Oxfordshire Junior Chess
This page collects together items from the Oxfordshire Chess website that have been flagged as being relevant for juniors. The items are collected under the following headings:
In addition to the junior-only clubs, several of the open clubs have junior sections.Competitions
No cups are currently in progress.
No leagues are currently in progress.
Latest News Items
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13 Jun 2021
Andrew Varney |
Oxon Juniors online successWhile over the board junior team competitions have not been possible, EPSCA and SCCU have run online equivalents of the usual Jamborees on lichess.org. They had an interesting format of Swiss competitions on each board as instead of three rounds only, it was possible to extend the event to five rapid rounds. Oxfordshire Juniors took part in all events with EPSCA taking place in March (Girls U11), April (U9) and May (U11) and the SCCU Jamboree for older players (U14 Minor/ U14 / U18) in June. In the jamboree on 5 June 2021, the Oxfordshire U18 team won the event, taking first place. Congratulations to the team! All players enjoyed the events. Team managers: Joseph Conlon (U9), Ola Murawska (all other teams) ECF runs two county Blitz team battles for Juniors every month (one is specifically for girls). If any Oxfordshire junior players would like to take part in those please see the links at the equivalent news item at the Ojays website.Link: https://oxonjuniorchess.blogspot.com/ |
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03 Jan 2021
Mike Truran |
Witney Chess Club Junior Wins British Online Chess Championships Under 16 BlitzVery many congratulations to Witney Chess Club member Adam Sieczkowski, who is the new British Online Chess Championships Under 16 Blitz Champion with a score of 8/9. The final table can be found in the link below. Link: http://chess-results.com/tnr543590.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30 |
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22 Nov 2020
Andrew Varney |
ECF Online U18 County Championship - Oxfordshire 3rdWell done to Oxfordshire junior team in the ECF U18 online county championship. Many thanks to Ola Murawska for managing the teams and the following report. The Championship took place on chess.com on Saturday 21 November. Players played from their homes with Zoom supervision by arbiters and team captains. The teams were small and as a result only a limited number of Oxfordshire Juniors were able to participate. It was fantastic to watch them play and they did very well taking the third place in the tournament. Results are published on chess-results: https://chess-results.com/tnr541241.aspx? lan=1&art=63&flag=30 Oxon team individual results: https://chess-results.com/tnr541241.aspx? lan=1&art=20&flag=30&snr=3 |
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29 Apr 2020
Peter Hemmings |
Graders ReportDetails of events submitted to the ECF up to 29 April 2020. Link: documents/Graders%20Report%202020.pdf |
Tournament Results (last two years)
2019
05 Jan 2019: Oxfordshire Junior Chess Championships 2018-19
The new (2018-19) Oxfordshire Junior Chess Champions are:
Under 18 Josh Soanes Under 15 Hari Selvaraj Under 13 Dimitrios Zakarian Under 11 Tashika Arora Under 9 Kei MacabentaFull results (cross-tables) can be found by following the links given 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 in Primary and Secondary sections are awarded an engraved chess clock. See the attachment for the rules and full summary of results.
The top schools this year were: Position Primary School Points 1st St Joseph's 18.5 2nd Phil & Jim 15 PRIZE WINNER 3rd OJHS 14 Position Secondary School Points 1st MCS 12.5 PRIZE WINNER 2nd Cherwell 10.5 3rd Cheney 7.5U13 - U18 cross-table U11 cross-table U9 cross-table Schools results
2018
06 Jan 2018: Oxfordshire Junior Chess Championships 2017-18
The Oxfordshire Junior Chess Championships for 2017-18 were held at Cumnor PS on 6-7 January 2018.The sections were:
Under 9 Oxon team trials 6-round Rapid Play (ungraded) Saturday 6 January Under 11 Oxon team trials 6-round Rapid Play (ECF graded) Sunday 6 January Under 13, Under 15 and Under 18 combined as one 6-round 2-day Standard Play tournament
The individual prize winners were:
Under 9 Champions Jan Murawski St Joseph's 5.5/6 (=TB 1&2)
Jamie Sarisky Phil & Jim
Runner-up Jacob Iliffe MCS 5/6
3rd place Charlie Lambert Chandlings 4/6 (SOP)
Under 11 Champion Amaan Kassey MCS 5.5/6 (SOP)
Runner-up Dimitrios Zakarian CCCS 5.5/6
3rd place Tashika Arora OHS 5/6 (SOP)
Under 13 Champion Hari Selvaraj MCS 4.5/6
Runner-up Leonora Ives SS Hel/Kats 4/6 (=U15)
Under 15 Champions Bill Read Wood Farm 4/6 (no TB)
Josh Soanes Bartholomew 4/6
Under 18 Champion Liza Sheremetyeva OHS 6/6
The school competitions were won by:
Under 18 School Cherwell* Under 11 School MCS* (on tie-break)* clock prizes awarded to Abingdon School and St Joseph's as Cherwell and MCS were awarded the clock prizes the previous season.
Many thanks to all who were involved beforehand and on the day including:
Kathryn Gillow (entries & many other tasks), Priscilla Morris (U13/U15/U18 arbiter), John Place, David Zakarian, Elliot Kendall, Marc Ives, Asif Hameed (controllers & pairings - U9 & U11), Ola Murawska & Sameer Kassey (results posting) and probably others I have forgotten [sorry!]. Thanks also to Cumnor PS for providing the venue, Kidlington Congress for equipment loan and Hacketts for catering.
Contacts
OCA Junior Liaison |
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| Contact | Andrew Varney |
| Notes | Responsible for reporting junior activities to the OCA, and acting as a contact point for enquiries. Not necessarily responsible for organising Oxon junior teams. |
| Last updated | 27 Oct 2018. The owner of this entry is Andrew Varney. |
Oxon Chiltern League Junior Captain |
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| Contact | Steven Bennett |
| Notes | ...for the Chiltern League competition starting autumn 2008, with mixed senior and junior teams. The competition is in abeyance (since 2017). |
| Last updated | 27 Oct 2018. The owner of this entry is Steven Bennett. |
Oxon EPSCA U11 County Team Manager |
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| Contact | --undefined |
| Notes | Selects and manages county U11 team for EPSCA inter-association championships. |
| Last updated | 27 Feb 2020. The owner of this entry is Andrew Varney. |
Oxon EPSCA U11 Girls Team Manager |
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| Contact | --undefined |
| Notes | Selects and manages the Oxfordshire Under 11 Girls team for the English Primary Schools Chess Association Inter-Association Championships.
EPSCA U11 Girls Page |
| Last updated | 14 Oct 2018. The owner of this entry is Andrew Varney. |
Oxon EPSCA U9 County Team Manager |
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| Contact | Elliot Kendall |
| Notes | Selects and manages Oxon U9 team for EPSCA inter-association championships. |
| Last updated | 29 Dec 2017. The owner of this entry is Andrew Varney. |
Oxon Schools League Secretary |
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| Contact | John Place |
| Notes | |
| Last updated | 29 Dec 2017. The owner of this entry is Andrew Varney. |
Oxon U14 / U130 County Manager |
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| Contact | John Place |
| Notes | Open to more experienced players from Y6 to Y9. |
| Last updated | 01 Jun 2013. The owner of this entry is John Place. |
