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Junior News Welcome to chess for all players aged under 18.
This page covers news and recent events.
Clicking Junior on the top menu from anywhere on the site, will bring you back here.
If you are looking for a jargon free guide to junior chess, the Introduction might interest you.
It also has a guide to local clubs that encourage junior players.
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| www.staffordshirechess.org.uk |
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 16 July
Well, I finally got around to it.
To make it easier for you to reach this site, from now on all you need to do is type www.staffordshirechess.org.uk
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| Final places |
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 11 July
If you or your school took part in the National Primary Schools Chess Team Championship this year, finishing places for all teams in each of the three semi-finals, and the final have been added.
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| Newcastle juniors |
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 13 June
If you are not too far from Newcastle, some of the best junior players in the area are now coached there - including some of the EPSCA team.
There is excellent coaching, with plenty of puzzles and demonstration games to help develop your skills.
More info
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| Leek Megafinal |
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 30 May
There were 119 entrants for the Megafinal in Leek on 17 May.
At the end of the day, ten Supremi and seven Supremæ qualify for the northern Gigafinal, along with twenty six others who scored 4 points or more.
So forty three players qualify.
Well done to everyone who took part.
Roll of honour
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| Free chess sets for schools |
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11 May
Thanks to Holloid Plastics of Baisingstoke, 10 FREE tournament quality chess sets are available for every school in England.
That's a total of 250,000 sets in all.
More info
To receive the free chess sets, all you school needs to do is contact their local MP or send an email to the ECF Office with your schools name and contact details.
Email: office@englishchess.org.uk
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| Well done |
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 14 Apr
Well done to all the young players who took part in the Staffordshire Congress over the weekend.
You all seemed to have a good weekend, and one player celebrated his 10th birthday.
A results page has been included in the Congress section, and a proper report will be added during the next few days.
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| 2008 Honours |
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19 Mar
There is now a Roll of Honour page for the players who did so well in the recent U9 and U11 Inter-Association zonals.
Well done!
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| Sorry Matthew! |
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 18 Mar
A very belated well done to young Matthew Greenwood, for his draw in the Inter-County match played in Worcestershire on 2 Feb.
His opponent was graded 104.
The only excuse I can offer for the delay, is that I only found out about the result this morning - sorry!
Match details
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| Under 11 Zones |
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17 Mar
The under 11s went to Heywood, Lancs on Saturday to play in the EPSCA Under 11 Zone.
The team finished with 22½ points in 8th place.
Team captain, Mrs Whitfield, tells me they did well.
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| Well done Craig |
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 16 July
For the sixth year in a row, Craig Whitfield has qualified for the Main Terafinal in the UK Chess Challenge.
One of the very few players to have achieved this record, Craig also has the distinction of also being one of the very few (and possibly the only) player to have won both the Best U9 and the Best U11 in the competition.
Well done!
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| Primary Schools Championships |
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16 June
EPSCA has just started to organise the National Primary Schools Chess Team Championship for 2009.
Any schools which might be interested in taking part should look at the introduction, and get in touch if they have any questions or would like more details about the 2009 competition.
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| Club of the year |
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13 June
On Tuesday, Rushall Chess Club (near Walsall) became the Club of the Year for Staffordshire.
The club has a mixture of junior and adult players.
There is very good coaching for the junior players and competitions.
More info
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| England U11 team trials |
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30 May
EPSCA select and run an England under 11 chess team.
For players in the under 9 or under 10 age groups, there is now a guide to how that team is selected, and what you need to do if you think you might be good enough to play chess for England.
More info
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| Under 9s do well in the finals |
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8 May
Boards one and two of our under 9 team were unable to play on the day of the finals in Kent, so many children had to play on higher boards than usual.
They played well and the team finished in a very creditable 14th place.
Well done to the players and everyone involved.
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| K+P v K |
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 29 Mar
Inter-County matches in the U150 rarely include junior players.
But in this afternoon's Staffordshire v Leicestershire match, Staffordshire had a junior player on board one, and Leicestershire's team included a junior player on board two.
As the match drew to its conclusion, the scores were level.
It was the result of the game played by Craig Whitfield that decided which team won.
Match details
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| Internet site for Rushall |
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19 Mar
Rushall Chess Club now has a website, so if you are interested in the club, have a look.
www.freewebs.com/rushallchessclub
The site even has a problem page to test your skills.
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| Newcastle mini - well done! |
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17 Mar
Well done to the young players who took part in the Newcastle mini congress held over the weekend.
Most of the players were adults.
And of course a special well done to Craig Whitfield who finished as a clear winner in the top section.
Details will soon appear on Martyn Harris's Newcastle-under-Lyme site.
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