22.04.2017 - Crowborough 1 vs Horsham 2

MSCL Div 1 on 21st April 2017   Crowborough 1     Horsham 2 Grade Player       Player Grade 196 Anthony, Gareth ½ - ½ Harbott, Peter 171 182 Ahluwalia, Amardip 1    - 0    Stimpson, Philip M 170 178 Elliston, Robert V ½ - ½ Pavlovic, Tim 170 170 Fryer, David W 1    - 0    Comley, Ian S 167 123 Redman, Michael A 0    - 1    Taylor, Paul ...

29.03.2017 - Worthing 1 vs Crowborough 1

27th March 2017      Worthing     Crowborough   Grade Player       Player Grade 1 195 Nicholas, Michael D ½ - ½ Anthony, Gareth 196 2 203 Graham, David B 1    - 0    Fryer, David W 170 3 190 Grant, David ½ - ½ McCulloch, Gary 135 4 186 Jones, Chris 1    - 0    Grisenthwaite, Jonathan C 104 5 161 Skinner, Nicholas H 1  &nbs...

24.03.2017 - UK Chess Challenge 2017

The Crowborough Chess Club Qualifying tournament was completed last Friday.The Sussex Mega-Final is being held on Saturday 29th April 2017 at Downlands School Hassocks. Map and details can be found at the Sussex Junior Chess MegaFinal page.As in previous years we have booked a classroom specifically for Crowborough Chess Club members where I will be based to give chess help and advice during the day. It is a useful resource away from the hustle and bustle of the tournament.Round 1 starts at 10:00am arrive and register by 9:30am. Don't get there too early it is a very long day. New for 2017 there is an online entry system. Enter early as there are no last minute entries permitted. Online entry system - click here The closing date is Wednesday 26th April or sooner if the venue capacity is reached. STRICTLY NO ENTRY ON THE DAY. Crowborough Chess Club Entry Code is ...

09.03.2017 - Crowborough 2 vs Lewes 1

3rd March 2017 An excellent victory by the second team with notable victories by Michael Redman and Jonathan Grisenthwaite against higher rated opponents.Jon Lawrance on top board maintained his excellent performance this season while young Giovanni Currah on his debut for the second team came up against the vagaries of adjudication. After three hours play and all the major pieces still on the board and equal in material the game was unfortunately lost due to the presence of one strong pawn for his opponent and one weak pawn in his own structure.Better luck next time Giovanni and well done to the team.   Crowborough 2     Lewes 1                    Grade Player       P...

26.02.2017 - Amardip qualifies for 2017 British Championship

Over the weekend of 18-19 February 2017 Amardip won the West of England Open under 18 Championship thereby qualifying him for a place in the British Championship finals to be played at Llandudno in August.This is a terrific achievement and we wish him the best of luck in the finals where not only will he be competing for the British Under 21 and Under 18 titles at the age of 14 but also the adult British Champion title. This may be a little beyond him this time but he could certainly be a contender for the title in future years....

24.02.2017 - 1st Team vs Haywards Heath

23rd February 2017 - Away Haywards Heath 1½-3½ Crowborough Thank you to everyone who played last night. Unfortunately we lost but it was close. Amardip Ahluwalia played Felix (211) and drew a queenless middlegame that could have been slightly better for him but then I do like those sort of positions so I may have been wrong. But a good result against the former if not current Sussex champion.  Robert Elliston played Jeffrey Boardman (187) and drew but had a slightly better Bishop vs Knight endgame but draw agreed after 42 moves.  David Fryer played Martin Faulkner (167) and drew on adjudication after nearly pushing the game a stage too far. Needed a little trick at the end to hold the endgame on adjudication.   Jonathan Grisenthwaite played their captain Graham Ewens (143) and I thought had the better middlegame but a couple of minor inaccuracies cost him the game in the end.   Tony Pelling played a complet...

02.02.2017 - January 2017 Ratings published

National ECF Ratings are achieved by playing rated games under tournament conditions. For juniors these are typically first obtained by playing in Sussex Junior Chess Rapidplay events.These ECF grades are a 3 digit number the higher the rating the better.FIDE Ratings are achieved by playing in international events and are a 4 digit number.The following is a table showing Crowborough Chess Club Members who have at least a national rapidplay rating. First Name Init Surname ECF Std Rating Jan 16 ECF Std Rating Aug 16 ECF Std Rating Jan 17 ECF Rapid Rating Jan 16 ECF Rapid Rating Aug 16 ECF Rapid Rating Jan 17 FIDE Rating Feb 17 Peter D Kemp 196 197 198 199 198 198 2122 Gareth   Anthony 197 192 ...

11.01.2017 - Uckfield vs Crowborough MSCL Rapidplay

Crowborough Juniors travelled to Uckfield and came away with an excellent hard fought draw against a very strong Uckfield Youth team.Thomas was the first to finish after he played a very dubious pawn move in front of his king his opponent had a rush of blood to the head and went for the throat but unfortunately for him Thomas's counterattack was stronger.Giovanni had a very tough game that was equal out of the opening but slowly got worse. Evie on board 4 had good chances in the middle game but entered a rook ending a couple of pawns down. Giovanni watching was hoping for a draw based on some clever skewers and stalemates. However it was not to be. This left us 2-1 down with Elena's game to watch and she did not disappoint despite a crowd of spectators from both teams. With seconds left on his clock and no way to prevent an imminent checkmate her opponent gracefully resigned and so the match ended all square at 2-2.Well done to all the players from both sides and thank you to Uckfield ...

22.12.2016 - Jonathan Tuck wins Christmas 2016 Lightning

19 Competed Lightning Tournament Report: The annual lightning tournament took place on 9th December at the club. Due to the absence of the buzzer the format this year was 5 minutes plus 5 seconds per move instead of the 10 seconds per move. The timing gave rise to some excellent games which tested the nerve of everybody involved. Five rounds were played and at the end of the evening Jonathan Tuck came out on top with a score of 4½ points after 4 wins and a single draw in round 3. Trevor Norton came back from not playing in the first round to finish 2nd overall with 4 points. A short prize giving took place just before 10 O’clock with the winner and runner up both presented with a box of chocolates. A total of 19 players participated in the event but it was particularly good to see so many juniors taking part that evening. The presence of a large amount of food and drink probably had something to do with it but they acquitted themselves very well with...

15.11.2016 - Horsham Grand Prix Sunday 13th November 2016

Crowborough Chess Club take 1 2 3 in the Under 11s Minor. 1. Maxwell Kendall 6/6 2.= Sara Enache 5/6 2.= Theo Hall 5/6 Gary Kendall reports and sends in a photo.I thought you’d appreciate the attached photo for the web site. Maxwell and Theo and Sara managed an impressive 1st and joint 2nd respectively in the Under 11 Minors at the weekend.Laurie played a game with Rafe which Trevor very much enjoyed watching. An extravaganza of forks followed by a nice checkmate.Photo shows Theo, Maxwell and Laurie sporting their Crowborough shirts and collection of trophies won.Crowborough CC were well represented at the tournament with;Giovanni Currah scoring an impressive 4/6 in the Under 18 Major section.Thomas Martin & Elena Currah scoring 50% in a very strong under 11 Major section.As well as the prize winners in the Under 11 Minor Crowborough were represen...

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