01.03.2016 - UK Chess Challenge 2016
We have completed 6 weeks of the scheduled 9 weeks of qualifying matches.Best 7 games count with total score used as tiebreak.The leading scores are;
Players Name
Section
Games
Points
1
Thomas Martin
U10B
6
17
2=
Grace Lamb
U10G
5
13
2=
Elena Currah
U8G
5
13
2=
Giovanni Currah
U11B
5
13
5=
Rafe Chapman
U8B
6
12
5=
Elliott Hookway
U10B
6
12
7
Theo Hall
U10B
6
11
8=
Izzy Merry-Dungey
U9G
5
10
8=
Amir Deane
U9B
6
10
8=
Reece Ho...
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27.02.2016 - MSCL Results
19th February 2016 Division 4
Crowborough 3 Woodpushers 2
1 124 Redman,
Michael A 0 - 1
Briggs,
Andrew J 148
2 103 Yu, Tim 1 &nb...
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22.02.2016 - 1st Team slip into relegastion zone
With the e2e4 Gatwick tournament and the West of England junior championships taking place in Swindon over the weekend only 4 players could be found for this bottom of the table clash.However the players who turned out for Crowborough did us proud with Peter drawing despite being under the weather and Gary obtaining a great draw against a much highler rated opponent.
19 Feb
Eastbourne 1
Crowborough 1
1
190
Norinkeviciute, Rasa
½
-
½
Kemp, Peter D
196
2
178
Froom, Oliver
½
-
½
Elliston, Robert V
190
3
174
Pickersgill, Adrian O
½
-
½
McCulloch, Gary
...
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09.02.2016 - Friday 12th February 2016
We are trying something a little different aimed at our
senior club members and stronger juniors.
Starting at 8pm and with a few nibbles and drinks – the club
will provide teas, coffees and soft drinks and a few sausage rolls and crisps but
please feel free to bring along any other party type food or drinks.
So far our 1st team have been a little shy but we
do have three speakers providing some chess related Q&A type training
sessions.
Amardip – is going to let us know about his
experiences playing in junior events overseas
Gerry – is going to demonstrate one of his best
games
David – is going to illustrate available chess
software and discuss their usefulness
We are still hoping for contributions from others – we may eg
play a group online game with commentary by one of stronger players.
Bring along a game or two of your own for demonstration and
analysis.
More details on speakers a...
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03.02.2016 - Crowborough 1 vs Brighton 1
A strong Brighton team took home the win in the latest MidSussex Chess League Division 1 clash.
29 Jan
Crowborough 1
Brighton & Hove 1
1
196
Kemp, Peter D
½
-
½
Carron, Julien C
209
2
190
Elliston, Robert V
½
-
½
James, Geoffrey H
196
3
172
Liu, David J
½
-
½
Brewer, Callum D
192
4
166
Ahluwalia, Amardip
0
-
1
Henshaw, John C
185
5
114
Dunn, Chris C
0
-
1
B...
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28.01.2016 - ECF National Grades for January 2016
The January 2016 grades for club members are listed below.Congratulation to Robert who has reached the 190 mark and to Amardip who has broken through the 160 level.Theo, Rafe and Laurie have achieved grades for the first time while Grace and Elena are battling it out for top girl both achieving a grade of 78.
First Name
Surname
ECF Standard
ECF Rapid
FIDE
Jan-16
Jul-15
Jul-14
Jan-16
Jul-15
Jul-14
Jan-16
Amardip
Ahluwalia
166
159
147
168
155
148
1826
Gareth
Anthony
197
201
203
Caroline
Campion
106
106
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25.01.2016 - Club Newsletter
Senior Club Congratulations to Gary McCulloch who is the new Minor Club Champion for 2015 after scoring 4 wins and 2 draws in our under 130 grade tournament.2014-15 Minor Club Championship (Under 130)
GM
CC
MR
DG
TOT
Gary McCulloch
XXX
1 ½
½ 1
1 1
5/6
Caroline Campion
½ 0
XXX
. 0
1 0
1½/5
Michael Redman
0 ½
1 .
XXX
1 1
3½/5
Don Grant
0 0
1 0
0 0
XXX
1/6
Team news has been mixed for the start of 2016.In the MidSussex League KO Cup we met an inspired Haywards Heath team who came to Crowborough and walked away with a 4-1 victory. I suffered the captain's curse and from a very promising ...
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01.01.2016 - London Junior Chess Championships U8s & U12s
28th - 30th December 2015
Completing the London
Junior Chess Championships for this season it was the turn of the U12s and our Sussex norm
seekers were out in force in this notoriously tough event:
U12 Major - Oliver
Manchester and Leo Yu scored 5/9 securing U11 half norms; Leo and Oliver will
compete at National Junior Squad trial in April Giovanni scored 3.5 and was in
the reckoning until the final day.
U12 Minor - Thomas
Manchester scored 6/9
U8 - Elena Currah won Top
Girl with 4½/7
Happy New Year to all our juniors
Jonathan Tuck
We also had junior club members playing in the SJC Burgess Hill Academy Winter Tournament on the 30th December where Evie Seddon won a medal for best Under 10.
Next on the agenda is a trip to Hastings to start 2016 off with a SJC Grand Prix tournament. Sunday 3rd January 2016 9:45am start....
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21.12.2015 - Christmas 2015
Thank you all for the cards and presents. Below is a picture of the handmade chocolate chess set from Theo.
The Xmas Term junior tournament was split into two sections with Liam picking up the 1st place trophy for the over 30 graded section with Suriya collecting the runner-up trophy. Grace and Giovanni were just outside the prizes. The Challengers section was clearly won by fitrst time trophy winner Elliott Hookway on 19 points with 5 players; Rafe, Izzy, Reece, Amir and Theo all in equal second on 14 points and picking up medals.Elliott for the highest score overall also gets his name on and holds until Easter the Regency Chess Board.
In the 2015 Senior Club Rapidplay Championship Semi-FinalsAmardip played two games at 25 minutes plus 5 second increments against myself and has now truly graduated from the junior club with distinction by winning both games. This was despite the fact that in the first game he went into an ending a pawn down after being surprised by my ...
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14.12.2015 - London Junior Chess Championships 2015
12-13 Decemer A number of Crowborough players qualified for the London Junior Championships which was played over the weekend. Time control was 50 minutes + 10 second increments with games played on both Saturday and Sunday so a bit of a marathon.This is traditionally one of the strongest junior tournaments in the UK.Under 14 Major Amardip Ahluwalia 4½/6 3rd Place A fantastic result with a performance rating of 167 especially when you consider that Amardip is still an Under 12Under 10 MinorSome excellent results from our players in this section as wellGrace Lamb 4/7Thomas Martin 4/7Suriya Velayudham 3½/7Sophie Rees 3/7Full results hereand its the turn of the Under 12s and Under 8s as well as the older age groups over the weekend of 28-30 December 2015....
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