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: