Summer Tournament 2022 Round 2 player pairings are announced by organiser Malcolm Clarke.
The Summer Tournament runs during the summer, and is a 5-round Swiss format event is played between May and September. Usually in the Summer Tournaments, the winner’s name is engraved on the Kooner Cup and receives a replica of the Cup. The organiser is Malcolm Clarke.
Round 2 Pairings (and player scores so far)
Geoffrey Parish (1) v Iwan Cave(1),
Sam Murphy (1) v Keith Gregory (1).
Keven Lamb (1) v Graham Stuart (1),
Mike Henbury (1) v David Culliford (1),
Peter Przybycin (0.5) v Nobby George (1),
Pablo Vidal (0.5) v Rob Strachan (0,5),
Rob Sims (0) v Peter Eales (0.5),
Steve Dunleavy (0) v Lee Mundy (0),
John Kooner (0) v John Pellegrini (0),
Alan Weaver (0) v Steve Saunders (0),
Rose Saunders (0) v Ian Parker (0)
First named players white.
Summer Tournament 2022 Rules recap
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.
Click on the button below to see the Summer Tournament 2022 Page:
The 2021-22 Book Prize Tournament concluded this week, organiser Peter Przybycin announced. Keith Gregory is the winner of the Major, Nobby George the winner of the Minor. Both received their prizes from Peter at the end of season curry night. Congratulations Keith and Nobby!
We have known who the victors are for a few weeks now, with Keith Gregory winning the Major Section, and Nobby George winning the Minor Section. They were both presented with their prizes at the Club’s recent curry night.
Congratulations again to you both.
Runner up in the Major was Graham Stuart.
Well done Graham.
Third place in the Major was taken by Mike Henbury.
Well done Mike.
This section did have a slightly unsatisfactory ending, as Eric Jones was unable to play his final two games; defaulting against Rob Sims and Dick Meredith. This means that we will never know who would have finished in last place, possibly saving my blushes!
There are a couple of significant results to report in the Minor Section.
In round 8, Maha Chandar beat John Kooner, locking in the runner-up position.
Congratulations Maha.
In their round 9 game, Maha lost to Rob Strachan, meaning that three players finished the Minor section on six points; Steve Saunders, Rob Strachan, and John Kooner.
Steve Saunders takes the third slot on tiebreak, having the lowest ECF grade of the three.
Well done Steve.
Book Prize Tournament 2021-22 Final scores:
Major section:
Keith Gregory 7.5
Graham Stuart 6
Mike Henbury 5
Sam Murphy 4.5
Manoj Chandar 4
Eric Jones 4
Keven Lamb 3.5
Rob Sims 3 (+1 default)
Dick Meredith 2 (+1 default)
Peter Przybycin 2.5
Minor Section:
Nobby George 9
Maha Chandar 7
Steve Saunders 6
Rob Strachan 6
John Kooner 6
Geoff Parish 3
Lee Mundy 2.5
Ian Parker 2.5
Rose Saunders 2
Steve Dunleavy 1
I have thoroughly enjoyed running this tournament and I look forward to the next one. I expect to be asking for entries in a couple of months, once the Kooner Cup (AKA Summer Tournament) and Dunleavy Knockout have finished.
All the best,
Peter.
For full results of Major and Minor, all rounds, see the Book Prize Tournament Page:
The 2022 Knockout Round 1 draw has been made, now that the Preliminary Round’s record 26 entrants have been whittled down to the 16 players who begin Round 1.
In the event of a draw the players must play again (within the stipulated time period-13/7 if possible) with the colours reversed
Clocks to be set at 90 minutes for both players
All games to be played over the board at the club other than mike Henbury who can play his games on line (e.g. lichess.org)
All results will be sent for grading
The deadline date to play your games is the 13th July 2022 (club nights 21/6,28/6,5/7,12/7 + 1 day)
All results to be emailed to me Steve Dunleavy as soon as your game has been played
Please let me know if for any reason an extension of time to complete the game is required (as with Sam murphy and Mike Henbury in the preliminary round).
