Christmas Photos

Thank you to everyone who bought food along for our Christmas Buffet. That was a fun morning. 

Below are a few photos taken by Melinda Wilde. You will find some of her chess photo collections here.

https://melindawildephotos.com/collection-of-work

Anna and Jora in the foreground. It is great to have the older players come along to help out and have fun playing chess themselves.

Arthur

Ava and Kingsley

Danny looking worried.

Elliott, Digby and Joshua hanging out.

Oliver and Rithvika.

The club will open again on Saturday 11th January.

In the meantime, this document link will show what is coming up.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-F8SAJkWRhlj01L4FwNFkfCeIj16YKNJ7WM4H-eckf4/edit?usp=sharing

Happy Chessmas!

Robin (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

Club Details for New Members

We meet (most) Saturday mornings at Christ Church in London Road (CM2 0AW).

The younger club (School years 1 to 5) meets from 9.15am to 10.45am.

The older club (School years 6+) from 10.45am to 12.15pm.

The groups are flexible to allow (for EG) siblings to stay together or stronger, younger players to challenge older ones. 

The cost is £5 per session attended, which is a mix of playing and coaching.

For all the details, please just email me at the address below. New players are always welcome regardless of their level of chess.

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

December and January Club Dates

Sat 30th Nov - Open

Sat 7th Dec - Closed

Sat 14th Dec - Open

Sat 21st Dec - Open. 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)

Club Photos 16th November

It was good to reopen Chelmsford Junior Chess Club on 16th November after the She Plays To Win tournament the previous week.

It was the busiest ever older section. Too busy for photos but below are a few from the younger section.

The next Saturday we are closed is 6th December.

Samuel looking thoughtful

Ethan and Ozzie

Eva is never shy of the camera

Robin Slade

chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com

She Plays To Win photos

It was an excellent She Plays To Win tournament at Brentwood School on Saturday 9th November.

SPTW do an great job encouraging more girls to play chess.

https://www.sheplaystowin.co.uk/

Here are a few photos of some of CJCC's girls in action courtesy of Melinda Wilde. Her full gallery can be found here.

Melinda Wilde - SPTW Starter Tournament Hosted By the Brentwood School

Ariana helping a fellow student from Southend High School for Girls

Ava in her first tournament.

Eva

Ezara

New CJCC member Rithvika was among the trophy winners.

All the players got a medal courtesy of SPTW.

Robin Slade

chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com

A Few Photos

 A few photos here from the older half of the club today.

Don't forget - no club next week! Back on 16th November.

Best Wishes

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

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).

Photos from today and keeping in touch

We had a full club today. Thank you to Thomas, Tekshan and George for the chess they shared on the big board. This is a good way for students to practice their presentation skills.

Wale with a birds-eye view against Veer

Danny finishing the game in the right way against Kalindi

There are two WhatsApp groups to help you stay in touch with upcoming chess as well as a live google document link.

CJCC - https://chat.whatsapp.com/FuhlWovOarpLKAi50AWoqM

Essex Juniors - https://chat.whatsapp.com/K88AtRj8QxkDGq8kTxh9tI

Google Doc - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-F8SAJkWRhlj01L4FwNFkfCeIj16YKNJ7WM4H-eckf4/edit?usp=sharing

We will be open every Saturday now until missing a week on 9th November.

Best Wishes

Robin (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

Brentwood Rapid Play Sat 24th August

CJCC is closed on Saturday 24th August because of the 3rd Brentwood Bank Holiday Rapid Play.

This friendly, ECF-rated tournament is open to adults and juniors.

All the details and online entry via https://britishchess.co.uk/events/

I look forward to seeing our CJCC players performing there. There is prize money and trophies up for grabs.

CJCC will reopen on Saturday 31st August. 

There are WhatsApp groups to help parents stay in touch with across and board and online junior chess. Please email me for the links.

Good Luck!

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

Older Members, Gigafinal and WhatsApp Group

 We are lucky at CJCC to have some of our older players willing to come along to help run the club. 

Here are Nithilan, Anna and (playing Wale) Joshua O.

Standing on the far right playing Digby is anothe Joshua (we had 4 Joshua's at the club today!). 

Joshua B was our top scorer at last weekend's Southern Gigafinal (700 players across 2 days) and qualified for the Terafinal Challengers with 5/7 in the U8s.

Good luck to Sushant in the Under 16 British Championships next week.

I've set up a WhatsApp Group for Chelmsford Junior Chess Club. This should help parents stay in touch with club news and events. Please email me for the link.

Best Wishes

Robin

chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com

Closed Dates for CJCC, August Holiday Training Day and Essex tournaments

Please note that Chelmsford Junior Chess Club will be closed on the following Saturdays through June, July and August.

Saturday 29th June

Saturday 6th July

Saturday 17th August

Saturday 24th August

We have the first CJCC Training Day on Monday 12th August

9.30am - 12.30pm  - School Years 1 to 5.

1.30pm - 4.30pm - School Years 6+.

£25 per session. Limited places. Bookable via chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com

We have two Essex tournaments coming up:

Sunday 30th June - Chelmsford Junior Summer Tournament

Saturday 24th August - Brentwood Bank Holiday Rapid Play (for adults and juniors)

Details for both are at Entry Forms and Links | Essex Junior Chess Association EJCA

This live google document link will keep you updated with everything else coming up

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-F8SAJkWRhlj01L4FwNFkfCeIj16YKNJ7WM4H-eckf4/edit?usp=sharing

Good Luck!

Robin

Essex Megafinal Sunday 19th May

We had a great turnout from CJCC at the Essex Megafinal in Colchester on Sunday 19th May.

The full results of the different sections can be found via this link - Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - UKCC Essex Megafinal 2024 - U12

Here are some of our trophy and medal winners (who have all qualified for the Gigafinal).

It was also great to see some of our players take part in their first tournament. We'll celebrate everyone's performance at the club on Saturday.

Next up - the Chelmsford Summer Tournament on Sunday 30th June. Entry form and details via Entry Forms and Links | Essex Junior Chess Association EJCA

Best Wishes

Robin (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)