07.05.2019 - Crowborough Juniors successful against Brighton
MSCL Rapid Play 3 May 2019
Crowborough
Brighton
1
122
Adam Faulkner
½
-
½
Susan Chadwick
121
2
108
Oliver Faulkner
1
-
0
Kit blades
108
3
101
Thomas Martin
1
-
0
Thomas Irani
87
4
37
Benjamin Pearce
0
-
1
Leo Dormon
65
Av:
92
2½
-
1½
95
Overall a
great performance by everyone and thank you for...
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03.05.2019 - Club players qualify for England
Congratulations to Adam Faulkner and Elena Currah who qualified for the National
Chess Junior Squad (NCJS) at the trial in Liverpool over the weekend.
Adam scored 4 points and Elena 3 points after 5 rounds and are now available
for selection to represent England in overseas events.
I only have this bare information at the moment and will update with photos and mre details once I have them.
But this a great and very tough achievement well done to both players. ...
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27.04.2019 - Eastbourne 2 vs Crowborough
MSCL Div 2 Result Match Friday 26th April 2019Crowborough 1st Team secured 3rd place in the MSCL Div 2 last night with a draw away at Eastbourne.Former Crowborough player and youth champion Matthew Pannett must have been pleased to share the spoils with Robert while Jon Lawrance following on from his Lightning success finished the league season with a fine 8 wins 1 draw and just a single loss.
Eastbourne 2
Crowborough
1
138
Matthew Pannett
½
-
½
Robert Elliston
174
2
123
William Tracey
0
-
1
Jon Lawrance
156
3
123
Colin Clark
½
-
½
Chris Dunn
129
4
120
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13.04.2019 - Crowborough Easter Lightning Results
Jon Lawrance wins with Henry Shaw picking up the top Junior prizeCrowborough LightningEaster 2019
Venue: Crowborough Community Centre
Date: 11/04/2019
Arbiter: Gary McCulloch
Pos
Name
Grade
1
2
3
4
5
A
B
C
D
T
1
Lawrance, Jon AN
128F
w13+
b15=
w4+
b5+
b2+
4½
5
815
163
13.0
2
Tuck, Jonathan
180
w15+
b7+
w5+
b3+
w1-
4
5
875
175
14.0
3
Fryer, David W
165C
b8+
w11+
b10+
w2-
b6+
4
5
...
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28.03.2019 - UK Chess Challenge 2019
The Crowborough Chess Club qualifying competition for the UK
Chess Challenge Mega-Final was completed last week.
PDF of the cross table of the games played in
the last 10 weeks.
All the Age Group winners and qualifiers should now enter
one of the Mega-Finals by following the link https://www.delanceyukschoolschesschallenge.com please enter early as they do fill up.
We recommend that you enter the Sussex Mega-Final (in
Hassocks) where we will have a classroom booked specifically for Crowborough
Chess Club in which you and your children can park for the day away from the
hubbub and where I will be available to review chess games etc.
Please ensure that you put Crowborough Chess Club as your
School so that you will avoid playing each other in the Mega-Final.
Summary of Results
In a tightly fought competition where everyone lost at least
one game the overall prizes go to;
1st Henry Shaw 23pts
2nd Suriya Velayudham 22pts
3rd Elliott Hookway 21pts
Under 11 Rege...
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23.03.2019 - Paul Watson Trophy
Semi Final 22nd March 2019 Crowborough progress on a tiebreak of board count to the Final where we will meet the West Sussex qualifier. Final will be played by 31st May.
East Zone:
Grade
Crowborough
Lewes
Grade
1
169
David Fryer (w)
1
-
0
Barry Maufe
167
2
156
Jon Lawrance
½
-
½
Richard Welford
165
3
129
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16.03.2019 - Experience vs Rising Stars
Friday 15th March 2019 With the evenings junior league match postponed we took the opportunity to arrange our very own version of the famous Experience vs Rising Stars Match and roped in as many adults as we could to play our younger club members. Apologies to the six juniors who did not get a place - we need more adults! Time control 25 minutes + 5 seconds a move.
Board
Experience
Grade
Result
Rising Stars
Grade
1
Martin Faulkner
160
1 - 0
Ben Crosby
118
2
David Fryer
165
1 - 0
Adam Faulkner
122
3
Chris Dunn
114
1 - 0
Oliver Faulkner
108
4
Nick Hope
106
1 - 0
Peter Crosby
89
5
Jonathan Grisenthwaite
94
0 -...
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07.03.2019 - British Chess Championships 2019
Entries are now open for this year's British Chess Championships that is being held in Torquay between 26th July and 4th August 2019.The age group sections are strong however there are weekday tournaments suitable for everyone starting with an Under 100 Graded tournament. Torquay is my favourite venue for the Championships and recommend staying for the week. Hope to see many of you there. ...
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04.03.2019 - Ireland vs Sussex 9-10 March 2019
Competing for the Sir Patrick Moore Cup Two Crowborough players have been selected to represent Sussex in the annual match against Ireland ; Congratulations and good luck to Henry Shaw and Thomas Martin.The picture shows Sir Patrick Moore, a founding member of East Grinstead Chess Club, presenting the trophy and certificates in Brighton 2011.21 Sussex players will be travelling to Ireland this coming weekend for the 2019 event in what is usually a very close contest....
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13.02.2019 - Elena Currah gains second England norm
Elena scored 3/5 at the EPSCA Rapidplay in Liverpool on Saturday 9th February 2019 and now qualifies for the england Trial in April.Full Results...
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