Nayan Keats Rastogi who not …
Sussex has two Online British Champions
The ECF recently organised the inaugural Online British Championships, featuring a bewildering array of events. Congratulations to Max Wilton and Arjun Kolani – the new British Online Under 16 and Under 14 Blitz Champions respectively. Arjun was also second in the Major Open. Our President, GM David Howell also won the recent Hastings Online championships
1st Place for Crowborough Juniors & Friends in Worldwide Junior Team Battle
Crowborough Chess Club juniors, supported by several Sussex Juniors and Worthing Knights players have been competing in a fortnightly online Worldwide Junior tournament. Despite the competing attractions of the British Online Championships their tenacity has paid off resulting in a top of the table finish today (19th December). Any Sussex juniors are welcome to join …
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3rd place in the Worldwide Junior Online tournament for Crowborough Juniors and Friends
Crowborough Chess Club juniors, supported by several Sussex Juniors and Worthing Knights players have been competing in a fortnightly online Worldwide Junior tournament. After several weeks placing 4th in their division against teams from all over the world their persistence paid off on 7th November when they secured a place on the podium when they …
East Grinstead Bookshop vs Crowborough Juniors – Round 2
Following last Sundays pioneering event, this afternoon 10 more SJC juniors representing Crowborough online club and East Grinstead Bookshop had the opportunity to play over the board chess at an historic venue. Representing EGB: Cillian Nagy, Ann Tagg, Luke Freeman, George Tagg, Aidan BurnsideRepresenting Crowborough: Daniel Donaghy, Joseph Johnson, Rafe Chapman, Sorcha Chapman, Gregory DaCostaThe match …
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Sussex’s Rhys Cumming gains his first IM norm
Congratulations to ex-Sussex junior FM Rhys Cumming who has just taken his first step towards the International Master title. Rhys, who captains our Sussex Martlets teams in the 4NCL chess league, came third in an over the board tournament in Portugal, earning his first IM Norm.
East Grinstead Bookshop Chess Club vs Crowborough Juniors
On Sunday 26th October East Grinstead Bookshop Chess Club challenged Crowborough Juniors to a friendly 5 board match. The match took place across the board in 2 seperate rooms. This was one of the first such matches played in this country since the lockdown in March. Each board was separated by a perspex screen and players were …
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