A very Happy New Year to all members and friends of Hampshire Junior Chess Association!
John, Kim, Maha, Daniel, Rob, Nick, Lucas, Alan and all the HJCA team!
Monthly Archives: December 2024
Monthly Lichess Team Battle: January
The Monthly Team Battle on the Lichess Arena will take place on Monday, January 6th starting at 6pm.
Please register at https://lichess.org/tournament/aPjBKliA
Please register for this ASAP!
The match starts at 6pm monthly on a Monday night and completes by 7.30pm
Please register (for free) on lichess.org and then email me (John Upham) at john.upham@zen.co.uk and will get you into the team!
Hampshire EJCOA National Junior Championships Qualifier 2025
We invite all junior chess players who are under 20 years of age to compete in the Hampshire qualifier for the National Youth Championships organised by the English Junior Coaches and Organisers Association (EJCOA).
This will be on Sunday, March 23rd 2025 at the Badger Farm Community Centre, Winchester.
The cost of entry is £30 and the event has five rounds of rapidplay chess that are ECF rated.
The entry form is here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hampshire-ejcoa-national-junior-championships-qualifier-2025-tickets-1054117637229
Please enter ASAP as places are limited!
Entries are here:
https://chess-results.com/tnr1063582.aspx?lan=1&art=79&turdet=YES
(Please note that no Badgers will be farmed or otherwise harmed during this event)
Hampshire Open Junior FIDE Blitz 2025
The Hampshire Open Junior FIDE Blitz is for all players who are aged 18 or fewer years on August 31st 2025 regardless of location of residence and / or school and will take place on Sunday April 13th, 2025 at Badger Farm Community Centre, Winchester.
There will be 15 rounds by Swiss pairings, Blitz time control, a £215 prize fund.
At the moment the entry is limited to one hundred players so be sure to enter early to avoid disappointment!
See https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hampshire-open-junior-fide-blitz-2025-tickets-1055001490859 for full details
See Swiss Manager / Chess Results
£215 prize fund.
Here are the results from the 2022 hugely successful event.
Here are the results from the 2023 hugely successful event.
Here are the results from the 2024 hugely successful event.
(Please note that no Badgers will be farmed or otherwise harmed during this event)