A very Happy New Year to all members and friends of Hampshire Junior Chess Association!
John, Kim, Maha, Rob, Nick, Lucas, Alan and all the HJCA team!
The Under 9 Zone for South East England will be held on Saturday 9th March 2024
A team shall consist of twelve (12) players plus up to four (4) reserves.
The organiser of the South zone is Sussex, who will circulate further details.
The venue is: Downlands Community School, Dale Avenue, Hassocks BN6 8LP
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 2024 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.
The 2024 Hampshire Junior Open Congress is scheduled to take place on Sunday, November 17th 2024 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, February 25th 2024 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.
The entry form is here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hampshire-ejcoa-national-junior-championships-qualifier-2024-tickets-785041790127
Please enter ASAP as places are limited!
The Hampshire Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge Megafinal will take place on Sunday, June 23rd, 2024 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/2024-hampshire-megafinal//
You may monitor entries via the events entry on chess-results.com
The organiser of the Under-11 South Zone is Wey Valley
Venue will be:
Therfield School, Dilston Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7NZ
A team shall consist of twenty (20) players plus six (6) reserves.
Our team will be managed by Maha Chandar.
The 29th South of England Junior Chess Congress takes place at Yateley Manor School organised by IM Andrew Martin.
We recommend this tournament for all keen junior chess players !
Enter via the official web site https://www.southofenglandjunior.com/