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Book Prize Tournament Round 3 announced

Peter Przybycin, the Book Prize Tournament organiser, announces the pairings for Round 3.

Peter Przybycin receives Knockout Trophy, 2020
Book Prize Tournament organiser Peter Przybycin

Hi All,

All games in round two have now been completed.

Results so far:

Round 1

Rose Saunders  ½ – ½ Mike Henbury

Geoffrey Parish 0 – 1 Keven Lamb  

Rob Strachan 1 – 0 Don Creasey

Rob Sims 1- 0 Steve Dunleavy

John Kooner 1 – 0 Steve Saunders

Nobby George 1 – 0 Suzan Dunleavy

Round 2

Steve Dunleavy 0 – 1 Keven Lamb

Suzan Dunleavy 0 – 1 John Kooner

Rob Sims ½ – ½ Mike Henbury

Nobby George 0 – 1 Don Creasey

Geoffrey Parish 0 – 1 Rose Saunders

Rob Strachan 1 – 0 Steve Saunders

Round 3 pairings are as follows, with players’ current scores in brackets:

  • John Kooner (2) v Don Creasey (1)
  • Rob Sims (1½) v Rose Saunders (1½)
  • Steve Dunleavy (0) v Geoffrey Parish (0)
  • Steve Saunders (0) v Suzan Dunleavy (0)
  • Rob Strachan (2) v Nobby George (1)
  • Keven Lamb (2) v Mike Henbury (1)

As always, the player named first plays white. I am aware that some of you will be playing your third game in a row with the same colours. This will balance out during the course of the tournament.

Deadline for finishing round three games is Saturday 2nd January 2021. As round two finished early it gives us a few extra days to play round three, which is just as well, with Christmas falling in this period.

Enjoy!

Peter

Rules Recap

  • The Book Prize Tournament is an all-play-all contest, so with 12 players that makes 11 Rounds.
  • Although players will sometimes play consecutive games with the same colour, each player will end up having played at least 4 games as white.
  • Each Round should be completed within 3 weeks, but there can be some flexibility.
  • The games are to be played online – on lichess.org.
  • The time control is 90 minutes each per game.
  • The winner (or white if drawn) should notify Peter of the result.

Tournament Results And Ladder Latest

Online tournaments and Ladder Latest. Results of the online club tournament on Tuesday 1st December, the SCL tournament on Thursday 3rd; the Lichess Ladder latest. Plus details of the next two online club tournaments.

Online Tournament results 1st, 3rd December

Tuesday Arena, 1st December 2020

16 of us participated in this week’s Arena Tournament on Tuesday 1st December, joint-best attended of our online tournaments on lichess.org. Congratulations to Keith Gregory (‘KeithDFG’), who came first. Well done too John Zastapilo (‘john_zed’) 2nd, and Rob Sims 3rd.

SCL 5-round Swiss 3rd December

The monthly Southampton Chess League online tournament, set up by Graham Stuart, was a 5-round Swiss tournament this time. It was well-supported by Chandler’s Ford Chess Club players – indeed we formed the great majority of this month’s players. Our own club’s Joseph Henbury came 2nd.

Lichess Ladder Latest

Lichess Ladder Organiser Nobby George reports 2 results this week:

  • Patrick Pavey 1-0 Don Creasey
  • Nobby George 1-0 Steve Dunleavy

The online version of the Ladder – the Lichess Ladder- is played on lichess.org. Players may challenge an opponent up to 4 places above their own position. If the challenger wins they swap places on the Ladder, otherwise they stay where they are. The games have a time control of 90 minutes per player. Go to the Ladder Page of this website to see the latest standings.

Forthcoming online club tournaments

Forthcoming Chandler’s Ford chess club online tournaments are set up and ready to join on lichess.org. The regular Tuesday Arena is on 8th December, and we have our regular 5-round Swiss on Thursday 10th December.

Tuesday Arena, 8pm on 8th December 2020

This is our regular online tournament in which players have ten minutes each per game in the one-hour tournament. 8pm start. It’s already set up, click on the button below to go to the Tournament.

5-round Swiss, 8pm Thursday 10th December

On Thursday 10th December there will be our regular online 5-round Swiss Tournament. This starts at 8pm on lichess.org. Players have an initial 7 minutes each per game plus a 3-second increment per move (that is, about ten minutes each). Click on the button below to go to the Tournament.

The Lichess Ladder Tournament

Nobby George, the organiser of the club’s Ladder Tournament, has started a new Ladder, games to be played online on lichess.org.

The Lichess Ladder started on 27th November 2020, and will be updated each Sunday.

The time control is 90 minutes per player in each game. A player may challenge up to 4 places above, and if the challenger wins the two players swap places on the ladder (otherwise they stay perched on their current rungs). The Challenger has the White pieces.

