Suffolk Junior Chess

Suffolk Juniors have made a very good start to the new season of the online Junior Four Nations Chess League (J4NCL). In our first match, we won 5½-2½ against Barnet Knights 2, one…

The new chess season is underway and it’s time again for the yearly awards. For 2024, there’s a new category for the best player in the junior national online league. The notable achievements…

This year’s British Championship, in Hull, starts today. You can read more about it in Leonard Barden’s article in the Financial Times and follow the games live via a Lichess Broadcast. The first…

Recently, Suffolk Juniors teamed up with neighbouring counties to form an East Anglian team to take part in FC Bayern Munich’s annual Red’s against Racism online international chess tournament. Before the main team…

Suffolk Juniors 1 were just half a point away from reaching the semi-final playoffs in division 2 of the online J4NCL (Junior Four Nations Chess League), season 9. Suffolk Juniors 2 had a…

So far this year, there have been a number of juniors who have entered in-person events, known as “over-the-board” or “OTB” events in the chess world. Some notable achievements include: Lenny Horn –…

Last Thursday, Season 8 (S8) of the online Junior 4NCL (Four Nations Chess League) concluded with a finals night. During this season’s campaign, Suffolk fielded two teams in division 3 and division 4.…

At this year’s Bury St Edmunds Chess Congress, some of the Suffolk juniors took part in the Intermediate and Minor sections. Rowan Kent and Oliver Ferris both share third place in the Intermediate…

Former Suffolk Junior Chess Organiser, Bob Jones (pictured celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Bury Knights Chess Club last year), has received an award from the English Chess Federation (ECF) for services to…

In last Wednesday’s monthly East Anglian Junior Chess Team Battle, Suffolk ended up in 2nd place overall behind KEGS (King Edward VI Grammar School), after a very exciting finale. During the tournament, there…