Club Competitions

Congratulations to the 2007-08 tournament winners:

Tim Pelling (Bernfield tournament/club championship)
Kevin Williamson (Foley tournament)
Phil Jeffries (Ashelford tournament)
Daniel Sokol (Ladder tournament)

Trophy presentations will take place at the Autumn General Meeting, Tuesday 16th September.

Bernfield Trophy 2007-08

Foley 2007-08

Ashelford 2007-08

The time limit in the Bernfield, Foley and Ashelford Tournaments is 30 moves in 90 minutes and thereafter 20 moves per hour. Any game played within one month of the competition deadline must be played with a quickplay finish, in which case the time limit is 30 moves in 90 minutes followed by 15 minutes 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. All games to be completed by 31 May 2008.

Ladder Tournament 2007-08

Lower placed players may challenge a higher placed player. If the lower placed player wins then they take the place immediately above their opponent. If the higher placed player wins, or if the game is a draw there's no change to the starting positions.

Games to be played at the rate of 30 moves in 75 minutes with an additional 15 minutes for quickplay finish. Results will be submitted for ECF grading.

All players who have not played by 31 January 2008 will drop below all active players regardless of result.

Final ladder positions (24 June 2008)

1. D Sokol

2. J Parry

3. K Huddart

4. D Bennett

5. J Rowe

6. R Baughan

7. N Koguchi

8. D Bowles

9. N Harrison

10. G Willars

11. G Sokol

Summer Tournament, Tuesday 17th June 2008

A bumper turnout for this five-round Swiss tournament with 19 players participating and Derek Hadley ably controlling. Games were played at the rate of 15 minutes per player per game. Congratulations to the joint winners Tim and Jim, who drew with each other and defeated the rest of their opponents. Final standings:

1st=	T Pelling	4½
1st=	J Robinson	4½
3rd (tiebreak)	P Zammit	3½
	P Biggs	3½
	J McDonnell	3
	D Bennett	3
	T Packham	3
	E Kolege	3
	A Cedrik	3
	M Maher	3
	D Sokol	2
	K Huddart	2
	B Zlatopolsky	2
	S McKinlay	2
	G Broadbent	2
	J Parry	2
	T Fleming	2
	J Rowe	1
	G Willars	1

 

BBC Friendly match, Tuesday 20th May 2008

GLCC turned out a strong team for our end of season friendly against BBC, winning 5-3. Friendly match or not, as the picture shows, concentration was intense on the top four boards.

	GLCC	5 - 3	BBC
	N Blades (182)	0 - 1	R Dickens (155)
	T Pelling (182)	1 - 0	F Rohrer (130)
	J McDonnell (156)	1 - 0	M Harrison
	J Robinson (145)	1 - 0	G Pais (115)
	K Wilkinson (118)	0 - 1	D Wright
	J Gorton (113)	0 - 1	A Kouzmenkov (116)
	J Parry (UG)	1 - 0	A Beckford (89)
	D Bennett (62)	1 - 0	G Snow (68)

Christmas Tournament, 18th December 2007

Thirteen club members took part in the Christmas tournament, played at odds.

1st Tony Packham, 4½/5; 2nd Jim Robinson, 4/5; 3rd Delroy Bennett, 3½/5.

Autumn General Meeting - Club Champion's Simultaneous Display, 18th Sept 2007

Nigel Blades scored 10/11, drawing with Paul Efstathiou and Phil Zammit and winning against Geoff Ashelford, Peter Biggs, Gordon Broadbent, Derek Hadley, Ken Huddart, John Rowe, Bhavin Shah, Alex Shapson and Joel Shapson.

The Tom McGovern Trophy for best game against Nigel was awarded to Paul Efstathiou.

Lightning Tournament, 11th Sept 2007

=1st Tim Pelling and Jim Robinson, 3rd James McDonnell.

Summer Friendly Match, 29th July 2007

This year's friendly against Hasting & St Leonards ended in a narrow victory for our hosts.

Club Constitution and Rules

Constitution
Rules

Old News

Bernfield Trophy 2006-07

*draw agreed without playing

Foley Cup 2006-07

Ashelford Cup 2006-07

Other Club News

End of season friendly match, 17th April 2007

Simultaneous Display

Wednesday 2nd May 2007 - GLCC's home venue, St George's hosted the London Commercial Chess League's Simultaneous Display, given by GM Jon Speelman. We provided the playing equipment for this event, which was held in the Upper Vestry House. Three GLCC players took part: Peter Biggs and Nigel Blades both lost interesting games to Jon and Jim Robinson gained a very creditable draw.

Old News

Pre-season friendly match, 26th Sept 2006

BBC	5 - 3	GLCC
J Davies (184)	0 - 1	N Blades (177)
R Dickens (154)	1 - 0	J Robinson (138)
G Pais (117)	1 - 0	P Zammit (124)
F Rohrer (111)	1 - 0	G Broadbent (112)
A Kouzmenkov (UG)	1 - 0	K Huddart (90)
A Beckford (85)	1 - 0	P Efstathiou (89)
G Snow (67)	0 - 1	D Bennett (80)
J Mara (54)	0 - 1	J Rowe (42)

 

Autumn General Meeting - Club Champion's Simultaneous Display, 19th Sept 2006

Tim Pelling scored 9/10 losing only to Jim Robinson who won the Tom McGovern Trophy for best game against Tim.

Lightning Tournament, 12th Sept 2006

1st Tim Pelling, 2nd James McDonnell, 3rd Nigel Blades.

Summer Friendly Match, 30th July 2006

GLCC travelled down to Hastings on Sunday 30th July for our annual friendly match against Hastings Chess Club, continuing a club tradition going back nearly 40 years. This year's match ended in a convincing victory for Hastings, but an enjoyable time was had by all, on the beach and putting green before and in the pub afterwards, as well as in the chess.

Summer Tournament 2006

The GLCC summer tournament was held on Saturday 10th June, at a prospective new venue for the club, St George's Church, Bloomsbury. Despite a clash with England's opening world cup match against Paraguay, nine players particated: Tim Pelling, Nigel Blades, Jim Robinson, Phil Zammit, Paul Efstathiou, Peter Biggs, Gordon Broadbent, Keith Huddart and Delroy Bennett. Nigel Harrison sociably joined us for lunch and evening drinks.

The tournament was won by Tim Pelling with 8/8, after a close last round game against Jim Robinson, when both players were neck and