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Upcoming Events

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Sunday, April 14, 2019 - Sunday, April 14, 2019
KJCA GP7 2018-19 (2 entries)
Venue: Chislehurst Girls School
Event Type: Individual Tournament

Sunday, June 2, 2019 - Sunday, June 2, 2019
KJCA GP8 2018-19 (2 entries)
Venue: Bromley High School
Event Type: Individual Tournament

Recent Results

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Saturday, January 5, 2019 - Saturday, January 5, 2019
KJCA GP4 2018-19 (Crosstabs)
Venue: The Cornwallis Academy
Event Type: Individual Tournament

Sunday, November 25, 2018 - Sunday, November 25, 2018
2nd ECF SE Girls' Rapidplay (Crosstabs)
Venue: Chislehurst Girls School
Event Type: Individual Tournament

Sunday, November 18, 2018 - Sunday, November 18, 2018
KJCA GP3 2018-19 (Crosstabs)
Venue: Bullers Wood School
Event Type: Individual Tournament

News

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Newsflash - Silver Trophy for Shreyas at the European Youth Championships & top results for Shlok and Charlie

Congratulations to our three Kent Juniors who achieved top results at the European Youth Championships that finished today in Romania.

Shreyas achieved a fantastic 8/9 in the U8 Open section making him joint First on points and receiving the 2nd Place Silver Trophy on tie-break. ...

Shlok also played in the U8 Open and gained an impressive 7/9

Charlie played some very strong chess in the U12 Open and gain a great score of 5/9.

All at Kent Junior Chess are very proud of their considerable achievements representing England among the best players in Europe ..... More details to follow.....

GP1 at Tonbridge Girls' Grammar this Saturday - 16th September

GP1 - The first tournament of the new season will be held this Saturday, 16th September, at Tonbridge girls' grammar school.

This event is a LJCC qualifier for U8, U10 and U12 and also has the popular U18 minor and U18 major section for older players.

Please go to: http://www.kjca.org/event/162 to register. If you plan to come along, please register before 7pm the day before the tournament (Friday 15th).

Looking forward to welcoming all our young chess players to the new season.

Excellent Results for Shreyas and James at the World Cadets U8 & U10 in Brazil

On the 22nd-31st August this year, more than 500 players from across the world gathered in Pocos De Caldas, Brazil to compete in the Annual World Cadets Championship for U8/U10 /U12.

Two of our regular Kent junior team players represented England: Shreyas Royal played in the U8 Open section and James Merriman in the U10 Open.

Shreyas came equal fourth in the U8 open scoring 8 out of 11 points which was an excellent achievement against the best players in the world for his age. His tournament was a story of three chapters. The first being a strong start winning his first three games to lead the tournament, before a slower middle where he lost some games against some tricky opponents, bouncing back to finish with an exceptional run of five wins out of five to push himself back amongst the leaders. Overall a great performance and with a little bit more luck in the middle Shreyas would have been confident to challenge the first three players who finished on 8.5 and 9 points respectively .Shreyas will no doubt take this momentum into the European U8 event in Romania.

James came equal 29^th in the U10 finishing in the top half scoring 6 out of 11 points. James had a slow start playing some difficult opponents to finish the first week on the two points out of six. He showed a lot of resilience in second half of tournament to score an unbeaten four out of five points which included some strong results against higher rated players achieving a result which would give him great confidence for similar events in future.

A big congratulations to both James and Shreyas for being such great representatives of Kent junior chess

ACES chess training - new term starts on Thursday 14th September

ACES Chess Club runs during term time on Thursdays from 4.30 - 6.00pm at Bishop Challoner School, Shortlands, Bromley BR2 0BS

We welcome all juniors to come to learn more about chess, play and have fun with us at ACES Chess Club.

Each week there will be a half-hour lesson, one competitive game and time for some less serious chess.

Recording and analysis of games will be encouraged.

The lessons will follow Jeremy Silman's Complete Endgame Course and How to Reassess your Chess by the same author. These will complement the Institute of Chess levels but ensure your child learns original content. More details at http://conradchess.blogspot.co.uk/

Please contact Conrad Allison on: conradchesscamp@gmail.com

English Chess Federation - Free Silver membership for all new Junior members

KJCA is affiliated to the English Chess Federation (ECF) which is the governing body of chess in England.

The ECF administers a grading system for chess and all games played in KJCA Grand Prix are submitted to the ECF for rapid-play grading.

Every six months the ECF publishes its new grading list and Kent Juniors will be able to see how their performances have effected their grade on the ECF web-site at www.ecfgrading.org.uk/menu.php.

To give you an idea of what to aim for: our head coach GM Chris Ward has an ECF Grade of 240, the Kent Board 1 at the EPSCA U11 in 2017 had a grade of 136 and the Kent Board 12 at the EPSCA U9 in 2017 had a grade of 69.

You will also see on the ECF grading website whether you are a member of the ECF.

All young chess players are able to get Silver junior membership free of charge for one year.

The KJCA strongly encourages all players to take advantage of this offer, especially if they are hoping to develop their chess by playing in additional tournaments such as the London juniors or other local and county tournaments.

Also, as an affiliate organisation, KJCA pay a fee to ECF for grading all our games. If our young players are not members of ECF then the expense to us is higher.

To take advantage of the offer of free Silver junior membership for new members - Please email the ECF Office [membership@englishchess.org.uk] or call Gary Willson on: 01424 775 222, stating the player’s name, address, and date of birth. Please also identify KJCA as the player’s club.