Club Competitions

Christmas Tournament, Tuesday 17 December 2019

Twelve players took part in our annual tournament at odds and enjoyed the traditional Christmas buffet. The tournament was won by guest player Alex Cherniack, who receives a 12 month Chessable Pro subscription, kindly donated by

Victor Luo as the highest placed club member will hold the Phil Jeffries trophy for one year, to be presented at the Autumn General Meeting. Full results below.

Cross Table

No Name              Feder Rtg Loc Total  1    2    3    4    5  

1  Cherniack, Alex             200 4     12:W  6:W  2:W  3:L  4:W
2  Davies, Cledwyn             121 3.5    7:W  4:W  1:L  8:W  3:D
3  Luo, Victor                 160 3.5    5:W  8:L  9:W  1:W  2:D
4  Brown, Michael              172 3     10:W  2:L  8:W  5:W  1:L
5  Clarkson, Roger             92  3      3:L 12:W  7:W  4:L  9:W
6  Graham, James               160 3     11:D  1:L 10:W  7:D  8:W
7  Ismailov, Roman             179 2.5    2:L 11:W  5:L  6:D 12:W
8  Cleland, John               92  2      9:W  3:W  4:L  2:L  6:L
9  Packham, Tony               156 2      8:L 10:W  3:L 11:W  5:L
10 Broadbent, Gordon           101 2      4:L  9:L  6:L 12:W 11:W
11 Bennett, Delroy             93  1.5    6:D  7:L 12:W  9:L 10:L
12 Barker, Greg                129 0      1:L  5:L 11:L 10:L  7:L

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GLCC Club Championship Tournaments 2019-20

All games to be completed by 30 June 2020. Rate of play: 75 minutes + 15 second increment per move, or if incrementing clocks not available, 30 moves in 75 minutes + 15 minutes quickplay finish. Starting numbers have been determined by random draw. The Trophy in each section will be awarded to the player with the highest point score. Please note that points scored against players completing fewer than half their games are ineligble for detemining placings, though all games played will be graded. In case of a tie, the Sonneborn-Berger system will be used for tiebreaking.

Competition rules are in the tournament flyer.

Bernfield Trophy

Foley Cup

Ashelford Trophy

*Entry fee payment due.

If you'd like to pay the entry fee by Paypal please use the button below. Please note this competition is only open to GLCC members.

Club Championship entry fee

GLCC member £6.00 GBP

Martin Trophy 2019-20

The Martin Trophy is awarded for the best individual performance in inter-club matches over the season (July 2019 - June 2020). Players must play at least ten games in league, cup or friendly matches for their score to count. Statistics are calculated for everyone who has played a match for the club. Thank you to Derek Hadley for calculating the Martin Trophy standings.

Below is the leaderboard to 10 January 2020 for players with at least five games played.

Autumn General Meeting Prizegiving and Simultaneous Display, Tuesday 17 September 2019

The following prizes were awarded at the meeting:

Club Championship Open Section: Jason Rihel, Bernfield Trophy
Club Championship Major Section: Paul Chantrell, Foley Cup
Club Championship Minor Section: Martin Scott, Ashelford Trophy
Best performance in team matches:Justinas Stojanas, 11½/15, Martin Trophy
Time Handicap Tournament: Tim Pelling, Bush Trophy
Summer Tournament: Roman Ismailov, June Gorton Trophy
Lightning Tournament: Michael Brown and Roman Ismailov, Shapson Trophy
Christmas Tournament: Justinas Stojanas, Phil Jeffries Trophy
Best Game in Club Champion's Simultaneous Display: Maxime Viallet, McGovern Trophy

Congratulations to all our winners 2018-19!

Jason receiving the Bernfield Club Championship Trophy from Tim	Paul receiving the Foley Cup from Tim	Martin receiving the Ashelford Trophy from Tim
Roman receiving the June Gorton Trophy from Tim	Roman receiving the Phil Jeffries Trophy from Diana, on behalf of Justinas	Maxime receiving the McGovern Trophy from Tim

Club Champion's Simultaneous Display

Congratulations to Jason on completing his first simul as club champion, scoring 8/12. The McGovern Trophy was awarded to Maxime Viallet for best game against the Club Champion.

