Monday 11th Dec – Championship Round 2
Monday 18th Dec – Monday Mayhem – a fun evening
of buzzer chess with a move every
10 seconds or so – will be chaotic
Monday 25th Dec – Christmas Day – CLOSED
Monday 1st Jan – Venue open.
Opening day for Box Tournament
Monday 8th Jan – Club evening
Monday 15th Jan -Championship round 3
Kamilla was with us at Chichester Chess Club when she first came to the UK in the summer.
Listen to her story on Womans Hour this week.
Many congratulations to Mike Eason for an excellent second place with +4-1+1 for 4.5/6 in a field of 33 players in the Hampshire Chess Congress Minor tournament.
Draw for Round 2 of the Club Championship can be found here.
Draw for Round 2 – To be played on Monday 11th December 2023
Bd No White (Score) v (Score) Black
1 Mick Plumb [1735] (1) v (1) Jaimie Wilson [2169]
2 Andrew McDougall [2155] (1) v (1) Steve Smith [1746]
3 Chris Squires [1703] (1) v (1) Bill McDougall [2115]
4 Vinuda Gunatilake [1989] (1) v (1) Mike Spence [1715]
5 Steve Coe [1675] (1) v (1) Bill Emerson [1900*]
6 Norbert Gyorke [1879] (1) v (1) Laurence Ellett [1697]
7 Paul White [1610] (1) v (1) Tom Howeson [1842]
8 Ian Judd [1766] (1) v (1) Phil Carr [1658]
9 Mike Webber [1608] (0) v (1) Penny Callum [1060]
10 Mike Eason [1577] (0) v (0) John Hargreaves [1595]
11 Ryan Kinzett [1488] (0) v (0) Ian Richardson [1561]
12 Roy Fairful [1459] (0) v (0) Kyall Guy [1465]
13 Lloyd Jolley [1435] (0) v (0) Alan Reed [1450]
14 Vishal Leo Thomas [1375] (0) v (0) Isaac McDonald [1398]
15 Paul Simpson [1357] ( 0) v (0) Jacob Carr [1358]
16 Francisco Booth [1235] (0) v (0) Rahul Leo Thomas [1254]
17 BYE (0) v (0) Lucas Summers [1179]
Including Club Championship dates, all League Fixtures can be found in new menu at the top of the website. Document is dowloadable for convenience.
At the Chichester AGM on 14 August Ian Richardson stood down as Club Secretary to warm thanks from the Chairman and the members.
Andrew McDougall was elected the new Club Secretary. Congratulations to Andrew and wishing you success in your new role.
Over the last weekend the English Junior Coaches and Organisers Association ( EJCOA) held the National Youth Final U16/U18/U20 in Nottingham.
Vinuda Gunathilake scored an oustanding win with a 4.5/5 score, defeating many higher grade players on his way to victory.
As Vinuda was only the 18th seed this was a truly great result.
Many congratulations!!
Monday 14 th August – Chichester Chess Club Annual General Meeting.
Agenda to follow. Please talk to the Secretary, Ian Richardson, if you have
specific items for discussion.
Congratulations to Bill McDougall on winning the Club Championship with 5.5/6 points.
The final results table can be found here.
The 76th Annual General Meeting of the League will be held at 7:15pm on Monday 21 August at Chichester Chess Club, Fishbourne Centre, Blackboy Lane, Fishbourne, Chichester PO18 8BE.
Note this will limit chess until after the meeting.