Castle Chess will be holding their 25th Fareham Congress tournament on Friday 11th to Sunday 13th October 2024. The organiser is Tony Corfe. Full details on their flyer leaflet via the button link below (links to Microsoft Word or pdf versions).

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Printable Entry Form and full details

Castle Chess 25th Fareham Congress: main features

Dates: 11-13th October 2024

Venue: the Lysses House Hotel, 51 High Street, Fareham, Hampshire. PO16 7BQ. Contact Castle Chess if you’d like to stay there for the tournament.

Entry fee: £40 (£8 discount for juniors)

Sections: Open, Major (U1901 ECF), Minor (U1601)

Prizes: expected £200 per Section, but dependent on the number of entries.

Rate of Play: 75 minutes plus 30 seconds per move.

Playing Schedule:

• Friday 19:00-22:30 Round1
• Saturday 09:30-13:00 Round 2
• Saturday 13:45-14:00 Players Review: feedback forum.
• Saturday 14:00-17:30 Round 3
• Saturday 19:00-22:30 Round 4
• Sunday 09:30-13:00 Round 5
• Sunday 13:45-17:15 Round 6

How to Enter

Printable Entry Forms are on the Full Details flyer – see buttons to the flyer above.

Also, you can contact the organiser Tony Corfe, by email or phone. 01707 661160        Mob: 07973 516718      tony@mrcorfe.co.uk

Who’s entered

See list of players: Castle Chess 25th Fareham Congress October 2024 entrants

Photos from Castle Chess 24th Fareham Congress in March 2024

Chandler’s Ford player Alikhan Menseitov had a great tournament in March, being joint winner of the Minor Section!

As the new 2024-25 season starts this week, we reflect on what a great season we had in 2023-24.

In his Chandler’s Ford Chess Club Secretary Report, Malcolm Clarke summarized the season:

It has been a good season with our teams.  We were able to introduce an E team, while both our A and B team won their divisions and were promoted as a result.   We also won the Robertson Plate and our C team also came close to winning their division.

The Southampton Chess League Annual General Meeting in June was the moment Chandler’s Ford harvested a haul of trophies.

Chandler’s Ford win trophies at the League’s AGM

Division 2 of the SCL was a close-run table, with 3 clubs on 14 points. Our A Team emerged the winner. See the LMS Division 2 League Table.

Our B Team also enjoyed success, winning Division 3 and the Robertson Cup. See the LMS League Table Division 3 and Robertson Plate respectively.

As Malcolm mentioned in his Secretary’s report quoted at the top, the C Team came close to winning their division, Division 4, which was won by Basingstoke C.

Chandler’s Ford Chess Club celebrated its successful 2023-24 season by presenting individual souvenir trophies to the A and B team players. This was at CFCC’s own AGM on 11th September.

New Season 2024-25

The new season begins: can Chandler’s Ford build upon our tremendously successful 2023-24 season?

The new season begins tonight with 3 of our teams in two matches, both at our venue, the Chandlers Ford Central Club:

• CFA v Basingstoke A
• CFD v CFE (our D and E teams are both in the same Division – Division 5).

See the ECF League Management System page for the Southampton Chess League for the 2024-25 season:

Update: a reminder from the organiser that entry is FREE!

She Plays To Win is a non-profit organisation whose aim is to encourage more girls to learn and play chess. Next Sunday, 22nd September, SPTW will hold their Starter Girls Tournament for girls with little or no tournament experience. The games will be ECF rated. It is organised by Hampshire Junior Chess Association. For enquiries about the SPTW tournament please contact Maha Chandar. At the time of writing this Post, there are 31 entries.

Maha runs the Chandler’s Ford Junior Chess Club.

Tournament essential details

• The Tournament is a 5-round rapid-play event open to girls aged 18 or under.
• The tournament has a time control of 20 minutes for each player in each game (20+0).
• The first Round starts at 10:00 on Sunday 22nd September 2024.
• The tournament venue is Badger Farm Community Centre, 2 Badger Farm Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO22 4QB.
• The last Round starts at 2pm, and Prize-Giving will be at 3pm.
• Prizes: £30, £15, £10 for 1st, 2nd, 3rd respectively.
• Please enter via: https://form.jotform.com/241126242122036
• All SPTW enquires to Maha Chandar email: kidschess@hotmail.com

More Information

The She Plays To Win Starter Girls tournament is an event designed for girls of 18 years old or less who  are new to tournament chess and this event will be either their first or one of their first tournaments.

