Congratulations to our Board 1, Jaimie Wilson, on coming 3rd in the Open Section of the 2023 Fareham Congress.

Our winners, Penny, Paul, Jaimie, Laurence, Vinuda and Bill E.

24 players turned up for the Christmas Buzzer tournament on 18 December 2023.

Festive nibbles were brought by Mike Spence and Steve Smith while Paul White and Bill McDougall acted as tournament controllers.

The first round draw was made out of a hat by each player and we set off in 5 groups at 10 second interval truck horns!

At the break the groups were rearranged and to much joy the time limit was reduced to 8 seconds.

Overall winner in Santa group – Jaimie Wilson

Best reindeer in Rudolph group – Vinuda Gunatilake

Chief elf in Elves group – Laurence Ellett

Mrs Claus himself – Bill Emerson

The Grinch! – Paul White

Further photos can be found in the Gallery.

Bd No   White                          (Score) v (Score) Black         

1           Jaimie Wilson [2169]       (2)v(2) Ian Judd [1766] 

2           Laurence Ellett  [1697]    (2) v (2) Andrew McDougall [2155] 

3            Bill McDougall [2115]     (2) v (2) Paul White [1610]

4            Bill Emerson [1900*]      (1½) v (2) Vinuda Gunatilake [1989] 

5            Tom Howeson [1842]     (1) v (1½) Steve Coe [1675]

6            Ian Richardson [1561]    (1) v (1) Norbert Gyorke [1879]   

7            Steve Smith [1746]         (1) v (1) Mike Eason [1577]       

8            Kyall Guy [1465]              (1) v (1) Chris Squires [1703]

9            Mike Spence [1715]        (1) v (1) Lloyd Jolley [1435]         

10         Jacob Carr [1358]             (1) v (1) Mick Plumb [1735]   

11          Phil Carr [1658]               (1) v (1) Lucas Summers [1179]                     

12         Isaac McDonald [1398]   (1) v (1) Mike Webber[ 1608]

13         Penny Callum [1060]       (1) v (1) Rahul Leo Thomas [1254]             

14          John Hargreaves [1595] (0) v (0) Ryan Kinzett [1488] 

15         Alan Reed [1450]             (0) v (0) Vishal Leo Thomas [1375]         

16          Francisco Booth [1235] (0) v (0) Roy Fairful [1459]  

17          BYE                                          v (0) Paul Simpson [1357] 

Monday 11^th Dec – Championship Round 2

Monday 18^th Dec – Monday Mayhem – a fun evening

                                of buzzer chess with a move every 

                               10 seconds or so – will be chaotic

Monday 25^th Dec – Christmas Day – CLOSED

Monday 1^st Jan – Venue open. 

                            Opening day for Box Tournament

Monday 8^th Jan – Club evening

Monday 15^th 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.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001sv4s

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 11^th 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!!