The Chandler’s Ford Chess Club will hold its Annual General Meeting tomorrow, Tuesday 26th October 2021. The AGM will be at the Club’s venue at the Central Club, at 7:30pm.
The Coronavirus pandemic meant there was not a 2020 AGM, but Chess Club Secretary Malcolm Clarke’s 2019 AGM Summary can be read here.
Agenda for the 2021 AGM
Apologies for absence
Minutes of last year’s AGM.
Matters arising
Officer reports eg Secretary, Treasurer
Election of Officers
Fees for 2021/22
Questions raised by Steve Dunleavy regarding ladder and history of club
Plans for season with regard to tournaments and Ladder
The new Book Prize Tournament 2021: bigger than the first Book Prize event in 2020, now with two Sections!
The 2020 Book Prize Tournament was contested in 11 Rounds, an all-play-all format with 12 players. Mike Henbury won the first Tournament.
The 2020 Book Prize
This year’s Book Prize Tournament keeps the all-play-all format, with the extra players due to its popularity (19 players!) being spread across two Sections, the Major, for players graded 1400 and over, and the Minor, for the players graded below 1400. Each Section has its own Book Prize.
Organiser Peter Przybycin announces the first Round of the new Tournament.
The Book Prize Tournament 2021
Hi All,
Entries for the second Book Prize Tournament are now closed, with one exception. At present Rose has a bye in the first round.
TOURNAMENT RULES:
Rate of play – 90 minutes each for the whole game.
The first named player has the white pieces.
Games will (preferably) be played over-the-board at chess club, or at the home of the player with the white pieces. Score sheets and clocks should be used.
Games may alternatively be played online, using Lichess, by mutual consent. Score sheets are not needed for online games.
Online games will not be sent for grading.
In the event of a tie for first place, the book prize will be awarded to whoever wins their individual game. If this is a draw, a tie break game will be necessary, colours reversed. If there is still a tie, then the player with the lower most recent grade will take the prize.
In the unlikely event of me winning the Major section, the book will go to the runner-up.
