News from Juniors Chess team leader Maha Chandar that there is an online inter-County Team Battle for the Girls under-11s tomorrow, Sunday 14th February 2021.
Weekly chess news round-up. A welcome return to print for Malcolm Clarke in the Hampshire Chronicle weekly newspaper. Also, the Lichess Ladder latest, and links to this week’s regular club tournaments.
Malcolm Clarke’s Chess news round-up
Chandlers Ford chess club continue to play chess online and have weekly chess tournaments. The most recent winner has been John Zastapilo a former member of the club who now lives in Belgium, with Keven Lamb who has worked hard to organise these tournaments second, and Joseph Henbury (son of Mike Henbury who is known by some people for playing an Ewok in Star Wars) 3rd.
There was also a rapid-play tournament this week in which Keith Gregory won with 5 points out of 5, with Kev Byard currently resident in New Zealand second and Graham Stuart third.
There is also an all play all tournament in which 12 players all play each other. After six of the eleven rounds John Kooner leads with a 100% record, but he plays his nearest challenger Mike Henbury who is one point behind in the next round.
Chandlers Ford are intending to play an online chess match against Wimborne on Friday 12th February and are currently in the process of compiling an account of the club’s history.
Malcolm Clarke inspects trophy. He writes chess and football articles for the Hampshire Chronicle.
Chandler’s Ford Lichess Ladder latest
The club’s Lichess Ladder organiser Nobby George reports that it was a busy week in the Ladder, with 7 games played:
Steve Saunders: 0 Maha Chandar: 1
Steve Dunleavy: 0 Rose Saunders: 1
John Kooner: 0 Sam Murphy: 1
Peter Pryzybycin: 1 Rob Sims: 0
Nobby George: 1 John Kooner: 0
Andrew Vagg: 1 Steve Saunders: O
Patrick Pavey: 1 Rob Strachan: 0
The Lichess Ladder Rules summary.
All games to be played online at lichess.org. The Time control is 90 minutes per player. Players may challenge up to four places above their own step. If the challenger wins he will exchange places with the loser, for all other results then the positions remain the same. The Challenger has the white Pieces.
The Ladder will be updated every Sunday. See the Ladder Page for the most recent standings.
Forthcoming online tournaments
Details of the next two online tournaments for club members at lichess.org.
Tuesday Arena, 9th February 2021, 8pm
This is our regular weekly rapid play online tournament in which players have ten minutes each per game in the one-hour tournament. 8pm start. It’s already set up, click on the button below to go to the Tournament.
Our next 5-round online Swiss Tournament is on Thursday 11th February 2021. This starts at 8pm at lichess.org. Players have an initial 7 minutes each per game plus a 3-second increment per move (that is, about ten minutes each). Click on the button below to go to the Tournament.
Tournament organiser Peter Przybycin reports on the Book Prize Tournament so far, and announces the player pairings for Round 7 – including some ‘local Derby’ – literally in-house – fixtures…
Hi All,
Round 6 is now complete.
John Kooner maintains his one point lead, but he will play his nearest challenger this coming round. A game worth watching?
Round 7 will also see two domestic battles. No bloodshed please!
I have noticed that Suzan Dunleavy’s play has improved a lot, with no reward as yet, but it will come. She fought well against Keven. Maybe she can break her duck against her husband!
Round 6 Results
White
Black
Steve Saunders
0-1
Rob Sims
Geoffrey Parish
1-0
Nobby George
Mike Henbury
1-0
Rob Strachan
Steve Dunleavy
0-1
John Kooner
Suzan Dunleavy
0-1
Keven Lamb
Rose Saunders
0.5-0.5
Don Creasey
The Book Prize Tournament, Round 6
Scores to date:
John Kooner 6
Mike Henbury 5
Rob Sims 4½
Keven Lamb 4
Rob Strachan 4
Don Creasey 3½
Rose Saunders 3
Nobby George 2
Geoffrey Parish 2
Steve Dunleavy 1
Steve Saunders 1
Suzan Dunleavy 0
Round 7 Pairings:
Suzan Dunleavy v Steve Dunleavy
Nobby George v Rob Sims
Geoffrey Parish v Rob Strachan
Rose Saunders v Steve Saunders
Mike Henbury v John Kooner
Don Creasey v Keven Lamb
As ever, the player named first has the white pieces.
