34th Crowborough Chess Congress 14th September 2019
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Norton from Horley prevailed over a very competitive field scoring an
unbeaten 5½/6 and picked up the Berberich Cup and £150 1st prize.
David Graham of Worthing came clear 2nd on 5/6 and was also unbeaten.
Three veterans came in as equal 3rd place on 4½/6;
- Ian Snape (Beckenham)
- Chaski Patrick (Uckfield)
- John Sugden (Hastings & St L)
Grading prizes were won by ;
- Martin Cutmore (Folkestone)
- Paul Jackson (Coulsdon)
- Daniel Finn (Sussex Juniors)
- Matthew Britnell (Lewes)
- Jon Lawrance (Crowborough)
- Andy Mitchell (Lewes)
- James West (Coulsdon)
The team results were;
- Gold Medal (Boxes of chocolates) WORTHING 10½ Points
- Silver Medal LEWES 10 Points
- Bronze Medal SUSSEX JUNIORS and SUSSEX MARTLETS 9½ Points.
And finally after 30 years of hurt he never stopped dreaming.
Jon Lawrance was the first winner of the Albany Cup presented to the
highest placed Crowborough Chess Club player in the tournament of 1987.
After 30 barren years Jon once again picked up the trophy with a very fine 4½/6 and a grading performance of 180.
No |
First Name |
Surname |
Club |
Veteran |
Grade |
Score |
Prize |
Notes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1 |
Chaski |
Patrick |
Uckfield |
Yes |
203 |
4½ |
£30 |
= 3rd & Veteran |
2 |
Ian
L |
Snape |
Beckenham |
Yes |
203 |
4½ |
£30 |
= 3rd &
Veteran |
3 |
J
Morgan |
Blake |
Sussex
Martlets |
No |
202 |
4 |
|
|
44 |
David
S |
Norton |
Horley |
No |
201 |
5½ |
£150 |
1st Place |
4 |
David
B |
Graham |
Worthing |
No |
188 |
5 |
£80 |
2nd Place |
5 |
John
N |
Sugden |
Hastings
& St L |
Yes |
188 |
4½ |
£30 |
= 3rd &
Veteran |
6 |
Peter
G |
Farr |
Argumentatives |
No |
186 |
4 |
|
|
7 |
Rasa |
Norinkeviciute |
Eastbourne |
No |
181 |
4 |
|
|
8 |
Ross
B |
Rattray |
Haywards
Hth |
No |
181 |
3½ |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Section 1 |
152-170 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
Paul
J |
Kelly |
Hastings
& St L |
Yes |
168 |
3 |
|
|
10 |
Alec |
Hedger |
Worthing |
No |
160 |
3½ |
|
|
11 |
Martin
J |
Cutmore |
Folkestone |
No |
159 |
4 |
£40 |
Grading
|
12 |
David
J |
Deacon |
Fareham |
No |
156 |
3½ |
|
|
13 |
Martin |
Faulkner |
Haywards
Hth |
No |
156 |
3 |
|
|
15 |
Peter
L |
Dallas |
Emsworth |
No |
152 |
3½ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Section 2 |
140-151 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
Jonathan |
Britnell |
Lewes |
No |
151 |
3 |
|
|
17 |
Paul
G |
Jackson |
Coulsdon |
Yes |
151 |
3½ |
£40 |
Grading
|
45 |
Susan
C |
Howell |
Sussex
Martlets |
No |
150 |
2½ |
|
|
18 |
Janis |
Petersons |
Bexhill |
No |
149 |
3 |
|
|
46 |
Matthew G |
Howell |
Sussex
Martlets |
No |
146 |
3 |
|
|
19 |
Lilya |
Stewart |
Sussex
Juniors |
No |
146 |
2 |
|
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Section 3 |
134-139 |
|
|
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|
|
|
20 |
Adrian |
Cload |
Hastings
& St L |
Yes |
139 |
1½ |
|
|
21 |
Daniel
M |
Finn |
Sussex
Juniors |
No |
139 |
4 |
£40 |
Grading
|
22 |
Maximilian |
Wilton |
Sussex
Juniors |
No |
139 |
3½ |
|
|
24 |
Gary |
McCulloch |
Crowborough |
No |
138 |
1½ |
|
|
25 |
Chris |
Lake |
Brighton |
Yes |
137 |
2 |
|
|
|
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Section 4 |
127-133 |
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
|
26 |
Michael
J |
Reddie |
Eastbourne |
Yes |
133 |
2½ |
|
|
27 |
Matthew
J |
Britnell |
Lewes |
No |
131 |
3 |
£40 |
Grading
|
28 |
Alan
E |
Riddoch |
Maidstone |
No |
130 |
w/d |
|
|
29 |
Oliver |
Manchester |
Haywards
Hth |
No |
129 |
2½ |
|
|
30 |
Solomon |
Mitchell |
Lewes |
No |
129 |
2½ |
|
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Section 5 |
121-126 |
|
|
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|
|
31 |
Robert
HC |
Fisher |
East
Grinstead |
Yes |
126 |
3 |
|
|
32 |
Jon |
Lawrance |
Crowborough |
No |
126 |
4 |
£20 |
= Grading
|
33 |
Andy |
Mitchell |
Lewes |
No |
126 |
4 |
£20 |
= Grading
|
34 |
Robert
W |
Counsell |
Brighton |
No |
123 |
2 |
|
|
35 |
Phil
T |
Foley |
Upminster |
Yes |
123 |
1½ |
|
|
36 |
Keith
C |
Osborne |
Seaford |
Yes |
120 |
2 |
|
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Section 6 |
Under 120 |
|
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37 |
David |
Wallis |
Worthing |
Yes |
117 |
2 |
|
|
38 |
Ian |
Goodyer |
Eastbourne |
No |
116 |
2 |
|
|
39 |
Nick |
Hope |
Crowborough |
No |
108 |
2 |
|
|
40 |
James |
West |
Coulsdon |
No |
106 |
2½ |
£40 |
Grading
|
41 |
Roland |
Rattray |
Haywards
Hth |
Yes |
101 |
1 |
|
|
43 |
Donald
P |
Grant |
(Filler) |
Yes |
41 |
0 |
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Winner (Joe Berberich Cup) |
£150 |
|
David Norton |
Second |
£80 |
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Third |
£40 |
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Veteran (60+) |
£40 |
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6 Section Prizes of |
£40 |
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Albany Cup awarded to top Crowborough Player |
|
Jon Lawrance |
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Dagne Ciuksyte won in style winning her first 5 games before drawing with former champion and tournament regular Rasa Norinkeviciute in the final round.
