Great evening with young Oxford IM Yichen Han who took on 17 of our finest in a tough clock simul (W9 D5 L3). Congratulations to Shambavi Hariharan for winning the best game prize. Thank you Yichen!

Huge congratulations to Shambavi Hariharan for completing requirements for the Women's Candidate Master title (WCM) at this weekend's 4NCL for Oxford 4NCL. Very well deserved!

It's official, well done Shambavi! English Chess Federation (ECF) Oxford 4NCL

Great performances by @Oxford4ncl at the weekend. Our new FM Kenneth Hobson scored 2/2 on top board for the 1st team! Juniors Jan Murawski and Shambavi Hariharan scored 1.5/2. 4NCL #4ncl

Jan Murawski and Daniel Udovenko share second place in the Wells Chess Congress Open. Well done boys! chess-results.com/tnr1129876.asp…

Congratulations to Kenneth Hobson who has been made an FM at 15, and Billy Fellowes, who, aged 13, is now a CM. Kenneth showed great form in Basel & Billy's great performance in Isle of Wight included draws against such strong opposition as Matthew Wadsworth and Jovanka Houska.

Congratulations to Stuart White (5/9) and Jan Murawski (4.5/9) for outstanding performances in the super strong grenkeChess 2025 open. Both gained over 50 Elo points. Well done!

Made my second WIM norm! 🎉 4NCL

RIP:Tim Dickinson was a good friend to the 4NCL, organising and captaining teams in the 4NCL, arbiting at 4NCL weekends and being responsible for a significant amount of the 4NCL’s essential back office administrative work - see more at 4ncl.co.uk 📷 Brendan O’Gorman

Pia's drawings are really good! Can you identify two Oxfordshire Juniors in this one?

Watch our own Jan Murawski sneak into the frame!

ChessFest 2025 will soon be here!

📣 It's nearly here, time to add the flyer to your school newsletters ✉️ Who's joining us? 💂‍♀️ free to all!

World Team Championships with my student! #FIDERapidBlitzTeams

Great to see Oxfordshire Junior Aden on the team! Good results, Aden!

If you've never heard of, or been to ChessFest at Trafalgar Square, you may not know what it's all about. Maybe this video of the 2024 edition will peek your interest? It's completely free, no need to book! #ChessFest is proudly supported by XTX Markets youtube.com/watch?v=ILXyNN…

“The Wimbledon of Chess” ♟️

There is something for everyone at the 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic, so why not come along and join the fun?

Junior 4NCL, 2025-26 - Weekend 1 takes place later this month 29-30 November 2025 at Holiday Inn Coventry - all the details on how to enter etc at 4ncl.co.uk/j4ncl/jn_entry…