The Chichester Chess Club AGM will be held at Fishbourne on Monday 5 September.
All members are encouraged to attend to discuss the direction for the next season.
PDCL AGM
The Portsmouth and District Chess League AGM will be held at the Fishbourne Centre on Monday 3 October at 7:15. Our members are encouraged to participate but this will mean that chess playing will start late.
Welcome to Kamila
Kamila Hryshchenko, having recently fled the Donbas region in Ukraine is warmly welcomed to our club.
Kamila is a World U18 Blitz champion and highly dangerous!
Porstmouth A AWAY match rescheduled to HOME
The Portsmouth A match aginst Chichester A due 25 April has been move to Monday 27 May.
Club and League AGMs
The Portsmouth and District Chess League has decided to hold its AGM at the Fishbourne Centre on Monday August 19.
The Chichester Chess Club AGM will be held a week earlier on Monday August 12.
Easter blitz Fun
24 players turned out for the Easter Blitz competition run by our Chairman, Steve Smith.
6 rounds were played at 3min+2 sec increment.
Everything came down to the last round, final results:
Winner: Bill McDougall 5.5/6
Runner Up: Laurence Ellett 5/6
Best Junior: Vinuda Gunatilake 5/6
Also an honorable mention to Vishal who scored 4/6
U1850, want to play for Hampshire?
The Hampshire County Team have entered a team in the U1850 ECF Counties Championship. Hampshire are scheduled to meet the winners of Yorkshire / Staffordshire in the quarter finals the weekend of 11th May 2024 (details to be confirmed). Eligibility for Hampshire players is being rated under 1850 on the September 2023 rating list.
If you wish to be considered for selection, please contact the Match Captain Ashraf Syed from the HCA Contact Page Contact Us – Hampshire Chess Association. It is likely the matches will be played in a central location, to ensure equal travel distance for the counties.
Club Championship Rd 5
This round is scheduled to be played on 29th April. Please ensure you have
this date in your diary (or play before then)
CCC Championship Draw for Round 5
Bd No White (Score) v (Score) Black
1 Jaimie Wilson [2169] (3½) v (4) Bill McDougall [2115]
2 Norbert Gyorke [1879] (3) v (3½) Andrew McDougall [2155]
3 Vinuda Gunatilake [1989] (3) v (3) Laurence Ellett [1697]
4 Mike Eason [1577] (3) v (2½) Mike Webber[ 1608]
5 Phil Carr [1658] (2½) v (2½) Bill Emerson
[1900*]
6 Jacob Carr [1358] (2½) v (2½) Kyall Guy [1465]
7 Lloyd Jolley [1435] (2) v ( 2) Ian Judd [1766]
8 Mike Spence [1715] (2) v (2) Steve Smith [1746]
9 Isaac McDonald [1398] (2) v (2) Ian Richardson [1561]
10 Rahul Leo Thomas [1254] (2) v (2) Paul White [1610]
11 Penny Cullum [1060] (2) v (2) Vishal Leo Thomas [1375]
12 Chris Squires [1703] (1½) v (1½) Steve Coe [1675]
13 Paul Simpson [1357] (1) v (1) Ryan Kinzett [1488]
14 John Hargreaves [1595] (1) v (1) Mick Plumb [1735]
15 Lucas Summers [1179] (1) v (1) Alan Reed [1450]
16 Francisco Booth [1235] (0) v (0) Lara Osiyemi [1791]
Current standings
Box Tournament
Latest status on the Box Tournament.
Match Results Round 1 – Final gives the individual results by box leagues.
Leader Board Round 1 – Final gives the overall leader board at the end of round 1.
In terms of promotions we have:-
Mike Eason and Steve Coe promoted to league 1
Lloyd Jolley and Penny Cullum promoted to league 2
Well done to all those promoted!
The relegations are:-
Steve Smith and Mike Spence to division 2
Paul White and Ian Richardson to division 3
The changes above result in the new league tables for round 2 shown in the final attachment. Round 2 games need to be completed by 10/06/24.
Club Championship – Draw for Round 4 and Current Standings
Draw for Round 4 to be played on or before Monday 18th March 2024
Bd No White (Score) v (Score) Black
1 Andrew McDougall [2155] (3) v (3) Jaimie Wilson [2169]
2 Bill Emerson [1900*] (2½) v (3) Bill McDougall [2115]
3 Vinuda Gunatilake [1989] (2) v (2) Tom Howeson [1842]
4 Norbert Gyorke [1879] (2) v (2) Phil Carr [1658]
5 Ian Judd [1766] (2) v (2) Laurence Ellett [1697]
6 Paul White [1610] (2) v (2) Jacob Carr [1358]
7 Mike Eason [1577] (2) v (2) Penny Cullum [1060]
8 Mike Webber[ 1608] (2) v (2) Lloyd Jolley [1435]
9 Steve Coe [1675] (1½) v (1½) Kyall Guy [1465]
10 Steve Smith [1746] (1) v (1½) Chris Squires [1703]
11 Mick Plumb [1735] (1) v (1) Mike Spence [1715]
12 Roy Fairful [1459] (1) v (1) Ian Richardson [1561]
13 Ryan Kinzett [1488] (1) v (1) Isaac McDonald [1398]
14 Vishal Leo Thomas [1375] (1) v (1) Lucas Summers [1179]
15 Rahul Leo Thomas [1254] (1) v (1) Paul Simpson [1357]
16 Lara Osiyemi [1791] (0) v (0) John Hargreaves [1595]
17 Alan Reed [1450] (0) v (0) Francisco Booth [1235]
Congress Success
Congratulations to our Board 1, Jaimie Wilson, on coming 3rd in the Open Section of the 2023 Fareham Congress.
2023 Christmas Buzzer Tournament
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.
ClubChampionship draw Rd 3 to be played on 15 January or earlier
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]
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