CJCC in 2024

We had our first meeting of 2024 today (20th January) and meet - with the odd exception - every Saturday morning.

Here are a few photos from the first (younger) half of the club. The older players in shot are doing their Duke of Edinburgh volunteering or earning a bit of money helping out.

Please get in touch for more details.

Best Wishes

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

Chelmsford Junior Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 9.15am to 12.15pm in Christ Church in London Road (CM2 0AW).

We meet (with the odd exception) every week.

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

The older club (school year 6 and above) from 10.45am to 12.15pm.

There is some flexibility within the group ages.

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

2024 Tournaments

We have 3 tournaments coming up in Essex. All the details as ever are at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-F8SAJkWRhlj01L4FwNFkfCeIj16YKNJ7WM4H-eckf4/edit?usp=sharing

Sunday 28th January

Colchester Junior Tournament (part of the EJCA Grand Prix)

Details and Entry - https://www.colchesterjrchess.org/chess-event

Sunday 3rd March

8th Brentwood Junior Tournament (part of the EJCA Grand Prix)

Details and Entry - https://britishchess.co.uk/events/

28th March to 1st April

Southend Easter Chess Festival (adults and juniors)

Details and Entry - https://southendchesscongress.org/

CJCC will return on Saturday 20th January. Above is CJCC player Jamie who made his tournament debut and finished as runner-up in his section at Brentwood in March 2023.

Happy New Year!

Robin (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

Christmas Chess and CJCC in 2024

We had our last meeting of 2023 today with our Christmas Buffet. Thank you to everyone who came along to make it such a nice occasion.

Once again, Eddie, Anna and Joshua took charge of the buffet. Their help through the year makes a real difference to the smooth running of the club. Here they are at last year's buffet.

CJCC itself will be back on Saturday 20th January and meet weekly (with the odd exception) at our regular times. Please email for full details but skeleton details are at the bottom. 

Online chess for Essex Juniors and CJCC will continue across Christmas. Our next online competition as CJCC is on Wednesday 20th December. 

East Anglian Team Battle Link - https://lichess.org/tournament/9d6ziOsQ

The details of this and our other online chess is always at this live google document link.

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

There is also a WhatsApp group for chess parents to help you stay in touch. If you email me, I will send you the link to join.

Good luck to everyone playing online or in person at the London Junior Chess Championships across Christmas and New Year.

Best Wishes

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

Chelmsford Junior Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 9.15am to 12.15pm in Christ Church in London Road (CM2 0AW).

We will return on Saturday 20th January 2024 and will meet (with the odd exception) every week.

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

The older club (school year 6 and above) from 10.45am to 12.15pm.

There is flexibility within the group ages to allow for siblings etc.

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

Happy Christmas!

Thank you to everyone who has been part of Chelmsford Junior Chess Club through 2023. 

I hope you all have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Best Wishes

Robin 

chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com

Trophy Winners!

It was great to see so many current and former CJCC players at the Chelmsford Grand Prix tournament on Saturday 4th November.

There are some great photos by Mel here - https://www.facebook.com/essexjuniorchess

Below I am with 3 very happy CJCC trophy winners (Digby, Grace and Jacob) and Jacob is concentrating hard against former CJCC player (and U8 tournament winner) Ishaan.

We'll be celebrating everyone's performances on Saturday.

Robin Slade (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

GM Alexei Shirov

Joshua showed us all a game by GM Alexei Shirov on Saturday then I saw this position on facebook.

Joshua had memorised the game (not the one below) and did a great job with Jacob explaining it.

Shirov is amazingly only the 50th seed in the Isle of Man next week (https://iomchess.com/)

Got a quick photo of some of our older players on Saturday. Dinil and George closest to the camera, Nithilan "assisting" Eddie against Anna.

Don't forget that entries close on Wed 1st Nov for the Chelmsford Grand Prix Tournament on Sat 4th Nov.

Entry Forms and Links | Essex Junior Chess Association EJCA

Good Luck!

Robin (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)

Photos and Club Dates in 2023 and 2024

Thank you to our teenage coaches Joshua and Anna for the photos below of the younger half of the club.

Leo and Jack in a lollipop-fuelled battle

Thank you to Russell for coming along to share some chess ideas.

Below are the remaining dates for 2023.

Saturday 21st October, 11th November, 25th November (9.15-11 only), 9th December, 16th December.

CJCC meets in Christ Church in London Road (CM2 0AW).

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

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

In 2024, the club will return on Saturday 20th January and meet (with the odd break for other chess events) every Saturday.

Don't forget to save my live google doc link to stay up to date.

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

Best Wishes

Robin (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)