Dagne's next tournament will be the Chess Olympiad playing for the England women's team.
Sussex players Chaski Patrick and Morgan Blake came in second with a fine result of 5 wins and just a single loss each and Rasa came 4th with 4½ points.
Peter Kemp won the Albany Cup for the best result by a Crowborough Chess Club player with a score of 4/6.

The Veteran's Prize was shared three ways by John Sugden and Paul Kelly of Hastings and Mike Nicholas of Worthing.
There were also 6 grading prizes making up a total prize fund of £550.
Link to Final Cross Table
Link to Junior Results and Photos
Prize List
First Name |
Surname |
Club |
Grade |
Score |
Prize |
Notes |
|
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|
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|
|
Dagne |
Ciuksyte |
4NCL Guildford |
216 |
5½ |
£150 |
1st Place
|
Nicolas |
Varley |
Hastings
|
214 |
3½ |
|
|
Ian
L |
Snape |
Beckenham |
210 |
3 |
|
|
Russell |
Granat |
Wimbledon |
203 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Section 1 |
181-195 |
|
|
|
|
|
Chaski |
Patrick |
Uckfield |
194 |
5 |
£60 |
2nd= |
Peter
D |
Kemp |
Crowborough |
193 |
4 |
|
Albany Cup |
John
N |
Sugden |
Hastings
|
193 |
4 |
£30 |
Veteran |
Krzysztof |
Jamroz |
Petts
Wood |
191 |
4 |
|
|
J
Morgan |
Blake |
Warwick
Univ |
186 |
5 |
£60 |
2nd= |
Rasa |
Norinkeviciute |
Eastbourne |
183 |
4½ |
£40 |
Section 1 |
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Section 2 |
166-180 |
|
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|
|
Michael
D |
Nicholas |
Worthing |
177 |
4 |
£30 |
Section 2 = |
Paul
J |
Kelly |
Hastings
|
175 |
4 |
£30 |
Section 2= |
David
W |
Frtyer |
Crowborough |
173 |
3 |
|
|
Martin
J |
Cutmore |
Folkestone |
171 |
3 |
|
|
Martin |
Faulkner |
Haywards
Hth |
170 |
3 |
|
|
Richard
R |
Welford |
Lewes |
167 |
3½ |
|
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Section 3 |
145-165 |
|
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|
|
Matthew |
Forster |
Horsham |
165 |
3½ |
£40 |
Section 3 |
Robert |
Elliston |
Crowborough |
156 |
2½ |
|
|
Viktor |
Jamroz |
Petts
Wood |
155 |
3 |
|
|
Jonathan |
Britnell |
Lewes |
150 |
2½ |
|
|
Daniel
M |
Finn |
Sussex
Juniors |
149 |
2 |
|
|
Jon |
Lawrance |
Crowborough |
159 |
2 |
|
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Section 4 |
133-144 |
|
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|
Daniel
DS |
Brooks |
Newhaven |
140 |
2½ |
|
|
Batuhan |
Kaya |
Eastbourne |
140 |
3 |
|
|
Michael |
Reddie |
Eastbourne |
135 |
2 |
|
|
John
R |
McKenna |
Crystal
Palace |
134 |
3½ |
£40 |
Section 4 |
James
F |
McKenna |
Beckenham |
133 |
2 |
|
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Section 5 |
121-132 |
|
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|
|
Robert
HC |
Fisher |
East
Grinstead |
132 |
2 |
|
|
Gary |
McCulloch |
Crowborough |
130 |
2½ |
|
|
Phil
T |
Foley |
Upminster |
129 |
3 |
£20 |
Section 5= |
Mark
J |
Weidman |
Felixstowe |
125 |
1 |
|
|
Matthew
J |
Britnell |
Lewes |
122 |
3 |
£20 |
Section 5= |
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|
Section 6 |
Under 121 |
|
|
|
|
|
Roland |
Rattray |
Haywards
Hth |
120 |
1 |
£10 |
Section 6 |
Nick |
Hope |
Crowborough |
100 |
1 |
£10 |
Section 6 |
Roger
S |
House |
Medway |
94 |
1 |
£10 |
Section 6 |
Janis |
Petersons |
Bexhill |
e120 |
3 |
£10 |
Ungraded |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Winner (Joe Berberich Cup) |
£150 |
Dagne Ciuksyte |
Second |
£80 |
|
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|
Third |
£40 |
|
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|
Veteran (60+) |
£40 |
|
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6 Section Prizes of |
£40 |
|
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|
Albany Cup awarded to top Crowborough Player |
Peter Kemp |
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32nd Crowborough Chess Congress Results
Saturday 16th September 2017
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Name |
Pts |
|
Prize |
Krzysztof Jamroz
|
6 |
1st Joe Berberich Cup
|
£150 |
Matthew Payne
|
5 |
2nd
|
£ 80 |
Mark Broom
|
4½ |
3rd= |
£ 40
|
John N Sugden
|
4½ |
174-185 Grading (3rd=)
|
£ 40
|
Martin Cutmore
|
4½ |
161-173 Grading (3rd=)
|
£ 40
|
Michael Nicholas
|
4 |
Veteran Prize
|
£ 40
|
David Fryer
|
3½ |
Albany Cup
|
|
William Graham
|
3 |
146-160 Grading =
|
£ 10 |
Richard Welford
|
3
|
146-160 Grading =
|
£ 10 |
Joe Everett
|
3
|
146-160 Grading =
|
£ 10 |
Martin Faulkner
|
3
|
146-160 Grading =
|
£ 10 |
Michael Reddie
|
3 |
127-145 Grading =
|
£ 20 |
Gary McCulloch
|
3
|
127-145 Grading =
|
£ 20 |
Matthew Britnell
|
3½ |
101-126 Grading = |
£ 40
|
William Wright
|
3 |
Ungraded
|
£ 40
|
TOTAL |
|
|
£550 |
