Newham Junior Chess

After a break of over 18 months we are back over-the-board on Saturday 27 November - and entries are now open. Go to Grand Prix — Newham Junior chess for more information and a link to sign up.

Rock Yu today won this year's grand prix with a total points score of 329. He could manage only second place in today's tournament, but his performance over the series left him 30 points ahead of second place Aryan Gohil. Taiki Mumford won a tight race for third place. Going into the final round of today's tournament any of four people could have won, but salvaging a draw via stalemate, against a fellow contender, was enough for Taiki by the margin of one point only. Girls' champion, for th...

The final round of this year's Newham Junior Grand Prix will be on Saturday 27 February here on chess.com and starting at 10.30 - the usual time. As is traditional, this final tournament in the series will comprise six rounds rather than five. There will be physical trophies for the top three places in the overall grand prix and a trophy for the top girl or boy (dependent on who wins overall first place) and a trophy for the top under-nine (on 27 February).

The grand prix takes its traditional December break and will return at the end of January

The third round of the 2020/21 Newham Junior Grand Prix will be on Saturday 28 November - again here on chess.com.

The link for Saturday's second round of the 2020/21 Newham Junior Grand Prix is now live. Register from 9.30am on the day.

      Grand Prix Points Sept Jobayer Khan   85 5 Lordperseus Asare 68 4 Aryan Gohil   68 4 Rock Yu   68 4 Laurelle Asare 51 3 Moyao Fang   51 3 Taiki Mumford 51 3 Tobias Stevens 51 3 Adrian Lawal 34 2 Artemy Mirolava   34 2 Maks Mumford 34 2 Vivian Obi 34 2 Lukas Volungevicius   34 2 Jonathan Xue   34 2 Anwulika Obi 34 2 Brian Jiang   17 1 Emmanuela Obi 17 1

The second round of the 2020/21 Newham Junior Grand Prix will be on Saturday 24 October here on chess.com.

The first round of the 2020/21 Newham Junior Grand Prix will be on Saturday 19 September here on chess.com.