Author Archives: Alan Agnew

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 →

17 players took part in the last rapidplay of December on Saturday 12th of December. John Moughtin Leay and Sophie Mehta finished with 4.5 points out of 5, with a draw in their individual game. John took first place on … Continue reading →

14 players tooks part in the last Rooks rapidplay of December, with trophies and medals available for the first 3 places. Amelia Ahmad was the clear winner with a maximum 5 points out of 5. Sofia and Anjal fought out … Continue reading →

16 players took part in the Rooks November Rapidplay on Saturday 28th of November. The clear winner of this month’s trophy was Amelia Ahmad with an undefeated 4.5pts out of 5! Amelia Ahmad – 4.5pts Sofia Hilmi – 4pts Yuvraj … Continue reading →

11 Players took part in the last November rapidplay for the Kings, with Noor Datoo taking first place with an undefeated 4.5pts out of 5. Leo Abraham was clear second with 4 points out of 5, with both boys winning … Continue reading →

9 chidren took part in the last Knights Rapidplay of November, with Yvon taking her 2nd trophy, winning all 4 games, well done! Abhiraj finished in clear 2nd place with 3pts out of 4, and Bobby finished 3rd with 2.5pts … Continue reading →

An amazing 38 children were represented in the 2nd season of the online Junior 4NCL across 7 teams. Please click the links below to see the league tables. You can see the top scorers for each team below, and well … Continue reading →