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EPSCA North and Midlands England v Wales
Saturday 29th November Craven Arms Community Centre, Newington Way, Craven Arms There were two matches each. The start time was 12.00 noon. There were 8 players in the U14 and 6 players in U16. In the Under 12s there were 13 players and all games counted towards the result. Rate of play was 60 minutes…
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South League Meeting – November 2025
Many thanks to all who organised, transported and attended the event on Thursday 27th November, at Pierrepont Gamston school. Thanks also to Claire and the PG staff for hosting us all. I hope you think, as I do, that the whole event went very well and that the children enjoyed the competition. The results are as follows…
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West League Meeting – November 2025
Thirteen teams took part in the first of three NPSCA West League Championship tournaments. Fifty-two players took part. They played three matches each with a rate of play of ten minutes plus a two second increment. It was the first tournament of the year with a second one scheduled for Tuesday 3rd March at Nottingham…
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Midlands Inter County Tournament 2025
Held at Nottingham High School 15th November 2025. Organised by NPSCA. Nottinghamshire Under 11s took part entering two teams. It was valuable experience of tournament play for our younger and less experienced players. Nottinghamshire A team finished in fourth place. Some notable performances were: Albert F on board one winning three and drawing one; Harry…
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East Midlands Grand Prix 2025
The East Midlands Grand Prix, was held at Nottingham High School on 18th October 2025. As well as being an annual junior rapidplay for the region, this year it was also a qualifer for the London Junior Chess Championships which take place in December. In the U14s, Jared T scored 4 out of 5. Mariyam…
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National Schools Chess Tournament Semi Finals – June 2025
Nottinghamshire were represented by two schools in the EPSCA National Schools Semi Finals, on 8th June 2025, by Fernwood Primary School in the Under 11s and Nottingham High Infant and Junior School in the Under 9s. Only the top two schools in age group would go to the National Finals. Both schools did remarkably well…
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Under 9 Teams Tournament
The Association arranged a tournament for Year 4 pupils or younger, on Thursday 5th June at the Nottingham Girls High School. The aim was to give younger players a chance to play some competitive games in a learning environment. It was intended for children new to the game and to give them a chance to play chess…
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League Meeting – May 2025
The third session of league matches took place at the Elm School at the end of May. We had a great turn out with seven schools and seventeen teams. There were 68 children in attendance. Two rounds of chess were played. This was followed by a prize giving to successful schools, and for the final…
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2025 Nottingham Megafinal Results
Held at Nottingham High School on 24th May 2025. The first three in each age group plus those who scored 3.5 or more points qualified for the Gigafinals. View full results on chess-results.com. Under 7s Girls1st Ada Etchells Under 7s Boys1st Samuel Neaga 2nd Jack Stanley3rd Syed Muhib Under 8s Boys1st Leonardo Condran 2nd Albert Bierman3rd…
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Newark Schools Chess League Update
Over 50 local children took part in the second round of the Newark primary schools chess competition held at Donald Bailey academy. The seven schools involved were Barnby Road, John Blow Collingham, Donald Bailey, Farndon, Highfields, Holy Trinity and Sutton on Trent. The 13 teams each comprised four players and each child played three games…