Tournament organiser Steve Dunleavy announces the start of the Knockout 2024 competition.

29 players have entered. Through a series of Knock-out rounds, one will emerge the winner.

The tournament comprises a Preliminary Round, with 3 byes, which reduce the original 29 entrants (a new record) to 16 players, then successive Rounds halve that to 8, 4, and 2 players, until the winner is revealed.

The first-named player of each pairing plays with white.

Whilst all the results will show on this Page, see LMS (League Management System) for more up to date results as it will be updated more frequently.

The Preliminary Round Pairings

• Kev Lamb vs Matt Staniforth                                                       
• Nobby George vs Philip Tarrant-Edwards
• Daniel Phillips vs Eric Jones
• Keith Gregory vs Graham Stuart  
• John Kooner vs Theo Horne 
• Peter Przybycin vs James Gray
• Patrick Pavey vs Ian Parker 
• Steve Dunleavy vs Rose Saunders
• Geoff Parish vs Bill Purkiss
• Alikhan Menseitov vs Steve Saunders
• Andy Mills vs Peter Eales
• Alan Weaver vs David Culliford
• Rob Strachan vs Iwan Cave                                               

Preliminary Round Byes

• Sam Murphy
• Christian Westbrook
• Rob Sims                                                                                                      

Knockout 2024 Rules

• a.      The player named first plays with white.
• b. Games to be played at a rate of play of 80+10.
• c.      All preliminary games to be played by the 21st April (3 weeks time) and the results to be reported to me Steve Dunleavy by email asap thereafter.
• d.      In the event of a draw colours are to be reversed and the game still to be played by the 21st April.
• e.      The draw was made today by myself Steve Dunleavy and Suzan to get the ball rolling as soon as possible  after the closure date for entries of  the 31st March.
• f.      There were 29 entries, 3 byes, and 13 preliminary games will take us to 16 and then 8,4,2 thereafter.
• g.      Enjoy the competition!

The game results will be updated to the League Management System – usually before this site is updated, so for the most up to date results see LMS:

Castle Chess will be holding their 24th Fareham Congress tournament this month, Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March. Although their website is down, you can enter the event by contacting the organiser, Tony Corfe, by phone or email. Full details on their flyer leaflet via the button link below (links to Microsoft Word or pdf versions).

Castle Chess 24th Fareham Congress: main features

Dates: 15-17th March 2024

Venue: the Lysses House Hotel, 51 High Street, Fareham, Hampshire. PO16 7BQ. Contact Castle Chess if you’d like to stay there for the tournament.

Entry fee: £40 (£7 discount for juniors)

Sections: Open, Major (U1901 ECF), Minor (U1601)

Prizes: expected £200 per Section, but dependent on the number of entries.

Rate of Play: 75 minutes plus 30 seconds per move.

Playing Schedule:

• Friday 19:00-22:30 Round1
• Saturday 09:30-13:00 Round 2
• Saturday 13:45-14:00 Players Review: feedback forum.
• Saturday 14:00-17:30 Round 3
• Saturday 19:00-22:30 Round 4
• Sunday 09:30-13:00 Round 5
• Sunday 13:45-17:15 Round 6

How to Enter

Contact the organiser Tony Corfe, by email or phone. 01707 661160        Mob: 07973 516718      tony@mrcorfe.co.uk

Photos from Castle Chess 23rd Fareham Congress in January

The Castle Chess Fareham Congress will be on 19-21 January 2024, at the Lysses House Hotel in Fareham. The Congress – tournament, over the board games – is played in six Rounds, at a rate of play of 75 minutes plus 30 seconds per move. There are 3 Sections.

The venue

The Lysses House Hotel in Fareham is a pleasant and friendly venue that has been used by Castle Chess as well as the Hampshire Chess Association on previous occasions. The venue will host the three Castle Chess tournaments in 2024. The address is: Lysses House Hotel, 51 High Street, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 7BQ.

Parking:

The Hotel has free parking for 35 cars, but there is a convenient car park very close to the venue: the Lysses Car Park, Lysses Path, Fareham PO16 7BE, free after 6pm and Sundays, whilst Saturday all day is only £3.50.

