Easter Chess Camp - Chess Rising Stars

Chess Rising StarsMarch 7, 2025March 7, 2025

We’ve had a very welcome week of sunshine in London – a sure sign that Spring is on the way. Naturally, you will be thinking about what your kids can do during the Easter holidays next month and Chess Rising Stars are here to help!

Our Easter Online Chess Camp will be held between 7^th and 9^th April. It’s our 30^th camp since 2020 and, once again, will be taught by our experienced online coach Savvas Manelidis.

Lessons will have a mixture of tuition, friendly games and an internal tournament with trophies posted to the winners! Our Online Chess Camp acts as an ideal companion course to our small-group Online Chess Clubs. We also welcome students who are current members of our in-person school chess lessons, the Chelsea Chess Club and Wimbledon Chess Rising Stars for some extra chess in their Holidays.

Details for Parents

Time: 9:00-11:30 am
Age: 6 to 14
Number of children: 4-10 per group

Dates

7^th, 8^th & 9^th April 2025

Early Bird Discount

£25 per individual day
For bookings dated on or before 31^st March 2025

Cost

£25 per day only when the whole camp is booked in advance
£35 per individual day from 1^st April

CRS London Academy

Aug 17, 2023

CRS London Academy to announce its participation in the Junior 4 Nations Chess League

Chess Rising Stars London Academy are thrilled to announce its participation in Season 8 of the Junior 4 Nations Chess League Online with not one, but three talented teams!

The 4NCL is a prestigious team chess event in the UK with £10,000 in cash prizes.

As J4NCLO veterans, we secured the Division 3 title in Season 7 and were Division 4 champions in both Seasons 5 and 6.

Discover how our top students have consistently achieved impressive results at local, county, and national levels, and watch your child’s chess skills soar to new heights with exemplary team spirit and competitive camaraderie.

J4NCLO serves as an ideal gateway to tournament chess, and our experienced students have successfully progressed to compete over the board. All competing juniors are required to become members of the English Chess Federation.

We can provide an introduction to the world of team chess competitions for your child.

CRS London Academy, UK Chess News

Nov 26, 2025

Christmas Online Tournament 2025

It’s a Chess Rising Stars Christmas tradition to host a December online tournament on our lichess team page. We are offering the opportunity to play in a fun private tournament with players of all chess levels.

Open to all CRS students, parents and including a special welcome to our friends from the Chess To School initiative in Nigeria, fresh off their Division 3 runners-up finish at the J4NCLO.

We will award prizes for age and rating categories including books trophies and private lessons with our experienced coaches. In previous years, we have received over 30 entrants to this event.

Schedule

The Christmas Online Tournament will take place on Sunday 14th December at 4 pm (GMT).

There will be 9 rounds of 5+3 blitz and we’re expecting to finish between 6 and 7 pm.

Warm-Up

Many of our junior students have qualified for the LJCC Finals later in December and this would be an ideal warm-up tournament for them to compete against other strong, experienced juniors.

Fair Play

To ensure the integrity of the Chess Rising Stars Online Grand Prix tournaments, we will use the lichess cheat detection system alongside the observation and judgment of our experienced coaching team.

Register Now

Drop us a message on the Chess Rising Stars lichess team page or an email to london@chessacademy.uk to get involved in this exciting and competitive chance to test your blitz skills.

CRS London Academy, UK Chess News

Jan 30, 2024

Chess Rising Stars Online Grand Prix

To help prepare our students to compete beyond Chess Rising Stars, we are delighted to announce our first Online Grand Prix.

You can find our free Grand Prix tournaments on our lichess team page this term. Chess Rising Stars students, parents and friends are all welcome to take part.

Each tournament will have 5 rounds of 10+5 and points will be tallied across the 6 Grand Prix events. We have chosen this time control to mimic the playing conditions in the Junior Four Nations Chess League Online (J4NCLO).

Prizes will be awarded based on the number of entries and will be confirmed at a later date. Your top 5 scores from the 6 Grand Prix events will count towards this.

The online chess tournaments will take place on the following Sundays at 4 pm (GMT) in the Spring Term 2024:

28th Jan = Warm-Up

4th Feb = Grand Prix 1

17th Mar = GP 6

To ensure the integrity of the Chess Rising Stars Online Grand Prix tournaments are maintained, we will use the lichess cheat detection system alongside the observation and judgement of our experienced coaching team.

The Chess Rising Stars London Academy team hope to see many of you there.