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Birmingham Megafinal
19 Apr 2026. WFM Elis Dicen from St Pauls School for Girls, Birmingham won the Under 18 tournament with 5½ points from six rounds. Top boys were Shuayb Sattar and Muhammed Mehmood both from Windsor HS, Worcs on 4½ points. The under-14 tournment was won by Kanvansh Dhingra (Bishop Vesey GS, Warks) with 5½ points. Carolus Tang (Pates GS, Glos) made a clean sweep of the under-12 tournament with a total of 6 points. In the under-10 tournament Jason Hu (Blue Coat Sch, Birmingham) and Shrisha Tarihalkar (Shrubland Street Primary, Leamington, Warks) wer top boy and girl respectivey with 5½ points. Khang Phan (Valley Sch, Solihull, Warks) swept all before him to gain 6 points in the under-8 tournament. Over 140 children played and the chief arbiter was IA Alex Holowczak (Worcs),
King Edward’s HS for Girls win ECF Northern Semi Final
25 Jan 2026. King Edward’s HS for Girls Birmingham fielded two teams in the Northern semi-final held at Manchester. Their A team was first with their players and their B team second of eight teams competing. King Edward’s A team players, Siyuan Ou, Diah Patel and Siyao Ou, won all of their games.
Warwickshire win EPSCA under-11 Midland Zone EPSCA championship
24 Jan 2026. Five counties entered teams. Warwickshire A won the tournament with 40½ points followed by Leicestershire on 37. Five Warwickshire players won all their games: Yang Tan, Ollie Rackham, Oliver Wong, Aariyan Mandair, and Ethan Morgan as did four Leicestershire players: Tara Tamilselvan, Harrison Condron, Jason Kapoor, and Hajin Lee. The event was held in Leicester and directed by Mike Foster and chief arbiter was NA Dan Turner (Staffs).
Warwick School win team event
23 Jan 2026. Warwick Senior A team won the competition with 8 points, Ten teams from six Coventry and Warwickshire Schools played in the second event held at Bablake Schhool, Coventry. Billy Fellowes, and David Wong won all their games for Warwick Senior A team. The event was organised by Paul Lam (Warks) and arbiter was IA Matthew Carr (Staffs).
Warwick Junior Open
10 Jan 2026. There were nine five-round tournaments with three sections for under-18s, four for under-11s and one each for under 9s and under 8s. Under-18 winners were: Kanvansh Dhingra and Dhairya Pandya with 4½ points each in section A; David Wong with 4½ points in section B; Monty Sweet with 4½ points in section C. Krish Gandhi won the under-11 A tournament with 4 points; Olver Wong the under-11 B tournament with 5 points, Saithridev Rajaguru Seyon won the under-11 C section and Peter O’Rourke the under-11 D section both with 4½ points each. Theodore Ablaxy and Yixuan Zhao shared first place in the under-9 tournament on 4½ points each and Nibe Momoh-Clifford won the under-9 tournament with 5 points. Over 150 players competed in this event at Bridge Sports Centre, Warwick. The congress was organised by IO Alex Holowczak.
Do you want to play chess for England?
The English Primary Schools Chess Association Chess organises the England Under 11 Team and the England Girls' Under 11 Team. The England Girls' Under 11 Team is selected by its manager, based on performances at major tournaments run by ESPCA throughout the year. One of these events is being held in Nottingham (use "Junior Events" on the left menu) and others are in the calendar of ESPCA events. Use the next link to view The team selection procedure. If you would like to play chess for England and you are under eleven years old, ask your parents to contact Tim Walker, MCCU Junior Director.
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