Tournament format

The format of the Congress is a six-Round Swiss: round one on the Friday evening, three rounds on the Saturday, and the last two games on the Sunday. Half point Byes may be requested (except Round 6).

There are three sections:

• Open: Under 2001
• Major: Under 1901
• Minor: under 1601

The Congress costs £40 to enter, with a £7 discount for Juniors (under 18). Non-ECF members will need to pay £9 extra.

Please note that an £8 Late fee is payable after 5th January.

There are also various accommodation packages – available through Castle Chess – if you would like to stay at the Lysses.

Tea and coffee will be provided for a donation.

Results of all games will be be sent to the ECF for Grading.

Rate of Play

The rate of play for the games is 75 minutes plus 30 seconds per move (about 3 and a half hours). All moves must be recorded throughout the game.

Playing schedule

• Round 1: Friday evening 19:00-22:30
• Round 2: Saturday morning 09:30-13:00
• Players Review forum Saturday 13:45-14:00
• Round 3: Saturday afternoon 14:00-17:30
• Round 4: Saturday evening 19:00-22:30
• Round 5: Sunday morning 09:30-13:00
• Round 6: Sunday afternoon, 13:45-17:15

There will not be a Prize-giving ceremony as prizes will be sent via bank transfer.

Castle Chess 2024 tournaments

They will host three Congresses this year at the Lysses House Hotel, in January, March and October.

• Castle Chess 23rd Fareham Congress 17-21 January 2024
• Castle Chess 24th Fareham Congress 15-17 March 2024
• Castle Chess 25th Fareham Congress 11-13 October 2024

Further information

EVENT ENQUIRIES:
Tony Corfe, 51 Borough Way, Potters Bar, Herts. EN6 3HA
Tel: 01707 661160 Mob: 07973 516718
email: tony@mrcorfe.co.uk or marc.shaw.chess@gmail.com
or Marc Shaw 07947 813303

See the Castle Chess website’s Fareham Congress page: CastleChess.co.uk – 23rd Fareham

Photos from last January’s tournament

A reminder to renew our membership subscriptions for 2024 for our venue, the Chandler’s Ford Central Club. Central Club Membership Renewals subscriptions run January to December each year. Renewals at the rates shown below are available from 5th January 2024 to 31st January online, and 8th January to 31st January at the Club. Any Membership renewals after then will be subject to a Late Renewals Fee of £5.

To renew your Membership, see the Central Club’s website Subscriptions Page 2024 which gives details on how to pay online – their preferred method, although other ways are available.

Chandler’s Ford Central Club Membership Renewals 2022

See the Subscriptions Page 2024 of the Central Club website, and the table below. Membership fees are an important part of the Central Club’s income.

The cost of renewal will be:

MEMBER	Without Pass Card *	With Pass Card *
MALE/FEMALE	£20.00	£23.50
OAP	£ 8.50	£12.00
LIFE	Not available	£ 3.50

* Note: Pass card enables entry to all other Club and Institute Union (CIU)

Fees can now be paid electronically to the venue’s Bank Account – see Website Subscriptions Page 2024 for account details.

When sending the money please ensure you put your Member Number which can be seen on your Membership Card and Surname into the Payment Reference, to enable the details to be matched on the system.

If you want a CIU Pass card, please remember to add £3.50.

New Membership at the Central Club

If you haven’t joined the Chandler’s Ford Central Club yet, and would like to, please see their website’s ‘Join Us’ Page. There you will find a link to the Application Form. This is completed by you, plus Proposer and Seconder. Two passport photos, the form, and the fee should then be passed to the Club Secretary during normal Club hours (see the Central Club’s Home page for details).

Annual subscriptions for the venue is one of three financial costs if you want to fully engage with playing chess and the chess club, the other two outlays being annual subs to the Chess Club itself, and the other, annual membership of the English Chess Federation – so that you can participate in ECF-graded League matches and chess tournaments. See our What does it cost Page.

Merry Christmas from the Chandler’s Ford Chess Club.

The Hampshire Chess Association will hold their Hampshire Chess Congress 2023 on 3-5th November, at the Lysses House Hotel in Fareham.

