The Junior club meets every Wednesday from 6:00pm to 7:30pm
In Autumn 2022, over the board chess activity was starting again after CoVid disruption. The committee decided to start a junior club to give children who had only experienced playing online the opportunity to meet others and play.
Since its inception, the junior section of Edinburgh West Chess Club has steadily grown into a thriving place for children and parents to play and enjoy chess. Alongside casual games of chess with other juniors, there is a variety of instructional content lead by head coach International Grandmaster Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant. Additionally there are frequently fun rapid or blitz competitions which the kids can participate in.
For those juniors looking to play in more serious over the board long-play games. Edinburgh West has entered junior teams in the local Edinburgh leagues as well as the national Scottish league.
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