(founded 1897)
• July 6th 2013 (Lancashire Junior Championships at Heywood)
Welcome to the Home page 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 adult and junior chess within the county and gives details about affiliated chess clubs, their meeting times and their locations.
The 2013 Lancashire Junior Championships will be held on Saturday 6th July 2013 at Holy Family High School, Pot Hall, Wilton Grove, Heywood, Lancashire, BB1 1SE.
All section winners will receive an excellent book prize and the highest placed LCA player in each section will receive LCA junior trophies to keep for one year.
Coaching will be available free to all entrants.
Having qualified in superb fashion from the Northern Zonal round in March, Lancashire fielded a squad of twenty-three players at the English Primary Schools Chess Association (EPSCA) Under-11 National Final, held at Nottingham High School on Saturday 11th May 2013. Lancashire were one of 18 participating Associations, including 7 from the north, together with qualifiers from the midlands and the south, with the latter expected to be very strong opponents who would be competing with Notts for the higher finishing places.
Lancashire's U180 team were drawn against Warwickshire in the quarter finals. The match was played on Sunday 12th May 2013 and resulted in a win for Lancashire by 10 - 6.
The U160 team played their quarter final match against Kent at Syston on Saturday 18th May 2013. The match was a close affair with Lancashire eventually progressing to the semi-finals by a score of 8½ - 7½.
Lancashire U120's quarter final match against Essex was held at Cossington on Saturday 18th May 2013. Unfortunately Essex won the match 7-5.
The 2013 English Primary Schools Chess Association (EPSCA) U9 Final took place on Saturday 27th April at Wycombe High School, High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.
After the long journey south, Lancashire's youngsters did themselves proud with a fantastic performance in this year's event. The team were not only competitive with our northern counterparts but went one better and scored more than them all!!
The Audley Junior Congress took place on Saturday 20th April 2013 at Audley Junior School in Blackburn.
| KINGS | Ben Scattergood |
|---|---|
| QUEENS | Kavin Karthik Velmurugan |
| ROOKS | Roshan Naidoo |
| KNIGHTS | Samuel Dawson |
| PAWNS | Lewis O'Brien |
| TINY PAWNS | Jamie Bromley |
Lancashire was one of nine teams that attended the Pennine cup in Bradford on Sunday 15th April, excellent to see so many U16's playing competitive chess. The venue was a bit tight, and the draw arrangements unique, but praise has to be given to the team of Andrew Wainwright and others from Yorkshire who made every effort to make the day a success in trying circumstances.
Click here to view the current membership of the Lancashire Membership Organisation (as of 22 May 2013). Could all clubs who still wish to join their members via the Lancashire MO please contact Bill O'Rourke please.
The Lancashire Chess Association's AGM held on 2nd September 2009 adopted a new Child Protection Policy. Actions to implement it have now commenced.
Lancashire Chess Association's Chief Junior Coach, Dave Gaston, has produced a Junior Players Course.
The aim of this course is to take new players to chess, teach them the basics of the game, and then show them techniques and strategies to bring them up to a standard where they can hold their own in a competitive game, whether it be league or congress.
The course manual is ideal for anybody running a junior chess club. To obtain a free copy, please get in touch through our Contact Us page.
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