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Reds against racism international
Founded in 1900, FC Bayern Munich now has over 200,000 members and doesn’t just focus on football. Other departments include basketball, handball, chess, ten-pin bowling, table tennis and football referees. Last Saturday, different…
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Sicilian Dragon Simul
Over the past few months or so, the SJC online team has been swotting up a bit on the Sicilian Dragon, a popular chess opening played at all levels. In addition to the…
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Return of Bury St Edmunds Junior Congress
On Sunday 8th May, the Bury St Edmunds Junior Chess Congress takes place at the Sybil Andrews Academy. This all-day event, where all entrants play six games, will attract junior chess players from…
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Live chess is back
In 2020 and 2021, the majority of chess has been played online. The Suffolk Junior Chess Club meets regularly online on Wednesdays and Sundays for different online events and these online events are…
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Suffolk players at ChessFest
Some of the Suffolk Junior Chess players took part in ChessFest. ChessFest was themed around the book ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’, which author Lewis Carroll designed around chess 150 years ago. On Saturday…
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New East Anglian Junior Chess Team
Recently, the 7th East Anglian Chess Arena took place. Online East Anglian Junior chess events have been running since January and typically feature a longer rapid play time format, giving players to focus…
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Essex joins Suffolk in international match
FC Bayern kindly invited Essex to join Suffolk in a friendly team battle involving another German side Werder Warriors (Werder Bremen). The full report can be found below on the FC Bayern website:…
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Suffolk back in Division 1 of Inter-County Blitz
Yesterday, Suffolk returned to division 1 in the May 2021 edition of England’s monthly inter-county blitz, organised by International Organizer, Alex Holowczak. Everyone played well and as always, we had very consistent scoring…
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SJC 1st International
The Suffolk Junior Chess team has recently taken part in a fantastic international rapid play event organised by FC Bayern München. Yes, that’s right, Bayern Munich (as it’s written in English) have a…
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Simul with GM Justin Tan
Last weekend, former Suffolk Junior Justin Tan (playing as Black) gave a simultaneous display against 17 Suffolk Juniors with a time control of 30 minutes plus 30 seconds per game. Suffolk Junior Chess…
