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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On Sat 16th March our U11 team travelled to Leatherhead to compete in the EPSCA South Zone tournament. Bucks, Berks, Wey Valley and Oxon were the opponents for the day. A fourth place finish was required to reach the finals in Northampton in May. There was some excellent chess played on all boards including our …
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Congratulations to our under 9’s squad who took 1st place in the EPSCA intercounty zonal. Pos Team Points Wins 1 Sussex 27.5 27 2 Oxfordshire 20.5 19 3 Wey Valley 19 18 4 Maidenhead 18.5 15 5 Buckinghamshire 17.5 15 6 Hampshire 5 4 Euan Burnside won the reserves with 3/3 with both Sasha and …
On Sunday the 25th the Sussex U14 team headed to Burgess hill to take on a strong Richmond team. With the white pieces in round one Sussex overwhelmed Richmond 10.5-1.5 with no losses. Clearly in good form the team won the second round 9-3. Winning the match 19.5-4.5 the team moves to second in the …
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Sussex a close 3rd in todays under 9 match just 1.5 points behind Richmond. Great result as we were significantly out rated by the opposition. Pos Team R1 R2 R3 Points Wins 1 Kent 8.5 10.5 7.5 26.5 25 2 Richmond 4 5 5.5 14.5 13 3 Sussex 5.5 2.5 5 13 12 The Squad …
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.
On Sat 3rd February, Sussex took a small and fairly inexperienced team to a warm up jamboree in Richmond. After a difficult first round where only 2 points were scored out of a possible 12, we settled into the tournament scoring 5.5 in round 2 and an amazing 7.5 in the third and final round. The last …
Everyone you see helping at our events is a volunteer, so thank you to: Headline Results U11 Minor U11 Major Pos Name Score Pos Name Score 1st Lola Finlay 5.5 1st Nathaneal Waller 6 2nd Mark Shchepinov (On tie break) 4.5 2nd Iaroslav Sinkevich (On tie break) 4 3rd Henry Munroe(On tie break) 4.5 3rd Noah …
There are 6 tournaments that make up an annual Sussex Junior Chess Grand Prix (GP), similar to the one in motor racing. Results in each of the constituent Grand Prix tournaments earn points towards the overall Grand Prix. These points are accumulated for all eligible participants. The 6 grand prix tournaments for 2023-2024 are: GP1 …
Our popular Schools’ Cup competitions are underway for 2023-24. Round 1 takes place in the Autumn Term and groups are broadly geographic to minimise travelling time. Round 1 results inform revised groups for Round 2 in the Spring Term. Round 2 results decides which of 4 divisions each school competes in on “Finals Day” which …