06.04.2020

Newsletter


To all Club Members

We are open online Good Friday April 10that 6:30pm

https://lichess.org/tournament/GB9m7jhT

Usual rules 10 minutes +5 Sec increments – juniors start at 6:30pm adults join in at 7:30pm please.

Current Leaderboard

Please send me your online playing photos with your username and any stories.

I will post on our website Gallery

We are arranging Team Battles with other Sussex Clubs so please join our Team on LiChess.

https://lichess.org/team/crowborough-chess-club

We have created a Zoom Pro account so expect invites over the coming weeks to our special online training events including;

  • Beginner classes aimed at our younger members

  • Strategy classes for our intermediate members

  • Game analysis for all members

  • Opening Clinics for our stronger juniors and adults

  • Master Classes with invited GM to talk and answer questions

  • Simultaneous displays on LiChess

1st Event will be a Game Analysis Workshop on Easter Monday April 13th at 2:00pm so please email me links to your best games and we will commentate and analyse online for everyone’s delight.

Simply go to your game on Lichess and copy and paste the link ( will look something like this https://lichess.org/YxzdKk2bubWj) from the address bar into an email to david@crowborough.org.

Don’t be shy otherwise I will pick some games at random from your libraries.

The Club KO Blitz has now reached the Semi-Final stagesand will be taking place on the evening of Easter Monday. Keep an eye out for Jonathan Grisenthwaite’s emails for individual fixture dates.

Finally if you have still not had enough chess join the MidSussex Chess Leaguetournaments on Wednesday Evenings starting at 7:00pm.