A reminder to renew our membership subscriptions for 2024 for our venue, the Chandler’s Ford Central Club. Central Club Membership Renewals subscriptions run January to December each year. Renewals at the rates shown below are available from 5th January 2024 to 31st January online, and 8th January to 31st January at the Club. Any Membership renewals after then will be subject to a Late Renewals Fee of £5.

To renew your Membership, see the Central Club’s website Subscriptions Page 2024 which gives details on how to pay online – their preferred method, although other ways are available.

Chandler’s Ford Central Club Membership Renewals 2022

See the Subscriptions Page 2024 of the Central Club website, and the table below. Membership fees are an important part of the Central Club’s income.

The cost of renewal will be:

MEMBER	Without Pass Card *	With Pass Card *
MALE/FEMALE	£20.00	£23.50
OAP	£ 8.50	£12.00
LIFE	Not available	£ 3.50

* Note: Pass card enables entry to all other Club and Institute Union (CIU)

Fees can now be paid electronically to the venue’s Bank Account – see Website Subscriptions Page 2024 for account details.

When sending the money please ensure you put your Member Number which can be seen on your Membership Card and Surname into the Payment Reference, to enable the details to be matched on the system.

If you want a CIU Pass card, please remember to add £3.50.

New Membership at the Central Club

If you haven’t joined the Chandler’s Ford Central Club yet, and would like to, please see their website’s ‘Join Us’ Page. There you will find a link to the Application Form. This is completed by you, plus Proposer and Seconder. Two passport photos, the form, and the fee should then be passed to the Club Secretary during normal Club hours (see the Central Club’s Home page for details).

Annual subscriptions for the venue is one of three financial costs if you want to fully engage with playing chess and the chess club, the other two outlays being annual subs to the Chess Club itself, and the other, annual membership of the English Chess Federation – so that you can participate in ECF-graded League matches and chess tournaments. See our What does it cost Page.

Merry Christmas from the Chandler’s Ford Chess Club.

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:

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.

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“.

Book Prize Tournament 2022-23 ends: Results

The winners

• Iwan Cave won the Premier Section
• Nobby George won the Major
• Daniel Phillips won the Minor

Final positions

Premier section:

• Iwan Cave 7
• Keith Gregory 5½
• Graham Stuart 3½
• Cary Xie 3½
• Sam Murphy 2½
• Peter Przybycin 2½
• Pablo Vidal 2 (from 6) 
• Rob Sims ½ (from 6)

Major section:

• Nobby George 6
• Keven Lamb 4½  
• Andy Mills 4½
• Dick Meredith 3½
• John Kooner 3
• John Pellegrini 2½
• Peter Eales 2
• Patrick Pavey 2

Minor section:

• Daniel Phillips 8
• Lee Mundy 7½
• John Davis 6½
• Rob Strachan 5½ (from 8)
• Alan Weaver 3½
• Rose Saunders 3 (from 8)
• Geoff Parish 3
• Ian Parker 3
• Steve Saunders 3
• Steve Dunleavy 1