BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Hampshire Junior Chess Association - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.hjca.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Hampshire Junior Chess Association REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20160101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260425T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260425T170000 DTSTAMP:20260501T145926 CREATED:20250325T185925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251127T152706Z UID:1682-1777107600-1777136400@www.hjca.org.uk SUMMARY:Basingstoke Rapidplay Congress DESCRIPTION:All Hampshire juniors are invited to enter the Basingstoke Rapidplay Congress on Saturday\, April 25th at the splendid Basingstoke College of Technology in Worting Road\, Basingstoke. This is the second rated rapidplay in Basingstoke following last years revival of this annual event. \nThe are two sections for juniors: \n1. An ECF rated Under-18 rapidplay of six rounds with a R20′ + 5″ time control. Entry fee is £30\n2. An unrated Under-18 rapidplay of seven rounds with a R20′ + 0″ time control. Entry fee is £10 \n Save as PDF URL:https://www.hjca.org.uk/event/basingstoke-rapidplay-congress/ LOCATION:Basingstoke College of Technology\, Worting Road\, Basingstoke\, Hampshire\, RG21 8TN\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:2026,Basingstoke College of Technology,BCoT,Congress,OTB,Rapidplay,Tournament ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hjca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/BasingstokechessCONGRESS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260228T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260228T170000 DTSTAMP:20260501T145926 CREATED:20231126T001014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251221T133323Z UID:432-1772269200-1772298000@www.hjca.org.uk SUMMARY:EPSCA Under 9 Inter-Association Championships South West Zone DESCRIPTION:The Under 9 Zone for South East England will be held on Saturday 28th February 2025 \nA team shall consist of twelve (12) players plus up to four (4) reserves. \nU11 is 1/9/14 or later; U9 is 1/9/16 or later \nThe organiser of the South zone is Maha Chandar\, who will circulate further details. \nThe venue is:  St. Swithun’s School\, Alresford Road\, Winchester\, Hampshire\, SO21 1HA \nThe six teams competing will be Hampshire and Somerset\, Buckinghamshire\, Sussex\, Barnet & Richmond \nEPSCA rules can be found on the website http://www.epsca.org.uk/rules/rules.html \nParents or approved adults are responsible for their children outside the playing hall. \nPlease note the following rules\, which have recently been altered or clarified: – \nThere will five (5) rounds. \nThe rate of play is all moves in 15 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. \nIf 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. \nThe timetable is as follows: \nArrival – by 11.00am \nBoard Stewards Meeting – 11.15am \nFirst Round – 11.45am \nSecond Round – 1.25pm \nThird Round – 3.05pm \nFourth round – \nFifth round – \nPrize Giving – 4.50pm \nIf play is running late\, there will be at least 10 minutes between rounds. \n Save as PDF URL:https://www.hjca.org.uk/event/under-9-inter-association-championships-south-zone/ LOCATION:Riverside Academy\, 7 Richfield Avenue\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG1 7EQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:2026,Congress,EPSCA,Riverside Academy,Tournmant ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hjca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/18593615.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Maha Chandar":MAILTO:kidschess@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260124T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260124T170000 DTSTAMP:20260501T145926 CREATED:20220220T001059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251223T151718Z UID:439-1769245200-1769274000@www.hjca.org.uk SUMMARY:EPSCA Under 11 Inter-Association Championships South West Zone DESCRIPTION:The organiser of the South West zone is Chris Strong (Somerset)\, who will circulate further details. \nThe venue is:  Taunton Preparatory School\, Staplegrove Road\, Taunton\, TA2 6AD \nA team shall consist of twelve (12) players plus four (4) reserves. \nU11 is 1/9/14 or later; U9 is 1/9/16 or later \nOur team will be managed by Maha Chandar. \nThe 8 teams competing will be Hampshire plus Oxfordshire\, Barnet\, Richmond(2)\, Sussex(2)\, Somerset and Buckinghamshire and ? \nEPSCA rules can