Krzysztof Jamroz from Petts Wood playing at Crowborough for the first time won our 32nd event with a perfect 6/6 score. Pictured here with the Joe Berberich Cup and the first prize of £150.  Matthew Payne scored 5/6 for the 3rd year running and picked up 2nd place and £80. It was one of our most competitive tournaments with 13 players graded over 170. Unfortunately not everyone can go away as winners however we do have six grading prizes so everyone has a chance. Matthew Britnell had a tough start scoring only ½/3 but then had a storming 3/3 finish to pick up a grading prize of £40 while Martin Faulkner had the opposite experience of achieving a 100% score after 3 rounds but could not maintain the momentum but still picked up a share of the grading prize. Both Matthew and Martin are amongst a number of parents who take advantage of the opportunity to play in this competition while their children are playing in the junior tournaments run by Sussex Junior Chess that take place with exactly the same time control and round times as the adults. There are also a number of the stronger juniors who try their luck in the senior tournament and take a few scalps. 12 year old Oliver Manchester deserves a mention for a fine mature victory that overturned a 50 point grading difference and 50 years of experience. It was a particularly nice finish in an endgame that took home the point against yours truly. In the junior tournaments Elena Currah & Thomas Kindell won the Crowborough Town Council Cup please see the Sussex Junior Chess website for full results.  Thankyou to Carol Graham for these views of the playing hall.
As always it is a big thank you to the band of helpers especially those from Sussex Junior Chess who make this congress possible at all. This includes all the catering, pairing and arbiting that takes place on the day and of course thank you to all of the competitors for coming along and supporting our event.
No |
Name |
Surname |
Club |
Vet |
Grade |
Score |
Prize |
Notes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Peter G |
Farr |
Argumentatives |
|
202 |
3½ |
|
|
2 |
David
B |
Graham |
Worthing |
|
199 |
4 |
|
|
3 |
Matthew
J |
Payne |
Worthing |
|
198 |
5 |
£80 |
2nd Place |
4 |
Mark |
Broom |
Portsmouth |
|
195 |
4½ |
£40 |
3rd Place |
5 |
Callum
D |
Brewer |
Brighton |
|
190 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Section 1 |
174-185 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
John
N |
Sugden |
Hastings |
Yes |
185 |
4½ |
£40 |
Section 1
|
7 |
Charles
E |
Tippleston |
MK
Phoenix |
|
184 |
4 |
|
|
8 |
Rasa |
Norinkeviciute |
Eastbourne |
|
183 |
4 |
|
|
9 |
David
W |
Fryer |
Crowborough |
Yes |
176 |
3½ |
|
Albany Cup
|
45 |
Mikolaj |
Rogacewicz |
Brighton |
|
175 |
4 |
|
|
10 |
Thomas |
Finn |
Sussex
Juniors |
|
174 |
4 |
|
|
11 |
Cassie
M |
Graham |
Worthing |
|
174 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Section 2 |
161-173 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
Krzysztof |
Jamroz |
Petts
Wood |
|
173 |
6 |
£150 |
1st Place
|
13 |
Martin
J |
Cutmore |
Folkestone |
|
171 |
4½ |
£40 |
Section 2
|
14 |
Matthew |
Forster |
Sussex
Juniors |
|
167 |
3 |
|
|
15 |
Roger
M |
Hutchings |
Woodpushers |
|
167 |
4 |
|
|
16 |
Robert
V |
Elliston |
Crowborough |
Yes |
166 |
3 |
|
|
17 |
Michael
D |
Nicholas |
Worthing |
Yes |
164 |
4 |
£40 |
Veterans
|
18 |
Calum |
Salmons |
Brighton |
|
162 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Section 3 |
146-160 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
William
M |
Graham |
Worthing |
|
159 |
3 |
£10 |
Section 3
|
20 |
Richard
R |
Welford |
Lewes |
|
156 |
3 |
£10 |
Section 3
|
21 |
Duncan
R |
Badham |
Lewes |
|
154 |
1½ |
|
|
41 |
Joe |
Everett |
Brighton |
|
152 |
3 |
£10 |
Section 3
|
22 |
Martin
J |
Faulkner |
Haywards
Heath |
|
148 |
3 |
£10 |
Section 3
|
23 |
Ian
S |
Comley |
Horsham |
|
147 |
2½ |
|
|
43 |
Daniel
D |
Brooks |
Lewes |
|
146 |
2 |
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Section 4 |
127-145 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 |
Stephen |
Pike |
Rainham |
|
145 |
2 |
|
|
25 |
Robert
H |
Fisher |
East
Grinstead |
Yes |
140 |
2 |
|
|
26 |
Viktor |
Jamroz |
Petts
Wood |
|
136 |
2½ |
|
|
27 |
Michael
J |
Reddie |
Eastbourne |
Yes |
136 |
3 |
£20 |
Section 4
|
28 |
Gary |
McCulloch |
Crowborough |
|
135 |
3 |
£20 |
Section 4
|
42 |
Phil
T |
Foley |
Upminster |
|
131 |
2 |
|
|
30 |
Keith
C |
Osborne |
Seaford |
Yes |
127 |
1 |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
Section 5 |
101-126 |
|
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|
31 |
Oliver |
Manchester |
Hurtspierpoint |
|
126 |
2 |
|
|
32 |
Matthew
J |
Britnell |
Lewes |
|
124 |
3½ |
£40 |
Section 5
|
33 |
Andy |
Mitchell |
Lewes |
|
120 |
2 |
|
|
34 |
Robin
M |
Wilson |
Tunbridge
Wells |
|
120 |
2 |
|
|
47 |
David |
Wallis |
Worthing |
|
120 |
2 |
|
|
35 |
Alex |
Garfield |
Kent
Juniors |
|
112 |
3 |
|
|
44 |
Paul |
Buswell |
St
Leonards |
Yes |
103 |
1 |
|
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|
Section 6 |
Ungraded |
|
|
|
|
|
|
36 |
Donald
P |
Grant |
Crowborough |
Yes |
49 |
½ |
|
|
37 |
Tom |
Bennett |
Rotherfield |
Yes |
0 |
2½ |
|
|
38 |
Sienna |
Davids |
Eastbourne |
|
0 |
2 |
|
|
39 |
Anthony |
Pelling |
Crawley |
Yes |
0 |
2½ |
|
|
40 |
Stephen |
Priestley |
Ludlow |
|
0 |
1½ |
|
|
46
|
Lael
|
Page
|
Robertsbridge
|
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
