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.
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.
Above: the SCL Division 4 Trophy presented to CFCC’s Sam Murphy
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:
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 Southampton Chess League AGM, held at Chandler’s Ford Central Club on 31st May, agreed various points, two of which we highlight here.
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).
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.
The Book Prize Tournament 2022-23 ends as the winners of this year’s event are announced by organiser Peter Przybycin.
The 2022-23 Book Prize Tournament is now closed.
Congratulations to the three winners: Iwan Cave, Nobby George, and Daniel Phillips. They will each receive a copy of “Defend Like Petrosian – What you can learn from Tigran Petrosian’s Extraordinary Defensive Skills“.
ECF Membership renewals 2023-24 will be due for many club players at the end of August. Until recently, this was the time for membership renewal for all English Chess Federation members, but it is now possible to join and renew in any month. Many of us continue to have September to August membership annual membership. Membership will last for 12 months from the date of purchase of the membership package you choose.
Membership of the English Chess Federation enables playing ECF-graded games, such as the club’s own internal tournaments, plus Southampton Chess League matches, County matches, and Congresses (tournaments) across the country. The different membership levels will determine what is covered.
ECF Membership also gives discounts at various companies, including Chess & Bridge shop
For most club players, Bronze or Silver Memberships are sufficient: Bronze if you don’t plan to go to Congresses, but do want to play in the club’s events and the League.
Whilst Bronze or Silver would suit most of our Club members, there are other ECF membership types, and, just for information, here’s a brief overview:
Bronze – £18.00 | Junior Bronze – £6.00
Silver – £27.00 | Junior Silver – £6.00
Gold – £39.00 | Junior Gold – £19.50
Platinum – £75.00
It looks like the ECF have kept the membership rates at the previous prices, which is good in these inflationary times.
There are other benefits too: a range of discounts at online chess retailers Chess & Bridge (chess.co.uk) and Chess Direct, as well as discounts with other partners. See Membership partners and benefits – English Chess Federation for more information.
This may automatically happen, and the subs will be taken when due. If you are an existing ECF Member, but haven’t set up for automatic payments, you can renew by going to the ECF’s membership payment page ecf.justgo.com – or via the ECF’s Membership page:
English Chess Federation membership is one of 3 possible costs of being an active member of Chandler’s Ford Chess Club. The other costs are joining our chess club, and membership of our venue, the Chandler’s Ford Central Club. See our ‘What does it cost?” Page:
The pre-season friendly vs Fareham Chess Club was last Tuesday, 8th August 2023. Thanks to Graham Stuart for organising the event. Chess! Buffet! New chess pieces! It was a great evening. The new chess pieces used in the match were purchased in London just the previous Friday.
In this article Graham Stuart selects the team, and then reports on the match.
Graham’s pre-match preparations including how he selected the team.
Thanks to everyone who wished to play in this match.
It is a shame that not everyone can play in the match as we have more people interested that Fareham, but I have hopefully chosen a fair method for selection. Because Fareham will be stronger than us (as I have discussed players with their Captain) I felt that the top 6 rated players should be selected, and the remaining 3 players were chosen by my wife at random. For the remaining 6 players I have paired 4 of you to play an extra rated friendly on the night as part of the friendly, but not counting towards the result of the match.
This leaves two players, myself, and Kev Lamb. We will be the reserves and if Kev does not mind I would very much like him to be of photographic duties for the night?
Team: CF Team (board colours to be chosen on night)
Time Control: 80 mins + 10 secs per move (I will set the clocks up before the match, but this is option 18)
Start Time: 7:30 (Rob and myself should be at the club at 7pm to set up)
LMS: CF vs Fareham Annual Friendly | ECF League Management System (ecflms.org.uk)
| 1 | Eric Jones | 1714 |
| 2 | Andy Mills | 1656 |
| 3 | Sam Murphy | 1542 |
| 4 | Rob Sims | 1513 |
| 5 | Peter Eales | 1479 |
| 6 | Philip Tarrant-Edwards | 1459 |
| 7 | Patrick Pavey | 1371 |
| 8 | Nobby George | 1435 |
| 9 | Steve Saunders | 1063 |
Additional Friendlies (white first player named)
I hope this is all ok with everyone, but please do let me know if you cannot play and I will rejig?
With regards to the Buffet, we have received a very generous donation to pay for this and the club will supply this. I would kindly suggest that you don’t eat at the boards especially as we should be playing on the new equipment. But the beauty of chess is that you can move away from the board during the match. There should be plenty of food for everyone at the club, and this is not just for the people playing.
Good luck on the night.
Graham
A closer game than the result indicated saw us lose 6 – 3. Fareham out-rated us by an average of over 100 points and the result was not unexpected. However, we did have a number of excellent results with Sam “Morphy” Murphy beating Tom Philidor with a very pretty finish and Patrick coming out on top in his game as well. There were also two CF vs CF games as well which were hard fought.
Diagram: “Morphy” v Philidor. White to move. Black then resigned.
The new chess pieces were an excellent addition, many thanks for Peter, Andy, David and Kev for their trip to London to collect these.
The match has been added to LMS as well as the two overspill games.
Cheers
Graham
The Summer Tournament 2023 Round 3 starts as its organiser Malcolm Clarke announces the player pairings.
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.
Click on the button below to see the Summer Tournament 2023 Page:
The Summer Tournament 2023 Round 3 player pairings: the first-named player plays white.
Round 3 bye: Ian Parker
See previous Post about the Summer Tournament: Summer Tournament 2023 Starts.
Tournament organiser Steve Dunleavy announces the draw for Round 2 of the Knockout 2023 . Eight players have made it through the Preliminary round and the first round, whilst 20 have been eliminated. Who will go through from this Round – the Quarter Finals?
The Book Prize Tournament 2022-23 organiser Peter Przybycin announces Round 9 – the last Round of the event . The pairings are for the Minor, which has 9 Rounds: the other sections had fewer Rounds.
Iwan and Keith expect to play their final round game on Tuesday 18th July. Iwan needs a draw to clinch the book prize, but Keith needs to win.
As already reported, the Major section has been won by Nobby George.
The Minor section title is between Lee Mundy and Daniel Phillips. Daniel is currently half a point ahead of Lee. Mathematically, no other player can now win the minor section.
Please play all the above games by 15th August, when this tournament will close.
I plan for the next Book Prize Tournament to commence early in September, and I will be asking for entries shortly.
Peter Przybycin
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 Peter Przybycin of each game’s result via email.
Tournament organiser Steve Dunleavy announces the Knockout 2023 Round 1 draw. The Preliminary Round saw the field of players reduced from 28 to 16.
Book Prize Tournament 2022-23 organiser Peter Przybycin outlines the situation so far, and announces the Round 8 player pairings. Games should be played by 12th July please.
The Premier section winner is still undecided as Iwan and Keith have yet to play their final round game. Iwan needs a draw to clinch it, but Keith needs to win.
As already reported, the Major section has been won by Nobby George.
The minor section still has two rounds to play, and it’s going to be between Lee Mundy and Daniel Phillips for the book prize. Lee is currently half a point ahead of Daniel, and they play each other in this coming round. Mathematically, no other player can now win the minor section.
Peter Przybycin
Alan Weaver v Rob Strachan
Peter Eales v John Kooner
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 Peter Przybycin of each game’s result via email.