be found on the website http://www.epsca.org.uk/rules/rules.html \nParents or approved adults are responsible for their children outside the playing hall. \nPlease note the following rules\, which have recently been altered or clarified: – \nThere will be four rounds most likely paired according to Swiss team pairings. \nThe rate of play is all moves in 25 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. \nIf 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. \nThe timetable is as follows: \nArrival – by 11.00am \nBoard Stewards Meeting – 11.15am \nFirst Round – 11.45am \nSecond Round – 1.10pm \nThird Round – 2.35pm \nFourth Round – 4pm \nPrize Giving – 5pm \nIf play is running late\, there will be at least 10 minutes between rounds. \n Save as PDF URL:https://www.hjca.org.uk/event/epsca-under-11-inter-association-championships-south-zone/ LOCATION:Riverside Academy\, 7 Richfield Avenue\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG1 7EQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:2026,Congress,EPSCA,Tournament ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hjca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/18593615.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Maha Chandar":MAILTO:kidschess@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250322T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250322T170000 DTSTAMP:20260501T145926 CREATED:20220220T001037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241231T135908Z UID:442-1742634000-1742662800@www.hjca.org.uk SUMMARY:EPSCA Girls Under 11 Inter-Association Championships DESCRIPTION:The Under 11 Girls Final will be held on Saturday 22nd March 2025 \nA team shall consist of twelve (12) players. \nThe organiser is Nigel Dennis and the venue is Riverside Academy\, Caversham\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG1 7EQ \nThe arbiter will be appointed by Peter Purland \nThe ? teams entered are Hampshire plus ? \nEPSCA rules can be found on the website http://www.epsca.org.uk/rules/rules.html \nParents or approved adults are responsible for their children outside the playing hall. \nPlease note the following rules\, which have recently been altered or clarified: – \nThe rate of play is all moves in 40 minutes plus 10 seconds per move from the start.  If digital clocks are not available\, the rate of play is all moves in 50 minutes. \nIf 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. \nThe timetable is as follows: \nArrival – by 11.00am \nBoard Stewards Meeting – 11.15am \nFirst Round – 11.45am \nSecond Round – 1.45pm \nThird Round – 3.45pm \nPrize Giving – 5.35pm \nIf play is running late\, there will be at least 10 minutes between rounds. \n Save as PDF URL:https://www.hjca.org.uk/event/epsca-girls-under-11-inter-association-championships/ LOCATION:Riverside Academy\, 7 Richfield Avenue\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG1 7EQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:2025,Congress,EPSCA,Tournmant ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hjca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/18593615.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Maha Chandar":MAILTO:kidschess@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231005T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231006T170000 DTSTAMP:20260501T145926 CREATED:20181213T150414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240929T193032Z UID:643-1696496400-1696611600@www.hjca.org.uk SUMMARY:South of England Junior Chess Congress DESCRIPTION:The 29th South of England Junior Chess Congress takes place at Yateley Manor School organised by IM Andrew Martin. \nWe recommend this tournament for all keen junior chess players ! \nEnter via the official web site https://www.southofenglandjunior.com/ \n Save as PDF URL:https://www.hjca.org.uk/event/south-of-england-junior-chess-congress/ LOCATION:Yateley Manor School\, 51\, Reading Road\, Yateley\, NH\, GU46 7UQ CATEGORIES:2024,Congress,OTB,Over the Board,South of England,Tournament,Yateley Manor School ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Grieve":MAILTO:amy@southofenglandjunior.