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Leicester Juniors achieved some excellent results at the Northern and Southern Gigafinals (the regional stage of the UK Schools Chess Challenge on the weekends of the 15th/16th July and 22nd/23rd July respectively. In the Northern Gigafinal Daniel Chen won the U10A Boys section, whilst Anika … Continue reading →

Leicestershire convincingly won their National U100 final against Warwickshire 8½ – 3½ at the Trident Centre, Warwick on Saturday. It’s the first time Leicestershire have won the title in this section since the the competition began in 1995/96 which is … Continue reading →

The County U100 team beat Surrey convincingly 7½ – 4½ in the National Semifinal on Saturday at Brogborough in Bedfordshire. They will now contest the final on July 1st against Warwickshire, who perhaps surprisingly knocked out Notts in a close … Continue reading →

The County U100 team qualified for the National Semifinals in fine style by beating Lancashire 8-4 in the their quarterfinal. The foundation of the victory was laid by a particularly strong performance from the top boards with 6 points scored … Continue reading →

The UK Schools Chess Challenge Megafinal (for those qualifying from schools in Northamptonshire and Leicestershire) took place on the 13th May at Wellingborough School. Those U11s scoring 4pts (or more) and those over 11s achieving at least 3.5 pts qualified … Continue reading →

At the final J4NCL weekend of the season, we played one team in Div 1 and one in Div 2. Leicester Blues managed to win Div 2 despite an inauspicious start which saw the team comprehensively beaten in the first … Continue reading →

Leicestershire hosted the twice yearly 4 Counties U130 U18 competition between Yorks, Notts, Lincs and Leics at Leicester Grammar School on the 26th March. Having won the competition at Notts High School back in November the Leicestershire team had something … Continue reading →

The Leicestershire Junior Congress (incorporating the County Championships) took place on Sunday 5th March at Leicester Grammar School with 50 entrants in the Open section and 38 in the Minor Section. Unlike previous years the sections were divided by playing … Continue reading →

Leicestershire Juniors competed in the Midland team Championships on the 25th February at Nottingham High School. Many children were making their debut playing for the county. The U9 team finished an unexpected and excellent clear 3rd behind strong teams from … Continue reading →

Three teams of Leicester Juniors played in a record field of 26 teams in Division 2 of the 2nd J4NCL (Junior 4 Nations Chess League) weekend on the 21st/22nd January in Solihull and the Leicester Reds team achieved a historic … Continue reading →