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
• 99th Hastings Congress 2025 (bursaries for juniors playing in the Masters and event costs)
• British Chess Championship 2025 (event costs & junior coaching)
• Coventry International 2025
• ECF Junior Schools competition
• Northumbria Chess Masters 2025
• 6th Wood Green International 2026
• ECF Junior Bursary Fund
• ECF International Series 2026 – junior prize fund and top girl prize

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: Tuesday 6th January 2026