48
|
William S
|
Wright
|
Brighton
|
|
0
|
3
|
£40
|
Section 6
|
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Entered by: David Fryer on 17.09.2017 | 0 Comments 31st Crowborough Chess Congress Entered by: David Fryer on 18.09.2016 | 0 Comments Season 2015/16
The new season starts on Friday 9th September 2016
|
The 2015/16 Season started with
the 30th Crowborough Chess Congressin September and ended with the British
Chess Championships in Bournemouth.
During the season the Senior Club entered 3 teams into the Mid Sussex Chess
League, completed our internal championships and ran several blitz nights as
well as a social training evening.
The Junior Club was also busy with weekly training and rapidplay games,
Sussex Junior Chess events, UK Chess Challenge as well as representing Crowborough
in national and international events.
Here are just a few of the
highlights and apologies to all those successes not mentioned but further details
can be found on our website and twitter feed.
The Crowborough Chess Congress was won jointly by Ian Snape and Matthew Payne with Peter Kemp
winning the Albany Cup for the best Crowborough player while Gerald Michaud won
the Under 160 grading prize. Thomas Martin won the Crowborough Town Council Cup
for the best score by a Crowborough player in the junior events.
In the MidSussex Chess League our 2nd Team captained by Chris
Dunn were promoted to the 2nd Division with Gerald Michaud winning
the Tankard with a tremendous 92% score. Our 1st Team just avoided
relegation while our new 3rd Team were mid table in the 4thDivision.
The Longplay Club Championship was won by
Gerald Michaud with Gary McCulloch winning the Challengers. The rapidplay tournaments had two very exciting and
close head to head finals. Peter Kemp beating Amardip Ahluwalia 1½-½ in the Championship and young Elena Currah
collecting the Challengers Trophyalso with a 1½-½ scoreline against runner-up Michael Redman.
The Winter 10 Second Blitz was won by Peter Kemp with a perfect 6/6 while David Fryer took theSummer 3m+2s Blitz with an unbeaten
11 wins and 3 draws.
The Regency Chess Junior Prize Board was presented each term to the
winners of the junior tournaments with the winners during the year being;
Grace Lamb, Liam Scott, Elliott Hookway, Thomas Martin and Oliver Faulkner.
In the UK Chess Challenge Thomas Martin won the Club Qualifier and a large
Crowborough contingent played in the Sussex and Kent MegaFinals with the
qualifiers going on to play at the Southern GigaFinal. At the GigaFinal Amardip
Ahluwalia won the Under 12 Boys and Giovanni Currah won the Under 11 Boys. Both players went through to the TeraFinal last weekend 20th-21st August 2016 and saw Amardip pick up the bronze prize for 3rd= while Giovanni came 32nd out of 50,000 original entries.
We were represented at the British Chess Championships in
Bournemouth by David Fryer playing in the Seniors Championship and Amardip
Ahluwalia, Giovanni Currah, Elena Currah, Suriya Velayudham and Evie Seddon in their respective
junior events. The highlight was Amardip picking up the Under 13 British
Championship title with a wonderful 6½/7.

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Amardip with David Howell and Jonathan Tuck at the British Championship closing ceremony.
David Howell who came 2nd in this years British Championship was a long time Crowborough member starting as a junior and is now a world class Grandmaster.
Jonathan is Crowborough Chess Club Chairman and Sussex Junir Chess coaching manager.
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Entered by: David Fryer on 24.08.2016 | 0 Comments 30th Crowborough Chess Congress
Saturday 12th September 2015
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Crowborough Chess Club Chairman Jonathan Tuck opened this years congress. As well as the main rapidplay tournament the event includes the Sussex Junior Chess Crowborough Grand Prix.
48 players competed in the senior tournament while 94 played in the junior event. A record 142 competitors in total. With representatives from 5 chess federations; England, Canada, Romania, Lithuania and Mongolia.
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With all the preparations made including the usual excellent catering provided by Sussex Junior Chess the games began.
This year's tournament was characterised by a changing leadership race. First of all ex-Crowborough player George Salimbeni raced into a perfect 4/4 start but then crashed in round 5 to Tumen Buyandalai who was playing his first ever Crowborough tournament. This left Tumen in the sole lead with 4½/5 with 6 players in the chasing pack on 4/5
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In a tense and exciting last round Ian Snape demonstrated his prowess at rapidplay with a fine victory over Tumen showing why he has his name on the Joe Berberich Cup so many times.
Other final round games saw Matthew Payne beat George Salimbeni while Dominic Lawson, Peter Kemp and Matthew Forster all drew their final games.
