It's always excellent to see chess players shine. Here we see
a great report for the BBC
South Today program featuring our top graded under 12 player
Felix Ynojosa and his coach GM Nick Pert. [28/3/08] |
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U18
& U13 County Championships: We are pleased to announce
the dates and venue for the U18 & U13 County Championships.
We hope to see all counties represented at this event. Please
pass it onto your junior county organisers [18/3/08] |
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National Prep
School Rapidplay, 15 December 2007 [8/1/08] |
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English Junior
Rapidplay, 3 November 2007 [8/1/08] |
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The ECF John Robinson World Youth Chess Championship Junior
Grand Prix Leader
Boards are now online [2/1/08] |
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ECF Centre of Excellence & ECF Accredited
Coach: Schools and clubs wishing to become an ECF Centre
of Excellence or those who would like to apply for the ECF Accredited
Coach title are invited to contact IM Andrew Martin on
[4/12/07] |
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Commonwealth Chess
Championships 2007 [4/12/07] |
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Richmond
Junior Chess Club Open Day [30/11/07] |
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National Schools Entries Increase:
The English Chess Federation is delighted to announce that entries
to its 2007/8 National Schools Championships have risen by around
45 per cent compared with last year. |
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World Youth Championships,
17-29 November, Turkey: The World Youth Championships are
now underway and you can watch the progress of the English squad,
read reports and view 40 live games a day from Turkey. |
John Robinson Youth Chess Trust:
At their Meeting on 24th October the Trustees authorised a number
of additional grants mainly for coaching and participation in
events.
The income of the Trust, now it is fully invested, is of the
order of £24,000 per annum.
Trust Funds are now fully committed until the Autumn of 2008.
The Trustees will consider applications for grants to take effect
from then at their next meeting in April.
New Grant applications should be submitted to Cynthia Gurney
(
) in writing by 31st March 2008.
It is important to note that any applications for grants for
individual coaching should be first referred to the ECF
Director of Junior Chess & Education for advice. |
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ECF Training Day: The “English
Chess Federation” Training Day on 6th October was a massive
success ... [31/10/07] |
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Two BCET Awards
to Norwich Schools: One of the ECF’s little known
awards is the British Chess Educational Trust Award to Schools.
This was established from funds from the late Sir George Thomas
and was initially shields to schools which have shown outstanding
achievements or enthusiasm in chess ... [30/10/07] |
Coaching Opportunity
The English Chess Federation is committed to improving the chess
opportunities for juniors in England. As part of our coaching
programme, we will be offering top coaching to four English
junior players who are competing in the Hastings Masters, at
the Hastings International Congress. If there is enough interest,
we may extend this opportunity to more players.
If you are interested in taking advantage of this coaching,
please contact Claire
Summerscale, ECF Director of Junior Chess & Education |
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World Juniors
& Girls Championships, 2-17 October, Armenia Congratulations
to Gawain Jones who came 5th= in the World Junior Championships
and David Howell who came 26th=. Sarah Hegarty also played extremely
well in a tough field in the World Girls' Championship. You
can see the full results on the championship website. [17/10/07]
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The ECF are pleased to announce the new season of the United
Kingdom's most prestigious team competition for schools. The
National Schools Chess Championship. You can download the entry
form here. Further information
is available on the Championship website www.ecfchess.com
[24/9/07] |
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17th European Youth Chess
Championships: This event runs from 13-24 September in Croatia.
766 players from 44 countries will be competing and live games
will be broadcast from the tournament website [14/9/07] |
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English Junior
Rapidplay - The ECF are proud to announce the English Junior
Rapidplay, organised by the London Chess Centre on behalf of
the ECF. The Rapidplay will be organised as an open six-round
swiss, with impressive prizes for all age groups. This new event
will be held on Saturday 3rd November in London. [13/9/07] |
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Junior Squad Young
Masters [29/8/07] |
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The ECF are thrilled to announce
the launch of the new John Robinson World Youth Chess Championship
Junior Grand Prix, which gives English juniors the opportunity
to win the right to compete in the World Youth Chess Championships
2008. Full details can be found by clicking the link above.
May I wish all competitors the best of luck. Claire Summerscale,
ECF Director of Junior Chess [10/8/07] |
World Youth
Under 16 Olympiad 2007: The English under 16 olympiad squad
of Ankush, Callum, Subin, Amisha and Jessica face Singapore
4 in the 10th round today (Friday). They currently stand 15th.