Player	Finish Time (pm)	Result vs. Jason
Delroy Bennett	9.25	0 - 1
Igor Varmus	10.10	0 - 1
Martin Scott	10.10	0 - 1
Harry Hunter	8.42	0 - 1
Maxime Viallet	10.10	1 - 0
Martin Pole	10.10	1 - 0
Paul Chantrell	9.52	1 - 0
Roger Clarkson	10.10	0 - 1
Tom Fleming	10.10	½ - ½
Robert Gordon	9.57	0 - 1
Michael Brown	9.56	½ - ½
Matthew Daykin	10.04	0 - 1
Total		4 - 11

FIDE Rated Evening Blitz Tournament / LPSCL Individual Blitz Championships, Tuesday 10 September 2019

Forty players took part, twenty-two in the Open and eighteen in the U-150/U-1825 sections. Both sections were 10-round Swisses, rate of play 3 minutes plus 2 second increments.

Shapson Lightning Tournament, Tuesday 3 September 2019

Michael Brown and Roman Ismailov share the Shapson Trophy this year, being level on points and tiebreak scores and drawing their individual game.

Standings

Place Name            Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

 1-2  Brown, Michael            172 5.5      14.0  21.5   19.5
      Ismailov, Roman           179 5.5      13.5  22.0   19.5
 3-4  Hort, Max                 165 4        15.0  22.0   15.0
      Chantrell, Paul           143 4        11.0  15.5   13.5
 5-6  Sloan, Cecil              139 3.5      15.5  21.5   14.0
      Packham, Tony             156 3.5      11.0  18.0   11.0
 7-9  Escale, Cerni             140 3        14.5  22.5   13.0
      Weston, Levi              115 3        11.0  18.0    8.0
      Huzo, Vitaly              120 3        10.0  16.0   10.0
10-11 Blades, Nigel             180 2.5      12.5  18.0   10.5
      Daykin, Matthew           80  2.5      10.0  14.5    9.0
12-15 Mako, Attila              100 2        11.5  18.5    8.0
      Clarkson, Roger           92  2        11.0  15.5    4.0
      Scott, Martin             97  2        10.0  14.5    3.0
      Thomas, Steve             160 2         5.5  12.5    6.0
16-17 Ismailov, Dinys           30  1        12.0  17.5    5.0
      Talib, Awais              60  1         3.0   8.5    1.0

Cross Table

No  Name            Feder Rtg  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1.  Blades, Nigel               :  14:W 10:W  7:D  8:L  6:L
2.  Ismailov, Roman           11:W  5:W  8:W  3:D  4:W  9:W
3.  Brown, Michael            12:W  9:W  4:W  2:D  6:W 10:W
4.  Hort, Max                 13:W  7:W  3:L  8:W  2:L 15:W
5.  Thomas, Steve             14:W  2:L 12:W  9:L   :    : 
6.  Packham, Tony             15:D  8:L 13:W 11:W  3:L  1:W
7.  Chantrell, Paul           16:W  4:L 17:W  1:D  9:D  8:W
8.  Escale, Cerni             10:W  6:W  2:L  4:L  1:W  7:L
9.  Sloan, Cecil              17:W  3:L 11:W  5:W  7:D  2:L
10. Huzo, Vitaly               8:L 15:W  1:L 17:W 12:W  3:L
11. Weston, Levi               2:L 16:W  9:L  6:L 14:W 12:W
12. Mako, Attila               3:L 13:W  5:L 15:W 10:L 11:L
13. Scott, Martin              4:L 12:L  6:L 14:L   :W 17:W
14. Clarkson, Roger            5:L  1:L 15:L 13:W 11:L   :W
15. Daykin, Matthew            6:D 10:L 14:W 12:L 17:W  4:L
16. Talib, Awais               7:L 11:L   :W   :    :    : 
17. Ismailov, Dinys            9:L   :W  7:L 10:L 15:L 13:L

Hastings Friendly Match, Sunday 28 July 2019

GLCC had white on odd boards. A big margin of victory for GLCC in this year's match. Thank you to Derek Hadley for organising the match and Hastings for hosting us once again.

