Leicestershire & Rutland Chess Association is the body recognised by the English Chess Federation as being responsible for chess in the city of Leicester and the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland.  The Association is affiliated to the Midland Counties Chess Union.

Latest News

County Championships – County Championship OPEN – 15 Jul 2025

The County Championship this year is an all play all event. The latest position is shown in the attached file. Full article

Message from Alan Agnew - more positive news on the Leicestershire Junior front – 27 Jun 2025

Leicestershire Primary School wins National Championship

I am very pleased to let you know that Fairfield Prep School in Loughborough were the winners of the inaugural ECF Primary Teams Chess Challenge 2025. Schools took part in regional qualifiers during the Spring term, with the winners of each qualifier being invited the finals which took place at Nottingham University on Tuesday 24th June.
Some of the leading juniors in the country took part (4 of the top 10 on rating were competing) and a number of very strong London based independent schools took part. However, after 5 rounds of 10+2 chess Fairfield came out winners! You can see full results below:

Results

Vacancies Filled - Thank you! – 27 Jun 2025

Just an advisory note that the two vacancies posted below have been filled - thank you very much to those volunteers.

**Leicestershire Junior Chess needs you!** 2 exciting opportunities have arisen – 16 Jun 2025

Opportunity 2:
Leicestershire Under 11 Girls team Coordinator
This year Leicestershire will enter an under 11 Girls team in the EPSCA (English Primary Schools Chess Association) County championships. 6 players are required to represent Leicestershire in the finals which will take place on Saturday 18th April 2026
The role of coordinator is the same as the Under 9 team coordinator previously posted.
If you are interested in this role please contact Alan Agnew at alanagnew_uk@yahoo.co.uk

**Leicestershire Junior Chess needs you!** 2 exciting opportunities have arisen – 16 Jun 2025

Opportunity 1:
Leicestershire Under 9 team Coordinator
This year Leicestershire will enter an under 9 team in the EPSCA (English Primary Schools Chess Association) County championships. 12 players are required to represent Leicestershire at a qualifier to take place in Midlands region on Saturday 28th February 2026
The role of coordinator is to:
- Liaise with Leicestershire Junior coach to select 12 players to represent Leicestershire
- Contact parents to make arrangement for the attendance of the qualifying event
- Find out which children require Leicestershire Junior Chess polo shirts and communicate with Leicestershire Junior Coach
- Attend the qualifying event as Team Manager
There is possibility of qualifying for national final to be held on 25th April 2026
The pre-event organisation (picking teams, communicating with parents, registering players, organizing polo shirts) would take approximately 5 – 10 hours
The qualifying event is a full day event.
If you, or anyone that you know might be interested in this role, please contact Alan Agnew at alanagnew_uk@yahoo.co.uk

County Championships – Tournament Website – 05 Jun 2025

The links to the following sections are below:

Challengers

Major

Minor

Annual General Meeting – LRCA AGM 2025 Minutes – 29 May 2025

LRCA AGM 2025 Minutes Full article

Annual General Meeting – LRCA Junior Report 2024-2025 – 22 May 2025

LRCA Junior Report 2024-2025 Full article

LRCA Secretary Wanted – 21 May 2025

The LRCA currently does not have a Secretary/League Secretary and urgently needs one to ensure the continuation and smooth running of the main league competition. The review of the past season and prep-season preparation starts from late May onwards. Please get in touch with Ben Vaughan if you would be interested in taking on this role.

Annual General Meeting – LRCA League Secretary's Report 2025 – 20 May 2025

LRCA League Secretary's Report 2025 Full article