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FINAL RESULT 1st Place shared between Ian Snape and Matthew Payne on 5/6 3rd= Tumen Buyandalai, Dominic Lawson, Peter Kemp & Matthew Forster on 4½/6
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Name |
Pts |
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Prize |
Matthew Payne
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5 |
1st = Joe Berberich Cup
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£115 |
Ian Snape
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5 |
1st = Joe Berberich Cup
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£115 |
Tumen Buyandalai
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4½ |
3rd =
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£15 |
Dominic Lawson
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4½ |
3rd = |
£15 |
Peter Kemp
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4½ |
3rd= Albany Cup
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£15 |
Matthew Forster
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4½ |
3rd= 160-179 Grading
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£40 |
Gerald Michaud
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4
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150-159 Grading
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£40 |
Norman Blake
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3
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140-149 Grading =
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£15 |
Thomas Finn
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3
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140-149 Grading =
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£15 |
Paul Smith
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3 |
140-149 Grading =
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£15 |
Keith Osborne
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3½
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120-139 Grading
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£40 |
Duncan Badham
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3 |
120-139 Grading
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£20 |
Matthew Howell
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3 |
120-139 Grading
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£20 |
David Wallis
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2½
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100-119 Grading
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£40 |
Robert Smart
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1½
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0-99 Grading
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£40 |
John Sugden
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4
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Veteran |
£40 |
TOTAL |
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£600 |
Full Crosstable can be found here while the junior results and prizes are here on the Sussex Junior Chess website. Congratulations to Thomas Martin who won the Crowborough Town Council Cup for the best performance by a Crowborough junior.
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Thanks to the arbiting team of Sue Howell, chief arbiter and Catherine and Peter Finn who managed all the pairings.
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Also thanks to the Crowborough Community Centre for allowing us take over their whole venue for the day.
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Don Grant President of Crowborough Chess Club with two of our junior members Maxwell and Laurie
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That's Life
Tony Pelling held reigning Champion Ian Snape to a draw in the first round but then lost to 10 year old Robert Akeya-Price in the second.
Tony recommends ' keeping an eye out for young Robert in the future '
Certainly Robert justified his mother Sholpan's faith in entering him into the adult tournament. He finished on 2½/6 with a grading performance of 149.
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Crowborough's Gary McCulloch found the going tough this year after an excellent showing last time out while Uckfield's Brian Stockham was spotted contemplating life after a 0/3 start. It obviously worked even though he has replaced his trademark pipe with a much healthier electronic version as he took 2½ points from his last three games.
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Ian Snape looking very happy and why not ! Equal first this year to add to his previous 4 triumphs.
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Dominic Lawson the President of the English Chess Federation was drafted in to present the prizes at the junior closing ceremony but was also successful in his own right coming third with an undefeated score of 4½/6.
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Players prepare for the start of their games in different ways.
Here Rasa looks serene while Daniel is ready to punch his opponent.
Or has he just heard that Brighton have scored and are now 4 points clear at the top of the table?
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Evie and Izzy are two of Crowborough's strong contingent of girl chess players.
Izzy deservedly won the best mascot prize which helped her to gain an excellent 50% score in the Under 11s.
Another Crowborough player Elena Currah score 4/6 winning the Under 8
trophy and it won't be long before sister Francesca is picking up some
cups of her own.
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Crowborough Juniors playing in the tournaments were;
Under 18s ; Callum Hynes
Under 11s Major; Leo Yu 5/6, Thomas Manchester 4½, Oliver Manchester, Matthew Liu
Under 11s Minor Thomas Martin 5/6, Elena Currah, Lauren Manchester, Grace Lamb, Maxwell Kendall, Laurie Kendall, Liam Scott, Sophie Rees, Izzy Merry-Dungey, Theo Hall, Rafe Chapman, Amelie Rees, Evie Seddon
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AND ITS ALL OVER UNTIL NEXT YEAR
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Entered by: David Fryer on 14.09.2015 | 0 Comments Weald Chess Congress 2015 The Weald Chess Congress took place over the weekend of the 11th and 12th July 2015 in Copthorne and attracted a record 140 entries. The time control was the whole game in 80 minutes + 10 seconds a move and with 3 games on saturday that could mean 9 hours of chess so a number of players took a half point bye in round 3. Full results can be found on the congress website. Crowborough players' results ;
Section |
Player
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Score
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Open
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David Fryer
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3½/5
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Intermediate
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Oliver Manchester
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2/5 |
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Tim Yu
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½/5
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Minor
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Leo Yu
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3/5
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Thomas Manchester
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1½/5
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Suriya Velayudham
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1½/5
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I have picked out the following positions from my games as I think they are instructional especially for our junior players. Round 1 I was white in this king and pawn ending and as in all such endings each player is only one slip away from disaster. My opponent decided to defend by playing 47... Kd6 ?? (Kd5 draws) and after 48.Kg6 Ke7 49.Kxh5 c5 the following position arises.  In order for white to stop black's pawn the white king must be able to step into the square created by the black pawn and have a clear run to the queening square. Which in this case it can by playing 50.Kg4. The other important aspect of this position is to note that the two white pawns are safe from attack by the black king, as with careful play by white, if black captures one of the pawns the other will get away and queen. Round 2This is one that got away from me.  I was black in this rook and pawn ending and once again have two passed pawns and felt that I was better due to my good king and rook positions. Unfortunately I did not find 48...Rc1 which is the only winning move. After this the white rook cannot stop both pawns in their relentless quest for promotion. eg 49.Rg4 f3 50.Rxh4 f2 and the pawn will queen. It is worth remembering that in rook and pawn endings an active rook and control of the queening squares are extremely important. Round 3My opponent broke the rule about not moving the same piece twice in the opening which is especially true when you are black.  Black has just played the tempting 6...Ng4 and if white plays 7.Rf1 black has the thunderbolt 7... Nxh2 8.Nxh2 Qh4+ winning. However white has the choice between playing two good moves. 7.Qe2 which I played and after 7... Bf2+ 8.Kf1 Nd4 9.Nxd4 Bxd4 white is doing well due to his better development and more space or the complex 7.Ng5 when in a miniature played at the Gibraltar Masters this year the following position arose after 15.Nd5;  This is a good example of a classic checkmate that black did not wish to see demonstrated and promptly resigned. eg 15... Qg3 16.Ne7+ Kh8 17.Rxh7+ Kxh7 18.Qh5# Round 5
Is also about checkmates and is why we practice those puzzles on junior club night. I just wish I was paying attention as if I had I would have won this game and taken home the first prize.  I was white in the above position and after my opponent had pinched a pawn on a2 missing a strong reply, I just had to finish the game off. Unfortunately I played the very bad 34.c4 and though not losing in itself allowed the black king to escape on the dark squares. Can you see the checkmate idea that I missed? Its simple when you spot it. 35.R2f6+ Kc5 36.Rxb7!! and if Rxb5 then all those hours practicing checkmates in one come to the fore.  and just for completeness if black plays 36...Rc8 then 37.Bd7! and the black rook is lost or its still checkmate. Entered by: David Fryer on 13.07.2015 | 0 Comments Summer Lightning 2015 Our annual 10 second buzzer chess tournament attracted 16 entries including three dads of juniors and guest Sue Carter from Uckfield.