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220213T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220213T173000 DTSTAMP:20260501T145926 CREATED:20220131T001008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T134837Z UID:1044-1644742800-1644773400@www.hjca.org.uk SUMMARY:Hampshire Junior Trial / Selection Tournament DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to continue our return to Over the Board (OTB) chess with our first tournament of 2022. \nFull details can be found here. \n Save as PDF URL:https://www.hjca.org.uk/event/hampshire-junior-tournament-2022/ LOCATION:Badger Farm Community Centre\, 2 Badger Farm Road\, Winchester\, England\, SO22 4QB\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:2021,Badger Farm Community Centre,Congress,LJCC,OTB,Over the Board,Tournament ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.hjca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Badger-Farm-web-header-2021.png ORGANIZER;CN="John Upham":MAILTO:john.upham@zen.co.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190406T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190406T170000 DTSTAMP:20260501T145926 CREATED:20190219T111712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190328T111844Z UID:672-1554544800-1554570000@www.hjca.org.uk SUMMARY:UKCC Hampshire Last Chance Saloon DESCRIPTION:Last Chance Saloon\nMegafinal Qualifying Tournament: Last Saloon Hampshire\nDate: 6th April 2019 Time 10.30 AM\nClosing date for the entries: 5th April\nEntry Fees: £5.00 plus £2.00 on the day\nVenue: Basingstoke Chess Club\, Address: Upper Sherborne Rd\, Basingstoke RG21 5TG\nBank: Lloyds\nAccount Name: HJCA\,\nAccount number: 66611460\nSort code: 30-93-17\nRef: Child’s surname\nemail address: kidschess@hotmail.com \nUKCC Last Chance Saloon : April 6th Entry Form \n Save as PDF URL:https://www.hjca.org.uk/event/ukcc-hampshire-last-chance-saloon/ LOCATION:Basingstoke Chess Club\, Upper Sherborne Rd\, Basingstoke\, Hampshire\, RG21 5TG\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Congress,Tournament,UK Chess Challenge ORGANIZER;CN="Maha Chandar":MAILTO:kidschess@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181102T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181104T180000 DTSTAMP:20260501T145926 CREATED:20170910T152818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180716T110321Z UID:353-1541185200-1541354400@www.hjca.org.uk SUMMARY:Hampshire Chess Association Congress DESCRIPTION:Entry form here –> HantsEntryForm2017 \nEastleigh College\, Hampshire\, SO50 5FS\n Save as PDF URL:https://www.hjca.org.uk/event/hampshire-chess-association-congress/ LOCATION:Lysses House Hotel\, 51 High St\,\, Fareham\, Hampshire\, PO16 7BQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Congress,Tournmant ORGANIZER;CN="Miss G. A. Moore":MAILTO:gam2012@btinternet.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171015T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171015T180000 DTSTAMP:20260501T145926 CREATED:20170424T171431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210428T093950Z UID:205-1508058000-1508090400@www.hjca.org.uk SUMMARY:Hampshire Junior Congress DESCRIPTION:Here is the entry form — > HJCACongress2017 \nSCHEDULE: ARRIVE: 9.00\, Round 1: 9.30\, Round 2: 10.30\, Round 3: 11.30\, Lunch: 12.30\, Round 4: 13.00\, Round 5: 14.00\, Round 6: 15.00\, PRIZEGIVING: 16.10 TIME CONTROL: 25 minutes each for all moves. PRIZES: determined by the entrants’ age on 31st August 2017. Under 8\, Under 10 and Under 12: Trophies for the 1st\, 2nd\, 3rd and 4th places and the best girl in each age group. Under 14\, Under 16 and Under 18: 1st place: £30\, 2nd place: £20\, 3rd place: £10\, best girl: £20 and trophies for the winners in each age group. These are guaranteed prizes. With enough entries\, prizes may be increased at the Congress Controller’s discretion. SECTIONS: Age groups will be combined into playing sections and notified before round 1. ENTRY FEES and RULES:  Entry fee for Under 8\, Under 10 and Under 12: £10  Entry fee for Under 14\, Under 16 and Under 18: £15  Late entry fee for entries received after Tuesday 10th October 2017: £5.00  Congress results will be submitted to the English Chess Federation (ECF) for grading  Entrants must either be a Silver or better ECF member\, or pay a Pay-to-Play fee  Bronze ECF members must pay a fee of £7.50 to upgrade from Bronze to Silver  Non ECF members can pay a £3.75 Pay-to-Play fee or apply in writing to the ECF for a free 1 year Silver membership provided they have not been an ECF member before.  Getting sufficient points in the U8\, U10 and U12 age groups will enable qualification to the London Junior Chess Championships. See the Information on page 3.