Club Competitions

Bernfield Club Championship 2011-12

Foley Cup 2011-12

All games to be completed by 30th June 2012. Rate of play: 36 moves in 1½ hours then 24 moves per hour.

Any game played within one month of the competition deadline must be played with a quickplay finish, in which case games are played to the first time control, followed by a 15-minute quickplay finish. Before the one month deadline, games may also be played to a quickplay finish, provided both players agree to this before play commences. Any adjournment played within one month of the competition must also be played to a quickplay finish, with the clocks set back 15 minutes when the next time control is reached.

On completion of a game the result should be entered on the appropriate chart on the noticeboard. Please also notify the tournament controller direct as this helps him monitor the progress of tournaments. This can be done by email or telephone to Derek Hadley (01322 666197) and messages can be left on his answering machine.

Christmas Tournament, Tuesday 20th December 2011

Seventeen players took part in the club's annual odds tournament, played over five rounds with a Christmas buffet and drinks. Three players tied on 4 points each, with Jim Robinson the winner on tiebreak. Final standings:

1-3 Jim ROBINSON    4 pts(winner on tiebreak)
     Ian GRANVILLE    4 pts
     Nigel HARRISON   4 pts
4   Erica ORSAGOVA  3½ pts

Full crosstable available here

Congratulations to Jim, who is awarded the Phil Jeffries Trophy and a bottle of brandy. The runners-up each received a bottle of beer and a box of mince pies. Thank you to Gordon, Ken and Martin for their contributions to the buffet.

Heads down for the the last round of the tournament                             Erica, playing Nigel on top board was unlucky not to finish in the top 3

Open Blitz Tournament, Tuesday 15th November 2011

Twenty-three players took part in our 10-round blitz tournament, which ended in a three-way tie:

1st=  David Vichnar, Andrea Loi and Arne Eilers 7½/10

Crosstable and full list of placings available here.

Tournament controller: Nigel

Our next Open Blitz Tournament will be in the New Year.

Autumn General Meeting and Club Champion's Simultaneous Display, Tuesday 20th September

The prize-giving and simultaneous display was very well attended. Tim Pelling as club champion took on 20 players, an increase over last year's 18 competitors. Play began at 7.00pm, and by the interval Tim was embroiled in some very complicated struggles. First blood went to Karin Bayona with her well-deserved victory at 8.45pm. Nonetheless, Tim managed win through on the the vast majority of boards to score a magnificent 16/20.

The McGovern Trophy, for the best game played by a club member, was awarded to Peter Biggs, for his tidy win. Well done also to Alex, Erika, Ken and Jacques for drawing with Tim.

Two photos from the simultaneous display:

Shapson Trophy Lightning Tournament, Tuesday 13th September 2011

Twenty players took part in this 10 seconds per move lightning tournament. The top four players from two 10-player all-play-all sections met in a final play-off, which was won by Tim Pelling. Results from the play-off were:

1st    Tim Pelling 2
2nd=  M Mlodarshi and Tom Middleton 1½
4th    Peter Morton 1

Congratulations to Tim, who wins the Shapson Trophy.

Open Blitz Tournament, Tuesday 6th September 2011

Twenty-nine players took part in our start-of-season blitz tournament. Run as a single section Swiss tournament over 10 rounds, it was an exciting evening's chess. Hanro Viljoen emerged as front runner and held onto his lead for several rounds, but was caught, and finally overhauled, by Robbie Coleman in the last two rounds. Top placings were:

1st    Robbie Coleman 8/10
2nd=  Arne Eilers and Hanro Viljoen 7½/10

Crosstable and full list of placings available here.

Tournament controller: Nigel

Our next Open Blitz Tournament will be on 15th November.

Friendly Match, Hastings, Sunday 31st July 2011

After last year's draw GLCC scored their first victory in eight years in our annual friendly match away to the legendary Hastings Chess Club. Once again the sun shone and a fine day was had by all.

Summer Tournament, 7th June 2011

A very well attended summer tournament, won by an on-form Tim Pelling with 5/5.

1. T Pelling 5
2. A Caballero 4 (tiebreak)
3. B Ghorbani 4
4. P. Wood 4
5. K. Alkhulaifi 3.5
6. J Robinson 3
7. A Hancock 3
8. C Gustavsson 3
9. J McDonnell 3
10. P Biggs 3
11 A Stille 2.5
12. T Packham 2.5
13. P Zammit 2.5
14. G Tsagdis 2.5
15. J Parry 2.5
16. D Dold 2
17. A Alokhin 2
18. A Cedrik 2
19 G Willars 2
20. P Efstathiou 2
21. K Huddart 2
22. R Gordon 1.5
23. R D’Orey 1.5
24. T Mudd 1
25. J Slattery

Bush Trophy Handicap Tournament, 31st May 2011

Seventeen players took part in the the club's time handicap tournament. This was a very enjoyable evening with some exciting games and scrambles against the clock. Congratulations to Jim Robinson on winning with a perfect 5/5.

