John Upham's Gigafinal pictures can be viewed on his gallery : http://johnupham.smugmug.com/Chess/UKCC TERAFINAL/CHALLENGERS information Southern Gigafinal Results: Saturday, 12th July, 2014 Southern Gigafinal Results: Sunday 13th July, 2014 Northern Gigafinal Results: Saturday 5th July, 2014 Northern Gigafinal Results: Sunday 6th July, 2014 Latest issues of Junior BCM now available Issue 4 & 5 MASTER CHESS COACHING AT THE GIGAFINALS MEGAFINAL RESULTS AND GIGAFINAL QUALFIERS GIGAFINAL INFORMATION 2014 2014 Megafinals information Announcing the launch of the JUNIOR BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE. This is really good news for players, teachers and parents. Find out more here.

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THE UK CHESS CHALLENGE
The largest chess tournament in the world - Is your school in?

The UK Chess Challenge began in 1996 and was an immediate success, with 700 schools entering, involving approximately 23,000 children. By 2006 numbers competing had more than trebled to 74,000. The structure of the tournament is simple, allowing the most inexperienced players to compete in the early stages, yet testing the mettle of the finest at the end.

The tournament begins every Spring Term, and continues over four stages and eight months. In the first stage children compete week by week in schools all over the UK (currently the number of schools taking part is over 1,500). Every child is able to win prizes, whether badges, gold spots, mascots, trophies and even baseball caps, so every child has something to play for.

Teachers and parents comment on the enormous enthusiasm amongst the children for their badges, gold spots and mascots. Junior chess clubs are springing up all over the country, both in schools and outside; numbers in existing clubs have mushroomed. All this shows that chess is one of the most enjoyable and exciting ways for children to learn how to think.