Just for a change this season we are introducing a ‘Round Robin’ style competition, this enables us to determine the individual strengths of our juniors, which in turn, guides us as to who needs what level of tuition. It’s basically Read more
On our last day of the year, mince pies, sausage rolls, chicken drumsticks, crisps and chokkie bars all went – woosh, woosh, during the 7 round blitz event, which was enjoyed by all who came along in full Christmas spirit. Read more
Junior Chess Saturday 17th December 2022 Final week fun event & Christmas competition For our final week we will have a blitz 5 min competition allocated between advanced and others in 2 sections. The allocation will be arranged in accordance Read more
The Agenda for this post;- Elstead Hotel Winchester Junior Competition Children In Need Ladder Positions The Sicilian Opening Elstead Hotel Saturday at the Elstead Hotel saw 18 very keen Juniors joining in the fun filled morning, with plenty of puzzles Read more
Our last Saturday before the summer break attracted 19 youngsters to participate in a 6 round Swiss tournament split between advanced and intermediate players. Clocks set at 10 mins each. In the advanced section a tie was decided between Zander Read more
Update for the Bournemouth Junior Chess Club – Saturday 23 April Saturday’s theme was blindfold chess and playing chess by V.I. (visual impaired) players 1st part Eric gave a talk on the history of blindfold chess including details of demonstrations Read more
BRAILLE CHESS ASSOCIATION Enabling blind and partially sighted people to enjoy the game of chess. The 2021 BCA Telephone Email Skype Summer Ladder (TESSLa short) event was played over three months, 27 competitors played 214 games! They also used Lichess, Read more
24 Juniors took part in Saturdays Handicap Tournament over 6 rounds with challenging time controls for some, those with quick thinking used time as an added weapon against their opponents. Congratulations to Zander in the advanced section with 6 wins Read more
SUMMARY OF OUR CHESS TUTORS FOR JUNIORS ON 26th FEB 2022 – ELSTEAD HOTEL 10AM – 12.30PM Once again it is great to see the enthusiasm and continuation of 27 kids that came along to play and learn chess especially Read more
Let’s all give our 3 club members a well deserved clap after a wonderful display of competitive chess, taking on the mighty Highcliffe team and walking away with all four scalps. The team (Poole Bishops) are now table toppers at Read more