Chelmsford Junior Chess Club

Friday, 20 January 2023

CJCC Dates 2023

CJCC will meet on the following Saturday mornings.

21st January, 28th January, 18th February, 25th February, 11th March, 18th March, 8th April, 15th April, 29th April, 13th May, 27th May.

We meet in Christ Church in London Road (CM2 0AW).

The younger club (School years 1 to 5) will meet 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 will be £5 per session attended, which will be a mix of playing and coaching.

Payment in cash on the day or online marked CJCC.

Please email Robin Slade at chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com for further details and to book a space.

Friday, 23 December 2022

Junior Tournaments 2023

What better time to start planning chess in 2023?

Online, we kick off with the First Sunday Brentwood Blitz (2+3) at 10am on New Year's Day

Brentwood First Sunday January Arena #G1H7QN39 • lichess.org

But I really wanted to share details of Rounds 3 and 4 of the Essex Junior Chess Association Grand Prix.

These one-day junior tournaments are suitable for everyone and split into different age groups and levels.

Sunday 29th January - Colchester - Colchester Junior January Grand Prix | Colchester Jr Chess

Sunday 5th March - Brentwood - https://britishchess.co.uk/events/ and https://britishchess.co.uk/online-registration/

As always, please save and keep an eye on this live document link

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

Good Luck!

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

Monday, 19 December 2022

Christmas Chess Photos

We had a lovely Christmas meeting on 17th December.

Thank you to everyone who bought food in and Melinda Wilde (https://twitter.com/meltastic1_) for the photos.

Russell and Grace enjoying their chess

CJCC's great DofE volunteers - Anna, Eddie and Joshua

Ezara and Eva

Theo

Drishna looking nervous

Joshua

Eddie, Adam and Anna

I hope you all have a great Christmas. CJCC will be back on New Year's Eve afternoon.

Best Wishes

Robin (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

Sunday, 4 December 2022

CJCC Christmas Chess

CJCC will meet twice around Christmas:

Saturday 17th December 9.15am - 12.15pm split into two groups by age.

9.15am - Year 1-5

10.45am - Year 6+

No charge but players are invited to come festivally attired and with a little something (nut-free) to share.

Saturday 31st December 2.15pm - 3.45pm. Booking essential.

Plenty of other chess going on. Keep an eye on this live google doc.

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

Happy Christmas!

Robin (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

Tuesday, 1 November 2022

Tournament Photos from 23rd October

It was great to see so many CJCC players taking part in the Essex Junior Chess Association tournament in Chelmsford on 23rd October.

Congratulations to our prize winners Louie, George, Evan, Luoke, Grace and Ishaan. All the results are at the link below.

U8: https://chess-results.com/tnr688151.aspx?lan=1&art=4

U10: https://chess-results.com/tnr688150.aspx?lan=1&art=4

U12: https://chess-results.com/tnr688152.aspx?lan=1&art=4

U18 Minor: https://chess-results.com/tnr688153.aspx?lan=1&art=4

U18 Open: https://chess-results.com/tnr688154.aspx?lan=1&art=1

They will also appear at https://www.essexjuniorchess.co.uk/tournaments/crosstables/

Below are a selection of photos of CJCC players taken by professional portrait photographer and chess parent Melinda Wilde - https://melindawildephotos.com/

Joshua thinking hard

CJCC prize winners George N (3rd) and Louie (1st) in battle in the U10s

Gabriel in his first tournament

Jacob scored 3/6 in the U8s despite being the youngest player in the tournament.

John in his first tournament.

Isaac showing his chess ideas after the game.

Dylan

Oscar

Evan focussed against fellow KEGS student George T

Theodora

Aditya concentrating hard and recording his moves.

Best Wishes

Robin Slade

chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com

CJCC Dates up to April 2023

Please see below for our dates over the next few months. I will email out any changes.

It is a slightly random pattern due to other chess events taking place on Saturdays.

Please note the extended time for the younger players and also save the link below to keep track of all the different chess events open to everyone.

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

CJCC will meet on the following Saturday mornings:

12th November, 26th November, 17th December, 21st January, 28th January, 18th February, 25th February, 11th March, 18th March.

We meet in Christ Church in London Road (CM2 0AW).

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

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

The times are fluid as the groups merge into each other and the stronger, younger players are welcome to stay on.

Numbers are limited and sessions will need to be pre-booked at chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com

The cost will be £5 per session, which will be a mix of playing and coaching.

Payment in cash on the day or online marked CJCC.

Check out our blog at http://chelmsfordjuniorchessclub.blogspot.com/

Further details will be emailed out to those who book a session.

Tuesday, 4 October 2022

We were lucky enough to oncce again welcome professional portrait photographer (and chess mum) Melinda Wilde to CJCC which meant we had the pleasure of Grace's company as well as a fantastic photgraphic souvenir of the morning.

https://melindawildephotos.com/

They give a great flavour of our morning's chess.