Hastings	1½ - 5½	GLCC
B. Cafferty (176)	½ - ½	J. Rihel (179)
M. Bryant (139)	0 - 1	T. Pelling (189)
M. Fletcher(92)	0 - 1	D. Hadley (119)
K. Hossack (98)	1 - 0	M. Pole (110)
W. Cobb (84)	0 - 1	G. Broadbent (101)
J. Umberto (73)	0 - 1	D. Bennett (93)
C. Parry (UG)	0 - 1	T. Fleming (88)

Sadly GLCC member John Gorton, who was a long standing supporter of this friendly match, passed away in mid-July, aged 89.

FIDE Rated Open Blitz Tournament, Tuesday 25 June 2019

Thirty-two players took part in our summer blitz tournament. The prize winners were:

1st=  FM Dmitrijs Tokranovs and Roman Mitra, 8/10
3rd  Evangelos Kostopoulos 7½/10
U-1900 Rating Prize WFM Minda Chen, 6½/10

Full results available here.

Summer Rapidplay Tournament, Saturday 15 June 2019

Forty-five players took part in GLCC's annual summer rapidplay event, which is both ECF graded and FIDE rated. Rate of play was 25 minutes + 5 second increments. The prize winners were:

Open
1st FM Conor Murphy 5/5
2nd IM Antanas Zapolskis 4/5
Full results

Major (U-160ECF / U-1900FIDE)
1st= Graham Cole and Colin Lyne 3½/5
Full results

Minor (U-120ECF / U-1600FIDE)
1st Alexander Chmelev 5/5
2nd= Alexander Funk and David Agostinelli 3½/5
Full results

In addition to their cash prizes the first prizewinners also receive a free PRO Chessable annual membership.

June Gorton Summer Tournament, Tuesday 4 June 2019

Congratulations to Roman Ismailov, this year's winner of the June Gorton Tournament with 4½/5.
New member Victor Luo was runner-up on 4/5 and Vitaliy Huzo won the U-125 grading prize.

Cross Table

No Name             Loc Club Total  1    2    3    4    5  

1  Ismailov, Roman  179      4.5    2:W 11:W  5:D  4:W  6:W
2  Luo, Victor      150      4      1:L 15:W 10:W  8:W  4:W
3  Brown, Michael   166      3.5   13:W 10:W  4:L  5:W  8:D
4  Pelling, Tim     196      3      9:W  6:W  3:W  1:L  2:L
5  Blades, Nigel    178      3     12:W  7:W  1:D  3:L  9:D
6  Vasiliev, Dmitry 157      3     15:W  4:L 14:W 11:W  1:L
7  Huzo, Vitaliy    120      3      8:W  5:L 11:L 10:W 14:W
8  Packham, Tony    164      2.5    7:L 12:W 13:W  2:L  3:D
9  Gardner, Phillip 153      2.5    4:L 13:L 12:W 15:W  5:D
10 Selchuk, Ned     56       2      0:W  3:L  2:L  7:L 15:W
11 McDonnell, James 155      2     14:W  1:L  7:W  6:L 12:L
12 Chantrell, Paul  146      2      5:L  8:L  9:L  0:W 11:W
13 Borello, Robbie  120      2      3:L  9:W  8:L 14:L  0:W
14 Clarkson, Roger  85       2     11:L  0:W  6:L 13:W  7:L
15 Scott, Martin    85       1      6:L  2:L  0:W  9:L 10:L

Standings

Place Name             Loc Club Score Buch. M-Buch.

