First and foremost chess should be fun! This is the ethos of Ojays, the Oxfordshire Junior Squad Chess Club. We meet weekly on Thursdays between 6.15pm and 8pm, either in person or online, to develop young chess players in preparation for county tournaments and individual competitions.

Witney Online Rapidplay - Sunday 20th September

Just a reminder about Witney Online Rapidplay taking place this Sunday 20th September.  A number of Ojays members are already taking part but there is still space for others to join across the different sections.

The Junior Minor is for players with a grading less than 50 ECF.

Details below:


Date: Sunday 20 September.

Sections: Open, Junior Major, Junior Minor.

Entry fee: £5.00 for ECF members/supporters.

Trophies: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, best performance prize in each section.

No of rounds: Six.

Round times: 10:00am, 11:30am, 1:00pm, 2:30 pm, 4:00 pm, 5:30 pm.

Time controls: 20 mins + 10 sec increment Open and Junior Major; 10 mins +5 sec increment Junior Minor.

Tie-breaks: sum of progressive scores followed by sum of opponents' scores.

Rating: Games will be ECF online rated.

Online platform: Lichess.


You can find the entry form here: http://www.witneychess.co.uk/witney_online_entry.htm. The drop-down menu on the Witney Chess Club website has useful stuff like playing online games on Lichess, fair play guidelines, terms and conditions etc.