England Junior LIChess & Chess.com team tournaments - week of 11th September 2023

[Keith Gregory]

Hi all,
Our England Junior LIChess & Chess.com team online tournaments continue next week, so please see the links below and get signed up for our “Tuesday Blitz, “Thursday Rapid” and “Sunday Rapid” tournaments. These are proving popular with 204 players already playing this year – 27 players have now played in 10 or more tournaments, with one player now at 33 tournaments

Please continue to publicise these amongst your ECF Junior communities.

LIChess Tuesday Blitz – 12th September - 18:00 (7 round Swiss - 3 + 2) - register now onwards
=> https://lichess.org/swiss/CodQ5owN

LIChess Thursday Rapid – 14th September – 18:00 (Arena – 10 + 5 – 2 hour duration)
=> https://lichess.org/tournament/Hgk9UpPM

Chess.com Sunday Blitz – 17th September - 18:00 (Arena – 3 + 0 – one hour duration) - register from 60 mins before tournament starts
=> https://www.chess.com/play/arena/292842 ... bId=103952

thanks, Keith
ECF Junior Admin support

[John Upham]

No doubt you are aware that on the first Monday of each month there is an Under-18 county based Lichess Team Arena Battle the details of which are created by the ECF DoJCaE.

[Keith Gregory]

Thx John - I am now
I'll follow up with Alex H how best to align these
What is ECF DoJCaE ?
many thanks, Keith

[IM Jack Rudd]

Director of Junior Chess and Education.

[Keith Gregory]

Thx Jack - it's a small world

[John Upham]

The main issue for Hampshire for the last few months has been the notice period for learning of the details.

The DoJCaE used to send these out the Wednesday prior to the Monday of the event which was a decent notice period.

This has degraded to the day of the event or the evening before which is insufficient to be useful.