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I organised junior events for Herts and helped with managing county teams (a few years ago). We had few players that were home schooled. I can only assume their parent(s) proactively searched for and found our events. I just search for 'Herts Junior Chess' which resulted in a relevant link to pages ...

'martin toiram' is an anagram of 'i am n marriott'

nice - the extended lunch break will allow time to have a wander outside to take-in the sea breeze and some of the local sights

U18 Best Game - 60 Minutes plus 10 second increments from move one White - Anon (ECF Grade 166) vs. Black - J Pein (ECF Grade164) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nge2 c5 9. dxc6 dxc6 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nxe4 12. Bxg7 Qh4+ 13. g3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qxg3+ 15. Ke2...

Sunday 30th June 2013 - The ECF National U13 / U18 Championships were hosted within the fantastic grounds and facilities of The Haberdasher’s Aske's Boys’ School in Elstree. Including reserves 375 chess players participated forming 44 teams from 17 counties. The day was a success helped by some ...

Update 05JUN2013 County (Teams per section U18, U13 Open, U13 Minor) Entrants to date: Berkshire (1,0,1) Buckinghamshire (1,0,1) Cambridgeshire (1,0,2) Devon (1,0,0) Essex (0,1,2) Greater Manchester (1,1,0) Hampshire (0,1,1) Hertfordshire (1,1,1) Kent (1,1,1) Leicestershire (0,0,2) Lincolnshire (1,0...

Update 29MAY2013 County (Teams per section U18, U13 Open, U13 Minor) Entrants to date: Sussex (1,2,1) Berkshire (1,0,1) Kent (1,1,1) Devon (1,0,0) Hertfordshire (1,1,2) Leicestershire (0,0,2) Lincolnshire (1,0,1) Essex (0,1,2) Norfolk (1,0,3) Hampshire (0,1,1) Oxfordshire (1,1,0) Surrey (1,1,0) Buck...

Update 22MAY2013 County (Teams per section U18, U13 Open, U13 Minor) Entrants to date: Sussex (1,2,1) Berkshire (1,0,1) Kent (1,1,1) Devon (1,0,0) Hertfordshire (1,1,2) Leicestershire (0,0,2) Lincolnshire (1,0,1) Essex (0,1,2) Norfolk (1,0,3) Hampshire (0,1,1) Oxfordshire (1,1,0) Totals (8,7,14) Pro...

Update 17MAY2013 - Entrants to date: County (Teams per section U18, U13 Open, U13 Minor) Sussex (1,1,1) Berkshire (1,0,1) Kent (1,1,1) Devon (1,0,0) Hertfordshire (1,1,2) Leicestershire (0,0,2) Lincolnshire (1,0,1) Essex (0,1,2) Norfolk (1,0,3) Totals (7,4,13) Additionally the following have been in...

Update 02MAY2013 Entrants to date: County (Teams per section U18, U13 Open, U13 Minor) Sussex (1,1,1) Berkshire (1,0,1) Kent (1,1,1) Devon (1,0,0) Hertfordshire (1,1,1) Leicestershire (0,0,2) Lincolnshire (1,0,1) Additionally the following have been indicated by email that they will be entering, I t...

The original rules were amended inline with communications from the ECF, probably soon after the meeting in March. Membership is only required for the U18 and U13 Major sections which will be graded. Membership is not required for the U13 Minor but will NOT be graded. Please let me know if the membe...

Update 22APR2013

Entrants to date:
County (Teams per section U18, U13 Open, U13 Minor)

Sussex (1,1,1)
Berkshire (1,0,1)
Kent (1,1,1)
Devon (1,0,0)
Hertfordshire (1,1,1)

Regards, Yogesh

Entrants to date:
Number of teams
U18 U13 Open U13 Minor
Sussex 1 1 1
Berkshire 1 0 1
Hertfordshire 1 1 1

Thanks for the post Neil, the Herts Schools Chess Association (HSCA) organising team are grateful to The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Elstree for letting us use their facilities and are looking forward welcoming county teams to this prestigious event. The school will be laying on two large p...