Book Prize Tournament 2022-23 organiser Peter Przybycin reports on the scores so far, and announces the player pairings for Round 6.

One interesting match, in the Minor, is husband versus wife – Steve Saunders v Rose Saunders. See our article about their many games against each other: The couple who played 2000 games together.

The first named player has the white pieces.

This year the tournament is divided into three all-play-all sections: Premier, Major, and Minor.

Peter has taken delivery of this year’s Book Prizes: Alexey Bezgodov, Defend Like Petrosian.

Book Prize Tournament 2022-23 Round six pairings:

Premier Section

• Graham Stuart v Iwan Cave
• Keith Gregory v Peter Przybycin
• Cary Xie v Pablo Vidal
• Robert Sims v Sam Murphy

Still to play from earlier rounds:

• Keith Gregory v Graham Stuart
• Pablo Vidal v Sam Murphy

Major Section

• Richard Meredith v Andrew Mills
• John Kooner v Patrick Pavey
• Nobby George v Keven Lamb
• John Pellegrini v Peter Eales

Still to play from previous round:

John Pellegrini v John Kooner

Minor Section

• Daniel Phillips v Geoff Parish
• Lee Mundy v Alan Weaver
• Ian Parker v John Davis
• Steve Saunders v Rose Saunders
• Rob Strachan v Steve Dunleavy

Please play the above games by 9^th May 2023, if possible.

All the best,

Peter Przybycin.

Current positions:

Premier section

• Iwan Cave 5
• Keith Gregory 3½ (from 4)
• Graham Stuart 3 (from 4)
• Cary Xie 2½
• Peter Przybycin 2
• Sam Murphy 1½ (from 4)
• Pablo Vidal ½ (from 4)
• Rob Sims 0

Major section

• Keven Lamb 4½  
• Nobby George 4
• Andy Mills 3½
• Dick Meredith 2½
• Peter Eales 2
• John Pellegrini 1½ (from 4)
• Patrick Pavey 1
• John Kooner 0 (from 4)

Minor section

• Lee Mundy 4½
• Geoff Parish 3
• Daniel Phillips 4
• Rob Strachan 2½
• Rose Saunders 3
• John Davis 3
• Alan Weaver 2½
• Ian Parker 1
• Steve Saunders 1
• Steve Dunleavy ½

All the best,

Peter Przybycin.

Rules Summary

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.

Book Prize Tournament 2022-23 organiser Peter Przybycin announces the player pairings for Round 5. He reports on the scores so far, and reveals this year’s Book Prizes (see photo).

The first named player has the white pieces.

This year the tournament is divided into three all-play-all sections: Premier, Major, and Minor.

Peter has taken delivery of this year’s Book Prizes: Alexey Bezgodov, Defend Like Petrosian:

Book Prize Tournament 2022-23 Round 5 pairings:

Premier Section:

• Peter Przybycin v Iwan Cave
• Pablo Vidal v Sam Murphy
• Rob Sims v Cary Xie
• Keith Gregory v Graham Stuart

Still to play from earlier rounds:

• Keith Gregory v Rob Sims
• Graham Stuart v Pablo Vidal
• Sam Murphy v Keith Gregory

Major Section:

• Keven Lamb v Andrew Mills
• Patrick Pavey v Peter Eales
• Nobby George v Richard Meredith
• John Pellegrini v John Kooner

Minor Section:

• Geoff Parish v Alan Weaver
• Daniel Phillips v Ian Parker
• Steve Saunders v Lee Mundy
• John Davis v Rob Strachan
• Rose Saunders v Steve Dunleavy

Please play the above games by 12^th April 2023, if possible.

Current positions:

Premier section

• Iwan Cave 3 (from 3)
• Keith Gregory 2 (from 2)
• Graham Stuart 2 (from 3)
• Peter Przybycin 2
• Cary Xie 1½
• Sam Murphy 1
• Pablo Vidal ½
• Rob Sims 0 (from 2)

Major section

• Keven Lamb 3½  
• Andy Mills 3½
• Nobby George 3
• Dick Meredith 2½
• Peter Eales 1½
• John Pellegrini 1½
• Patrick Pavey ½
• John Kooner 0

Minor section

• Lee Mundy 3½
• Geoff Parish 3
• Daniel Phillips 3
• Rob Strachan 2½
• Rose Saunders 2
• John Davis 2
• Alan Weaver 1½
• Ian Parker 1
• Steve Saunders 1
• Steve Dunleavy ½

All the best,

Peter Przybycin.

Rules Summary

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.

Castle Chess will hold their 21st Fareham Congress tournament (over the board games) on 10th-12th March 2023. It will be at the Lysses House Hotel, 51 High Street, Fareham, PO16 7BQ.