Deadline for finishing this round is Saturday 27th February 2021.
All the best,
Peter.
Peter Przybycin (left) is the Book Prize Tournament Organiser
Rules Recap
The Book Prize Tournament is an all-play-all contest, so with 12 players that makes 11 Rounds.
Although players will sometimes play consecutive games with the same colour, each player will end up having played at least 4 games as white.
Each Round should be completed within 3 weeks, but there can be some flexibility.
The games are to be played online – on lichess.org.
The latest on the Lichess Ladder Tournament, plus the Juniors in 10-team online County Battle, plus results of last night’s Arena Tournament (2nd February).
The Lichess Ladder
Ladder Tournament organiser Nobby George reports 2 results from last week:
Peter Przybycin 1- 0 Patrick Pavey
Nobby George 0 – 1 Sam Murphy
Sam Murphy (left) and Nobby George – a pre-COVID photo…
Sam retains top rung on the Lichess Ladder. See The Ladder Page for the full standings as of 31st January 2021.
The Lichess Ladder Rules summary.
All games to be played online at lichess.org. The Time control is 90 minutes per player. Players may challenge up to four places above their own step. If the challenger wins he will exchange places with the loser, for all other results then the positions remain the same. The Challenger has the white Pieces.
The Ladder will be updated every Sunday. See the Ladder Page for the most recent standings.
Hampshire Juniors 4th in 10-team County Team Battle
The Hampshire Junior Chess Association team competed in the 14th Inter-County online Team Battle on Monday, coming a respectable 4th out of ten teams.
Team stats for the Hampshire Juniors
‘Tuesday Arena’ Tournament 2nd February
Ten of us played in the weekly ‘Arena’ on Tuesday 2nd February 2021. These regular events for club members are one hour rapid-play tournaments in which the players have ten minutes each per game.
Congratulations to Graham Stuart on winning the tournament, and well done John Zastapilo 2nd and Keven Lamb 3rd. For full results see the lichess tournament Chandlers Ford 2 February Arena.
The latest on the club’s Book Prize Tournament and the weekly Arena and 5-round Swiss tournaments. And good luck to the Hampshire Juniors tomorrow in the 14th Online County Team Battle!
John Kooner continues to maintain his 100% record, although he had a hard time in this round against Steve Dunleavy.
Geoffrey Parish continues to improve and recorded his second win in a row.
Round seven pairings will be published once the final round six result is in.
All the best,
Peter.
Peter Przybycin organises the Book Prize Tournament
Online weekly Tournament results
Ten club players took part in the weekly Tuesday Arena on lichess.org on 26th January. Congratulations to John Zastapilo who came top, well done Keven Lamb 2nd, and Joseph Henbury 3rd. For full results see the lichess.org 26th January tournament details.
The 5-round Swiss rapid-play online tournament at lichess.org on Thursday 28th was also contested by ten players. Congratulations to Keith Gregory with an impressive 5 out of 5 wins, and well done Kev Byard 2nd and Graham Stuart 3rd. Kev and Graham both scored 3.5, and the system used a tie-break performance score to decide who was 2nd and who 3rd. For full results see Chandlers Ford 5 Round Swiss 28th January.
Forthcoming online tournaments
Details of the next two online tournaments for club members at lichess.org.
Tuesday Arena, 2nd February 2021, 8pm
This is our regular weekly rapid play online tournament in which players have ten minutes each per game in the one-hour tournament. 8pm start. It’s already set up, click on the button below to go to the Tournament.
Our next 5-round online Swiss Tournament is on Thursday 4th February 2021. This starts at 8pm at lichess.org. Players have an initial 7 minutes each per game plus a 3-second increment per move (that is, about ten minutes each). Click on the button below to go to the Tournament.
Junior Chess Club leader Maha Chandar forwards the announcement by John Upham about the 14th Team Battle online on lichess.org, 1st February 2021.
The event is an Arena tournament online at lichess.org. The players have 5 minutes each per game plus a 3 second increment per move. The Battle is between 10 Teams and 10 Leaders.
