UPDATE 20/9/25 IT WAS GREAT TO SEE A FULL COMPLIMENT OF JUNIORS COMING ALONG TO LEARN AND ENJOY CHESS YESTERDAY, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 27 PLAYERS. WE WELCOMED BACK NEIL AND TEODOR WHO RETURNED TO CONTINUE WITH CHESS. WE WELCOMED NEWCOMERS DAVID AND JACOB FROM WIMBORNE AND HOPE THEY Read more
13TH SEPTEMBER 2015 AFTER A GOOD & WELL EARNED SUMMER BREAK FOR ALL WE WELCOMED BACK ALL OUR YOUNG, KEEN AND ENTHUSIASTIC CHESS PLAYERS. IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE A NEW SET OF BEGINNERS, JHWAN, JITESH, OMAR, BJORN, ANDRES, SOPHIA AND SEPANTA. STEVE TOOK ALL PLAYERS THROUGH THE BASICS OF Read more
SEPTEMBER 2025 OUR JUNIOR CHESS CLUB STARTS ON THE 13/9/25 AND WE WELCOME BACK ALL OUR PLAYERS AND ANY NEW ONES THAT WISH TO LEARN AND PLAY CHESS. THERE ARE A FEW OF OUR REGULAR PLAYERS THAT HAVE MOVED ON NOW – TRISTAN/HARISH/ALFIE AND MAYBE ONE OR TWO OTHERS THAT Read more
FINAL SATURDAY 19 JULY 2025 Congratulations to all 26 competitors that took part in our end of term competition. The sections were allocated into a Major and a Minor. We welcomed Gagan & Eden who came from the Ferndown Junior club and I hope they enjoyed the challenge and playing. Read more
FINAL WEEK 19 JULY 2025 T shirts and shorts the order of a beautiful summer day and we welcomed 25 students to come and play chess, I think the beach was on the agenda for most after the club. We welcomed Bharani for the 1st time and hope he will Read more
5 JULY 2025 Bournemouth Junior Chess club continues to welcome all levels & ages to come and enjoy learning and playing chess and long may it continue. This Saturday we had a bumper number of 28 students to learn and play chess. 2nd Session games Ladder Board Results Puzzles Puzzle Read more
Another sunny and bright day so it was great to welcome 23 juniors at the club today. It was Tristan’s last day today and we will be sorry to see him move on but he has done very well in the advanced group and I am delighted to approve his Read more
On a bright and sunny day and with severe traffic issues around the Town Centre and the Wessex Way we still had a good turnout of 17 juniors who came along to enjoy chess. Personally, it took me 35 minutes to get home from the Library to the East Cliff Read more
14 JUNE 2025 Another excellent turnout of 22 juniors of all ages to learn and play chess. Martin took the 2nd session senior group through the puzzles below and a short internet game – https://xco.ysa.mybluehost.me/website_cb3a4304/games/ Position 1 – White to play, mate in 4. Position 2 – White to play, Read more