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Lancashire Junior Chess Championship – Aughton St Michaels, Aughton

The Junior Championships will take place on Saturday 23rd June, at Aughton St Michael’s in Aughton. Full details, entry form and directions available here

Update from Training Day at Lytham AKS

The latest training day clashed with a Royal Wedding and FA Cup Final. You would think people would prefer chess. Report here

U9 Epsca Report

Lancashire did not fare very well, full report available here

U9 and U11 Squads

The EPSCA Under-9 and Under-11 squads have been sent their invites for the ESPCA Zonals taking place on March 10th and March 17th. Details here.

Junior Chess Coaching

Are you looking for coaching from an accredited ECF Chess Coach? If so, then coaching slots are available. Please complete the coaching enquiry form for more details.

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November 18, 2018November 18, 2018

World Cadets Chess Championship

The World Cadets Chess Championship has recently finished, and Lancashire’s own Niamh Bridgeman of Morecambe Chess Club was representing England in the Girls’ U12 section. Report from Matt Bridgeman Niamh’s had an excellent World Cadets Chess Championship in Santiago De Compostela. The England team consisted of 14 of the best boys and girls from around …

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June 12, 2018June 12, 2018

A Tale of Two Knights

An horse my kingdom for an horse…. Or in Chess terms, a Knight. Anand is well known for his preference for Knights rather than bishops. This is unusual, most players prefer the bishops. The beauty of the knights can be found in the following positions. Both with White to move, one is a draw the …

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June 5, 2018

Steve Under the Cosh!

Who is winning? This position is an adjourned position from the simul at the recent training day at Lytham AKS. Steve is playing Black, and was getting very worried. Not sure who called the adjournment 🙂 Ben despite being two pawns down has a major initative. The engines favour White, but Black has to find …

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This is the Junior Section subsite of the Lancashire Chess Association’s official website.

Our aim is to promote the game of chess throughout the county of Lancashire. This site provides information about junior chess within the county and gives details about Lancashire Chess junior events and news.