This is part of the She Plays to Win (SPTW) initiative created by IM Lorin D’Costa

More details at She Plays To Win Official Web Site

Entries to date:    https://chess-results.com/tnr973984.aspx?lan=1

Schedule  (Sunday 22nd September, 2024)

Round 1. 10am
Round 2. 11.am
Round 3. 12pm
Round 4. 1pm
Round 5. 2pm

The time control will be rapid play with twenty (20) minutes for each play. DGT 2010 timers will be used throughout.

Prize Giving. 3pm

Prize Fund

1st- £30
2nd- £15
3rd- £10

Entry will be confirmed once payment have been received.

All entries will be updated on chess-results.com at https://chess-results.com/tnr973984.aspx?lan=1

All SPTW enquires to Maha Chandar email: kidschess@hotmail.com

The Book Prize Tournament 2023-24 final scores have been announced by its organiser Peter Przybycin.

The tournament comprised three Sections based on player grades, and was an all-play-all format – 9 Rounds.

The results of the games were recorded on the ECF LMS system for grading: the Minor, the Major, and the Premier.

The Book Prize is Nail It Like Nepo, by Zenon Franco, and the winner of each Section receives a copy.

Book Prize Winners

Congratulations to the three Book Prize winners!

• Minor Section: Rob Strachan on 7 points.
• Major Section: Dick Meredith on 7.5 points
• The Premier Section: Iwan Cave, with a hugely impressive 9 out of 9!

Full results – for all the participants, are given below.

Book Prize Tournament 2023-24 Final Scores

Minor Section

• Rob Strachan                7/8
• Rose Saunders              7/9
• James Gray                   5/8
• Ian Parker                  4.5/9
• Lee Mundy                   4/8
• Alan Weaver                 4/8
• Geoff Parish               3.5/9
• Steve Dunleavy             2/8
• Steve Saunders             2/9
• Mike Davis                    1/4

Major section

• Dick Meredith             7.5/9
• Alikhan Menseitov      5.5/9
• Keven Lamb                  5/9
• John Davis                     5/9
• Daniel Phillips             4.5/8
• Patrick Pavey                 4/9
• John Kooner                3.5/7
• Nobby George                3/9
• John Pellegrini             2.5/8
• Frazer Burlinson          2.5/9

Premier Section

• Iwan Cave                        9/9
• Graham Stuart              5.5/8
• Philip Tarrant-Edwards  4.5/8
• Andy Mills                      4.5/9
• Peter Przybycin             3.5/8
• Peter Eales                   3.5/8
• Cary Xie                           3/6
• Sam Murphy                  2.5/9
• Rob Sims                          2/8
• Bill Purkiss                     1.5/3
• Connor Frost                 0.5/4

Coming soon: the 2024-25 Book prize Tournament

Book Prize Tournaments organiser Peter Przybycin will soon launch the next Book Prize Tournament, which will begin on 3rd September 2024.

The Chandler’s Ford Chess Club AGM will be on Wednesday11th September 2024. The Annual General Meeting 2024 will be at the Club’s venue at the Central Club, at 7:30pm.

See the Agenda below. Topics will include various issues and will prepare the club for the forthcoming 2024-25 Season.

Agenda

Chandler’s Ford Chess Club  AGM. 7.30 pm Wednesday 11th September 2024

1 Apologies

2 Minutes of Special General Meeting 10^th April 2024

3 Matters Arising 

4 Officer Reports:

1. Secretary  (Malcolm)
2. Treasurer/ Membership  (Suzan)
3. President/ Liaison/Social  (Nobby)
4. Website    (Keven)

5.Issues Raised by club members:-

i)Andy – standardise time control for club tournaments to 80+10 / ladder changes/ noticeboard/ annotated games by A team players?

            ii)Peter E- storage space for senior+junior club/  U18 subs/ Noise levels in club room/membership limit?/CFCC recording sheets  

             iii) Graham  – Cole Cup/Most improved player award/Recorded games quantity and timing/squad photos;  Presentation Evening / CCFC Online Rapid Tournament

6.Team Captains/ Squads / Nominated Players for 24-25 season

7. AOB

8.Presentation of trophies ( if agreed above.)

AGM reminder message from Chairman Rob Sims:

Just a final reminder that our AGM is on Wednesday at 7.30 pm this week after Junior Chess Club finishes at 7.00pm.

It’s a bit of a club tradition that some people pay their CFCC membership fee  after the meeting, although there is no compulsion to do so!  We now have a bank account set up, so the days of payment into a suspicious looking plastic bag are now over!!

I’m sure that Suzan, our new Treasurer, would be happy for you to make payment by bank transfer if you would like to and she will provide details at the meeting or in an email.

Best Wishes

Rob Sims