Online Chess Championships – Apr 2026
Last week our Chess team took part in the English Schools Chess Championships online repechage. Playing online rather than in person, it looked to be a challenging experience; finishing 22nd out of 24 teams.
Taking part in 53 games within just one hour it was an extremely fast-paced experience, and for some the time control was too challenging. With just 5 min+3sec/move increment for the whole game, there were some errors in such tough playing conditions, but we’d like to congratulate all of them for taking part and playing well.
Our most experienced players, Year 12’s Nikolai and Rowan won six of nine games and four of seven respectively, and Callum won five out of ten, but it definitely proved to be more challenging for our younger players, Year 9’s Sichen, Year 9’s Max and Year 9’s Arthur but they still played incredibly well and fought hard every minute of the game.
The effort our team has put into these championships has been exceptional, and although they haven’t finished in the top 12 they have done themselves and the School extremely proud.
More information about the match can be found at https://lichess.org/tournament/lG94dQGA.