With play fast and furious there were some remarkable games including some tough rook and pawn endings as well as a number of opening novelties! Of the juniors playing Theo Hall performed exceptionally well scoring 2½/4 before he had to go due to an early start on Saturday morning. Of the dads Mark Currah did best with a score of 2/3 including a fine sacrificial win in 15 moves against yours truly.
Game continued 11.Nxe6 Qb6 12.Nxg7+ Kf8 13.Bh6 Qc7 14.Qe8+ Nxe8 15.Rxe8#
Prizes were kindly donated by Chess & Bridge Shop and went to ;
1st= Peter Kemp and Jonathan Tuck |
5/6 |
3rd Chris Dunn |
4½/6 |
4th Robert Elliston
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4/5 |
Entered by: David Fryer on 23.05.2015 | 0 Comments 2nd Team Captain's Report - Season 2014/15
Last season, Crowborough 2 won every game
& won Mid-Sussex Div.3 with games to spare.
What a difference a year makes !
Promotion was always going to be difficult with the higher
standard in Division 2 & so it proved. The loss of Robert E., Gerry M.
& David F. to the 1st team & other players unavailable from
time to time or leaving the club made life in div.2 hard, but it should not
have been terminal. Despite some very good performances from Jon L. & Amardip
A. we have been relegated by probably only half a point.
The season started by being well beaten by Brighton 2 who greatly outgraded us & not unexpectedly, will get promotion. That
set the scene for the season. Although we then went on to beat Brighton 3, a narrow loss to Hastings 3 in the end cost us dear. Jon & Amardip put in very good performances but we
lost 3 – 2.
Next was a loss to Horsham 3 who again well outgraded us & look set to clinch the other promotion slot
as Div.2 champions.
The match against Woodpushers 1 was the match that
probably sealed our fate. A narrow loss kept Woodpusher above us in the
division even though Jon & Amardip on top boards won their matches. The
captain played rubbish & the match was lost 3 – 2.
Match 6 vs. The Argumentatives ended in a draw. Jon
& Amardip drawing against higher graded players with Jon only having
seconds on his clock. (nothing unusual there then). Again the captain played
rubbish against a lower graded player trying to force the pace, made a truly rotten
move from a good position & was the very lucky recipient of a draw offer.
With a little more patience, a win should have been possible which would have
won us the match & that extra half point that may have kept us in division
2.
The 7th match of the season ended in a 4 – 1 win
for Worthing 2 although our
overall grading was better than them. Again, the captain played poorly &
lost from a strong winning position.
The 8th & last match of the season ended on a
high with a win against Lewes 2. Our top 2 boards of Jon & Amardip
winning & the captain on board 3 playing badly again. (does nothing change?)
Gary M. & Caroline on the other boards getting draws to see us to the win.
Overall, it’s been an enjoyable season despite being
relegated. The highs were the way Jon & Amardip performed along with no
defaults for the team. My thanks to all the players but especially to Caroline,
Graham & Gary for doing the away matches & filling in at short notice
& Don faithfully organising the boards & refreshments etc. Much
appreciated. Just one significant low was the way the captain performed. Might
be better to give him the big heave-ho. It won’t come as a surprise!!
Chris Dunn
2nd team captain.
