Thanks to Barnet for organising the inaugural online SCCU Under 14/18 Jamboree. Sussex entered two teams in the Open section and four teams in the Minor section. U14 Open Welsh Dragons 20 1st Sussex Junior Chess 1 19.5 2nd Muswell Hill Junior Chess 19 3rd Essex Juniors 18 Berkshire 17.5 Leicestershire 17.5 …
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The culmination of the under-11 season came on Saturday with the national final – Sussex came a creditable 7th place: Team Positions Team Name Total 1 BARNET 83 2 BARNET 2 68.5 3 KENT 66.5 4 RICHMOND 1 64 5 ESSEX 61.5 6 OXFORDSHIRE 59.5 7 SUSSEX 53.5 8 WEY VALLEY 48 9 …
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Thanks to Tim Kent and Edmund Player (Suffolk), Jonathan Blackburn (Staffs & Wales) and IM Lorin D’Costa (SPTW) for making this match possible; great preparation for the upcoming under-11 Final on May 8th. The same 4 teams battled it out back in February when She Plays to Win Team came out on top. Would things …
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The Under 9 County Championship season reached its finale yesterday with 14 teams from 11 counties playing a 5-round swiss tournament over 12 boards, with a separate tournament for the ‘rising stars’. Team Manager Mike Forster was very pleased with the results, commenting Over the top 12 boards two thirds of the team attained rating …
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Headline Results: 1st – Barnet – 46 2nd – Sussex – 42.5 3rd – Berkshire – 32 Congratulations to our Under 11 Girls and Gareth Rees their coach for a tremendous result in the national final today. Not only were they second overall in a very closely fought match, but our rising stars took 1st, …
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Many thanks to St.Albans and Matt Ball for making this match possible. Back in January St.Albans won 24-18 but this time, strengthened by the addition of our top under 9s, we turned things around with a 26-18 win. The format was a 22 board match, 2 games against the same opponent, time control 20 mins …
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Today saw our Under 11s compete in the latest online event organised by Barnet in place of the usual EPSCA over the board inter-county championships. The format was a fast and furious team battle – great fun, but not always the best thing for developing chess technique! Team Coach Dave Graham commented: “A terrific effort …
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Today saw our Under 9s compete in the latest online event organised by Barnet in place of the usual EPSCA over the board inter-county championships. The format was a fast and furious team battle – great fun, but not always the best thing for developing chess technique! Team manager Mike Forster was pleased with the …
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Many thanks to Angela Eyton and Barnet Junior Chess for organising a series of online inter-County events mirroring the over the board competitions run by EPSCA in normal seasons. In normal years Sussex Junior Chess select squads to represent Sussex in the prestigious EPSCA inter-County Championships. Typically each squad will have a friendly match against …
Sussex Under-11s vs She Plays to Win, Staffordshire, & Suffolk Thanks to Tim Kent and Edmund Player (Suffolk), Jonathan Blackburn (Staffordshire) and IM Lorin D’Costa (SPTW) for making this match possible. Congratulations to She Plays to Win Team for their victory, but we ran them close! In round 1 we were paired against Suffolk and …
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