It's a tough international tournament with the strong Indian
(1st) and Hungarian (2nd) teams leading the event as expected.
The full results and games can be found on the website.
Claire Summerscale [13/8/07] |
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John Robinson Youth Chess Trust
- Applications for Grants by the John Robinson Youth Chess Trust
are invited [12/7/07] |
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ECF John Robinson Fellowship |
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The All England
Girls' Chess Championships National Gold Finals took place
on the 30th June, with the a wealth of junior talent competing
for national titles. [12/7/07] |
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The
17 strong England team are doing exceptionally well at the under
14 Dubai junior chess championships. After 6 rounds both
Akash Jain and David Grant have 5 points. Rhys Cumming, George
Tunstall and Craig Whitfield have 4.5. Further reports to follow
... [9/7/07] |
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4NCL Team Rapidplay Tournament,
30 June - 1 July: Junior teams will be able to enter for
£20, rather than the £40 for adults for more details
go to www.4ncl.co.uk or
download the entry
form here [26/6/07] |
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The National
Girls' Team Championships were held on the 9th June in the historic
grounds of Claremont Fan Court School. County sides, school
teams, groups of chess-friends, all were welcome. A tournament
report and photos of the day can be found by clicking the above
link. [18/6/07] |
Victory for
England at the Susan Polgar World Open Chess Championships for
Girls!
A fantastic result for England, as Emma Bentley storms to victory
in the Under 11 world championships, with 5.5 out of 6. You
can find the full tournament results here.
Emma's dad David Bentley is doing a great job as the ECF Junior
Public Relations Officer and whilst in America is forging new
relationships with the United States Chess Federation and SPICE,
the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence.
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The June issue of
the English Chess Federation Junior Magazine is now available
[13/6/07] |
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World School Chess
Championships 27 April - 6 May 2007, Halkidiki |
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The 3rd issue of
the online junior chess magazine The Right Move is now available
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U18 & U13 County
Championships [23/4/07] |
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National Chess Junior
Squad Results [23/4/07] |
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The National
Schools Chess Championships Rapidplay is a new part of the
Schools' Championships, which will take place on Friday 6th
July, right at the end of the school year. All schools teams
are welcome. You can down load the entry form as a word document
HERE,
or visit the National Schools' website. I hope that your school
will be able to take part in this exciting new event. Claire
Summerscale. [10/4/07] |
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Following the runaway
success of the 1st issue of "The Right Move" the new
ECF junior chess magazine, the ECF is proud to be able to bring
you the April issue. [3/4/07] |
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The Under 18 & Under
13 County Championships will be held on the 21st April in Hertfordshire.
I have thus far received responses from the following counties:
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Durham, Essex, Hampshire,
Kent, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Surrey, Warwickshire,
Wiltshire, Yorkshire. I look forward to receiving positive responses
from the other counties shortly. You can download the entry
form HERE or contact
the Director of Junior Chess directly. [3/4/07] |
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Chessmaze
NCCU Under 18 Championships [3/4/07] |
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Would anyone be interested in playing in the Guernsey Chess
Festival 21st-27th October? If there is enough interest,
it may be possible to organise for a small ECF squad to attend.
[2/4/07] |
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Richmond
Coaching & Tournament Day, 11 March 2007 [14/3/07] |
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The ECF have launced a new Junior
Chess Magazine, for juniors of all ages and abilities ...
[02/3/07] |
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The
Best of The West, By Malcolm Pein: The West of England Junior
Congress is one of the largest and, as I discovered when I attended
in a non-playing capacity, one of the best organised ... [2/3/07] |
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100 Chess Champions
Take on International Master in Hamleys Chess Championship
[19/2/07] |
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London Junior Chess
Championships, 9-10 December 2006 [22/12/06] |
