In the afternoon of our final coaching day of the season in Lewes, we hosted the traditional light hearted simultaneous, where the children faced off against the combined strength of the coaches. This year, our team included a British Champion and a FIDE Master.
Category Archives: 2023-Misc
NCJS Trip to Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic 28th March – 1st April 2024
Henri Blin, George Tagg, Louis Buckland, Aidan Burnside. Jacob Wynn, and Arthur Kendall were all selected to represent the NCJS (National Chess Junior Squad) at the annual Tournament of Young Talents in Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. Louis and Jacob played in the FIDE open. George and Henri were in the U15. Aidan and Arthur in the …
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Another Half Norm for Hal!
Well done to Hal from our U11 team who had a good day yesterday at the Elstree U11 junior competition. He finished joint first on points with 5/6 on the day and secured his second EPSCA England qualifier half-norm in the process.
Yorkshire Open Rapidplay, 26th November 2023
Congratulations to George, Sidhanth, Hal and Samuel who all earned a half norm for the EPSCA Under 11 England Squad at the Yorkshire Open Rapidplay in Leeds.
NCJS Trip to Flanders, 1st-3rd September 2023
Congratulations to Aidan Burnside, Andy Nguyen, Sidhanth Pai and Nayan Rastogi who were all selected for a NCJS (National Chess Junior Squad) trip to Flanders. On Saturday 2nd September the 12-strong squad team played a two round match against the Belgium hosts – winning convincingly 12-0 in round 1, and 10-2 in round 2. On …
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