Lichess Ladder Tournament organiser Nobby George

The Lichess Ladder Rules.

All games to be played on the clock ,which will be set at ninety minutes and then play to a finish.

Players may challenge up to four places above their own step. If the challenger wins he will exchange places with the loser all other results then the positions remain the same. The same players may not play each other again without first playing another player. Once a challenge is accepted neither the challenger nor the player being challenged may make or accept another challenge. Challenge cannot be made more than five days ahead of the game to be played.

The ladder begins as from Today (27th November 2020). The Challenger has the white Pieces and it is up to the winner to e mail me (Nobby George) the result. The Ladder will be updated on Sunday of each week and will continue until who knows when.

Initial Lichess Ladder Positions

Lichess Ladder positionPlayer
1Steve Saunders
2Steve Dunleavy
3Rose Saunders
4Andrew Vagg
5Don Creasey
6Nobby George
7John Kooner
8Keven Lamb
9Patrick Pavey
10Maha Chandar
11Rob Sims
12Sam Murphy
13Manoj Chandar
14Andy Mills
15Joseph Henbury
16Rob Strachan
17Peter Przybycin
The Lichess Ladder Tournament initial standings

Tournament Results 24th, 26th Nov: Smokin Joe

Tournament results: a great week for Joe Henbury as ‘Smokin Joe’ smashes the tournaments on 24th and 26th November 2020. Details of two forthcoming online tournaments on lichess.org on Tuesday 1st December, and the monthly SCL tournament on 3rd December.

Online Tournament results 24th, 26th November

Tuesday Arena, 24th November 2020: Smokin’ Joe

13 of us participated in this week’s Arena Tournament on Tuesday 24th November, another good turnout for our online tournaments on lichess.org. Congratulations to Joseph Henbury (JoeHenbury), who came first by a good margin – with 100% wins. A spectator nicknamed him Smokin’ Joe (after boxing legend Joe Frazier). Well done too John Zastapilo (john_zed) 2nd, and me, Keven Lamb 3rd.

5-Round Swiss, 26th November

Eight of us played in the 5-round Swiss on 26th November. Joe Henbury concluded his week with another tremendous performance, winning all 5 of his games. Smokin Joe strikes again! It was his dad’s (Ewokmike) birthday that day, and Joe gave him a chess lesson in defeat as a gift…

Smokin Joe smashes it

Manoj Chandar joined part-way through the tournament – and he still got a virtual podium place with second! Another rising young star. Well done Manoj!

Graham Stuart (‘WillHeSac’), a frequent winner of these tournaments, had to content himself with 3rd place this week.

Forthcoming online club tournaments

Forthcoming Chandler’s Ford chess club online tournaments are set up and ready to join on lichess.org. The regular Tuesday Arena is on 1st December. On Thursday 3rd December there will be the monthly Southampton Chess League online Tournament, this time it will be a 5-round swiss rather than the usual SCL Arena.

Tuesday Arena, 8pm on 1st December 2020

This is our regular online tournament in which players have ten minutes each per game in the one-hour tournament. 8pm start. It’s already set up, click on the button below to go to the Tournament.

SCL 5-round Swiss, 8pm Thursday 26th November

On Thursday 3rd December there will be the monthly Southampton Chess League online Tournament, this time it will be a 5-round swiss rather than the usual SCL Arena. This starts at 8pm on lichess.org. Players have an initial 7 minutes each per game plus a 3-second increment per move (that is, about ten minutes each). Click on the button below to go to the Tournament.

The Book Prize Tournament

The New Tournament, organised by Peter Przybycin, is now called the Book Prize Tournament. The tournament is progressing, and the First Round games have already been played. The games are played online at lichess.org, and have a time control of 90 minutes each per player. It is an 11 round tournament, all-play-all.

Peter names the tournament

Fellow members,

As I mentioned before, I feel that the new tournament needs a name, and I have settled on “The Book Prize Tournament”. There are several reasons for this.

Being an “Internationalist” I don’t want to refer to any nationality in the name.

I don’t want to give it a name which includes Chandlers Ford in the title, because I feel that making it an official club tournament is something which should be agreed by the club as a whole.

I don’t want to give it a name that suggests there may be more in the future. My thinking is that, after the covid situation ends and we’re back to playing league matches, there will no longer be room for a fourth club tournament.

That said, it may be that there is sufficient demand for another OTB tournament, failing that a regular online tournament alongside all the over-the-board stuff, in which case I would call it the “Chandlers Ford Minor”, and supply a trophy rather than donate a book.

This is all speculation of course, and hopefully the options can be discussed at a future general meeting.

Best regards,

Peter P.

