Wilson's Chess

Wilson's inter-form chess tournament on Friday saw 140 players representing 34 forms. Some great and exciting play. 10 Camberwell won, just ahead of 10H and 9D.

Wilson's win @ecfchess Team Chess Challenge, but it was close all the way, particularly after a loss to @qeh_chess in round 4. ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/14092… @ECFSchools

Wilson's pupils beat the Old Wilsonian's by 37 - 33. Results at ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/14027…

@richjunchess Did you mean Saturday 15th April?

U14/U18 Match versus Sussex - mailchi.mp/f066ddef370c/u… On Saturday 15th March, at 1 p.m., Richmond Juniors will be hosting Sussex at Orleans Park School for an SCCU U14 match with a friendly U18 match at the same time. Looking for players!

Tomorrow's match between the Old Wilsonians and present pupils has grown to being played over 33 boards.

It used to be that chess club was dominatd by year 7s. During covid we had to have bubbles and chess club by year group. This Thursday we have 30 year 12s, 30 year 11s, 30 year 10s and 20 year 9s at chess club. try year group chess clubs - it works! @ECFSchools

Wilson's came third in the NATIONAL finals!

Final league matches of the season - and two wins against KCS Wimbledon A and B. Wilson's A are undefeated in the league and Rahul and Denis both finish the season with a 100% score in the league. ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/58325…

Chess in Schools ran the City of London Schools’ #Chess Tournament yesterday, on behalf of @cityoflondon, at the fantastic Livery Hall @GuildhallLondon. An incredibly fun day with 10 schools taking part and 117 pupils competing!

Wilson's Chess Club had 140 at lunchtime today, using 4 classrooms. Having separate rooms for Sixth form and Year 11 is popular, with years 8, 9 and 10 mixing in two other classrooms. @ECFSchools @schoolschess

Junior County Chess is back! Surrey U14/U1700 team beat Sussex 17 - 7 in today's SCCU fixture at Wilson's School. sccu-chess.com/index.php/en/j…

Congratutions to Wilson's A team for winning today's @ecfchess Team Chess Challenge Regional final with 15/16.

@ChampChessTour A great version of this game is the animation youtube.com/watch?v=YXM3wr… with Grieg's "In the hall of the mountain King" as accompanying music.

In what famous sci-fi movie did this position occur? And what did black play...?

The new @ecfchess rating list is out and Wilson's School has over 200 pupils (past and present) with ratings. Some are improving fast with increases of over 500 points in one year. ecfrating.org.uk/v2/new/list_pl… @ECFSchools

Congratulations to Denis on winning our FIDE Blitz this morning with 10/11 ahead of fellow first team players Rahul and Raghav, 26 played. The chess festival continues on Monday with morning and afternoon rapidplay tournaments.

One of the most amazing compositions. Even knowing the solution I fail to believe it works. White to play and win by I.Schultz

So far 56 entrants for the next Wilson's Chess festival on Sat 22 and Mon 24 Oct. More details at wilsons.school/news/hub/?id=w…

The Briant Poulter league season has started. Congratulations to Wilson's A on winning their opening match 5 - 1 and Wilson's C winning 7.5-4.5. Commiserations to Wilson's B and D who were their opponents.

Today's year 7 chess tournament at Wilson's was bit more chaotic than normal as we had 100 entrants (that is more than half the year group!) Six players tied on 4/4 - two over 1450, two over 1300. @ECFSchools

@NeillCooper @ECFSchools Thank you to all those who played, and the staff and pupil who ran the event.