  1   Ismailov, Roman  179      4.5    15.0     9.0
  2   Luo, Victor      150      4      12.0     7.0
  3   Brown, Michael   166      3.5    11.5     7.0
 4-7  Pelling, Tim     196      3      17.5    10.5
      Blades, Nigel    178      3      15.0     9.0
      Vasiliev, Dmitry 157      3      11.5     6.5
      Huzo, Vitaly     120      3      10.5     6.0
 8-9  Packham, Tony    164      2.5    13.5     8.0
      Gardner, Phillip 153      2.5     9.5     6.0
10-14 Selchuk, Ned     56       2      13.5     9.0
      McDonnell, James 155      2      13.5     7.5
      Chantrell, Paul  146      2      12.5     7.5
      Borello, Robbie  120      2      12.5     7.5
      Clarkson, Roger  85       2      12.0     7.5
 15   Scott, Martin    85       1      13.5     8.0

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Friendly Match vs. Barclays Bank, Tuesday 14 May 2019

Time control: 75 minutes + 15 second increments. GLCC had white on odd boards. Thanks to Andriy Peykov for organising the match.

Bush Time Handicap Tournament, Tuesday 19 March 2019

Congratulations to Tim Pelling, winner of the Bill Bush Tournament and Trophy 2019, with 4½/5.
Roman Ismailov and Dmitry Vasiliev were runners-up on 4/5.

Thank you to Andriy Peykov for running the tournament and providing drinks and snacks.

Final standings

Place Name             Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

  1   Pelling, Tim               196 4.5       9.0  14.5   13.0
 2-3  Ismailov, Roman            179 4         8.0  14.5   12.0
      Vasiliev, Dmitry           157 4         6.5  10.5   11.0
 4-7  Brown, Michael             166 3        11.0  17.5   12.0
      Peykov, Andriy             164 3         9.0  15.0   10.0
      Selchuk, Ned               56  3         7.0  11.5   10.0
      David, Barry               133 3         7.0  11.5    7.0
8-11  Viallet, Maxime            143 2         9.0  15.0    7.0
      Huzo, Vitaliy              120 2         7.0  11.0    6.0
      Weston, Levi               124 2         6.0  10.0    3.0
      Clarkson, Roger            86  2         6.0   9.0    4.0
 12   Packham, Tony              164 1.5      10.0  14.5    7.0
 13   Scott, Martin              85  1         7.0  11.0    3.0
 14   Bennett, Delroy            93  0         5.5   9.5    0.0

Cross Table

No Name             Feder Rtg  1    2    3    4    5  

1  Pelling, Tim                7:W 12:D  2:W  4:W  5:W
2  Ismailov, Roman            10:W  5:W  1:L  8:W  4:W
3  Vasiliev, Dmitry           13:W  4:L  7:W 12:W  8:W
4  Brown, Michael              9:W  3:W  6:W  1:L  2:L
5  Peykov, Andriy             11:W  2:L 12:W  6:W  1:L
6  Selchuk, Ned                8:W 10:W  4:L  5:L 12:W
7  David, Barry                1:L 14:W  3:L 13:W  9:W
8  Viallet, Maxime             6:L 11:W  9:W  2:L  3:L
9  Huzo, Vitaliy               4:L 13:W  8:L 11:W  7:L
10 Weston, Levi                2:L  6:L 11:L 14:W 13:W
11 Clarkson, Roger             5:L  8:L 10:W  9:L 14:W
12 Packham, Tony              14:W  1:D  5:L  3:L  6:L
13 Scott, Martin               3:L  9:L 14:W  7:L 10:L
14 Bennett, Delroy            12:L  7:L 13:L 10:L 11:L

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FIDE Rated Open Blitz Tournament, Tuesday 8 January 2019

Forty-four players took part in our New Year Blitz tournament, which was our largest and possibly strongest blitz so far, with the top placing undecided right until the last round. The prize winners were:

1st=   Antanas Zapolskis and Donny Muter, 8/10
3rd=   Ayelen Martinez and Ilia Malinovskii, 7½/10
U-1800 Rating Prize, Kishan Pattni, 6/10

Full results available here.