The over-the-board chess tournament comprises 6 Rounds of 4-hour games, organised in three Sections: The Open, the Major, and the Minor. There are currently 75 players entered in the tournament.

The venue

The Lysses House Hotel in Fareham is a pleasant and friendly venue that has been used by the Hampshire Chess Association on previous occasions, and also by Castle Chess (they will have 3 events there in 2024). The address is: Lysses House Hotel, 51 High Street, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 7BQ.

Parking:

The Hotel has free parking for 35 cars, but there is a convenient car park very close to the venue: the Lysses Car Park, Lysses Path, Fareham PO16 7BE, free after 6pm and Sundays, whilst Saturday all day is only £3.50.

Hampshire Chess Congress 2023: details

Sections:

• The Open. £35 Entry fee.
• The Major. Under 1900 English Chess Federation rating. £30 Entry.
• The Minor. Under 1600 ECF. £27 Entry.

Note: Entry fees based on ECF Membership of Silver or above. Otherwise add a £9 fee.

Late Fee: for entries received after Monday 30th October additional fee of £5. So enter the HCA Congress today!

Prizes

Each Section has Prizes 1st, 2nd, 3rd, plus a Grading Prize. There are also various Trophies and Cups in the Sections. Overall, there are further Prizes, such as the Gillian Moore Cup for the highest-scoring Hampshire Lady, and the John Dunleavy Memorial Best Game Prize (£100). The cash prizes are open to all players, whilst the Cups and Trophies are for Hampshire players.

For more details on the Prize see the HCA entry form link below:

Timetable

• Rd 1: Fri 1900-2300
• Rd 2: Sat 0900-1300
• Rd 3: Sat 1400-1800
• Rd 4: Sat 1900-2300
• Rd 5: Sun 0900-1300
• Rd 6: Sun 1400-1800 Prize-giving on Sunday at 18:05

Rate of play

The time control is 40 moves in 100 minutes followed by a 20-minute quickplay finish.

Byes

A ½-point bye may be taken in any one round except the last if claimed in advance on the entry form.

The Summer Tournament runs during the summer months between May and September, and has a 5-round Swiss format. The organiser is Malcolm Clarke.

The winner receives the Kooner Cup for a year and usually gets to keep a replica. The games are standard play in terms of time control, 90 minutes each player.

This year the results are entered on the League Management System – LMS.

Tournament update: Round 5 ongoing

There is one game left from Round 4, but the Summer Tournament 2023 is currently well into its 5th and last Round of the year, with all but two of the Round’s games already completed.

Click on the button below to see the Summer Tournament 2023 Page:

Round 5 Pairings

The Summer Tournament 2023 Round 5 player pairings: the first-named player plays white.

• Graham Stuart v Iwan Cave
• David Culliford v Eric Jones
• Cary Xie v Sam Murphy
• Pablo Vidal v Andrew Mills
• Rob Sims v Philip Tarrant-Edwards
• Steve Saunders v Ian Parker
• Nobby George v Frazer Burlinson
• Peter Przybycin v John Kooner
• Lee Mundy v John Davis
• Geoff Parish v Alan Weaver
• James Gray v Rob Strachan
• Keven Lamb v Rose Saunders
• Mike Davis v Steve Dunleavy

Summer Tournament 2023 Rules

• Rate of play: the Games are 90 minutes all moves per player.
• When the Round Pairings are announced, the first-named plays as white.
• Notify Malcolm Clarke of the results.

See previous Posts about the Summer Tournament:

Summer Tournament

Summer Tournament Round 3

News from Chandler’s Ford Junior Club organiser Maha Chandar that one of our young players has won a trophy at the South of England Junior Congress. Timothy Hsiu-Yao Hu came 4th in his category: congratulations Timothy!

The South of England Junior Chess Congress

• The event was held at Yately Manor, Yately, on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th October 2023, different sections playing on different days.
• Eight Sections, according to age of player, from the under-7s to Under-18. Timothy Hsiu-Yao Hu was in the under-8 section.
• The Under eight category played their games on the Sunday. They played six one-hour games (i.e. time control 30 minutes all moves for each player).
• The games were all English Chess Federation rated.
• Trophy Prizes were awarded for the first 4 places in this section. Timothy won a trophy! He came 4th in the U-8 Section. Well done Timothy!

