Congratulations!

A successful day for CJCC. 

We won the 4-Way Team Battle Blitz with Brentwood School, KEGS and Colchester Juniors tonight. Over 50 juniors took part.

Christmas Clash Team Battle #qWXASZ5M • lichess.org

Luoke led the CJCC team having just finished competing in the British Online Chess Championships. 

After 7 games over 4 days, Luoke finished 3rd overall in the Under 8s. Shrishti also played in the Under 8s and finished 12th. Congratulations to both of them on their fine performances.

Former CJCC player Nina Pert (Year 9) played in the British Women's Championship and finished 2nd. This was a fantastic achievement, competing against adult players.

Happy New Year!

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com) 

Art and Extra Christmas Chess

 Thank you to all CJCC players who have sent Christmas cards and in particular who have added their own artwork. 

Below is a fine drawing by Luoke who will be taking part in the British Online Under 8 Championships over Christmas. Shrishti is also playing from CJCC so the best of luck to both of them.

We have extra Christmas chess with so many of us at home. Boxing Day Kindness 9am on ChessKid and Boxing Day Blitz 7pm on lichess. 

CJCC will also be in a 4-team Essex Battle Blitz on 30th January with Brentwood School, KEGS and Colchester Juniors.

2021 will kick off with the Brentwood School Blitz (open to all Essex and Suffolk Juniors) on 3rd January, broadcast by IM Richard Pert on his TwitchTV channel.

Best Wishes for the New Year

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

December Chess

With Christmas fast approaching, I'd like to wish all CJCC players and their families a Happy Christmas. It has been a busy and fun term of chess.

In lieu of snow this year, enjoy the card I created for 2019.

Those of you who played in the Brentwood School Blitz on Sunday 6th December can find the TwitchTV commentary at IMCheckThis - Twitch

This week we have our Wednesday 7pm CJCC blitz (9th), ChessKid With Kindness Tournament and Coaching 9am Saturday (12th) followed by the www.lichess.org CJCC Saturday Blitz.

Below is some of what we have to enjoy over Christmas.

Sunday 20^th December 10am – 11am

www.lichess.org

Essex Arena Battle Blitz – Brentwood School vs KEGS vs CJCC vs Suffolk Juniors vs Essex Juniors vs Colchester Juniors

Six-Way Shootout Team Battle #ydoT4IBl • lichess.org

 

 Wednesday 30th December  www.lichess.org

CJCC Evening Blitz 7pm-8pm

CJCC Wednesday Evening Blitz Arena #o1zG4nde • lichess.org

 

Sunday 3^rd January 10am - 11am  www.lichess.org

16th Brentwood School First Sunday Blitz.

Ideal practice ahead of the Brentwood Scholarship Tournament

https://lichess.org/tournament/tP2m9B1U

At some point in 2021, we can look forward to playing each other over the board once again.

Happy New Year!

Best Wishes

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com) 

CJCC Team Success

 Congratulations CJCC. We have won our first ever chess competition!

Essex 4-Way Battle Essex Blitz Team Battle 251020 • lichess.org

CJCC came out on top ahead of KEGS, Brentwood School and Colchester Junior Chess Club. 

Thank you to everyone who took part. CJCC had players in the KEGS and Brentwood teams so were always likely to be able to claim some kind of success.

Congratulations in particular to George (EvenNimbleCamel) for heading our scoring and two of our younger players - Veer (RealUpbeatFireman) and Hugo (FitShakyKangaroo) - for their fine results.

Best Wishes

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

Next Term

To help all our planning, please see the timetable below. It contains most of the upcoming chess although isn't set in stone.

All the CJCC events have Zoom running alongside (the rolling invites are in the tournament document I email out). The lichess links are also on the document and in News (under Learn - Classes).

All the lichess tournaments are open to any Essex or Suffolk junior with a lichess account and the appropriate rating. 

The CJCC Saturday ChessKid events are only open to those in CJCC. Please note that although everyone is invited to play, more experienced players are expected to show kindness when playing those rated under 1000.

As ever, do ask if you have any questions and take advantage of the excellent chess learning material on both sites. 

Best Wishes

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

Half-Term Chess

It has been great to be physically back in schools coaching chess again. But online chess has a huge amount going for it as well. We will get the best of both worlds in the future with over the board clubs, competitions and coaching running parallel with the same online.

CJCC continues online. We have a fortnightly Saturday morning tournament at www.chesskid.com followed by coaching over Zoom for the less experienced players. We also have fortnightly blitz tournaments on Saturday mornings and Wednesday evenings at www.lichess.org 

Our players take part in Team Battle Blitzes on lichess, playing for CJCC, KEGS, Brentwood School and Essex Juniors. There are a myriad of other competitions and great learning material on both sites.

Last Sunday, George (EvenNimbleCamel) organised his own tournament at www.lichess.org because he wanted to play and there wasn't one organised. George had Berserked to victory the day before in the CJCC Blitz but he didn't make the podium in his own event (Rowan from Suffolk taking the honours).

We have an Essex Arena Battle Blitz on Sunday 25th, giving CJCC Battle Blitz players the chance to represent CJCC or their own school. There is also a CJCC Halloween Coaching Day on 31st October.

Keep an eye on the emailed calendar and club news sections on lichess and ChessKid for upcoming events - there are always some just around the corner.

Best Wishes

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

CJCC in Essex Arena Battle Blitz and ChessKid Change

We had a great 4-way Essex Arena Battle Blitz contest this morning. Thank you to everyone who took part.

https://lichess.org/tournament/vfaDN9eo

Brentwood School 81, KEGS 71, CJCC 70, Colchester Juniors 53.

Brentwood School got their revenge after losing a 22-board match 23-21 to KEGS on Thursday. Fantastic to have that many students giving up their evening to play.

Former CJCC players Nina and Max led Brentwood School to victory with 20 wins between them. Quite a few of our older players were playing for KEGS.

Well done to George - EvenNimbleCamel - for playing more games than anyone else and being CJCC's top scorer. We were so close to second!

ChessKid Early Riser tournament 9am Saturday with coaching to follow for the less experienced players. Open to all. Blitz on www.lichess.org at 11am to follow.

Brentwood School Mad Blitz Sunday 4th October on www.lichess.org is open to all Essex and Suffolk Juniors. Former CJCC parent International Master Richard Pert is due to play and stream live commentary on his twitch channel. Link via the tournament page.

Best Wishes

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)