Fourteenth Team Battle on lichess.org, Monday 1st February 2021
Dear chess parent,
The Fourteenth Team Battle on the Lichess Arena will take place on Monday, February 1st 2021 starting at 6pm.
This week, results of our regular online tournaments, and links to the forthcoming week’s club tournaments; plus the latest Ladder positions. And young chess player Shreyas Royal will be on the telly!
Results of Tuesday Arena 19th January 2021
12 of us participated in this week’s Arena Tournament on Tuesday 19th January 2021, online at lichess.org. Congratulations to David Culliford(‘djc202’), this week’s winner. Well done too Dean Shaw (‘Sheff84’) 2nd, and Graham Stuart (‘WillHeSac’) 3rd.
5-round Swiss results 21st January
12 of us played in Thursday’s 5-round Swiss. Congratulations to Keith Gregory (‘KeithDFG’) on winning with a formidable five out of five wins. Well done too Kev Byard 2nd, and Graham Stuart (‘WillHeSac’) 3rd.
Forthcoming online tournaments
Details of the next two online tournaments for club members at lichess.org.
Tuesday Arena, 26th January 2021, 8pm
This is our regular weekly rapid play online tournament in which players have ten minutes each per game in the one-hour tournament. 8pm start. It’s already set up, click on the button below to go to the Tournament.
Our next 5-round online Swiss Tournament is on Thursday 28th January 2021. This starts at 8pm at lichess.org. Players have an initial 7 minutes each per game plus a 3-second increment per move (that is, about ten minutes each). Click on the button below to go to the Tournament.
Tournament organiser Nobby George reports on results of the week’s games: see below, and the updated Ladder is on our Ladder Tournament Page.
Peter Przybycin 0-1 Andrew Vagg
Rob Strachan 1-0 Rose Saunders
Joseph Henbury 1-0 Nobby George
Patrick Pavey 0.5-0.5 Maha Chandar
Young Chess Player on Telly on Thursday
Several club members have met chess prodigy Shreyas Royal. He’s played in the Hampshire Congress before, and some of us have met him in other congresses (Potters Bar, Southend etc). The youngster is on the telly this week! Shreyas features in the 2nd episode of the ITV television series Brains Trains and Automobiles, a spin-off of The Chase quiz show, on Thursday 28th January as the Chasers meet talented and gifted youngsters. The programme will be available on ITV Hub.
Sam was on top form this week: he won this week’s Tuesday Arena tournament. Heretains his lead at the top of the Ladder too. Results of the week’s online chess tournaments on 12th and 14th January; the Ladder latest; and links to the next two online tournaments on 19th and 21st January.
Online rapid-play tournament results this week 12th, 14th January 2021
Our two regular weekly tournaments online at lichess.org: the Tuesday Arena on 12th January, and the 5-round Swiss on the 14th.
Results of Tuesday Arena 12th January 2021: Sam 100%
14 of us participated in this week’s Arena Tournament on Tuesday 12th January 2021, online at lichess.org. Congratulations to Sam Murphy, this week’s winner who came first by an extremely narrow margin, closely followed by David Culliford (‘djc202’) 2nd. Graham Stuart (‘WillHeSac’) came 3rd. Sam and David both had 12 points, but Sam had a higher tournament performance rating and had a 100% win ratio. David did squeeze in an impressive nine games during the hour though! Graham also did well to get 7 games in!
5-round Swiss results 14th January
11 of us played in Thursday’s 5-round Swiss. A good week for 2 of our club members who now live overseas. Congratulations to New Zealand-based Kev Byard on winning with a formidable five out of five wins. Well done too Keith Gregory (‘KeithDFG’) 2nd, and Belgium-based John Zastapilo 3rd.
Forthcoming online tournaments
Details of the next two online tournaments for club members at lichess.org.
Tuesday Arena, 19th January 2021, 8pm
This is our regular weekly rapid play online tournament in which players have ten minutes each per game in the one-hour tournament. 8pm start. It’s already set up, click on the button below to go to the Tournament.
Our next 5-round online Swiss Tournament is on Thursday 21st January 2021. This starts at 8pm at lichess.org. Players have an initial 7 minutes each per game plus a 3-second increment per move (that is, about ten minutes each). Click on the button below to go to the Tournament.