2nd Team Stats
R E S U L
T S |
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Jan-15 |
Jul-14 |
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T O T
A L |
Player |
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Grade |
Grade |
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Score |
Played |
%age |
Perf |
Lawrance |
Jonathan |
159 |
160 |
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4.5 |
8 |
56% |
168 |
Liu |
David |
165 |
158 |
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0.0 |
1 |
0% |
113 |
Ahluwalia |
Amardip |
152 |
147 |
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5.5 |
8 |
69% |
172 |
Salmon |
Graham |
133 |
132 |
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1.0 |
5 |
20% |
108 |
Dunn |
Chris |
125 |
131 |
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0.5 |
7 |
7% |
91 |
Redman |
Michael |
133 |
125 |
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1.0 |
3 |
33% |
114 |
Campion |
Caroline |
113 |
114 |
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2.0 |
6 |
33% |
93 |
McCulloch |
Gary |
115 |
109 |
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0.5 |
1 |
50% |
132 |
Grant |
Donald |
76 |
80 |
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0.0 |
1 |
0% |
70 |
TOTAL |
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15.0 |
40 |
38% |
128 |
Current League Table
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Division 2
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Pl
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MP |
GP |
1 |
Brighton 2 |
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2.0 |
3.0 |
4.5 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
2.5 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
8 |
6.5 |
28.0 |
2 |
Horsham 3 |
3.0 |
|
1.5 |
4.5 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
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4.0 |
3.0 |
7 |
6.0 |
22.5 |
3 |
Worthing 2 |
2.0 |
3.5 |
|
1.5 |
3.5 |
2.5 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
8 |
5.5 |
24.0 |
4 |
Lewes 2 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
|
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.5 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
8 |
4.5 |
18.5 |
5 |
Argumentatives |
1.0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
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2.5 |
3.5 |
2.5 |
3.0 |
8 |
3.0 |
17.5 |
6 |
Hastings 3 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
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3.0 |
3.0 |
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7 |
3.0 |
16.0 |
7 |
Woodpushers 1 |
2.5 |
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1.0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
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3.0 |
4.0 |
7 |
2.5 |
15.5 |
8 |
Crowborough 2 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
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3.0 |
8 |
2.5 |
15.0 |
9 |
Brighton 3 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
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1.0 |
2.0 |
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7 |
0.5 |
13.0 |
Entered by: David Fryer on 24.04.2015 | 0 Comments 29th Crowborough Chess Congress 2014 Entered by: David Fryer on 16.09.2014 | 0 Comments British Chess Championships 2014 Aberystwyth A number of Crowborough members picked up sticks and travelled to West Wales for the annual British Championships. First of all congratulations to David Howell on defending his British title with a fantastic fight back from a loss in round 4. David was a member at Crowborough for many years with his name appearing on the Crowborough Town Council Cup which is presented each September to the top score by a Crowborough Junior in our Chess Congress. From the age of 9 he was playing for our 1st team in the MidSussex League and a short while later played regularly on top board.
In the Major Open Joshua Higgs scored 6½/11 and came 4th= In the age group sections U16 Billy Twigg-Molecey scored 4/7 and came 6th= U14 David Liu scored 5/7 and came 3rd= U13 Kartik Velayudham scored 3½/7 (unbeaten!) U11 Amardip Ahluwalia scored 3½/7 U9 Matthew Liu scored 2/7 U8 Suriya Velayudham scored 2/7 In the Weekend Atkins Open myself and Martin Faulkner competed. In this tournament everyone was very closely matched so there was no difference in pairings whether you won or lost. I luckily got off to a good start and scored 4/5 while Martin hit players in form scoring 1½/5. With 4/5 I won the tournament and have no idea how I managed it playing some crazy chess on the way.
Copyright http://britishchesschampionships.co.uk/photos-week-2/
Click here for one of my games - not for the faint hearted (must be over 16 to view) Other eventsRapidplay U2000 Amardip Ahluwalia scored 3½/6 Blitz 3m+2s Billy Twigg-Molecy 4½/9 beating myself 4/9 on the way. Congratulations to all of above. Entered by: David Fryer on 03.08.2014 | 0 Comments Return to Montargis During the recent twinning visit to Montargis with the juniors I was invited to return in June for the Open International d'Amilly. So on Friday 6th June I duly boarded the Eurostar to Paris and after negotiating the Paris Metro to Bercy I caught the SNCF train down to Montargis. I was met by the Goix family and after a beer and a few games of chess they kindly dropped me off at my hotel. Later in the evening I walked round to the chess club where the juniors were having a high tech training lesson with a big screen and chess base. After a takeaway and beer (apparently a club night tradition) we settled down to numerous games of exchange chess that with the french rule of allowing checkmate by pieces added to the board were short and chaotic. Chess proper started on Saturday and ended on Monday with 2 games per day. The field included two IMs; Benjamin Bushijo from a neighbouring club and was there to counter the Bulgarian challenge from Tervel Serafimov. The good thing about playing abroad is that your opponents do not know how you like to play and in round 5 Jacques Masset made the mistake of almost forcing me into a crude kingside attack. see the game hereI did lose to the french IM Benjamin but started round 6 in a great position on 4 points out of 5 with the two high rated IMs playing each other. Unfortunately my concentration was lost after 18 moves when what sounded like explosions came from the theatre roof. On leaving the playing hall to investigate I discovered that an enormous hailstorm was in progress. This was like no hailstorm I had seen with golf ball size hail stones hitting the ground (and cars) at tremendous speed. On returning to the hall I was met by a scene of chaos as the central skylight had been smashed and pieces of the ceiling and hail stones were pounding a number of tables. But in a truly laid back fashion the french simply moved their tables to the edge of the room and carried on playing ! Anyway my concentration was gone and I offered my opponent a draw which was duly accepted. Similar results occurred on the other top boards.
4½ points out of 6 was a good return and earned me 7th place and 33 Euros. See http://www.echiquierdugatinais.fr/ for full results.
No
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Name |
Elo |
Fed |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
Points
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Perf |
1 |
BUJISHO Benjamin |
2362
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FRA |
+50N |
+19B |
+ 7N |
+24B |
+ 9N |
= 2B |
5½ |
2468 |
2 |
SERAFIMOV Tervel |
2410
|
BUL |
+48B |
+12N |
+10B |
= 5N |
+24B |
= 1N |
5 |
2365 |
3 |
DEVALLEE Jeremie
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2178
|
FRA
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+27B
|
+29N
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- 6B
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+ 4N
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+11B
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= 8N
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4½
|
2058
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4 |
RUBINO William |
2113
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FRA |
+32N |
+14B |
=18N |
- 3B |
+20N |
+ 9B |
4½ |
2068 |
5 |
MASSET Jacques |
2074
|
FRA |
+33N |
+25B |
+11N |
= 2B |
- 7N |
+18B |
4½ |
2080 |
6 |
PEETERS Florian |
1895
|
FRA |
+36N |
+22B |
+ 3N |
- 9B |
+19N |
= 7B |
4½ |
2020 |
7 |
FRYER David W |
1957
|
ENG |
+38B |
+26N
|
- 1B |
+41N |
+ 5B |
= 6N |
4½ |
2028 |
8 |
DUPEUX Denis |
1845
|
FRA |
+31N |
+28B |
- 9N |
+25B |
+14N |
= 3B |
4½ |
1945 |
Entered by: David Fryer on 13.06.2014 | 0 Comments Montargis Visit 10th - 14th April 2014 Entered by: David Fryer on 20.04.2014 | 0 Comments 28th Crowborough Chess Congress 14 Sep 2013
Results Cross Table click here Venue: CROWBOROUGH COMMUNITY CENTRE Date: 14 Sep 13 to 14 Sep 13 Timings: First moves in 25 mins. Plus an additional 5 secs for each move. |
Entered by: David Fryer on 20.09.2013 | 0 Comments British Chess Championships 2013 Torquay Jonathan TuckOur esteemed Chairman despite a poorly ankle travelled to Torquay offering wise words and encouragement to all our players. David FryerClub Secretary did 'play' scoring 4/6 in the Week 1 Rapidplay and 4½/11 in the Major Open. Less said the better and despite his new training technique christened the 'Blue Duck' managed to blunder away pieces and won positions in wild abandon. Amardip AhluwaliaWarmed up with a week of adult chess in the under 140 grading section then in the second week took on the best juniors in the country. Amardip scored a fine last round knight and pawn endgame win to finish on an excellent 5/7 and 6th= in the under 10s. Joshua HiggsTough to beat Joshua played in the under 14s scoring 50% and only losing once. Brian TarhonScored a superb 7/11 in the Major Open finishing 6th= and in the process qualified for next years British Chess Championships that are being held in Aberystwyth. Billy Twigge-MoleceyDespite a tough start in the under 14s he was unbeaten in the last five rounds and finished 4th= with 4½/7. David HowellFormer Crowborough 1st team player and past regular junior player at the club won the British Championship for the second time and in fine style by clinching the title with a round to spare. If anyone has any photos or wishes to expand on their performances with commentary or annotated games please send them to secretary@crowboroughchess.org Entered by: David Fryer on 10.08.2013 | 0 Comments Crowborough Fun Day Saturday 1st June 2013With some nice weather the crowds were out in Crowborough High Street where the Chess Club sharing the Community Centre gazebo challenged all comers to a game. It was a good advert for the club both Senior and Junior with a string of players taking turns to take on Amardip, Jonathan, Don and David.
Entered by: David Fryer on 02.06.2013 | 0 Comments ECF Grades
A
well deserved big rise for our captain Peter and nice improvements for
Chris, Michael and Jonathan and top rating for Gareth.
Name
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Standard
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Previous
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Rapid
|
Previous
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Gareth Anthony
|
203 |
200 |
|
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Peter Kemp
|
200 |
184 |
195 |
195 |
Robert Elliston
|
174 |
181 |
171 |
172 |
David Fryer
|
164 |
170 |
183 |
183 |
Joshua Higgs
|
153 |
137 |
156 |
138 |
Chris Dunn
|
147 |
135 |
125 |
124 |
Jonathan Lawrance
|
140 |
134 |
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Graham Salmon
|
130 |
130 |
115 |
115 |
Gary McCulloch
|
128 |
127 |
135 |
135 |
Michael Redman
|
118 |
112 |
128 |
130 |
Caroline Campion
|
108 |
111 |
131 |
135 |
Don Grant
|
84 |
85 |
73 |
76 |
Matthew Pannett
|
|
|
57 |
54
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Luke Pannett
|
|
|
55 |
57
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Amardip Ahluwalia
|
|
|
48
|
35
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Christopher Sneddon
|
|
|
43
|
42
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Roland Bourne
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43
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Entered by: David Fryer on 24.10.2012 | 0 Comments 19th Oct 2012 Crowborough 2 vs East Grinstead 2
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Crowborough 2 |
19-Oct |
East Grinstead 2 |
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1 |
147 |
Dunn, Chris C |
1-0 |
Hawkins, Norman |
102 |
2 |
130 |
Salmon, Graham P |
½-½ |
Kernot, Adrian |
98 |
3 |
118 |
Redman, Michael A |
1-0 |
Marshall, Suzanne |
78 |
4 |
- |
Hannan, James |
0-1 |
Irvine, A |
- |
5 |
- |
Ahluwalia, Amardip |
1-0 |
Avery, Walter H |
73 |
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132 |
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3½-1½ |
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88 |

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Entered by: David Fryer on 23.10.2012 | 0 Comments 2012/13 Season has started
The brand new season started on Friday 21st October with a 2nd team match against East
Grinstead with a 3½-1½ win.
We are now well ensconced into our new venue and have
welcomed 11 new members to our junior chess club.
Our various teams are being selected and notified by the
team captains
1st Team Peter
Kemp team1@crowboroughchess.org
2nd Team Caroline Campion
team2@crowboroughchess.org
KO team David
Fryer secretary@crowboroughchess.org
Please help the team captains by letting them know your
availability for our fixtures that can be found on www.midsussexchess.org.uk
Reminder : to play in the Mid Sussex League this year club members
need to be at least a bronze member of the English Chess Federation – which you
can pay for online at http://www.englishchess.org.uk
I am sure you all are but please help as much as possible at
home games eg setting up, refreshments and clearing up as this is much
appreciated by Don who is now well into his 70s
A bit of housekeeping
Can all members please email secretary@crowboroughchess.org confirming your preferred email
address and contact phone number and for the club records your Home Address and
Phone number.
If you have paid your subscriptions already thank you, for
those who are yet to do so please can you give to Don as soon as possible or
send a cheque made payable to Crowborough Chess Club to Don Grant 37 Rochester Way, Crowborough, TN6 2DS |
Entered by: David Fryer on 21.10.2012 | 0 Comments
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