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
10 Mar 2022
Andrew Varney |
Teaching chess in Oxfordshire schools with CSCThe charity Chess in Schools and Communities (CSC) is currently recruiting new tutors to teach chess to school children in the Oxford area. There has been a significant amount of interest from local schools in our classroom teaching in primary schools and in after school chess clubs recently and we expect this to expand further again next academic year. You do not have to be a brilliant chess player as most of the lessons are at beginner level. If you enjoy teaching, have some knowledge of chess and are interested in committing to some hours in the afternoon on one or more days each week during school term time, we would be very interested to hear from you. Please take a look at the CSC website for further information about the charity and fill in the application form if you would like to apply. There is a one-day initial training day in Yarnton on Friday 29 April. If you would like to know a bit more about what is involved in the training and other requirements, how the lessons themselves work, remittance and such like please also feel free to contact me (see contact pages).
Andrew Varney |
07 Feb 2022
Andrew Varney |
Oxfordshire Junior Chess Championships 2021-2022The championships were held over the weekend of 8th / 9th January 2022 at Cumnor C of E Primary School. |
16 Dec 2021
Andrew Varney |
Ojays wins in Junior 4NCLOxfordshire Junior teams recently won both the 4th season online Junior 4NCL in Division 1 and the Over the Board weekend in September.
Out of all 4 divisions, Oxfordshire fielded 6 teams out of the more 150
taking part. Division 1 of the online competition
consisted of 32 teams in 4 groups. Ojays A also won convincingly in Division 1 when J4NCL returned to OTB in September: J4NCL Division 1 Weekend 1 |
07 Oct 2021
Andrew Varney |
British Junior Champions 2021-22The recent in-person British Junior Championships has seen Oxfordshire
Juniors take titles in two sections: Oxfordshire Juniors came close in both the Under 16 and Under 14 sections as well, with Adam Sieczowski as runner-up in the former and Dimitrios Zakarian in fourth place in the latter. Congratulations to all for excellent performances. |
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/ |
Tournament Results (last two years)
2022
08 Jan 2022: 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
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 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 Magdalen College 15 (prize winner)
3rd Oxford High 12.5
Position Secondary School Points
1st Magdalen College 15.5 (prize winner)
2nd Cheney 14
3rd Cherwell*/Oxford High 8
* 2020 prize winner
Under 9 Under 11 Under 13-15-18
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
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 | Ola Murawska |
Notes | Selects and manages county U11 team for EPSCA inter-association championships. |
Last updated | 25 Nov 2021. The owner of this entry is Andrew Varney. |
Oxon EPSCA U11 Girls Team Manager |
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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 | Joseph Conlon |
Notes | Selects and manages Oxon U9 team for EPSCA inter-association championships. |
Last updated | 21 Nov 2021. The owner of this entry is Joseph Conlon. |
Oxon Schools League Secretary |
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Contact | David Zakarian |
Notes | |
Last updated | 21 Nov 2021. 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. |