\nwww.hjca.org.uk ENTRY FORM\nHAMPSHIRE JUNIOR CONGRESS: SUNDAY 15th OCTOBER 2017\nPlease use BLOCK CAPITAL letters to fill in the form\nOnly one entrant and one on-line payment per form please\nFAMILY NAME: _______________________________________________________________\nGIVEN NAME: _______________________________________________________________\nPAYMENT REFERENCE (17HJC-first 4 characters of family name-first 4 characters of given name like 17HJC-SMIT-JOHN for John Smith): 17HJC- _ _ _ _ – _ _ _ _\nACCOUNT NAME FOR MONEY WINNER CHEQUES: __________________________________\nADDRESS: ___________________________________________________________________\neMail: _____________________________________________________________________\nTelephone / Mobile: __________________________________________________________\nDATE of BIRTH: __________________ AGE: _____ MALE or FEMALE (tick): M ___ F ___\nSCHOOL and/or CLUB: _________________________________________________________\n[For ECF information\, put the entrant’s name into the ECF Grading Database\, address below]\nECF MEMBERSHIP NUMBER: __________ ECF MEMBERSHIP CLASS (B/S/G/P): __________\nECF GRADING CODE: ________________ ECF RAPIDPLAY GRADE: __________\nENTRY FEE (£10 OR £15): £ _________ LATE FEE (£5 if after 10th October 2017): £ _____\nBRONZE TO SILVER UPGRADE (£7.50): £ _______ PAY-TO-PLAY FEE (£3.75) £ __________\nDONATION: £________\nTOTAL £________\nI accept the conditions of entry (Parent or Guardian for minors)\nSignature ____________________________________________ Date _________________\nEntry forms and cheques payable to Hampshire Chess Association should be posted to David Graham\, 12 Mallard Close\, Kempshott\, Basingstoke\, Hampshire. RG22 5JP or emailed to davidgrahambcs@yahoo.co.uk . Payment may also be made by bank transfer to Account name: Hampshire Chess Association\, Sort Code: 30-93-17\, Account No.: 66611460\, Payment reference from form above: 17HJC- _ _ _ _ – _ _ _ _ \, Bank: Lloyds Bank\nwww.hjca.org.uk INFORMATION\nThe College is enclosed and a safe environment for children but announcements will be made at the commencement of the competition.\nCHESS GRANDMASTER:\nWe are delighted to announce that Chess Grandmaster Nick Pert has agreed to attend. Nick will observe games and provide tips and analyses on the play afterwards.\nBRITISH CHESS NEWS:\nJohn Upham will be in attendance and cover the Congress for British Chess News\, see below.\nHAMPSHIRE JUNIOR CHESS ASSOCIATION:\nInformation on forthcoming events will be provided by the above association\, Internet address below.\nQUALIFICATION FOR THE LONDON JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS:\nThe criteria for qualification for the LJCC finals are:  The qualification score for the Under 8 Final is 4 or more out or 6  The qualification score for the Under 10 Minor Final and Under 12 Minor Final is 3 1⁄2 or 4 out of 6.  The qualification score for the Under 10 Major Final and Under 12 Major Final is 4 1⁄2 or more out of 6.\nPHOTOGRAPHY:\nNo photography will be permitted within the playing area during play. The organisers will use an official photographer to take stills and videos for publicity purposes. Please inform the organisers in advance if you wish your child to be excluded from the photographs or videos.\nREFRESHMENTS:\nThe College Shop in New Hall will be open for most of the day and offers tea\, coffee and a selection of savouries.\nUSEFUL INTERNET ADDRESSES:\n Winchester College: www.winchestercollege.org  Hampshire Junior Chess Association (HJCA): www.hjca.org.uk  Hampshire Chess Association (HCA): www.hampshirechess.co.uk  English Chess Federation (ECF): www.englishchess.org.uk  ECF Grading Database: www.ecfgrading.org.uk/new/menu.php  London Junior Chess Championships (LJCC): www.ljcc.co.uk  British Chess News: www.facebook.com/groups/1836475496572167\nwww.hjca.org.uk LOCATION\nThe Congress will be held in New Hall\, Winchester College\, Wharf Hill\, Winchester shown in the middle of the right hand side of this map. Access is from the East along Chesil Street and Wharf Hill. Parking will be available in St. Elizabeth’s Mead opposite New Hall. Note that the postcode for the College will take you to the Porter’s Lodge entrance from which there is no vehicular access to Wharf Hill. \n Save as PDF URL:https://www.hjca.org.uk/event/hampshire-junior-congress/ LOCATION:Winchester College\, College Street\, Winchester\, Hamp\, SO23 9NA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Congress,Tournmant ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.hjca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/england-winchester-college.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Dr. David Follows":MAILTO:dif@wincoll.ac.uk END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR