Desert Penguins Junior Chess Club is celebrating their first Christmas at Barnes Sports Club. What an exciting time it has been for all our players!

The children have been playing in the qualifying events of the London Junior Chess Championship throughout the autumn and showed great skills and fighting spirit. The results speak for themselves - 8 of our players will take part in the final tournaments:

Yad Rahman - U8 and U10 Minor

Alexander Royce - U8

Krishna Agarwal - U10 Minor

Antonio Valentin Pena - U10 Minor

Andy Wang - U10 Minor

Arman Tengaev - U10 Major

Ismail Logia-Zaidi - U10 Major and U12 Minor

Andrew MacLeod - U10 Major and U12 Major

Congratulations and well done! We wish you the best of luck in this prestigious competition.

Desert Penguins Chess Club is always looking for new members. Please do not hesitate to contact our coach, IM Augustin Madan on 07513301109 or augustin.madan@gmail.com for more information about the sessions. Click here to find out about the Spring term schedule.