St. Albans Chess Club - Junior Chess

Organiser:    Terry Douse - For further details contact Terry on 01727 751072 or email earlyknights@hotmail.com.

St. Albans Early Knights Club is the junior section of the St. Albans Chess Club, which meets at the LRERA, in Cell Barnes Lane, St. Albans, on Monday evenings from 6.15pm to 7.15pm. It is open to all school-age children keen to play and improve their chess. Parents are welcome to stay, and any help from chess playing Mums or Dads would be appreciated. The membership fee, for the year from September 09 - May 10, will be £10, and should be paid when the new season starts on Monday 14th September. As with previous years, there will be a club league, Christmas, and end-of-season competitions, occasional training evenings, and, the “Early Knights” will be entered into the "UK Chess Challenge" tournament. Also, we hope to arrange a couple of friendly matches against other county junior clubs. As in previous seasons, some of our better juniors played for the St. Albans 7th team, in the adult Hertfordshire Chess Leagues. They were unable to emulate last year’s great performance (of finishing 4th in the league) and finished last this time; but, they gained a lot of experience, had some good individual wins, and enjoyed themselves in the process! Next year, once again, there will be plenty of opportunity for the "Knights" to show what they can do, and to improve their chess!

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History of the Early Knights The junior section of St. Albans Chess Club was started in September 1999, and has been popular with young chess enthusiasts ever since. Some of the original members are still here, still enjoying their chess, and much improved. Some of our earliest Knights (and some that started in the subsequent years) now play in one of our senior teams in the Hertfordshire Chess League, winning some of the games, and scaring most of their adult opponents!

Honours Board 2008-2009   Champion: James Colebourn,                 Runners Up: Ryan Lubbock, James Merritt, Daniel Monaghan 2007-2008   Champion: David Colebourn,                 Runners Up: James Colebourn, Stefan Munaz, Tim Moore 2006-2007   Champion: David Colebourn,                 Runners Up: James Colebourn, George Booth, Kishan Das 2005-2006   Champion: David Colebourn,                 Runners Up: James Colebourn, Ed Magee, and Chris Jones 2004-2005   Champion: David Phillips,                 Runners Up: Jonathan Phillips, David Colebourn, and Ed Magee 2003-2004   Champion: David Phillips,                 Runners Up: Chris Jones, Aaron Tuveri, and Edward Magee 2002-2003   Champion: David Phillips,                 Runners Up: Chris Jones, Daniel Fernandez,Emma Williams 2001-2002   Champion: Chris Bird                 Runners Up: William Bates, Ashley Waters, David Phillips 2000-2001   Champion: Chris Pickering                 Runners Up: William Bates ,Chris Bird, ,Chris Duncombe 1999-2000   Champion: Chris Bird                 Runners Up: Chris Pickering, George Allcroft, and Chris Duncombe

2008-2009 Champion James Colebourn