25 Feb
If you are interested in the England U11 Team Trials, results from the recent Wiltshire and West of England Junior Championships have now been included.
Details

The final qualifying event this season will be the Junior Squad Championships in April.  This year, they are being held in Wolverhampton.

8 Feb
As part of a team of 16 players this season, Craig helped secure the title of Midlands Champions for one of the Staffordshire county teams.  The team's success means they now go through to the national quarter finals on 22 May.  Who the team plays has not yet been decided.  Most of the team were adult.

Congratulations to the team
&
Well done Craig!

24 Jan
The results cross-table for the open section of last weekend's EPSCA Rapidplay are
now available.
Some of you will have been taking part because it's a popular competition, others will be trying to qualify for the England Under 11 Team Trails.  Whatever your reason for taking part - well done!

22 Jan
Entry forms for the 2010 Staffordshire Congress are now available.  It's open to players of all ages.  For those who have taken part before, it will be held in the main hall of

Bloxwich Leisure Centre
Bloxwich

where it was held in 2007 and 2008.

You can find full details in the general part of this site.

Entry forms
Word (30 KB)   PDF (21 KB)

16 November
Just a fortnight ago, both Conrad Green and his dad secured wins for the Inter-County team.  In Saturday's match, the team faced opponents from the county of Derbyshire.  Conrad won again, putting the team in the lead.  Not wanting to be left out of the fun, his dad later went on to secure the team's victory, by beating his opponent.  Well done!
Match details

21 October
The final results for the junior congress are now available.  Well done everyone.

19 October
From under 6 to under 18, it was good to see so many of you taking part in yesterday's junior congress.  You all seemed to have a really good time.  Whether or not you won a prize, well done to all of you.

I'll include a full report on the Junior Congress in a day or so.

In the mean time, I'm sure you'll all join me in thanking the controllers - Martyn, Matthew and Malcolm, together with the board stewards and everyone else who helped make the event such a success.  Thanks also to Jo and everyone who worked behind the scenes in the kitchen etc.

And of course a very special thank you to Traci Whitfield who went to all the time and trouble of putting the whole event together so you could take part.  Thank you Traci!.

Full details in a day or so.

23 August
Thousands of players compete in the UK Chess Challenge each year.  The final stages of this year's competition were played at the national Terafinal this weekend.

In those national finals Craig Whitfield finished in second place.  I'm sure you'll all join me in congratulating him for his outstanding achievement.

Congratulations Craig!!!

21 Feb
At the Warwickshire congress last weekend, well done to Henrik Stepanyan from Sutton Coldfield.  With three other players (including Brandon Clarke), the Warwichshire Select team he played for finished in second place in the team event.

Well done!

15 Feb
The Wiltshire and West of England Junior Championships were held last weekend.  Part of that competition is a qualifier for the England Junior team.

Congratulations to several local players who took part:

Leo Tsoi finished first in the Under 12 Championship section with 5½/6.  Elsewhere, his brother Neddy also won a medal.  In the Under 9 section, well done to medal winning Jacob Boswell.  In the Under 8 section, Aroun Kalyana finished in second place with 5 out of 7.  In the competition for Intermediate players (held on Saturday), the grading prize went to Aloun Kalyana.

A number of players from Nottinghamshire also deserve a mention:
James Kenyon won the Under 12 challengers section with a perfect score 6/6.  Mark Kenyon won the Under 10 Championship with 5/6.  Tobias Staples competed in two competitions and won both of them - Congratulations Tobias.  Also competing was Imogen Staples, who finished as best girl and in second place in Saturday's Intermediate.

My thanks to Bev Schofield, who helped organise the event and sent a copy of the results.  Congratulations to everyone who took part!

22 January
The events calendar page has been part of this website since December 2007.  To make sure the grown-ups don't feel left out, the general part of the site now has its own calendar page as well.

Your events calendar deals with events of special interest to people like you.  The calendar in the general part of the site is there to raise awareness of events that players of any age might be interested in.
events calendar.

1 November
In chess, it's important to know how to play endgames.  In yesterday's Inter-County match against a team from the county of Warwickshire, Conrad Green used his skill in endgames to secure a win.  With just a few pieces left on the board, Conrad (with the white pieces) had a passed pawn on c7.  A few moves later, he moved his rook to d8.  His opponent knew he had lost, so resigned straight away - Well done Conrad!

Just a few boards away in the same match, Conrad's dad was also playing for the team.  He beat his opponent as well.  Well done both of you.
Match details

1 September
Congratulations to Leo Tsoi, Athar Mehmood and Craig Whitfield, together with Aloysius Lip, Joshua Hollins and Amil Mohammed.  Playes from this area who took part in the Terafinal just over a week ago.  You all did incredibly well.

24 August
Several junior players took part in the rapidplay congress held in Bloxwich near Walsall yesterday.  Some came from the Shrewsbury area, while others came all the way from Bristol.  Among them was a young player who was on holiday in France when he read about the event.  His friend emailed the organiser to say they both wanted to take part and could they enter.  Well done all of you!

21 August
Just to let you know, this year's NYCA championships for teams of players aged under 14 and under 18 will both be held on Saturday 26th September in Telford, Shropshire.  Their under 12 and under 16 team championships will be held on Saturday 7th November, also in Telford, Shropshire.

If you are interested in playing for one of our teams for any of those matches please contact
Traci Whitfield
Tel: 01782 623361.
(Before 9 pm please)