Castle Chess have run a number of Congresses (tournaments) over recent years at this pleasant venue. They host two Congresses per year at the Lysses, one earlier in the year, one in the Autumn. 2022’s events were so popular (95 players in October) that Castle Chess added a January event to their 2023 calendar. See some photos from the January event below.

Photos of the previous Fareham event in January

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. 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:

The Ladder Tournament 2022-23 is extremely popular, and now has 31 players! Also in this article: the Ladder Trophy is presented to its 2022 winner Peter Eales.

The 2022 Ladder Trophy Winner: Peter Eales

Tournament organiser Rob Sims presented the Ladder Trophy to its 2022 winner Peter Eales. The Trophy is inscribed with the Winners’ names, and Peter is the latest. Congratulations Peter!

New heights for the Ladder: six games in one evening at Club as the Ladder extends

Tournament organiser Rob Sims reports on a great week for the Ladder. The tournament now has no less than 31 players! And with 6 games played in one evening last Tuesday, a new record was set for this very popular tournament.

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Good Afternoon Everyone,

There were 6 Ladder games at club last Tuesday evening with very interesting results. John Pellegrini defeated Rose, who had been top of the Ladder since September, having defended the top rung against several would be usurpers. Lower down the Ladder there were several changes in position where lower placed challengers defeated higher placed players. Here are the results in full:-

• John Pellegrini 1 –  0 Rose Saunders
• Keven Lamb 1 – 0 Peter Eales
• Andy Mills 1 – 0 Philip Tarrant-Edwards
• Mike Davis 1 – 0   Daniel Phillips
• Lee Mundy  1 – 0 John Kooner
• Peter Przybycin  0.5 – 0.5  John Davis

6 Ladder games in one evening is the highest number so far this season so well done all for challenging and accepting challenges.

Best wishes

Rob Sims

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Brief overview of the Ladder

• Games are 90 minutes per player
• The games are graded, results will go to the ECF.
• Challenger plays as White
• Challenger can challenge up to 4 rungs above their own.
• The top 3 players on Tuesday 12th September 2023 will play off to determine the eventual winner.

To see the full Rules, and to see the latest player standings, go to the tournament’s Page:

The Book Prize Tournament 2022-23 Round 4. The tournament’s organiser, Peter Przybycin, reports on the results so far, and the player pairings for Round 4. The first named player has the white pieces.

This year the tournament is divided into three all-play-all sections: Premier, Major, and Minor.

Book Prize Tournament 2022-23 round 4 pairings:

Premier Section

• Iwan Cave v Cary Xie
• Graham Stuart v Pablo Vidal
• Sam Murphy v Keith Gregory
• Peter Przybycin v Rob Sims

Major Section

• Andrew Mills v John Kooner
• Richard Meredith v Patrick Pavey
• Peter Eales v Nobby George
• Keven Lamb v John Pellegrini

Minor Section

• Ian Parker v Alan Weaver
• John Davis v Steve Saunders 
• Geoff Parish v Steve Dunleavy
• Daniel Phillips v Rob Strachan
• Rose Saunders v Lee Mundy

Games to be played by 8th March 2023, please.

Click on the button below to go to the Round 4 part of the Book Prize 2022-2023 Page.

Current positions:

Premier

• Iwan Cave 3
• Keith Gregory 2 (from 2)
• Graham Stuart 2
• Cary Xie 1½
• Sam Murphy 1
• Peter Przybycin 1
• Pablo Vidal ½
• Rob Sims 0 (from 2)

Major

• Keven Lamb 3
• Andy Mills 2½
• Nobby George 2
• Dick Meredith 2
• Peter Eales 1½
• John Pellegrini 1
• John Kooner 0
• Patrick Pavey 0

Minor

• Lee Mundy 2½
• Rob Strachan 2½
• Geoff Parish 2
• Daniel Phillips 2
• Rose Saunders 2
• John Davis 1
• Ian Parker 1
• Steve Saunders 1
• Steve Dunleavy ½
• Alan Weaver ½

All the best,

Peter Przybycin.

Rules Summary

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 of each game’s result via email.

Castle Chess will hold their 20th Fareham Congress tournament (over the board games) on 20-22nd January 2023. It will be at the Lysses House Hotel, 51 High Street, Fareham, PO16 7BQ.

Castle Chess have run a number of Congresses (tournaments) over recent years at this pleasant venue. They host two Congresses per year at the Lysses, one earlier in the year, one in the Autumn. 2022’s events were so popular (95 players in October) that Castle Chess have added this January event to their 2023 calendar.

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.

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:

A reminder to renew our membership subscriptions for 2023 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 1st January to 31st January online, and 10th 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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.

