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

The Chandler’s Ford Chess Club website is 5 years old! The first article was on 26th September 2018.

Since the first article the website has grown: to date there have been 284 Posts (articles etc; this is a Post), and 19 Pages. There have been 59 comments.

Some recent photos

Over the five years of the website, many photos have appeared in its Posts. Here are a few new ones, mostly taken at the club’s AGM on 13th September:

The Chandler’s Ford Chess Club AGM will be on Wednesday13th September 2023. The Annual General Meeting 2023 will be at the Club’s venue at the Central Club, at 7:30pm.

Chess Club AGM 2023: Agenda

1.  Apologies for absence
2. Minutes of last year’s AGM
3. Matters arising
4. Minutes of EGM
5. Presentation of B Team Trophies
6. Officer reports
   • 6.1 Secretary
   • 6.2 Treasurer
   • 6.3 Website
   • 6.4 Any other officer not covered above
7. Agreement of Constitution
8. Officer Elections
   • 8.1 Election of officers
   • 8.2 Election of Team captains
   • 8.3 Nominated players
9. Fees for 2023/24
   • 9.1 Use of funds 2023-24
10. Proposals

Above: the SCL Division 4 Trophy presented to CFCC’s Sam Murphy

EGM: the CFCC Planning Meeting 5th April

The chess club Planning Meeting (EGM) in April had discussed the ambition to enter five teams in the next, 2023-24 Southampton Chess League –SCL -season. This was agreed and we are indeed entering 5 teams.

There are five Divisions in the Southampton Chess League. Our Teams will be distributed over 4 of the Divisions:

• Chandler’s Ford A will be in SCL Division 2
• Chandler’s Ford B will be in SCL Division 3
• Chandler’s Ford C will be in SCL Division 4
• Chandler’s Ford D and E will be in SCL Division 5

The League structure was agreed for the forthcoming 2023-24 season following its AGM, and our Club’s own AGM on Wednesday 13th September will decide, amongst other things, which players will play in which team, and who the team captains will be.

The League AGM 31st May

SCL 2023-24: increments as default, and LMS results

The Southampton Chess League AGM, held at Chandler’s Ford Central Club on 31st May, agreed various points, two of which we highlight here.

Rate of play for games to use increments as the default time control

The rate of play for League games in the forthcoming 2023-24 season will use increments as a default time control for matches, although other rates of play are permissible if agreed by team captains. The main time control to be used is 80 minutes, plus a 10-second per move increment. A shorter time control of 60 minutes per player for all moves is available for games involving a junior player (under 18).

ECF League Management System for results

Match results for the forthcoming season will be reported on the ECF League Management System – LMS. Our club has been trying out LMS with some of its internal tournaments, and now more members are getting LMS logins to enable match results to be entered.