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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Sussex take 2nd in SCCU U14 Online Jamboree 6th June 2021
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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Sussex Under-11 Team 7th in National Final, 8th May 2021
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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Sussex Under 11s vs. She Plays To Win, Staffordshire with Wales, and Suffolk
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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Under 9 Squad joint 6th place in very close National Final, 24th April 2021
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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Looking forward to September
Sussex Junior Chess are working towards holding a full season of chess events from September, subject to the national picture. Provisionally, the first date for your diaries is Saturday 18th September for the Crowborough tournament – the first in our grand prix series. Please be aware that covid restrictions may mean that our events look …
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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Sussex Under-11 Girls Second in National Final, 27th March 2021
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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Sussex Under-11s vs. St. Alban’s Early Knights, 22nd March 2021
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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Under 11 Inter-County Team Battle 20th March 2021
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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