London Chess Classic a great success

The 7th London Chess Classic school events took place at Olympia from 4 to 11 December 2015. There were record attendances, with 1718 children representing 101 schools from Bristol to Bradford playing 4141 tournament games across 6 days. CSC also organised the English Junior Rapidplay on behalf of the English Chess Federation, which was filled to capacity weeks in advance.

Events ran from 09.30am to 3.30pm each day, with a break for a packed lunch. All primary and secondary schools were invited to participate.