EJCA Autumn Tournament

It was great to see so many from CJCC playing in the Essex Junior Chess Association tournament in Chelmsford on Sunday. 

I made it 30 regular CJCC players plus quite a few occasional or former players.

Some made their tournament debut which was especially nice to see.

Melinda's Wilde's photo gallery can be found here but below are some photos featuring our players.

https://www.essexjuniorchess.co.uk/gallery/ejca-autumn-gp-2024

Thomas on the right in the U8s up against joint-winner Alex.

Sushant (who helps at CJCC for his Duke of Edinburgh) looking serious

Vishnu going for a birds-eye view.

Jacob - joint U8 winner - also won a cake for sportsmanship

Joshua was joint winner in the U10s.

George and Jora were joint winners in the U18 Minor

George chose to play the U18 Open and was rewarded with the Rating Prize

All the prizewinners including Digby, Jacob, Joshua, George (x2), Grace and Jora from CJCC

Next up - She Plays To Win at Brentwood School on Saturday 9th November (which is why there is no club that day).

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

Upcoming Club Dates

Chelmsford Junior Chess Club Dates:

Ahead of Christmas, we are closed on Sat 9th Nov and Sat 7th Dec. We are open all the other Saturdays.

Our final date ahead of the Christmas break will be Sat 21st Dec. This will be our Christmas Celebration day complete with Christmas buffet.

After Christmas, we will reopen on Sat 11th January.

Best Wishes

Robin (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

A great chess weekend

What a great weekend of chess that was. Saturday saw a full junior club.

On Sunday, I took some Brentwood School students up to London for the Global Chess League where we met Misha from CJCC and a couple of other Essex juniors.

https://globalchessleague.com/

What a fabulous chance to see some of the world's strongest chess players playing in person.

High-Tech playing arena just a few feet from our seats.

Misha with chess legend Hikaru Nakamura

Nakamura vs Carlsen - the world's top two players produced an amazing game.

Misha with GM Valentina Gunina (twice Women's World Blitz Champion).