Todays Merseyside Junior Chess Congress held In Merchant Taylors Girls School in Crosby saw some quality chess and some great performances from over 50 juniors.
A huge Thank You to Merchant Taylors for providing the fantastic venue once again which us perfect for these events.
Junior Chess on Merseyside exists in many forms and we are always looking for more juniors to join in. Junior Chess on Merseyside consists of:
The Merseyside Junior Chess team is formed from many chess clubs, schools and individuals from all over Merseyside with players from the age 6 to 16 many of whom then go onto play in the Merseyside adult league and National Chess competitions.
The Merseyside junior chess league had another round of fixtures yesterday at Merchant Taylor Junior Boys school which leaves just a couple of games outstanding for this season.
The title was decided yesterday with the tightest of outcomes possible at the top. Wirral Juniors and Liverpool Knights both finished the season with 13 points from a possible 14 points after drawing with each other early in the season and winning all other matches. Wirral scored 28.5 board victories through the season and Liverpool Knights 28.0
Read more: Wirral Juniors are Merseyside Junior Champions 2018