Oxon Junior Chess Trials and Championship Results

The Oxon Junior Chess Trials and Championships were held at Cumnor 
Primary School on the weekend of 8/9 Jan 2023.  There were over 100 
entries across the four sections: U9, U11, U13, U15/18.  The tournament 
had a very positive feel to it, lots of enthusiasm from participants and 
organisers alike.

Congratulations to the 2023 champions:

U9: Aden Kennedy 
U11: Aden Kennedy 
U13: Elon Khoo 
U15: Yichen Han (also overall U15/18 section winner)
U18: Ewan Bridson
U18G: Tashika Arora

There will also be chess clock prizes for the top performing schools (to 
be announced soon).

Full cross-tables can be viewed using the link below.

Many thanks to the accommodating staff at Cumnor Primary School, Joe 
Conlon (U9, U11 chief arbiter), Keith Freshwater (U13, U15/18 chief 
arbiter), John Place, David Zakarian, Nigel Moyse (assistant arbiters), 
Andrew Varney (book stall and emergency manual pairer), Jules Kennedy 
(U9 team captain), Julie Gray (U11G team captain) and Hilary Greaves 
(all round help).

Those children who did well in the U9 and U11 sections will have the 
opportunity to represent Oxfordshire in the forthcoming EPSCA qualifiers 
and finals. The U11G final will be hosted at Cheney School in Oxford on 
25th March 2023.
				

New codes for new players

A recent submission of results have assigned ECF codes to new players. These may be seen in the link below.

Oxfordshire Junior Chess Championships 2021-2022

The championships were held over the weekend of 8th / 9th January 2022 
at Cumnor C of E Primary School.  

The 2021-2022 Oxfordshire Junior Chess Champions are: 

Under 18	Alex Hertog, Kenneth Hobson, Dimitrios Zakarian
Under 15	Alex Hertog, Kenneth Hobson, Dimitrios Zakarian
Under 13	Alex Hertog, Kenneth Hobson
Under 11	Jan Murawski
Under 9	        Aden Kennedy 

Congratulations to the champions and to those who have subsequently been 
selected to represent Oxfordshire Juniors in the forthcoming EPSCA 
(English Primary Schools Chess Association) U9 and U11 competitions. 

Full results (cross-tables) can be found by following the links below.
A schools competition is also run as part of the tournament.  Subject to 
not being allowed to win the prize two occasions in a row, the top-
scoring schools (top scores from top 4 individuals count) in primary and 
secondary sections are awarded an engraved chess clock.  The top schools 
this year were: 

Position	Primary School	 Points
1st	        St Joseph's*	 15.5
2nd	        MCS	         15 (prize winner)
3rd	        OHS        	 12.5


Position	Secondary School     Points
1st	        MCS	             15.5 (prize winner)
2nd	        Cheney	             14
3rd	        Cherwell* / OHS	     8
* 2020 prize winner

Thank you to the organisers, arbiters and Cumnor Primary School for 
enabling the tournament to happen after an absence the previous year due 
to covid-19.  Thank you to all players for participating and parents for 
supporting. 

Under 9 

Under 11 

Under 13/15/18