Congratulations to our new Oxfordshire county champions, Shambavi Hariharan and Jan Murawski.

Shambavi took the Girls’ Under-18 title on tiebreak from the talented Ukrainian Taisiia Kovalova.

Jan lifted the Boys’ Under-13 trophy ahead of Magdalen College School’s Yue Yue Sui (2nd) and Albert Hornsby (3rd).

Jan and Shambavi compete regularly for Oxford City in the First Division of the Oxford League and are gaining valuable experience playing weekend congresses.

Jan made his debut for Oxford in Division One of the prestigious Four Nations Chess League last weekend and a few weeks ago defeated his first Grandmaster, Keith Arkell.

Keith Arkell v Jan Murawski

East Midlands Chess Congress 2024

Expect to hear a lot more about Shambavi and Jan in the coming years!