by Sarah Hegarty | Jul 8, 2019 | Blogs
Loading... As our Gigafinals are now well under way and our first qualifiers have been identified it seems like a great time to write about the Terafinal and explain a little bit more about what to expect. It is notoriously difficult to qualify for the Terafinal ...
by Sarah Hegarty | Jun 24, 2019 | Blogs
Sections The following sections will be run for each Gigafinal Saturday Boys under 7s Boys under 8s Boys under 9s Boys under 10s Sunday Girls under 7s Girls under 8s Girls under 9s Girls under 10s Girls under 11s Mixed under 12s Mixed under 13s Mixed under 14s Mixed...
by Sarah Hegarty | Jun 3, 2019 | Blogs
Although the UKCC is an individual competition we do like to draw attention to strong performances from schools. In a ‘Mega’ performance Hallfield School have managed to produce 10 Supremo/as in the 2019 Megafinals – a fantastic achievement. The full...
by Sarah Hegarty | Jun 3, 2019 | Blogs
Gigafinals – What to expect This year there are four Gigafinals taking place in Manchester, Solihull, Twickenham and Surrey. We are expecting around 2,500 children to take part with around 200 Terafinal spots up for grabs. It goes without saying that the Gigafinals...
by Sarah Hegarty | Jun 3, 2019 | Blogs, Chess Lab Children
Tips and Advice for players Last year I posted some advice for players playing their first Gigafinal (though this advice is still applicable if you have played in one previously). I thought I would update that post and share with the ‘Class of 2019’ as the advice is...
by Sarah Hegarty | May 2, 2019 | Blogs
1st Ever ChessKid Games Our partner ChessKid are running the first ever ChessKid Games in June. Full information can be found here The UKCC were asked to nominate an eligible player from our competition and we are pleased to announce that George Clarkson will...