Christmas Tournament, Tuesday 18 December 2018

A record attendance of 24 players in this year's annual tournament at odds, which was won by Justinas Stojanas with a perfect 5/5. Congratulations to Justinas, who will be presented with the Phil Jefferies Trophy at the Autumn General Meeting. Full results below.

No Name                     Loc Total  1    2    3    4    5  

1  Stojanas, Justinas       183 5     16:W  9:W  7:W  2:W  8:W
2  Zapolskis, Antanas       216 4      3:W 10:W  6:W  1:L  7:W
3  Robinson, James          143 4      2:L 20:W 14:W 15:W  6:W
4  Andrews, Tony            160 3.5   24:W  5:D 10:W  7:L  9:W
5  Pelling, Tim             196 3.5   18:W  4:D 12:W  6:L 17:W
6  Ismailov, Roman          180 3      8:W 14:W  2:L  5:W  3:L
7  Brown, Michael           165 3     15:W 13:W  1:L  4:W  2:L
8  Fadili, Ahmed            110 3      6:L 19:W 11:W 13:W  1:L
9  Weston, Levi             121 3     17:W  1:L 21:W 12:W  4:L
10 Davies, Neil             162 3     20:W  2:L  4:L 14:W 15:W
11 Davies, Cledwyn          120 3     22:W 12:L  8:L 18:W 16:W
12 Peykov, Andriy           164 2.5   23:W 11:W  5:L  9:L 13:D
13 Fleming, Tom              81 2.5   21:W  7:L 16:W  8:L 12:D
14 Clarkson, Roger           85 2      0:W  6:L  3:L 10:L 20:W
15 Cleland, John            110 2      7:L 22:W 18:W  3:L 10:L
16 Colosimo, Aurelio        130 2      1:L 17:W 13:L 21:W 11:L
17 Hogan, Douglas           173 2      9:L 16:L 23:W 20:W  5:L
18 Ward-Riggs, Sam          140 2      5:L 24:W 15:L 11:L 23:W
19 Blades, Nigel            185 1.5    0:   8:L 20:L 23:D 21:W
20 Pole, Martin             104 1     10:L  3:L 19:W 17:L 14:L
21 Nicorici, Anatolie       150 1     13:L 23:W  9:L 16:L 19:L
22 Packham, Tony            160 1     11:L 15:L 24:W  0:   0: 
23 Gordon, Robert           106 .5    12:L 21:L 17:L 19:D 18:L
24 Bennett, Delroy           93 0      4:L 18:L 22:L  0:   0: 

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GLCC Club Championship Tournaments 2018-19

All games to be completed by 30 June 2019. Rate of play: 75 minutes + 15 second increment per move, or if incrementing clocks not available, 30 moves in 75 minutes + 15 minutes quickplay finish. Starting numbers have been determined by random draw. The Trophy in each section will be awarded to the player with the highest point score. Please note that points scored against players completing fewer than half their games are ineligble for detemining placings, though all games played will be graded. In case of a tie, the Sonneborn-Berger system will be used for tiebreaking.

Competition rules are in the tournament flyer.

Bernfield Trophy

Foley Cup

Ashelford Trophy

Martin Trophy 2018-19

The Martin Trophy is awarded for the best individual performance in inter-club matches over the season (July 2018 - June 2019). Players must play at least ten games in league, cup or friendly matches for their score to count. Statistics are calculated for everyone who has played a match for the club. Thank you to Derek Hadley for calculating the Martin Trophy standings.

Below are the final standings, for players with at least ten games played. Congratulations to Justinas on winning the Martin Trophy in a year when there were many good team performances.

