Welcome

LJCC 2025

Thank you for playing in the 2025 LJCC events, it was a pleasure to welcome the chess community to our events again, and we hope everyone enjoyed the event as much as we did in hosting it. Results are now available on chess-results which can be accessed via the links below:

ABOUT THE LJCC

The London Junior Chess Championships is one of the country's most prestigious junior chess events. Qualifying events for U8, U10 & U12 age groups run in different venues throughout the autumn. There is no prior qualification necessary for the U14 events and above.

 

Congress of the Year

We are delighted to announce the LJCC Centenary Tournament 2024 has been named ECF Tournament of the Year.

Read more about this here.

We want to thank all those who have supported us over many years.  We are so proud of our Congress Manager, our Arbiters, and our Trustees who put so much effort into making the tournament great.  Thank you also to the players and parents who are the beating heart of all our events.

 


 
LJCC Events 2026
Qualifying events will take place from the end of August through to December.
The list of qualifying events will be published in due course.