Junior Tournament Calendar
Chess Calendar, February 2021
(February 2021) Junior Chess Events
The ECF have published a list of online chess events which you can find at this link
Mr DC Primary Schools Team Battle
Wednesday 10th March, 5.30pm
I can confirm the next Mr DC Primary Team Battle event will be on Wednesday 10th March, 5.30pm for one hour. This will be for primary school children only (year 6 and younger).
What you need to do:
1) Join Lichess by creating an account:
2) Join your school team on Lichess. You can find your team by clicking on the school name on the tournament link below. Please email me your child’s username so I know who to let in- I will not admit children to school teams without this.
Primary Schools Online Team Battle
3) Don’t worry if your child does not attend a school listed-they can play for my Lorinchess team. Sign up for it by clicking here;
Sign up to the Lorinchess Team
Again, please email me their username so I can admit them to the team.
ALL primary school children welcome, girls or boys, regardless of level. Let’s get the children playing and enjoying chess!
Edgware Gambits Spring Half Term Online Camp
15-19 February
Morning sessions open to all children;
9-10am
10.30-11.30am
Edgware Gambits Spring Half Term Online Camp
ECF Online Grand Prix
Entries are open now for the ECF Online Blitz Grand Prix and ECF Online Rapid Grand Prix series on lichess. The events will run monthly from March to November 2021 and will be held at 2:00pm on the first Sunday of each month (for the Blitz Tournaments) and the third Sunday of each month (for the Rapid Tournaments). The first tournaments will be on 7th and 21st March respectively for the Blitz and Rapid Series. We will be publishing a leaderboard which will be updated monthly, with prizes for the winners in eight categories at the end of each series including Open, Women’s, Senior, Junior, U2000 U1700, U1400, and U1100. You will need to be an ECF member or supporter to enter either or both Grand Prix (Blitz or Rapid). Entry is then £5.00 per event within a Grand Prix, or £25.00 for a season ticket for all nine events. Prizes will be based on points at the end of the season calculated on the player’s highest six results across all events. Please see the Grand Prix webpage – ECF Grand Prix details – and links to enter either Grand Prix series
ECF Online Blitz Grand Prix – https://britchess.wufoo.com/forms/m1v3u7150fp0cqo/
ECF Online Rapid Grand Prix – https://britchess.wufoo.com/forms/mn0wucv0iq3nkv/
England Juniors
The English Juniors team runs weekly or fortnightly events on Thursday at 6.00pm with occasional matches against other countries. The club link and joining instructions are here
UK Chess Challenge (UKCC)
The UK Chess Challenge will kick off in 2021, please read this link carefully as the rules are slightly different this year