	Player	Score	Percentage
1	Justinas Stojanas	11½/15	77
2	Roman Ismailov	13/17	76
3	Antanas Zapolskis	7½/10	75
4	Nigel Blades	8/12	67
5	Tim Pelling	6½/10	65
6	Barry David	11/17	64
7	Andriy Peykov	13/21	62
8	Dmitry Vasiliev	9/15	60
9	Maxime Viallet	10/17	58.8
10	Jason Rihel	13½/23	58.7

 

Autumn General Meeting Prizegiving and Simultaneous Display, Tuesday 25 September 2018

The following prizes were awarded at the meeting:

Club Championship Open Section: Tim Pelling, Bernfield Trophy
Club Championship Major Section: Levi Weston, Foley Cup
Club Championship Minor Section: Roger Clarkson, Ashelford Trophy
Best performance in team matches:Roman Ismailov, 10/12, Martin Trophy
Time Handicap Tournament: Justinas Stojanas, Bush Trophy
Summer Tournament: Tim Pelling, June Gorton Trophy
Lightning Tournament: Justinas Stojanas, Shapson Trophy
Christmas Tournament: Levi Weston, Phil Jeffries Trophy
Best Game in Club Champion's Simultaneous Display: Lucas Grisoni, McGovern Trophy

Congratulations to all our winners 2017-18!

Tim receiving the Bernfield Club Championship Trophy from Tony	Levi receiving the Foley Cup from Tim	Roger receiving the Ashelford Trophy and Garde Chess clock from Tim
Roman receiving the Martin Trophy from Tim	Levi receiving the Phil Jeffries Trophy from Diana	Lucas receiving the McGovern Trophy from Tim

Club Champion's Simultaneous Display

Tim scored 11/15 in this year's simul, losing only one game to new member Lucas Grisoni, who was awarded the McGovern Trophy. Lucas played positively through the game and prevented Tim from castling his king to safety, obliging Tim to give up the exchange. Lucas pressed home his advantage convincingly to win. Maxime Viallet and Ruy D'Orey also had good games against Tim with winning chances, though both games ended in draws. Prize for the craziest tactical game should go to Jason Rihel, with pieces en prise left, right and centre. The game ended in an amicable draw by perpetual check.

Player	Finish Time (pm)	Result vs. Tim
Delroy Bennett	9.45	0 - 1
Martin Scott	10.00	0 - 1
Jason Rihel	8.20	½ - ½
Levi Weston	9.20	½ - ½
Roger Clarkson	9.55	0 - 1
Ned Selchuk	8.50	0 - 1
Maxime Viallet	9.55	½ - ½
Ruy D'Orey	9.35	½ - ½
David Hughes	9.00	0 - 1
Cecil Sloan	9.55	½ - ½
Barry David	8.10	0 - 1
John Ryan	9.40	0 - 1
Lucas Grisoni	9.10	1 - 0
Michael Brown	8.55	½ - ½
Martin Pole	9.20	0 - 1
Total		4 - 11

 

 

Evening Blitz Tournament / LPSCL Individual Blitz Championships, Tuesday 18 September 2018

Twenty eight players took part in this blitz tournament, which was run in Open and U-150 / U-1825 sections. Both sections were 10-round Swisses, rate of play 3 minutes plus 2 second increments.

OPEN	OPEN (Full results)	U-150 ECF (U-1825 FIDE) (Full results)
	1st   FM Davit Mirzoyan 10/10 2nd Justinas Stojanas 8/10 Justinas Stojanas (GLCC) retains the Peter Bond Trophy as the highest placed London Public Service League player.	1st Kunyi Zhu 9½/10 2nd= Peter Biggs, Cecil Sloan 7½/10 Peter Biggs wins the Roland Smith Trophy as the highest placed London Public Service League player, on tiebreak from Cecil Sloan.

 

Shapson Lightning Tournament, Tuesday 4 September 2018

GLCC's annual lightning tournament, played as a single section Swiss, six rounds played on the 10-second buzzer.

1st   Justinas Stojanas 5/6 and winner of the Shapson Trophy 2018
2nd  Michael Brown 4½/6

Seventeen players took part. Full results available here.