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Back-to-Back Champions for Essex U11 Girls
On 18th April 2026, a young but experienced Essex team travelled to Loughborough for the EPSCA U11 National Championship. After last year’s fantastic performance, Essex arrived as defending champions, with seven of the 2026 squad already proudly displaying their 2025 trophies at home. Retaining the title would be a real test—something Essex had never managed before. […]
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EPSCA U11 Finals 2026 – Good result at the Minor, great result at the Major!
This year’s EPSCA Inter-Association Under 11 tournament organisers had great difficulty finding venues, and this continued with the Finals, which were only confirmed just over two weeks before the events on Saturday 14 March 2026. It was originally intended to have both finals in the same location, so it was very disappointing that they ended […]
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Essex Under 11 Teams – Great Results at the EPSCA East Zone Qualifier!
This year’s EPSCA Inter Association Under 11 tournament has been revamped to a four round team v team format – the number of players has been cut from 20 to 12, but associations can have two teams. To allow for the extra round game time has been reduced from 40/10 to 25/10. A final complication […]
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Essex Juniors Triumph at the 2025 British Chess Championships
Essex Juniors are very welcome to play in Essex adult as well as Essex junior teams. This is standard play chess across the board
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Play Chess for the Essex Chess Association
Essex Juniors are very welcome to play in Essex adult as well as Essex junior teams. This is standard play chess across the board
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Essex U11 Team at the 2025 EPSCA Inter-Association Tournament
Report by Mark McCallum. Strong showing from our U11 representatives at the inter-county competition.
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Volunteers Needed: Join the EJCA Community Today!
Help us support junior chess across Essex. Various volunteer opportunities available for all skill levels
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Follow EJCA on X!
EJCA now on Twitter. Follow us for the latest tournament updates and chess news from across Essex.
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Under 9 Association Championship Finals 2025
Report by Michael Catabay. Exciting finals with outstanding play from our youngest competitors
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U11 Essex Girls Win Bronze in Oxford!
Report by Andrew Willoughby. Fantastic achievement by our girls team securing bronze medals.
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