John is an English Chess Federation accredited coach and has taught in schools and privately since 2009. John started chess relatively late(!) at the age of twelve following the huge interest in the Spassky-Fischer World Championship match in 1972.
John Upham is the founder of British Chess News, staff photographer and the IT Manager.
John performed similar roles for British Chess Magazine from 2011 until 2015.
John is an English Chess Federation accredited coach and has taught in schools and privately since 2009. John started chess relatively late(!) at the age of twelve following the huge interest in the Spassky-Fischer World Championship match in 1972.
John is Membership Secretary of Camberley Chess Club and an ordinary member of Crowthorne and Guildford Chess Clubs.
John plays for Hampshire and for 4NCL Crowthorne.
John is Secretary of the Hampshire Junior Chess Association and the Berkshire Chess Association and manages the Chess for Schools partnership.
He has played in the British Championships and represented Yateley School, Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Guildford Chess Club, CentYMCA, Crowthorne Chess Club and Camberley Chess Clubs.
He is an active photographer for with his own gallery. John has both junior and adult learners as private students. John has recently re-launched the Hampshire Junior Chess Association.
John has recently started playing for the Crowthorne team in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL).
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, February 2nd 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.
We are delighted to continue our return to Over the Board (OTB) chess with our fourth tournament of 2024 on Sunday, November 17th at Badger Farm Community Centre in Winchester.
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!
An event designed for girls of 18 years old or less who are new to tournament chess and this event will be either their first or one of their first tournaments.
This is part of the She Plays to Win (SPTW) initiative created by IM Lorin D’Costa
You will notice they are submitted as Standard Play whereas they should be Rapid Play. We are having this corrected.
The prize winners in each section after six rounds were:
Under 8
In third place was Kota Kudmany (Winchester)
Runner-up was Advik Bommireddy (Kempshott)
Advik Bommireddy
Winner was Samuel Cupela (Rake)
Samuel Cupela
Under 10
In third place was Reuben Thurstans (Basingstoke)
Reuben Thurstans
Runner-up was Daniel Gunton (Winchester)
Daniel Gunton
Winner was Carolus Tang (North Bristol)
Carolus Tang
Under 12
Third place was Stanislav Belyaev (Hampshire)
Stanislav Belyaev
Runner-up was Oleksii Pustyntsev (Hampshire)
Oleksii Pustyntsev
Winner was Henri Blin (Sussex)
Under 20
Best placed girl was Sophia Blin (Sussex)
In third place was Ashton Grimmett (Crowthorne)
Ashton Grimmett
Runner-up was Matthew Deacon (Fareham)
Matthew Deacon
Winner was Finn Schell (Southborne)
Finn Schell
Congratulations to all those who took part and had a great day of chess!
Prior…
We invited 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, February 12th 2023 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.
Hampshire Junior Chess Association is the principal coordinator and organiser of chess for children and young people who are eighteen years old or under and live or attend school in Hampshire.
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