The Ladder Tournament 2022-23 is extremely popular, and now has 31 players! Also in this article: the Ladder Trophy is presented to its 2022 winner Peter Eales.

The 2022 Ladder Trophy Winner: Peter Eales

Tournament organiser Rob Sims presented the Ladder Trophy to its 2022 winner Peter Eales. The Trophy is inscribed with the Winners’ names, and Peter is the latest. Congratulations Peter!

New heights for the Ladder: six games in one evening at Club as the Ladder extends

Tournament organiser Rob Sims reports on a great week for the Ladder. The tournament now has no less than 31 players! And with 6 games played in one evening last Tuesday, a new record was set for this very popular tournament.

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Good Afternoon Everyone,

There were 6 Ladder games at club last Tuesday evening with very interesting results. John Pellegrini defeated Rose, who had been top of the Ladder since September, having defended the top rung against several would be usurpers. Lower down the Ladder there were several changes in position where lower placed challengers defeated higher placed players. Here are the results in full:-

• John Pellegrini 1 –  0 Rose Saunders
• Keven Lamb 1 – 0 Peter Eales
• Andy Mills 1 – 0 Philip Tarrant-Edwards
• Mike Davis 1 – 0   Daniel Phillips
• Lee Mundy  1 – 0 John Kooner
• Peter Przybycin  0.5 – 0.5  John Davis

6 Ladder games in one evening is the highest number so far this season so well done all for challenging and accepting challenges.

Best wishes

Rob Sims

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Brief overview of the Ladder

• Games are 90 minutes per player
• The games are graded, results will go to the ECF.
• Challenger plays as White
• Challenger can challenge up to 4 rungs above their own.
• The top 3 players on Tuesday 12th September 2023 will play off to determine the eventual winner.

To see the full Rules, and to see the latest player standings, go to the tournament’s Page:

The Book Prize Tournament 2022-23 Round 4. The tournament’s organiser, Peter Przybycin, reports on the results so far, and the player pairings for Round 4. The first named player has the white pieces.

This year the tournament is divided into three all-play-all sections: Premier, Major, and Minor.

Book Prize Tournament 2022-23 round 4 pairings:

Premier Section

• Iwan Cave v Cary Xie
• Graham Stuart v Pablo Vidal
• Sam Murphy v Keith Gregory
• Peter Przybycin v Rob Sims

Major Section

• Andrew Mills v John Kooner
• Richard Meredith v Patrick Pavey
• Peter Eales v Nobby George
• Keven Lamb v John Pellegrini

Minor Section

• Ian Parker v Alan Weaver
• John Davis v Steve Saunders 
• Geoff Parish v Steve Dunleavy
• Daniel Phillips v Rob Strachan
• Rose Saunders v Lee Mundy

Games to be played by 8th March 2023, please.

Click on the button below to go to the Round 4 part of the Book Prize 2022-2023 Page.

Current positions:

Premier

• Iwan Cave 3
• Keith Gregory 2 (from 2)
• Graham Stuart 2
• Cary Xie 1½
• Sam Murphy 1
• Peter Przybycin 1
• Pablo Vidal ½
• Rob Sims 0 (from 2)

Major

• Keven Lamb 3
• Andy Mills 2½
• Nobby George 2
• Dick Meredith 2
• Peter Eales 1½
• John Pellegrini 1
• John Kooner 0
• Patrick Pavey 0

Minor

• Lee Mundy 2½
• Rob Strachan 2½
• Geoff Parish 2
• Daniel Phillips 2
• Rose Saunders 2
• John Davis 1
• Ian Parker 1
• Steve Saunders 1
• Steve Dunleavy ½
• Alan Weaver ½

All the best,

Peter Przybycin.

Rules Summary

The first named player has the white pieces.

Rate of play is 90 minutes each, for the whole game.

Games will be played over-the-board at chess club, or at the home of the player with the white pieces. Score sheets and clocks must be used.

Both players should inform me of each game’s result via email.