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The
2008 BWCA National Girls' Championships for age-groups under
8 to under 14 will be held on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th
February, at the Elmbank Hotel in York. The Women's Rapidplay,
which incorporates the Under 16 and Under 21 Championships,
will take place on Sunday 10th February at the same venue:
Girls' Championship entry form
Women's Rapidplay entry form
Designed
to provide an opportunity for women players to play chess
in a supportive environment, the weekend features coaching
from WGM Jovanka Houska and a friendly tournament for family
of competitors.
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The
English Chess Federation are organising another one of their
excellent coaching and tournament days, to be held at Fulham
Prep School, London on the 19th January 2008. The entry form
is here. |
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The
English Chess Federation is delighted to announce that in
partnership with the South African company Chess Cube it
is to launch a bespoke online ECF chess club.
From
10am on Monday 3rd December players can register and play
at the new ECF online chess club, membership of which is completely
free.
The
web address of the club is http://ecfclub.chesscube.com
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The
new season of the All England Girls' Chess Championship
starts here.
The
Southern Regional entry form is available here.
The
Northern entry form is available here.
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The
Division 3 4NCL Mind Sports team are looking for a female
player for the coming season. Please contact Neville
Twitchell for further details 01279 424521 |
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All
England Girls' Chess Championships, National Gold Finals 2007,
RESULTS |
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Coaching
and tournament day, 16th June, RESULTS |
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THE NATIONAL GIRLS' TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Claremont
Fan Court School, 9th June.
Results |
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You
can find the results of the Under 18 & Under 13 County
Championships here. |
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CLICK
HERE for the 1st two issues of the new junior chess magazine
"The Right Move". |
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The
English Chess Federation held another successful coaching
and tournament day on the 11th March in Richmond. CLICK
HERE for the results and photographs. |
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Become
a Junior Member of the English Chess Federation!
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The
first 100 new members will receive the thrilling 1st
issue of Harry Potter Chess absolutely free!
New
members will also be the first to read the ECF's new
online junior chess magazine.
CLICK
HERE for the full details.
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The
English Chess Federation are running a coaching and tournament
day at King's House School, Richmond, on Sunday 11th March.
CLICK
HERE for an online entry form.
All
ages and abilities are welcome. |
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This
event was a great success. CLICK HERE
for a short report. |
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The
All England Girls' Western Regional Championships took place
in Bath on the 20th January. Click
here for the full results.
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The
Girls' Day School Trust Inter-Trust Championships took place
at Oxford High School on the 20th January, with girls and
boys coming from as far afield as The Belvedere School, Liverpool.
15 of the Trust schools were represented and it was a pleasure
to see so many children playing for their schools.
Click
here for a tournament report and more photos from the
day.
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Grandmaster
Summerscale provided the coaching and also presented
the prizes
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The
All England Girls' Southern Regional Championships took place
in Kent on the 13th January. Click
here for the full results. |
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LONDON
HOSTS THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL ICE CHESS GAME
Thursday
11th January saw Trafalgar Square, London and Pushkin Square,
Moscow host the 1st international ice chess match, with giant
64 square meter chess boards with intricately designed ice
chess pieces, replicating famous London and Moscow landmarks.
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The
London king - Big Ben
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Team
London was captained by Grandmaster Nigel Short and included
junior champion Darius Parvizi-Wayne and author Peter Ackroyd,
whilst team Moscow was lead by the legendary Anatoly Karpov.
A
live satellite link allowed the game to be played in real
time and the London compere GM Danny King entertained the
London spectators.
Read
a great report from the Guardian
online.
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The
Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) is the largest group of independent
schools in the UK, with 3,500 staff and over 20,000 students
between the ages of 3 and 18.
The
3rd Inter-Trust Chess Championships will be held at Oxford
High School on the 20th January 2007 and is open to all GDST
pupils. We hope to see pupils from all of the GDST schools
at this important event.
Click
here for an online entry form. |
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Online
entry forms are available for two forthcoming All England
regional events:
Southern
regional championships - 13th January
Western
regional championships - 27th January
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