The first Team Battle of 2025 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 !
The Team Battle on the Lichess Arena will take place on February, Monday, 3rd starting at 6pm.
Please register at https://lichess.org/tournament/GB9jdrtq
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 !
The Team Battle on the Lichess Arena will take place on April, Monday, 7th starting at 6pm.
Please register at https://lichess.org/tournament/0hIZ4tq7
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 !
The Under 9 Zone for South East England will be held on Saturday 8th March 2025
A team shall consist of twelve (12) players plus up to four (4) reserves.
The organiser of the South zone is Nigel Dennis, who will circulate further details.
The venue is: Riverside Academy, 7 Richfield Avenue, Reading RG1 8EQ
The ? teams competing will be Hampshire and ?
EPSCA rules can be found on the website http://www.epsca.org.uk/rules/rules.html
Parents or approved adults are responsible for their children outside the playing hall.
Please note the following rules, which have recently been altered or clarified: –
The rate of play is all moves in 30 minutes plus 10 seconds per move from the start. If digital clocks are not available, the rate of play is all moves in 40 minutes.
If either player has less than five minutes left on the clock and an illegal move is made, the Arbiter may award the opponent two minutes for the first offence, and two minutes for a second offence. Three illegal moves during the game by the same player will lead to the loss of the game.
The timetable is as follows:
Arrival – by 11.00am
Board Stewards Meeting – 11.15am
First Round – 11.45am
Second Round – 1.25pm
Third Round – 3.05pm
Prize Giving – 4.50pm
If play is running late, there will be at least 10 minutes between rounds.
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.
There will be 15 rounds by Swiss pairings.
See EventBrite Entry Form for full details
See Swiss Manager / Chess Results
£215 prize fund to be confirmed.
(Please note that no Badgers will be farmed or otherwise harmed during this event)
The 2025 Hampshire Junior Open Congress is scheduled to take place on Sunday, November 16th 2025 at Badger Farm Community Centre, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 4QB
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Full details and entry form at
The Congress is an LJCC qualifier
You may inspect entries to date via here
See you there!
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 six rounds of rapidplay chess that are ECF rated.
The entry form is here: Eventbrite Entry Form
Current entries are at: EJCOA Chess Results and Entries
Please enter ASAP as places are limited!
(Please note that no Badgers will be farmed or otherwise harmed during this event)
The Hampshire Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge Megafinal will take place on Sunday, June 22nd, 2025 at Winchester College, Hampshire
This is the Megafinal you should enter if your school has a Hampshire postcode or if you reside with a Hampshire postcode.
Please enter here https://www.delanceyukschoolschesschallenge.com/product/2025-hampshire-megafinal/
You may monitor entries via the events entry on chess-results.com
The organiser of the South zone is Nigel Dennis, who will circulate further details.
The venue is: Riverside Academy, 7 Richfield Avenue, Reading RG1 8EQ
A team shall consist of twenty (20) players plus six (6) reserves.
Our team will be managed by Maha Chandar.
The ? teams competing will be Hampshire and ?
EPSCA rules can be found on the website http://www.epsca.org.uk/rules/rules.html
Parents or approved adults are responsible for their children outside the playing hall.
Please note the following rules, which have recently been altered or clarified: –
The rate of play is all moves in 30 minutes plus 10 seconds per move from the start. If digital clocks are not available, the rate of play is all moves in 40 minutes.
If either player has less than five minutes left on the clock and an illegal move is made, the Arbiter may award the opponent two minutes for the first offence, and two minutes for a second offence. Three illegal moves during the game by the same player will lead to the loss of the game.
The timetable is as follows:
Arrival – by 11.00am
Board Stewards Meeting – 11.15am
First Round – 11.45am
Second Round – 1.25pm
Third Round – 3.05pm
Prize Giving – 4.50pm
If play is running late, there will be at least 10 minutes between rounds.
The Under 11 Girls Final will be held on Saturday 22nd March 2025
A team shall consist of twelve (12) players.
The organiser is Nigel Dennis and the venue is Riverside Academy, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 7EQ
The arbiter will be appointed by Peter Purland
The ? teams entered are Hampshire plus ?
EPSCA rules can be found on the website http://www.epsca.org.uk/rules/rules.html
Parents or approved adults are responsible for their children outside the playing hall.
Please note the following rules, which have recently been altered or clarified: –
The rate of play is all moves in 40 minutes plus 10 seconds per move from the start. If digital clocks are not available, the rate of play is all moves in 50 minutes.
If either player has less than five minutes left on the clock and an illegal move is made, the Arbiter may award the opponent two minutes for the first offence, and two minutes for a second offence. Three illegal moves during the game by the same player will lead to the loss of the game.
The timetable is as follows:
Arrival – by 11.00am
Board Stewards Meeting – 11.15am
First Round – 11.45am
Second Round – 1.45pm
Third Round – 3.45pm
Prize Giving – 5.35pm
If play is running late, there will be at least 10 minutes between rounds.