The Book Prize Tournament Round 1 Results

WhiteBlack
Rose Saunders0.5 – 0.5Mike Henbury
Geoffrey Parish0 – 1Keven Lamb
Rob Strachan1 – 0Don Creasey
Rob Sims1 – 0Steve Dunleavy
John Kooner1-0Steve Saunders
Nobby George1-0Suzan Dunleavy
Book Prize Tournament Round 1 Pairings

Round 2 pairings

WhiteBlack
Steve DunleavyKeven Lamb
Suzan DunleavyJohn Kooner
Rob SimsMike Henbury
Nobby GeorgeDon Creasey
Geoffrey ParishRose Saunders
Rob StrachanSteve Saunders
The Book Prize Tournament Round 2 Pairings

As before, the first named player has white.

Winner to notify me of the result. In the event of a draw, the player of the white pieces has this responsibility.

Please play your round 2 games by Saturday 12th December.

Kev, as ever, please feel free to post any of this info on the club website.

Enjoy!

Peter.

Tournament Results: Chandler’s Ford Goes Global

Results of last week’s tournaments on 17th and 19th November; details of three forthcoming online tournaments on lichess.org on Tuesday 24th, Thursday 26th, and Tuesday 1st December.

Online Tournament results 17th, 19th November

Tuesday Arena, 17th November 2020: berserker storms the (virtual) podium!

14 of us participated in this week’s Arena Tournament on Tuesday 17th November, another good turnout for our online tournaments on lichess.org. Congratulations to David Culliford (‘djc202’), who came first. Well done too Andy Mills 2nd, and me, Keven Lamb 3rd.

As well as the bonus points from a lichess ‘winning streak’ David had also made great use of going ‘Berserk‘ (in which players have half the time but gain a bonus point – if they win). The gamble paid off – berserker David had a good gap between him and Andy on 2nd.

How berserk mode works in lichess.org Arenas

5-Round Swiss tournament 19th November: Chandler’s Ford goes global

Eight of us played in the Thursday evening online tournament on 19th November. Congratulations to Graham Stuart (‘WillHeSac’) who won this week with 4.5 wins out of 5 games. Well done too John Zastapilo (john_zed) 2nd, and Kev Byard 3rd.

The chess club’s former players can now be found across the world, as this time Belgium-based John was joined on the virtual podium by another former club player Kev Byard who lives in New Zealand! Kev moved to New Zealand 16 years ago but used to play for the club when we were in Eastleigh. Whilst it was an evening tournament for us, it was morning for him.

Forthcoming online club tournaments

Three Chandler’s Ford chess club online tournaments are set up and ready to join on lichess.org: the regular Tuesday Arena on 24th November, and our 5-round Swiss on Thursday 26th. Plus the following week’s Tuesday Arena on 1st December.

Tuesday Arena, 8pm on 24th November 2020

This is our regular online tournament in which players have ten minutes each per game in the one-hour tournament. 8pm start. Click on the button below to go to the Tournament.

5-round Swiss, 8pm Thursday 26th November

On Thursday 19th the club has its regular 5-round Swiss tournament. This starts at 8pm on lichess.org. Players have an initial 7 minutes each per game plus a 3-second increment per move (that is, about ten minutes each). Click on the button below to go to the Tournament.

Tuesday Arena, 8pm on 1st December 2020

Looking ahead, another Tuesday Arena is set up and ready to join for 1st December. This is our regular online tournament in which players have ten minutes each per game in the one-hour tournament. 8pm start. Click on the button below to go to the Tournament.

County Under 18 Championship Results

The Hampshire Under-18 Team played in the online County Championship on Saturday 21st November 2020. The Hampshire Juniors team is organised by Maha Chandar, who runs the Chandler’s Ford Junior Chess Club.

Hampshire scored 17 game points and came 9th. Warwickshire came first with 31.5 game points. See the Results on the Chess-Results.com website.

Maha tells us she enjoyed the tournament and watching the games all day, and that although there was a delay, she thought that the English Chess Federation organised the event well.

The Championship was held online on chess.com, and the teams of six competed in 7 Rounds. The time control for the games was ten minutes initially per player per game plus an increment of 5 seconds per move.

Hampshire U-18 Juniors to Play In County Championship 21ST NOVEMBER

A reminder from Maha Chandar, Team Manager of the Hampshire Juniors that the U-18 team are going to play tomorrow 21st November in the County Championship. Starts @10.00 -5.00 in Chess.com U18 SCCU and until now 12 counties are signed up and expecting more than 15 counties.

Good luck Hampshire!

Maha Chandar, Hampshire Under 18 Team Manager
Maha Chandar, Hampshire Under 18 Team Manager
Useful Links

Belgian Beats Ewok

This week: our best-attended online tournament so far on Tuesday 10th November, and on Thursday 12th the Ewok was defeated by a ‘Belgian’… Details of forthcoming tournaments on 17th and 19th. Plus a reminder to pay ECF subscriptions.

