The Trust has been a major financial supporter of junior chess since 2006.

Examples of recent grants awarded include:

• Financial support to individual junior players
• 98th Hastings Congress 2024 (bursaries for juniors playing in the Masters and event costs)
• British Chess Championship 2025 (event costs & junior coaching)
• She Plays to Win
• The Chess Trust (development programme)
• Northumbria Chess Masters 2025
• BUCA Team Championship 2024
• 12th International Youth Chessmates™ Tournament 2025
• ECF Junior Bursary Fund

Comments from recent grantees

• ‘It is extremely helpful to have some financial support available to enable him to play in strong tournaments both in the UK and abroad’
• ‘The impact this grant will have for our students on an individual level will be immeasurable’
• ‘This will be very helpful in establishing the junior bursary fund which we will use to support players in need participating in chess events’
• ‘Without your support it is highly likely that the tournament would not have happened at all, except for in a very limited online way’
• ‘My thanks to The John Robinson Youth Chess Trust for their generous support in helping us run the event’
• ‘The John Robinson Youth Chess Trust is playing an increasing important role as England seeks to develop a new generation of talents’

Page last updated: Saturday 17th May 2025