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Latest News:
A round up of recent scores and achievements by junior county players

16/06/2025

Congress Cancellation

Unfortunately there has been very little interest in the chess congress that was planned for next Saturday, June 21st, and therefore the NSCA team have decided to cancel the event.
Of course we will reimburse those of you who have entered.

22/05/2025

Junior Summer Congress

The NSCA's final chess tournament for this academic year is the 2025 Junior Summer Congress which will be held at Our Lady's Primary School in Wellingborough on Saturday 21st June. There will be two sections:
  • Under 9s (aimed at all players who were born on or after September 1st 2015)
  • Under 12s (aimed at players who were born between September 1st 2012 and August 31sr 2015)
All the tournament and payment details can be downloaded here, and then online entry details can be inputted here.

02/05/2025

Stowe School Championships

Stowe School hosted another congress recently run by the NSCA, and again this proved to be a very successful tournament. After a full days chess the eventual Stowe Champions for 2025 in each section were:
U8 – Abhiram Eedupuganti
U9 – Jeremi Rostowski
U10 – Dexter Sykes
U11 – Sunny Dulal (Junior Champion)
U12 – Pooja Korripalli
U14 -  Ratan Osouza
U16 – Rex Yu
U18 – Pengxiao Zhu (Senior Champion)

​Photos from the awards ceremony can now also be viewed here.
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15/02/2025

Stowe School Championships

This years Stowe School Championships takes place on Sunday 27th April, and we are pleased to announce that for this tournament we have made entry online. You can do this by clicking on the following link here.

15/03/2025

Spring Junior Congress Bedford

After a successful event last year we recently held our second Spring Junior Congress, again at Casle Newnham School in Bedford. This was another success, and we have now added this event to our Roll of Honour board. The winners in each section this year were as follows:
Under 8: Harry Dulal
Under 9: Aldo Oldfield Fentiveau
Under 10: Daniella Dairi
Under 11: Viaan Saxena
Under 12: Wolf Sharp
Many congratulations to these winners, and to everybody who took part in another successful tournament.
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12/02/2025

County Champions crowned!

We had a good turn out for our County Championships which were held recently at Stowe School, and so we now have our new county champions.
Well done to all the players that took part, and many congratulations to the following players:

Under 8: Abhiram Eedupuganti
Undeer 9: Arlo Oldfield
Under 10: Kabir Chauhan
Under 11: Gregory Romanovich
Under 12: Jared Thompson
Under 14: Shivam Sahoo
Under 16: Mihir Sharma
Under 18: Bogdan Bouder
Junior Girl: Antonia Samson

Senior Girl: Pooja Korripalli

These players, along with past champions, can all be seen on our Roll of Honour boards, which can be viewed here.


10/02/2025

NSCA Spring Congress

Coming up quickly after our County Championships is our Spring Congress, which is an Under 12 tournament. This will be taking place on Saturday 8th March at Castle Newnham School in Bedford, and for this event we are introducing an online registration so for full details please clink on the following link here.

08/01/2025

County Championships

This year's Northamptonshire County Championships will be taking place on Sunday 9th February, and we are very pleased to confirm that as last year Stow School will be hosting this event - our most prestigious event on our calendar where all our County Champions will be crowned.
You can download an entry form with all the full details here.
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06/12/2024

Autumn Congress

Well done to everybody who participated in our Autumn Congress which took place on 24th November 2024 at the Obelisk Centre in Northampton.

Many congratulations to the winners in each section, who were:
Under 8: Abhiram Eedupuganti
Under 9: Yonathan Heller
Under 10: Aaryan Ragham
Under 11: Sunny Dulal
Under 12: Hugo Singlehurst
Under 14: George Calvert
Under 16: Dragos Carpovici
Under 18: Mihir Sharma

Full results can be viewed at the following:
NSCA Autumn 2024 U9 section
NSCA Autumn 2024 U12 section
NSCA Autumn 2024 U18 section


A selection of photographs from the days prize giving can be viewed here.
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18/11/2024

Midlands County Team Championships

The NSCA was very pleased to be able to send teams to this event which took place at Nottingham High School. NSCA teams entered the under 11 section, the under 9 section, and the girls sections, and we are very proud of all the children who took part, irrespective of their individual scores on the day. Many thanks also to all the parents, without whose help we would not have been able to take part in this event, and who helped to make it a very enjoyable day. Below are some photos from the day.
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14/10/2024

Autumn Congress

Our first in county tournament of the season, the NSCA Autumn Congress, will be taking place on Sunday 24th November at the Obelisk Centre in Northampton. You can download an entry form with all the details here.

05/10/2024

Season Calendar

We have now managed to compile a calendar for the 2024-2025 season. Although this may be subject to additions or changes, as usual you can view the calendar here.

16/08/2024

British Chess Championships

The British Chess Championships were held recently in Hull, and a number of local junior players were taking part.
George Calvert, Ramsey Dairi, Shivam Sahoo, William Calvert, Daniella Daira and Wolf Sharp all played in various sections. Well done to all on being a part of this prestigious event.
You can find full details on the championships, including links to all the scores in all the various sections by going to the British Chess Championships website here.



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