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 trophy – the Kooner Cup
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
Eric Jones, left, vs Keven Lamb, Round 7 of the Book Prize Tournament, 18 May 2022
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.
The Chandlers Ford Knockout Trophy
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 George v Maha Chandar in their key match in Round 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.
Father v son Richard v Adam Ursell at Fareham Congress 20 March 2022
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.
The player pairings for the Book Prize Tournament 2021-2022 Round 7 are announced. Tournament organiser Peter Przybycin gives an update from Round 6 and the scores so far, and announces the Round 7 pairings.
Hi All,
Two results this week.
In the minor section Rob Strachan beat Rose Saunders, and in the major section Eric Jones drew his round 5 game with Mike Henbury.
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.
Castle Chess have their Fareham Congress tournament (over the board games) on 18-20 March 2022. It will be at the Lysses House Hotel, 51 High Street, Fareham, PO16 7BQ. In this article, details of the tournament, plus poetic praise for the previous Castle Chess Fareham Congress from Gillian Moore.
At the time of publishing this Post, there were 75 entrants to the Congress, a huge level of interest.
The Lysses House Hotel, Fareham, venue for Castle Chess and HCA Congresses
Castle Chess have run a number of Congresses (tournaments) over recent years at this pleasant venue. Until the Pandemic, they hosted two Congresses per year at the Lysses, one earlier in the year, one in the Autumn. They return to this schedule, with the Autumn congress being set as 7-9th October 2022.
The Lysses House Hotel, venue for Fareham Chess Congress
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 (=175 former ECF grade system),
Major: Under 1901 (=160),
Minor: under 1601 (=120).
The Congress costs £40 to enter, with a £7 discount for Juniors. Non-ECF members will need to pay £9 extra. 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, as was swiftly and successfully done in the the October 2021 event.
Castle Chess Fareham Congress 2021: The Major
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.
Photos of the October 2021 Fareham Congress
Covid
Castle Chess plan to run the event as a normal over the board weekend chess tournament.
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
CASTLE CHESS CONGRESS FAREHAM. Return to over the board games The congresses over the board Are something I have missed, And entering this one at Fareham I could not resist. Several times before, I’ve stayed At the Lysses House Hotel, Competing in the Castle Chess At this hotel as well. I’m coming back, and I am like A puppy with two tails, Which wags each time that I recall The pleasure it entails. For I am very overdue For formal rated play, But with a congress that is planned, I’m heading soon that way
The C team hosted Basingstoke C in the League last week. Both teams at double-strength for numbers of players – an 8-board super-match!
The fixture was in the Southampton Chess League’s Division 5, a home fixture for our C team, on 1st March 2022.
Extra Games
Chandler’s Ford C Team captain Steve Dunleavy arranged with his Basingstoke counterpart David Graham to have additional players participate, continuing a feature of the League’s Divisions 4 and 5 before the pandemic, in which teams could field extra players for grading purposes in the English Chess Federation.
The extra games gave both teams the opportunity to give as many players as possible graded games in match conditions – and against players from a club other than their own.
The Basingstoke C team had several junior players, and their parents brought them and were there to support them. Not that the youngsters needed much support, being very good players.
Basingstoke C’s parents and relatives
It was great to see such a big attendance at the club: the 8 players from each team, plus the visitors’ families, plus more Chandler’s Ford Chess club players playing their various club tournament games. The double-sized match was the largest such event since before the pandemic, when Chandler’s Ford C and D teams played an 8-board match in January 2020.
Match result 2-2
The match was well-contested and ended with a 2-2 draw – for the match boards 1-4. The extra games played for grading and match experience saw the Basingstoke visitors win all the remaining games on boards 5-8.
Everyone seemed to enjoy the evening. See below for details of the individual results.
Board
Home Team C. Ford C
Result
Away Team Basingstoke C
1
Keven Lamb
0-1
Liam Durangparang
2
John Kooner
0-1
Harry Smith
3
Peter Eales
1-0
Edward Yang
4
Nobby George
1-0
Ojas Dhall
2-2
Chandler’s Ford C v Basingstoke C, 1st March 2022
Extra boards for grading and match experience
Board
Home Team C. Ford C
Result
Away Team Basingstoke C
5
Steve Saunders
0-1
Shams Dilly
6
Rose Saunders
0-1
Adam Matthews
7
Lee Mundy
0-1
Saksham Rana
8
John Pellegrini
0-1
David Graham
Extra, graded games, Chandler’s Ford C v Basingstoke C, 1st March 2022
The player pairings for the Book Prize Tournament 2021-2 Round 6 are announced. Tournament organiser Peter Przybycin gives an update from Round 5 and the scores so far, and announces the Round 6 pairings.
Round 5 update
Hi All,
There is just one result to report from the fifth round this week, but it is a significant one. Steve Saunders beat John Kooner in the minor section. This means that John has dropped his first point in the tournament, and now there are just two players unbeaten on five points; Maha Chandar and Nobby George. John has a chance to fight back however, as he has still to play either Maha or Nobby in the tournament. In fact, he is paired against Nobby in round six!
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.
