Our former Treasurer Ian Judd played in the strong U1900 AM British Championship at Hull this summer.

In a tough competition Ian scored an excellent 3/6 including a fine sacrificial game that can be found here .

The League AGM will be held at the club at 7:15 on Monday 19 August.

 HJCA is hosting a Junior Rapidplay , a FIDE-rated Junior Congress on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd September 2024.

It’ll be a five-round FIDE and ECF standard play chess Congress, open only to juniors (U18). 

Time control: 60 minutes plus 30 seconds

MAJOR: (U2300)

MINOR (U1700)

We’re delighted to announce that the top 3 cash prizes will be given for each section, plus a special Top Girl prize in the U2300 and U1700 sections!

You can enter via this link: 

Please enter via: https://form.jotform.com/241126242122036

The overall results of the 2024 Box tournament were:-

Winner:     Mike Webber    220.96 pts

Second:    Alan Reed         220.78 pts 

Third:        Ryan Kinzett     217.57 pts

Congratulations to Mike on winning the overall tournament with an impressive score of 220.96 pts.  Also well done to Alan for an incredibly close second place and Ryan in third.

Details attached.

Rahul Leo Thomas and Vishal Leo Thomas have been active on the tournament scene – with great success!

The Dupree tournament held on 4-5 April saw Rahul win the U12 section with a magnificent 6/6.

Vishal recorded a creditable 3/6 in the U14 section.

On 21 May at the Worthing Grand Prix Rahul also won the U11 Major with 4.5/6 while Vishal won prize money with 4/6 in the U18 (!!) category.

Well done to Rahul and Vishal, many congratulations.

Congratulations to Andrew McDougall who is our new Club Champion with the outstanding score of 5.5/6.

An outstanding third place for Vinuda in the Isle of Wight Congress in April.

Ahead of Vinuda were 1^st  IM Harry Grieve 2515 and 2^nd GM Keith Arkell 2435. 4^th was WIM Natasha Reagan 2025.

Many congratulations to Vinuda, an excellent result in a strong field!

Results of the Blitz Tournament have been added at the bottom of the Club Tournaments tab

At this stage Mike Spence leads round 2 with a score of 90.5.  The overall tournament is now being led by Mike Webber on a score of 185.9. with myself second on 185.5 and Penny third on 175.2.  As you can see it is very close at the top of the leadership board and at this stage it is still mathematically possible for 11 players to win the tournament! 

Deadline of 10/6/24 for all games.