Queen Mary's 3 - Bishop Vessey's 3

A tough battle between two very evenly matched teams! Well done to Jai Sikka, Saurabh Bhatt and Liam Berenbuam of 9G for winning their games.

KES Under 13 Lightning Tournament

This Friday a group of 6 year 7 chess players traveled to King Edwards Edgbaston to play in the under 13s 'Lightning Tournament'. As the name suggests the tournament is of a 'quick play' format, with each round consisting of two games with 5 minutes on the clock for each player. The tournament is always tough with all the best teams in the Birmingham Junior Chess League taking part. However, every QMGS player managed to win at least one game and well done to Manveer, Zain and Farshad who won three games, which earned them each a medal.

Under 12 Tournament

Last Friday a team of eight year seven students travelled to Camp Hill to take part in the annual under 12's chess tournament. The tournament consisted of two rounds with 20 minutes on the clock for each player. The tournament did prove to be very challenging for our team however, Farshad Mohammadi managed to win both his game; Rahul Randhawa one won game and Cameron Harris and Manveer Wilku both managed to draw one game.

QMGS v Windsor High School

QMGS third  team 3 - Windsor High School 3
QMGS fourth team 0.5 - Windsor High School 5.5

A tough fixture against a very well prepared Windsor side. The fourth team struggled, however, well done to Amaron Bhatti for managing a draw after grueling 1 hour match, by far the longest of evening. Also, well done to Jon Yin Ho and Saif-Ullan Hussain for winning their matches and especially well done to Liam Berenbuam for recording his first win in the chess league.

QMGS v KES

All four teams were in action on Friday in a tough away fixture against Kings Edwards Edgbaston. Unfortunately, there were no wins for any of the QMGS teams, with the first team coming closest losing narrowly 4-2. Well done to Fahim Nasiri and Ben Nevett-Farman for winning their games and well done also to Abu Bakr for a credible draw whilst making his first appearance in the second team.

Queen Mary's 1st Team 3 - King Edwards Camp Hill 1st Team 3

An excellent start to the chess season! After losing numerous star players last year, it seems we have a new generation more than capable of holding there own against the best teams in the league.

All of the games went to the wire, were keenly contested and lasted around an hour and half.

Well done to Ravi Patel and Fahim Nasiri for winning there games and especially well done to Ben Nevett-Farman for winning on his debut.

Chess Roundup and Trophies 2014

Another season ends and I make the annual journey from Walsall to the other side of Birmingham and the meeting at Camp Hill Boys school. Various issues are discussed including; trying to include more schools in the league and the possibility of hosting a tournament at QMGS next year. With last years trophies returned this years are distributed and QMGS receive runners up in division 4 and winners of division 2. Well done to all those involved! Unfortunately, only the division 2 winners trophy was available for collection, though attempts are being  made to track missing trophies down.