January 2026

CJCC returned on Saturday 10th January. It was great to see so many players back at the club.

Joshua (x2), Jacob and Digby organised a tournament for the younger players while George, Jim, Arianna and Tekshan were there to help everything run smoothly.

Sophie too excited to sit down while Eva seems to be playing without any chess pieces.

Great interest in the final first round match of the tournament.

We have two Essex Junior tournaments coming up in Essex (Colchester on 25th Jan, Brentwood on 8th March). 

Entry details for both are here - https://essexjuniorchess.co.uk/tournaments/

Best Wishes

Robin (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

Christmas Photos

We had a fun Chrismas meeting on Saturday 20th December. The club will reopen after Christmas on Saturday 10th January.

Thank you to everyone who dressed up for the occasion and bought food along for the buffet.

Thank you as well to Mel for taking some photos of the second half of the club. Some of Mel's other chess photos can be found here - https://melindawildephotos.com/

Happy Christmas everyone and Best Wishes for 2026

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

Christmas Hours

Chelmsford Junior Chess Club will finish 2025 with the Christmas Buffet on Saturday 20th December.

Everyone is encouraged to bring in a little something (nut-free) to share and dress in suitably festive attire.

It is the regular club timings (9.15am - 10.45am and 10.45am to 12.15pm) and there is on charge for this week.

The club reopens on Saturday 10th January 2026.

Happy Christmas!

Robin

chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com

London Chess Classic

Some of our stronger players took part in the London Chess Classic at the Emirates Stadium last weekend.

There were blitz and rapid plays that were running alongside the week-long Elite tournaments featuring some of the world's top players.

Well done to everyone who took part - there were some great individual performances and it was an excellent day out. 

Former CJCC player FM Max Pert won the Sunday rapid play with 7/7 (beating GM Georg Meier in the last round).

Best Wishes

Robin Slade

chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com

George's Simul

Thank you to George Scola who organised a rolling 6-board simultaneous match this week. 

George - Year 11 - is a coach and mentor to many of the juniors.

Jacob's draw in the final game to finish gave the rotating CJCC team a 9.5/8.5 victory.

On the demo board, Ethan showed Legal's Mate while Digby and Joshua shared some lines in the Stafford Gambit.

Juniors of all ages sharing their skills is part of the ethos of the club and benefits everyone.

Best Wishes

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

November CJCC Chess

Dyuthi was part of a London Womens Chess Club team that played at the House of Parliament this week against their chess team (and won her two games).

A few chess photos here from the last couple of weeks at the club.

Team ChessKid with some of our younger players.

A mix of ages in the middle part of the club.

Harry teaching Nikolai on the demo board.

Good luck to Olga, George, Jora and Sushant who are representing CJCC in the Essex Team Blitz Championships tomorrow.

Best Wishes

Robin Slade

chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com

Photos 25th October 2025

This was another busy and fun morning at the club. Great to welcome some more new members.

There are some photos here of the (mostly) older half of the club.

Jacob talking to Anushka who kindly came down to help out along with Tekshan, Rishi and Ariana.

Best Wishes

Robin

chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com