Hampshire Junior Chess Congress at Badger Farm on 12^th November

Junior Chess organiser Maha Chandar also brings to our attention the Hampshire Junior Chess Congress, which will be on Sunday 12th November at Badger Farm Community Centre, 2 Badger Farm Road, Winchester SO22 4QB.

See the link buttons below for the Hampshire Junior Chess Association website, and the link to the Eventbrite page for full details and entry:

The Book Prize Tournament 2023-24 begins, one of four Chandler’s Ford Chess Club tournaments. This year’s Book Prize Tournament started at the beginning of September 2023. It is organised by Peter Przybycin. Here he announces the start of the new tournament.

Hi All,

Welcome to the fourth Chandlers Ford Book Prize Tournament!

We have 30 entries, 10 in the Premier, 10 in the Major, and 10 in the Minor. The tournament will have nine rounds, with one round every five weeks, so the tournament should last 45 weeks, ending August 2024.

Rate of play will be 90 minutes each for the whole game.

If two players tie for first place in any section, the book prize will go to the winner of their individual game. If that was a draw, then there will be a replay with reversed colours. If the replay is drawn, the player with the lower published grade (at the time of the replayed game) will take the prize.

These are the pairings for round 1 (first named player has white):

Premier Section:

• Peter Eales v Iwan Cave
• Connor Frost v Graham Stuart
• Cary Xie v Rob Sims
• Sam Murphy v Peter Przybycin
• Philip Tarrant-Edwards v Andy Mills

Major Section:

• Patrick Pavey v Frazer Burlinson
• Richard Meredith v John Kooner
• Daniel Phillips v Nobby George
• Keven Lamb v John Davis
• John Pellegrini v Alikhan Menseitov

Minor Section:

• Rose Saunders v Lee Mundy
• Steve Dunleavy v Alan Weaver
• Ian Parker v James Gray
• Rob Strachan v Steve Saunders
• Geoff Parish v Mike Davis

Please complete the above games by 4^th October 2023.

All the best,

Peter P.

Previous, 2022-23, Tournament Page:

The Castle Chess Fareham Congress will be on 13-15 October 2023. It will be at the Lysses House Hotel, 51 High Street, Fareham, PO16 7BQ. The Congress – tournament (over the board games) – is over six Rounds, played at a rate of 75 minutes plus 30 seconds per move. There are 3 Sections.

Castle Chess have run a number of Congresses (tournaments) over recent years at this pleasant venue. They usually host two Congresses per year at the Lysses, one earlier in the year, one in the Autumn. But this year they have put on three events in Fareham, these tournaments being popular events. The previous 2023 Castle Chess events in Fareham were in January and March.

Tournament format

The format of the Congress is a six-Round Swiss: round one on the Friday evening, three rounds on the Saturday, and the last two games on the Sunday. Byes may be requested (except Round 6).

There are three sections:

• Open: Under 2001
• Major: Under 1901
• Minor: under 1601

The Congress costs £40 to enter, with a £7 discount for Juniors. Non-ECF members will need to pay £9 extra.

Please note that an £8 Late fee is payable after 3rd October. So enter soon!

There are also various accommodation packages – available through Castle Chess – if you would like to stay at the Lysses.

Tea and coffee will be provided for a donation.

Results of all games will be be sent to the ECF for Grading.

There will not be a Prize-giving ceremony as prizes will be sent via bank transfer.

Rate of Play

The rate of play for the games is 75 minutes plus 30 seconds per move (about 3 and a half hours). All moves must be recorded throughout the game.

Further information

EVENT ENQUIRIES:
Tony Corfe, 51 Borough Way, Potters Bar, Herts. EN6 3HA
Tel: 01707 661160 Mob: 07973 516718
email: tony@mrcorfe.co.uk or marc.shaw.chess@gmail.com
or Marc Shaw 07947 813303

See the Castle Chess website’s Fareham Congress page: CastleChess.co.uk – 22nd Fareham

Photos from last October’s tournament