20.06.2016 - Club Rapidplay Challengers Championship 2016
After winning with the black pieces in the first game of the final Elena Currah held Michael Redman to a draw in the second game thereby picking up the trophy.The game was going well for Michael until Elena spotted a piece sacrifice leading to a perpetual check.Congratulations to Elena and commiserations to Michael who until coming up against an inspired Elena had a perfect 5/5 start in the tournament....
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02.06.2016 - Crowborough Juniors' Holiday Chess Pictures
Mark Currah reports from Iceland
Giovanni looks a bit happier than he did next to Bobby Fischer's grave.
This is in the museum. We were the only visitors that
afternoon which probably accounts for the demeanour of the curator sitting in
the background! Despite being small and a DIY operation it was fascinating. ...
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26.05.2016 - Summer Blitz
Friday 27th May 2016
Junior Summer Blitz
With only 3 minutes on your clock plus a 2 second increment
per move this was a tournament designed for the speed merchants.
Reece and Elliott were in their element and came equal 2ndbut the Queen of Blitz was Grace who went through the field with 6 wins out of
7.
The sausage rolls and Paula’s dough balls were also a big
hit so I hope everyone enjoyed the evening.
Senior Club Summer Blitz
I am pleased to say that yours truly managed to win this
traditional end of season bit of fun with an unbeaten 11 wins and 3 draws with
Robert Elliston winning the silver medal with 10 wins 2 draws and 2 losses and Gary McCulloch picking up bronze.
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Junior Event 6:30pm-7:30pm
Adult Event 7:45pm – onwards
Prizes for winners !
Juniors welcome to stay on for senior event and do not need
to ...
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03.05.2016 - MSCL Season 15-16 Completed
The final match of the season saw the 1st team fight hard against Horsham 1 but ultimately failing by the narrowest of margins.
Crowborough 1
Horsham 1
Grade
Player
Player
Grade
1
197
Anthony, Gareth
½
-
½
Forster, Michael C
195
2
196
Kemp, Peter D
½
-
½
Roberts, David N
175
3
190
Elliston, Robert V
½
-
½
Higgs, Anthony RJ
183
4
166
Ahluwalia, Amardip
½
-
½
Harbott, Peter
171
5
166
Michaud, Gerald
0
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24.04.2016 - Interesting Game
Here is a game from our last 1st team match against Horsham.It was great to have the players come into the club room and demonstrate their games on the DGT Board and TV Screen.The following is an interesting game from Board 1 that Amardip said he had to stop analysing during the match as it was distracting him from his own game.Gareth commented that there was a bucket full of analysis on this variation of the Pelikan Sicilian and was gambling that Michael was not familiar with it.Michael Forster vs Gareth AnthonyGareth had seen a commentary on a GM game where a sub variation had been considered better for black in the position of this game after 27....Qg5 but unfortunately the computer thinks differently.In fact multiple Crowborough Congress winner Ian Snape won a game with white against Samuel Williams from this position.PS I cannot take credit for the comments in this analysis as they come from the players or from my database.PPS after an email from Peter I have corrected above...
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13.04.2016 - Peter wins Rapid Club Championship
Congratulations go to Peter for fighting through a tough field of the club's strongest players to reach and then win this final. I am sure though that he will be the first to admit that he was fortuitous in his first game to get away with a draw.Final Result - Friday 8th April 2016
Amardip Ahluwalia
½ - ½
Peter Kemp
Peter Kemp
1 - 0
Amardip Ahluwalia
With an enthralled crowd watching Amardip force Peter into a worse King and Pawn ending and then winning the resulting pawn race we all assumed the full point was in the bag. Unfortunately Amardip allowed Peter to play his pawn to the seventh and the Q vs RP ending was a draw.I first met this ending over the board when I was 16 so Amardip has gained this experience 4 years sooner. It doesn't matter how many books you study until you actually play the ending and feel the pain it doesn't stick. Just ask Fabiano Caruana who possibly...
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23.03.2016 - MSCL Division 1 Update
15th March 2016 Division 1
Horsham 2
Crowborough 1
1
182
Freeland, Alexander
0
-
1
Kemp, Peter D
197
2
172
Taylor, Paul
½
-
½
Salimbeni, George
181
3
171
Harbott, Peter
1
-
0
Fryer, David W
172
4
170
Stimpson, Phillip M
½
-
½
Michaud, Gerald
154
5
171
Page, Roy D
0
-
1
Ahluwalia, Amardip
159
2
3
Board 3 is under adjudication but 1-0 is the likely result.1st Team Individual performan...
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19.03.2016 - Crowborough 2 draw with Uckfield 2
After a hard fought draw in this local derby Crowborough 2 have booked their place in Division 2 for next season.Ironically only Uckfield 1 can deny our second team the 3rd Division Championship Cup and they will need to win their last two games of the season to do so.
Crowborough 2
Uckfield 2
1
Lawrance, JAN
1
0
Stockham, Brian
2
Dunn, Chris C
1
0
McDonald, Simon
3
Campion, Caroline
0
1
Stockham, Michael
4
Grisenthwaite, Jonathan
½
½
Attree, Mark
5
Grant, Donald P
0
1
Graham, Jack
2½
2½
Individual results for Crowborough 2
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16.03.2016 - More adjudication nonsense from the MSCL
The Crowborough 1st Team got into their cars and travelled the 30+ miles to Horsham for the crucial MidSussex Chess League Division 1 clash against Horsham 2.As the table below shows we needed a victory to give ourselves a chance of avoiding relegation.Well 10 players sat down and between them devoted 28 hours to concentrated chess thought and for what.At the end of the playing session the only game to have finished was Amardip's which was a fine win against a strong opponent on board 5. The rest of the games were all only half completed. The MSCL rules say after 42 moves and 3 hours, play must stop and games are adjudicated. This means that after 42 moves of toing and froing and with all respect to the players less than perfect chess played by all, the games are decided on the basis that the rest of the moves will be played at world class if not higher level.Utter nonsense if my game was anything to go by you may as well flip a coin as depending when the game was stopped it would have...
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06.03.2016 - Sir Patrick Moore Trophy
Paula Seddon reports that the U'11 Sussex Girls achieved a 28-12 victory over the U'9 Sussex Boys to win this trophy for the first time ever with the help of a number of Crowborough Junior CC members.Izzy, Sara and Evie are seen here with the trophy.More wonderful photos are available on the SJC Web Site.I do not have a complete list of the Crowborough players representing the teams but from the photos I have spotted;Elena Currah, Grace Lamb,
Lauren Manchester, Sophie Rees, Amelie Rees, Evie Seddon, Izzy Merry-Dungey, Sara Enache & Francesca Currah.and for the boys Rafe Chapman & Laurie Kendall.Here is an old photo from 2002 of Sir Patrick Moore handing out certificates at a Sussex vs Ireland match. Patrick Moore was a keen chess player and a founding member of East Grinstead Chess Club as well as President of Sussex Junior Chess for many years.If any players or parents have reports for the website please email to secretary@crowboroughchess.org...
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