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England's Under 11 Chess Team Are you good enough to be part of the England Under 11 Chess Team.
That team is especially for players in the under 10 and under 11 age groups.
Naturally, you cannot simply turn up and play for England, you have to be selected.
You have to show the selectors that you should be part of the team.
Some chess competitions count towards selection.
Do well in one or two of those and you could be invited to the England trials.
There are seven qualifying tournaments you can compete in.
The other pages in this section are introductions to them.
When and where each one is held, how it is organised and who to contact for for more details or an entry form.
If you have done well enough, the final test is the England trials.
Success in those trials means you can join the junior squad.
For each match, the England junior chess team is selected from that squad.
In more detail
Age
The EPSCA team trials are held in April.
To take part in April 2010, you must be 9 or 10 on 1st September 2009, and for the April 2011 trials, you must be 9 or 10 on 1st September 2010.
Qualifier tournaments
There are a number of qualifying chess tournaments.
To show that you are good enough to play in the trials, you have to compete in one or more of the qualifying chess tournaments, and achieve what is called a full norm.
- If you achieve a good performance in a qualifying chess tournament, you should be awarded a half norm, and you are part qualified.
If you do the same in a second tournament, you become fully qualified and will be invited to the trials.
The exact number of points needed for a good performance varies and will be announced during each tournament.
It will often mean scoring more points in a competition than you give away.
- If you achieve an excellent performance in just one tournament, you will be awarded a full norm and will be invited to the trials.
An excellent performance means finishing first, or in some cases second.
Even if you have already been nominated, you are strongly advised to play in at least two events.
The seven qualifying tournaments you can chose from are:
The links take you to other pages that tell you more about each event – where it is held, how its organised and who to contact for more details or an entry form etc.
(The menu in the top left corner also has links to these tournament pages.).
Inter-Association players
If you are 9 or 10 and play board 1 for your EPSCA under 11 Inter-Association chess team in the interassociation championships, you can be nominated to play in the team trials.
If the board 1 player is under 9, they are too young to play for England, so board 2 may be nominated instead.
If the board 1 player was part of last year's England team, they are automatically invited to a separate competition, and again board 2 may be nominated instead.
NOTE:
If you play board 1 for you EPSCA Inter-Association team, and then qualify again through the qualifying tournaments, your EPSCA association does not get a second nomination.
Trials for the England under 11 chess team The England U11 chess team trials are held in April each year.
You have to be invited to take part, you cannot ask for an entry form.
As explained above, invitations are sent to players who were either nominated by their EPSCA association or were successful in the qualifying events.
Players who were part of last year’s England team and are still young enough to play go to a separate competition.
The team trials involve 6 games, played over Saturday and Sunday.
In each game you have to make 30 moves in 45 minutes, followed by a 15 minute quickplay finish.
There are no byes, so you have to play every game.
How many points you need to score at the trials to ensure you are offered a place on the team will vary each year.
It will depend on factors such as how many players go to the trials, how many finish with a particular score, the number of places available that year, and your performance in the qualifying tournaments.
The players who are selected are entitled to join the Junior Squad.
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