Online Tournament results 10th, 12th November

Tuesday Arena, 10th November 2020.

Sixteen of us participated in this week’s Arena Tournament on Tuesday 10th November, our best turnout so far in these online tournaments on lichess.org. Congratulations to Sam Murphy, who came first. Well done too Andy Mills 2nd, and Graham Stuart (WillHeSac) 3rd. It was Sam’s birthday on Tuesday, so some virtual silverware for his birthday as he achieved top podium position. Andy Mills is a former player from when we used to play at Eastleigh, and this is his first Chandler’s Ford online tournament – a great reunion.

Another former player is John Zastapilo who used to play for us when we were at the Unity Club. John Z now lives in Belgium: great for the club tournaments to go international!

5-Round Swiss tournament 12th November: Belgian beats Ewok

Seven of us played in the Thursday evening tournament on 12th November. Congratulations to Graham Stuart who won this week with an impressive 5 wins out of 5 games. Well done too John Zastapilo (john_zed) 2nd, and me, Kev Lamb 3rd. Belgium-based John’s Round 1 game was a 26-move game against Mike Henbury – Ewokmike, a win for John.

ECF subscriptions reminder

Chess king and chocolate coins on chessboard.
Remember to pay your ECF membership subs

The English Chess Federation relies upon members’ annual subscriptions to provide its services of ratings, online and over the board chess when that resumes. To see more details on what the ECF does go to https://www.englishchess.org.uk/what-we-do/.

The Membership year runs 1st September to 31st August.

Can’t remember if you’re up to date? Check the ECF Rating database. Search for your own details and it will show your ECF membership number, category and expiry date.

If you need to renew membership – or to become a member if you haven’t yet joined the ECF, click on the button below to go to the ECF website’s Membership page:

Forthcoming online Tournaments

Two Chandler’s Ford chess club online tournaments on lichess.org this week: the regular Tuesday Arena on 17th November, and our 5-round Swiss on Thursday 19th. Both have now been set up and are ready to join.

Tuesday Arena, 8pm on 17th November 2020

This is our regular online tournament in which players have ten minutes each per game in the one-hour tournament. 8pm start. Click on the button below to go to the Tournament.

5-round Swiss, 8pm Thursday 19th November

On Thursday 19th the club has its regular 5-round Swiss tournament. This starts at 8pm on lichess.org. Players have an initial 7 minutes each per game plus a 3-second increment per move (that is, about ten minutes each). Click on the button below to go to the Tournament.

Knockout Trophy Presented

This week: Knockout Tournament organiser Steve Dunleavy presents the Trophy to the 2020 winner Peter Przybycin; results of the week’s online tournaments, plus details of the coming week’s online tournaments.

2020 Knock Out Tournament winner Peter Przybycin presented with Trophy

Peter Przybyin won this year’s Knockout Tournament. The tournament was organised by Steve Dunleavy, who presented the Trophy to Peter (in a socially safe way) last weekend.

Peter Przybycin receives Knockout Trophy, 2020
Peter Przybycin receives Knockout Trophy, 2020. Photo by Suzan Dunleavy

Tuesday Arena: the Force is strong with the Ewok

Twelve of us participated this week in the online tournament on 3rd November. Congratulations to Mike Henbury (Ewokmike) on coming first – by a huge margin. Although he didn’t go ‘Berserk’ to score bonus points, the Ewok still ran amok – and won all his games. The Force was clearly with him.

Well done too John Kooner 2nd, and Sam Murphy 3rd.

The Tuesday Arenas are online on lichess.org.

SCL Tournament 5th November 2020

Thursday evening’s online tournament this week was the Southampton Chess League‘s monthly tournament, the SCL Rapid – Tournament No 2. These monthly lichess.org online tournaments are set up and organised by Graham Stuart from our Club. These tournaments are well-supported by Chandler’s Ford players: 9 of this month’s participant’s were from our club. Graham also created the Chandler’s Ford Chess Club on lichess.org.

And a mention for Rose who got an impressive ten games played during the tournament!

Forthcoming online Tournaments

Two Chandler’s Ford chess club online tournaments on lichess.org this week: the regular Tuesday Arena on 10th November, and our 5-round Swiss on Thursday 12th. Both have now been set up and are ready to join.

Tuesday Arena, 8pm 10th November 2020

This is our regular online tournament in which players have ten minutes each per game in the one-hour tournament. 8pm start. Click on the button below to go to the Tournament.

5-round Swiss, Thursday 12th November

On Thursday 12th the club has its regular 5-round Swiss tournament. This starts at 8pm on lichess.org. Players have an initial 7 minutes each per game plus a 3-second increment per move (that is, about ten minutes each). Click on the button below to go to the Tournament.