Chandler’s Ford’s Iwan Cave became Hampshire’s youngest ever chess champion as he won the Silver Rook in the Hampshire Chess Association Congress (tournament) at Fareham in November.

Malcolm Clarke reports, with further reporting from Graham Stuart, and photos from Keven Lamb.

Iwan Cave Hampshire Champion

Iwan Cave a 15-year student from Romsey school has become the youngest ever winner of the Hampshire Individual chess championship, a prestigious tournament that has been running since 1930.

See Graham Stuart’s Hampshire Chess History website list of all the HCA Individual Championship winners: HCA Champions

He won the tournament as a result of being the top placed Hampshire player and he played in six rounds over the weekend of 4th-6th November all of 4 hours duration in which he won 3, drew 2 and lost 1 in a good quality field, having the week prior to the event attended a whole week of school, and on the Tuesday evening won his individual game on top board in helping his club record a 4-1 victory.

Romsey school is not a school where chess is a major extra-curricular activity and there has not been a chess club in the town since the 1970’s.  However, Iwan’s game has come on leaps and bounds since joining Chandlers Ford chess club, where he started winning prizes in junior tournaments.  Last season he competed in senior competition for the first time and his made rapid progress during that time culminating in his most recent and most meritorious success.

His parents also deserve credit for transporting him to and from chess events.

– Malcolm Clarke

Iwan Cave and the Silver Rook: photos

Further Success for Iwan

Iwan was one of 12 young players who qualified for the Under 18 Terafinal . This year it was held at Blenheim Palace on 15th and 16th October. 60 players across five age categories took part (12 in the U18).

Iwan won the U18 Hampshire Junior Open Congress 27th November with an awesome 6 out of 6. The rapid-play tournament had 27 entries in the U18. It included some of the top Portsmouth and Dorset Juniors as well.

2022 a good year for Hampshire Junior Chess

It has been a good year for Hampshire Junior Chess with Harry Grieve from the North of the county becoming at 21 the youngest ever British champion.  Harry a few years ago regularly played and assisted with the megafinal of the Delancey UK Chess Challenge which was often held in Winchester and where his mother Amy coordinated the event.

Season’s greetings from Chandler’s Ford Chess Club. Merry Christmas everyone!

The Book Prize Tournament 2022-2023 Round 3. The results so far, and the player pairings for Round 3.

Book Prize Tournament 2022-2023 Round 3 pairings:

Premier Section

• Iwan Cave v Pablo Vidal
• Keith Gregory v Rob Sims
• Cary Xie v Graham Stuart
• Peter Przybycin v Sam Murphy
• Sam Murphy v Graham Stuart (still to play from round 2)

Major Section

• Andrew Mills v Patrick Pavey
• Nobby George v John Pellegrini
• John Kooner v Richard Meredith
• Keven Lamb v Peter Eales
• John Kooner v Nobby George (still to play from round 2)

Minor Section

• Alan Weaver v John Davis
• Steve Dunleavy v Daniel Phillips
• Ian Parker v Steve Saunders
• Lee Mundy v Rob Strachan
• Rose Saunders v Geoff Parish
• John Davis v Daniel Phillips (still to play from round 1)

All the above games should be played by 1^st February 2023, please. This is double the normal duration to allow for the festive season, and to help players with outstanding games to catch up.

Results so far:

Premier section

Round 1:

• Iwan Cave 1 Sam Murphy 0
• Rob Sims 0 Graham Stuart 1
• Cary Xie ½ Peter Przybycin ½
• Pablo Vidal 0 Keith Gregory 1

Round 2:

• Rob Sims 0 Iwan Cave 1
• Cary Xie 0 Keith Gregory 1
• Peter Przybycin ½ Pablo Vidal ½

Major section

Round 1:

• John Kooner 0 Keven Lamb 1
• Andrew Mills ½ Peter Eales ½
• Patrick Pavey 0 Nobby George 1
• John Pellegrini 0 Richard Meredith 1

Round 2:

• John Pellegrini 0 Andrew Mills 1
• Peter Eales 1 Richard Meredith 0
• Keven Lamb 1 Patrick Pavey 0

Minor section

Round 1:

• Alan Weaver 0 Rose Saunders 1
• Lee Mundy 1 Ian Parker 0
• Rob Strachan 1 Geoff Parish 0
• Steve Dunleavy 0 Steve Saunders 1

Round 2:

• Steve Dunleavy ½ Alan Weaver ½
• Geoff Parish 1 Ian Parker 0
• Lee Mundy 1 John Davis 0
• Daniel Phillips 0 Rose Saunders 1
• Steve Saunders 0 Rob Strachan 1

All the best,

Peter Przybycin.

Rules Summary

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 of each game’s result via email.