SCL AGM 14th June. Southampton Chess League EGM, Tuesday 14 June 2022, 7.30pm, Chandlers Ford Central Club (2 Winchester Road, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, SO53 2FZ)
Agenda
Welcome Thanks to Chandlers Ford club for hosting us.
Apologies for absence
Minutes of previous EGM (13 October 2021) and matters arising
Secretary / Fixture Secretary reports
Treasurer Report and League Subs See statement below to be done, prepared by Fraser McLeod who is acting as interim treasurer as no one else has offered to take on the role since Robin Williams stood down.
Website Robin Williams wishes to stand down from the webmaster role. He advises that now the website is set up it requires minimal effort to maintain.
Grading
Election of officers – The roles of treasurer and webmaster are vacant. We will likely need a new Chairperson as we understand that Chris Priest has been in poor health. Matthew Coldwell (Vice-chair) may wish to take this role (to be confirmed). Malcolm Clarke and Fraser McLeod are willing to continue as Fixtures Sec and League Sec, respectively. Roger Marsh (Grading Officer) is willing to continue in this role despite no longer living in the area.
Proposals
Planning for the next season a) Do we want a full season, i.e. from October to May? b) Do we want 5-board matches instead of 4 in top divisions? c) How many teams does each club want to field?
League structure – tentatively place teams into five divisions. The SCL committee hope that we will have more teams than this season and that this may avoid relegations this season.
Trophy presentations Note: Robertson Cup, Individual and Rapidplay competitions were not held this season. See League winners table below for 2018-9 and 2022:
Division
2018-9 winner
2022 winner
1
Ringwood A
Fareham A
2
Hamble B
Salisbury A
3
Ringwood B
Basingstoke A
4
Salisbury C
Fareham B
5
Ringwood C
Basingstoke C
Trophy winners 20218-9 and 2022
12. Any other business How the 2022 (half)-season ended: see table above for Division winners. Click the button below to go to the SCL Website to see the Division Tables for full fixtures and results:
Graham Stuart has compiled an excellent review of Chandler’s Ford Chess Club’s 2022 season, and analyses the performances of each of our club’s League teams. Click below to see his Review.
The Summer Tournament 2022 begins as its organiser Malcolm Clarke announces the player pairings for the first Round.
The Summer Tournament runs during the summer, and is a 5-round Swiss format between May and September. Usually in the Summer Tournaments, the winner’s name is engraved on the Kooner Cup and receives a replica of the Cup. The organiser is Malcolm Clarke.
The Summer Tournament is usually 5, but sometimes 6 Rounds over the summer months – about a month per Round. 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.
Click on the button below to see the Summer Tournament 2022 Page:
The ninth and last Round of the Book Prize Tournament 2021-22 has been announced by organiser Peter Przybycin. The tournament ends on 28th June.
Current scores:
Major section:
Keith Gregory 7/7
Graham Stuart 5/7
Sam Murphy 4.5/8
Mike Henbury 4/7
Eric Jones 4/6
Manoj Chandar 3/7
Keven Lamb 2.5/7
Rob Sims 2/7
Dick Meredith 2/8
Peter Przybycin 2/8
Minor Section:
Nobby George 7/7
Maha Chandar 6/7
John Kooner 5/7
Steve Saunders 5/7
Rob Strachan 4/6
Ian Parker 2.5/7
Geoff Parish 2/7
Lee Mundy 1.5/6
Rose Saunders 1/7
Steve Dunleavy 0/7
Book Prize Round 9 Pairings
The pairings for this round include husband and wife club players Steve and Rose Saunders. They were inevitably going to play each other in an all-against-all tournament. Rose and Steve often play against each other, and online they have currently played over 2,300 games together! See our article when they reached the 2,000 milestone here.
Rate of play – 90 minutes each for the whole game.
The first named player has the white pieces.
Games will (preferably) be played over-the-board at chess club, or at the home of the player with the white pieces. Score sheets and clocks should be used.
Games may alternatively be played online, using Lichess, by mutual consent. Score sheets are not needed for online games.
Online games will not be sent for grading.
The Book Prize Tournament will end on Tuesday 28th June. No result will be recorded after that date.
The Knockout Tournament 2022 , organised by Steve Dunleavy, has seen a record 26 entrants. It has a Preliminary Round plus six byes to establish the Round 1 players.