1st J Robinson 5
2nd G Tsagdis 4 (tiebreak)
3rd R Haldane 4
4th N.Blades 3½
5th T.Pelling 3½
6th T.Packham 3
7th A.Cedrik 3
8th I Granville 3
9th P Efstathiou 3
10th D Dold 2
11th = A Hancock 2 and K Huddart 2
13th G Willars 1½
14th B Ghorbani 1½
15th= R D'Orey 1½ and R Gordon 1½
17th J Slattery 1

Five round Swiss, 30 minutes per game, time allocated to players according to grade difference. Tournament controller: Derek

Evening Blitz Tournament, 24th May 2011

Twenty-two players took part in our first open blitz tournament, which attracted nine non-members. Going at a brisk space we managed to complete an 11-round Swiss tournament by 9.30pm. Final standings were:

1 HALDANE,R 9½
2 GUSTAVSSON,C 8
3-4 VUJATOVIC,R SASOT,E 7½
5 CABALLERO,A 7
6-7 CUTMORE,D, ROBINSON,J 6½
8-11 LANDAU,J HADI,J ALOKHIN,A WOOD,P 6
12 PACKHAM,T 5½
13-16 ANGUS,H GHORBANI,B BIGGS,P DOLD,D 5
17 BENNETT,D 4½
18-19 GRANVILLE,I HADLEY,D 4
20 WOOLGAR,T 3½
21 GORDON,R 2
22 HUDDART,K 1

Eleven round Swiss, 5 minutes per player per game. Tournament controller: Nigel

Congratulations to Robin Haldane (UNATS) on winning the tournament outright. We hope to hold another open blitz in the autumn.

Friendly Match GLCC v BBC, 17th May 2011

GLCC	3½ - 4½	BBC
N. Blades	½ - ½	R Dickens
T B Packham	0 -1	F Rohrer
P Zammit	0 -1	M Harrison
D Dold	1 - 0	G Pais
P Biggs	1 - 0	D Wright
D W Hadley	1 - 0	A Beckford
T Fleming	0 - 1	G Snow
G Willars	0 - 1	J Mara

 

Bernfield Club Championship 2010-11

1	TWP	TBP	NB	Total
T W Pelling		w    1	b     1	2 (1st)
T B Packham	b   0		w    ½	½
N Blades	w    0	b   ½		½

All games to be completed by 30th June 2011. Rate of play: 36 moves in 1½ hours then 24 moves per hour. then 24 moves per hour.

Foley 2010-11

1	DB	IG	KWH	LC	DWH	STKW	Total
D Bennett		w 0	b 0	w	b  0	w  0	0
I Granville	b 1		w 1	b	w 0	b  0	2
K W Huddart	w 1	b 0		w 0	b 0	w 0	1
L Conyard	b	w	b 1		w	b	w
D W Hadley	w 1	b   1	w 1	b		w ½	3½ (1st=)
S T K Wilkinson	b  1	w   1	b 1	w	b  ½		3½ (1st=)

All games to be completed by 30th June 2011. Rate of play: 36 moves in 1½ hours then 24 moves per hour.

Any game played within one month of the competition deadline must be played with a quickplay finish, in which case games are played to the first time control, followed by a 15-minute quickplay finish. Before the one month deadline, games may also be played to a quickplay finish, provided both players agree to this before play commences. Any adjournment played within one month of the competition must also be played to a quickplay finish, with the clocks set back 15 minutes when the next time control is reached.

On completion of a game the result should be entered on the appropriate chart on the noticeboard. Please also notify the tournament controller direct as this helps him monitor the progress of tournaments. This can be done by telephone to Derek Hadley (01322 666197) and messages can be left on his answering machine.

 

Christmas Tournament, Tuesday 21st December 2010

Eighteen players took part in the club's annual tournament-at-odds, for the Phil Jeffries Trophy. Antonio Caballero was the eventually winner, overcoming all the odds to score a perfect 5/5. Final standings were:

1st A Caballero, 5
2nd-3rd E Sasot, F Schleicher, 4
4th-8th J Robinson, O Dagli, N Harrison, C Ormerod, 3
9th D Bennett, 2½
10th-14th P Efstathiou, I Granville, K Huddart, R Gordon, R D'Orey, 2
15th-17th G Broadbent, T Packham, T Fleming, 1½
18th G Willars, 0

 

Autumn General Meeting and Club Champion's Simultaneous Display, Tuesday 21st September 2010

Tim Pelling took on one of the biggest and strongest fields ever in this year's simultaneous, scoring a well-earned 12/18. Play started at 7.15pm and Tim's last opponent resigned just before 10pm. Individual results below:

Player	Score	Finish time
Tom Fleming	0	8.10pm
Thomas Weisenburger	1	8.40pm
Joel Shapson	0	8.55pm
Delroy Bennett	0	9.15pm
Paul Efstathiou	0	9.15pm
Lee Conyard	0	9.26pm
Daniel Kornlein	1	9.29pm
Ken Huddart	1	9.30pm
Spyros Kollias-Liapis	0	9.39pm
Jim Slattery	0	9.39pm
Geoff Willars	0	9.43pm
Peter Biggs	½	9.44pm
Ruy d'Orey	0	9.46pm
Alan Cedrik	1	9.49pm
Henry Shapson	0	9.51pm
Hanro Viljoen	1	9.56pm
Antonio Fernandez Caballero	½	9.56pm
Richard Dodds	0	9.58pm

The McGowan Trophy for the best game against Tim was awarded to new club member Thomas Weisenberger.

 

Lightning Tournament, Tuesday 14th September 2010

The start-the-season Lightning Tournament was won by Jim Robinson, who will hold the Shapson Trophy for one year. Standings:

1. J Robinson 8
2. A Caballero 7.5
3. T. Weisenburger 6
4. T. Pelling 5
5. J. McDonnell 5
6. D. Vasilliev 4.5
7. T. Packham 4
8. P. Zammit 3
9. P. Biggs 1
10. D. Bennett 1

Thanks to Derek Hadley who ran the tournament. This was just Jim's first success of the week - on Thursday he went on to win a very strong Civil Service Individual Blitz. Congratulations too to Peter Biggs who won the U-150 section of the Blitz!