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Category: Juniors

  • Bexhill juniors shine at Sussex Grand Prix

    On Saturday the 20th of May, several Bexhill juniors traveled to Worthing to compete in the final Grand Prix of the Sussex junior chess season. 

    It was a wonderful day with some fantastic achievements. 120 juniors battled it out in four sections. The tournament is a six-round rapid play with a time control of 25 + 5. It is also the sixth and final event in the Grand Prix calendar.

    In the Under 11 minor section we had 2 juniors playing in their first Sussex tournament, Albion Haughton and Jaxson Foster. Both boys finished on 2 points showing tremendous talent and resilience and received arbiter’s awards in recognition of this. Well done, boys!

    In the under 11 major section, Harry Morter had his first taste of chess at the major level. It’s a tough challenge but Harry battled valiantly with 1 win, 3 draws and only 2 losses. He finished in 10th place with 2 and a half points. In the same section, Rose Burgess had an incredible day, remaining unbeaten with 5 wins and a draw. She finished joint first with five and a half points. Congratulations, Rose!

    In the under 18 minors, Sebastian Merchant finished on four out of six, putting him on joint 8th.

    In the under 18 majors, Samuel Merchant and Luke Chapman both had great days taking 3 points each and finishing joint 15th. Anh Nguyen managed 1 point more and with a strong tie break score finished in third place.

    At the end of the tournament, points were tallied for the season. Samuel Merchant was second place under 10, Rose Burges was third place under 11, Luke Chapman was top under 12, and Sebastian Merchant was second place under 14.

    We are so proud of all our juniors. You’re all amazing. What a fantastic end to a fantastic season. It’s so nice to see you all being rewarded for your hard work. Have a wonderful summer and we all look forward to doing it again next season.

  • Bexhill juniors represent Sussex under 14s


    On April 15th, three of our Bexhill juniors headed out to

    play for the U14 Sussex squad against Richmond. These

    juniors were Samuel Merchant, Luke Chapman and

    Sebastian Merchant. Sebastian was playing a tough

    opponent in his first game and Sussex’ own Matthew

    Collins in round two. Samuel and Luke were both playing

    slightly weaker players than themselves and proved it in

    their games. Both players outplayed their opponents.

    Overall, Sussex won 16-8 (8-4 in both rounds) to crush

    Richmond.

    Thank you to all the players and, most importantly, to Steve

    Merchant for organising this event.

  • New junior meeting!

    We hope you have all enjoyed the Easter holidays! Along with the clubs move to our new home at St. Marks, we are pleased to announce that our junior club will be following suit and moving across. This means that we will be meeting at our usual time of 6pm till 7pm, but we will now be meeting on WEDNESDAY evenings.
    Our first meeting will be this Wednesday 19th April.
    Many, many thanks to the RAFA club for hosting us up until now.
    Look forward to seeing you all soon.

  • Juniors on tour to Maidenhead

    Four of our juniors travelled to Maidenhead this week for a one day rapid tournament. Here is a report on the day from one of those juniors; Luke Chapman:

    On April 12th, four of our Bexhill juniors headed out to Maidenhead for a gruelling six rounds of intense junior chess action. In the hotly contested U11 section, Rose Burgess pulled out an impressive 4/6 drawing two of the strongest players in very intense matches.

    In the U18 section, Sebastian Merchant, Samuel Merchant and Luke Chapman were battling it out. Sebastian Merchant, going into the final round on 3.5/5, was paired against a very tough opponent. The two fought it out for over an hour. Sebastian, who played some fascinating chess, after the tough six rounds, landed on 3.5/6. His brother, Sam, playing excellent chess all day, had a huge score of 4/5 going into the final round. Subsequently, Sam was paired against the highest seed who out-rated him by 400 points. He ended his day on a brilliant 4/6 with only one loss.
    Finally, Luke Chapman, playing dubious, attacking chess all day, had the luck of the devil in the last round when his opponent hung a rook; he finished on 4.5/6, coming joint 3rd (4th on tie-break).

    Well done to all of our rapidly progressing juniors and a big thank you to our supportive parents. Keep up the fantastic chess!

  • Rose represents Sussex

    Congratulations to Bexhill Junior Rose Burgess who played for the Sussex girls team this weekend at the national finals in Oxford and helped them to achieve 3rd place!
    Well done girls!!

  • Bexhill battle for Sussex

    Congratulations to our six (yes six!!) Bexhill players who made up a quarter of the Sussex under 11 team that competed in London this weekend at the EPSCA south zone event. Fantastic display of good chess and good sportsmanship. Sussex finished 5th and qualified for the finals in Nottingham next month!
    Well done everyone!