With a record 26 entrants this year we have 6 byes into the first round and 10 preliminary round games to qualify for the first round. If you are defeated in your preliminary round game you are eliminated from the competition. This system will reduce us from 26 to 16, and then 8,4,2 thereafter(for both the major and minor competitions- winners and losers from round 1).
Round 8 of the Book Prize Tournament 2021-2 starts, as organiser Peter Przybycin announces the player pairings for the Round.
Just one Book Prize Tournament game was played this week:
Mike Henbury 1 Dick Meredith 0
Current scores:
Major section:
Keith Gregory 6/6
Graham Stuart 4.5/6
Mike Henbury 4/7
Sam Murphy 3.5/7
Eric Jones 3/5
Manoj Chandar 3/7
Keven Lamb 2.5/6
Peter Przybycin 2/6
Rob Sims 2/7
Dick Meredith 1.5/7
Minor Section:
Nobby George 7/7
Maha Chandar 6/7
John Kooner 5/7
Steve Saunders 5/7
Rob Strachan 4/6
Ian Parker 2.5/7
Geoff Parish 2/7
Lee Mundy 1.5/6
Rose Saunders 1/7
Steve Dunleavy 0/7
Nobby beat Maha (who ran out of time in a winning position) to take control of the Minor section. He now needs just one more point to clinch the book prize.
Rate of play – 90 minutes each for the whole game.
The first named player has the white pieces.
Games will (preferably) be played over-the-board at chess club, or at the home of the player with the white pieces. Score sheets and clocks should be used.
Games may alternatively be played online, using Lichess, by mutual consent. Score sheets are not needed for online games.
Online games will not be sent for grading.
The Book Prize Tournament will end on Tuesday 28th June. No result will be recorded after that date.
85 players entered the Castle Chess 18th Fareham Congress 18-20th March 2022, a record for Castle Chess. And 5 of the entries were Chandler’s Ford Chess Club players. Here are photos and some results from Fareham Congress.
Photos of the tournament
Fareham Congress
The Castle Chess 18th Fareham Congress was held at the Lysses House Hotel in Fareham, 18th-20th March 2022. The format was a 6-round Swiss, Round 1 on the Friday evening, the next three rounds on the Saturday, and the remaining two rounds on Sunday. The games had a rate of play of 75 minutes per player per game, plus 30 seconds per move. There were 3 Sections, and each section had a sub category by ECF Grading.
The Open, including the Premier (Under 2001 grade). Three Chandler’s Ford Chess Club players were entered in the Open: Keith Gregory, Graham Stuart, and Iwan Cave, who was 4th in the Premier category.
The Major (Under 1901 grade), including the Intermediate (U1751).
The Minor (under 1601), including the Challengers (U1451). Two players from our club entered the Minor, Keven Lamb, and Peter Eales, who won a prize in the Challengers. Great news for Peter as this was his first Tournament for 40 years.
Castle Chess were able to substantially increase the Prize fund due to the numbers of players that entered: 85 players, a record for Castle Chess.
For full results of all players, see the Castle Chess results page for the event via the button below:
In the Major, two closely-matched players who ended up with 4 points each inevitably had to play against each other: Richard Ursell and his son Adam Ursell. The two Highcliffe players drew in their Round 5 game.
A good cause
The organisers support a number of children in Zambia, and are pleased to announce that player donations during the weekend raised £186 to help with their school fees.
The ECF are holding a 24-hour Charity Chess Marathon on chess.com in aid of the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal this weekend 2-3 April.
The English Chess Federation will be holding a 24-hour online chess tournament this weekend, 5pm Saturday 2nd April to 5pm on Sunday. You can play as much or as little as you like, dipping in and out of the event as it suits you. The time control is 5 minutes per player per game.
There will be live coverage of the tournament at https://www.twitch.tv/ecf_commentary The commentary team will include GM Michael Adams, GM Matthew Sadler, GM John Emms, GM Chris Ward, GM Jon Speelman, WFM Kanwal Bhatia, WIM Natasha Regan, IM Tom Rendle, IM Ali Mortazavi, and MrDodgy.