News from 2025-26 for Oxfordshire Chess

Oxfordshire Junior Chess Tournament Results 3rd / 4th Jan 2026

The Oxon Junior Chess Trials and Championships were held at Cumnor Primary School on the weekend of 3rd /4th Jan 2026. Despite the chilly weather, we had almost 100 entries over the four sections: U9, U11, U13, U15/18. It was lovely to meet so many new, young players, as well as to see the top junior talent in the county contest the top places.

Congratulations to our 2026 Oxfordshire junior champions:

U9: 1st Nicholas Tanuwidjaja, 2nd Yuqi Liu, 3rd Gregory Schlackow

U11: 1st Anna Gray, 2nd Yechu Chen, 3rd Edmond Du

U13: 1st Aden Kennedy, 2nd Gavin Wang, 3rd Kadhir Cholan

U15 champions: Daniel Udovenko and Jan Murawski

U18 champion: Kenneth Hobson

U18G champion: Shambavi Hariharan

Best performing primary schools: Dragon and MCS *

Best performing secondary school: Cherwell *

*based on top four scores of players, no single school can win the prize twice in consecutive years.

Player lists and results can be found via the following links:

U9s U11s U13s U15/18s

Special thanks to the welcoming Cumnor Primary School for hosting and to:

- arbiters / controllers: Joe Conlon, Alex Conlon, Andrew Varney, Zoe Varney, Craig Miller, Matt Bevis

- U9, U11, U11G captains: David Scott, Dan Schmidt Valle, Julie Gray

- front desk and bookstall: Ola Murawska

- general help: Juliette Sherwood, Fulya Markham

- Ojays coach: Joe Cossins-Smith.

Starred players for 2025-2026

The starred players list is available online. Any errors, let me know asap.