Club Competitions

Bernfield Club Championship 2009-10

All games to be completed by 29th June 2010.

Foley 2009-10

All games to be completed by 29th June 2010.

Ashelford 2009-10

All games to be completed by 29th June 2010.

Christmas Tournament, Tuesday 22nd December 2009

Sixteen players took part in the club's annual Christmas tournament at odds. Tony Packham was 1st with 5/5 and is the first winner of the Phil Jeffries Trophy. Final standings:

1st Tony Packham 5
2nd Alex Stille 4
3rd Tim Wesson 3.5
4th P. Efstathiou, R. Gordon, K. Huddart, M. Minkov 3
8th P. Biggs, I. Granville 2.5
10th G. Broadbent, R. D'Orey, A. Gladkikh 2, A. Ivanova 2
14th V. Sam 1.5
15th D. Bennett 1
16th J. Rowe 0

Club Champion's Simultaneous Display, 15th September 2009

Nigel Blades took on 15 opponents, scoring 8½ - 6½.

Daniel Sokol, Kevin Wilkinson, Peter Biggs drew with Nigel and Derek Hadley, Phil Zammit, Alain Cedrik and two newcomers to the club, Darren and Miguel all scored wins. The best game prize was awarded to Alain Cedrik for his win.

Lightning Tournament, 8th September 2009

The start-the-season Lightning Tournament was closely contested by 10 players, with Alex Stille emerging the winner. Final standings:

1 A Stille 5/6
2 N Blades 4½ tie break
3 T Pelling 4½
4 T Packham 3½
5 W Mende 3
6 J McDonnell 3
7 I Granville 2½
8 TWesson 1½
9 D Bennett 1½
10 J Slattery 1

Thanks to everyone who played, and to Jim Robinson, Club Captain, who controlled the tournament as a 6-round Swiss.

Friendly Match, Brighton, 5th September 2009

We travelled to Brighton on a bright sunny day for our inaugeral friendly match against Brighton Chess Club. Mostly outgraded, we lost 12-5, but there were some good performances: on the top four boards we scored 50% thanks to wins from Alex and draws from James and Jim, despite being outgraded by more than 20 points per board. Lower down the board order, Sydney and Johannes also scored good wins. Thanks to Jim Robinson, Club Captain for getting this event off the ground and doing all the organising. We hope that this will become an annual fixture.

Summer Friendly Match, 26th July 2009

Hasting & St Leonards won our annual friendly match at the seaside. The match was played over 14 boards.

Photo: Andrew Gladkikh

Club Tournaments 2008-09

Summer Tournament, 23rd June 2009

Seventeen players took part in this five round Swiss tournament, which was controlled by Derek Hadley. Results:

1st Tim Pelling 5/5
2nd Jim Robinson 4/5
3rd Delroy Bennett 4/5

Bernfield Trophy

Games to be completed by 31 May 2009. Rate of play: 30 moves in 1½ hours then 20 moves per hour.

Foley

Games to be completed by 31 May 2009. Rate of play: 36 moves in 1½ hours then 24 moves per hour.

Ashelford

Games to be completed by 31 May 2009. 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. All games to be completed by 31 May 2009.

Ladder Tournament

A player may challenge any higher-placed player to a game. Rate of play 30 moves in 75 minutes followed by a 15-minute quickplay finish. If the lower-placed player wins they shall take the place of the higher-placed player, who drop to the place below their vanquisher. If the higher-placed player wins or the game is a draw there is no change in the positions. Any played not having played a game by the end of October will automatically drop below ALL others who have played, regardless of position. Once more than 12 players have entered there will be two divisions with promotion and relegation at the end of set two-month periods.

Initial ladder positions, based on final standings of the 2007-08 ladder tournament (23 September 2008)

1. D Sokol

2. K Huddart

3. N Harrison

4. J Rowe

5. G Willars

6. K Wilkinson

7. J Parry

8. N Koguchi

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Handicap Tournament, Tuesday 10th February 2009

The handicap tournament attracted 21 entries in a 5 round swiss format.

1st James McDonnell 4.5/5
2nd Jim Robinson 4/5
3rd Tim Pelling 4/5

 

Christmas Tournament-at-Odds, Tuesday 16th December 2008

19 players took part in our Christmas tournament, played at 19th century style odds. It made for an enjoyable evening's chess with buffet, drinks and a mystery prize each round. The tournament was deservedly won by Paul Efstathiou, who defeated Jim Robinson in the final round, receiving odds of pawn and two moves. Paul played very enterprisingly, sacrificing a piece for kingside attack. Thanks to Jim, Nigel, Paul and Tim for organising the tournament and drinks and food.

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