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)
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.
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).
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)
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).
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.
Chelmsford Junior Chess Club was back today after the Chelmsford Grand Prix (4th October) and She Plays To Win (11th October).
We should now be back every Saturday until Christmas.
A busy morning at the club. It was great to welcome Shrimath, Ishan, Freddie, Truman, Cheryl, Raizel and Vikram for the first time. Sorry if I have missed anyone out.
