Author Archives: Alan Agnew

May 2023 Rapidplay 44 children took part in the May Rapidplay competition on May 20th at the Oak Centre in Braunstone. In the Kings section first place was taken by Alex with a perfect 4 wins out of 4. Laurence … Continue reading →

16 Players and their families made the shorter journey this time to take part in the finals of the EPSCA county Under 9 championships at Nottingham High School on Saturday 22nd April. The children had worked hard on their preparations, … Continue reading →

A record 45 Players took part in the recent rapidplay at Braunstone on Saturday 1st April. In the Knights section Jeeth was the outright winner with a perfect 5 wins out of 5. Dilan took 2nd place with 3.5 points … Continue reading →

12 children and parents made the long journey to Cheadle Hulme School on Sunday the 11th of March to take part in the Norther Qualifier for the EPSCA junior county chess championships. The children played three games over the day … Continue reading →

Thirteen children and parents made the trip to Kenilworth School on the 23rd April to take part in the first Warwickshire Junior Team league event. 16 teams had entered from around the country, and Leicestershire were represented with one team … Continue reading →

36 children took part in the December rapidplay on Saturday 11th at the Oak Centre. The Knights and Rooks played with a 10-minute time limit whilst the Kings played in a separate room at 15 minutes + 5 seconds per … Continue reading →

42 children took part in the first face to face rapidplay of the year at the Oak Centre in Braunstone. In the Kings section new member Jack Pilley took first place with a perfect 4 points out of 4, and … Continue reading →

42 children took part in the Leicestershire Junior Online Championships on Saturday 20th February. All games were played using the Tornelo chess platform with Fide arbiter Adam Raoof present to help ensure fair play. Congratulations to Lindsay Pyun who as … Continue reading →

I am pleased to tell you that on Saturday 20th February the Leicestershire Juniors closed online chess championships will take place. The games will take place using the Tornelo chess tournament platform (it is free to create an account), and … Continue reading →

12 children took part in the last Knights rapidplay of December on Saturday 19th of December, with a trophy available for the winner! Siyoung Ryu took first place with a perfect 5 wins out of 5. Yvon Van Neerven was … Continue reading →