20.03.2020 - Online Chess Club
Friday 20th March 2020
Remember to join the fun online – Juniors start
6:30pm Adults join in at 7:30pm
Many of you are already members of LICHESS but those who are
not should join beforehand at Lichess.org its simple and free you just need an active email address.
Once you are a member follow this link and join the fun
https://lichess.org/tournament/1crBjpAO password is CCC
You can join and leave at anytime and the time control is
the usual 10 minutes + 5 seconds a move. You can play as many games as you wish
with the final result announced at 9:30pm.
BESERK mode (less time but extra points) is allowed for the
players wanting a faster game.
Virtual Trophies can be won !
For the more Adventurous
This part is not necessary to play chess in the tournament
In order to speak and hear others while playing on LICHESS as
well as the option to see my screen download the DISCORDAPP which is a free voice and text chat app.
Works on your mobile, your laptop ...
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16.03.2020 - DON'T WORRY
We can all still play chess on Fridays.
If you have not already done so Register an account with LICHESS.ORG simple to do you just need an email address.
Best to choose an anonymous name for example I am CROWCHESS
and when not playing in our tournaments go to settings and turn on KID MODE to
stop any inappropriate chat.
Every Friday we will be running an Online Tournament between
6:30pm – 9:30pm but could I ask adults to not start playing until 7:30pm.
A Link will appear on our website simply click and Join the
tournament – password is CCC – you can join and pause and join again for as
long as you wish until tournament ends. Pairings are automatic.
Time Control will be 10 minutes + 5 seconds a move but we
will allow you to go BERSERK which means your time control will change to 5
minutes with no increment and in return you will score DOUBLE points.
Virtual Trophies for the winners!
Please email with your Username so that at least I know
who i...
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13.03.2020 - CoronaVirus Update
We will be opening the Chess Club up as usual tonight Friday 13th March though
I will be cleaning all the boards, sets and clocks before and after the club.
However it will be perfectly understandable if you do not
wish to come due to concerns over the virus. Also if you or your children have
any symptoms or are feeling in anyway unwell please do not attend.
Online Tournament
To this end we have set up on LICHESS an online Tournament
starting at 6:30pm. Password = CCC
This will be a trial run and something if successful that we
can run each week so that everyone can still play even if not attending in
person.
You will need to have joined LICHESS and created an account
which is completely free. Do not use your real name as your username. I am
CROWCHESS for example.
Later today you should find the Crowborough tournament
listed for starting at 6:30pm simply choose to join and after entering the
password CCC you should be automatically paired at 6:30pm.
You can j...
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13.03.2020 - UK Chess Challenge Qualifier
For the past 9 weeks we have been playing the qualifier matches for the UK Chess Challenge.Click for Full Results PDF
Overall Result;
Winner – Henry Shaw
Second= – Daniel Longley
Second= – Oliver Stockham
Fourth and Top Girl – Lucy Hopkirk
Under 11 Result;
Winner of Regency Chess Board - Oliver Stockham
Second - Hugo Wibberley
Third and Top Girl - Lucy Lai Qualification for the Mega-Final was by;
Score a minimum of 15 points
Highest Scoring boy and girl in each year group
Players in age groups U12-U18
Nominated Wildcard by controller for exceptional performance
Age groups as at midnight on 31st August 2019
List of qualifiers and method of qualification;
Henry Shaw Top Under 16
Benedict Weis U16
Daniel Longley Top Under 15
Thomas Martin Top Under 14=
Elliott Hookway Top Under 14=
Benjamin Pearce Top Under 13
Suriya Velayudham U13
Lucy Hopkirk Top Under 12 Girl
Rafe Chapman Top Under 12 Boy
Dyl...
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26.02.2020 - Lewes vs Crowborough Rapidplay
Our youth team achieved a hard fought draw away at Lewes last nght.It took 1½ hours for the first game to finish as all four games went into endgames.Thomas after achieving a half norm and 160+ performance at the weekend went into his game all guns blazing but misplaced a piece in the middlegame and despite multiple pins could not retain his material equality. However the endgame was unclear but efficiently executed by Austin.Raina shortly after equalised the score, nicely converting a strong pin from her bishop into the full point.The other two games were finely poised with non of the players giving any quarter.Ben was next to finish when he neutralised his opponent's edge by liquidating down leaving Henry with an impotent force of King, wrong coloured Bishop and Rook Pawn.So with the score at 1½-1½ all eyes turned to board 3 where Daniel and Jacob were fighting out a Rook, Knight and 3 pawns each endgame. With both their clocks ticking down to below 2 minutes une...
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20.02.2020 - Hastings vs Crowborough
1st Team lost at Hastings 4-1 on Tuesday and it could have been a whitewash.In my game we reached the following position. A few moves earlier my opponent had offered a draw and now allows a queen exchange.I was tempted but after 31... Qxb3 32.Nxb3 a4 my two pawns on a4 and e4 are weak and it was not clear to me how I could make any progress. So I played 31... Bb4 which is a terrible blunder. 32.Nc4 the point being that after 32...Qxb5 33.Nd6 Qxc6 (the bishop is pinned and cannot take the Knight ) 34.Nxf7 leads to mate. If I don't capture on b5 my queen is open to attack after attack with moves such as 33.Nf4 and if I try 32...g5 then 33.Nc3 Bxc3 34.Rd6 is one possible line.Fortunately my opponent missed 32.Nc4!! and I went on to take the only point of the match.This leaves us firmly rooted to the bottom of the table with just 3 matches left to avoid relegation to Division 3....
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03.02.2020 - Crowborough vs East Grinstead Bookshop the sequel
Friday 31st January 2020 Return fixture saw the Bookshop bring two teams to the Crowborough Community Centre.Report from Jonathan Tuck (Crowborough)
Friday was a great advertisement for Junior chess with some
of the EGBCC players watching Trevor play through a game on the analysis board
with the CCC players at their normal club night and then play the match in complete
silence in the other room starting at 7.10.
Nick helped set up the refreshments for adults and Kate
(Lucy’s mum) dealt with squash for the juniors.
1
Raina Jithendra (122)
Toby Appleton (89)
0-1
2
Suriyya Velayudham (115)
Cillian Nagy (88)
0-1
3
Lucy Hopkirk (66)
Ann Tagg (62)
0-1
4
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15.01.2020 - The Cobras Strike
Tuesday 14th January Board
Home
East Grinstead Bookshop
Crowborough
Away
1 (B)
084R
Appleton, Toby
0 - 1
Velayudham,Suriya
105R
2 (W)
078R
Nagy, Cillian
½ - ½
Martin, Thomas W
102R
3 (B)
034R
Tagg, Ann
0 - 1
Pearce, Benjamin
053L
4 (W)
015R
Grace, Niamh
1 - 0
Jithendra, Risha
052R
Average
53
1½-2½
Average
78
On a filthy night with wind and rain causing chaos not only on the roads but amidst power cuts and squealing Bank alarms the Crowborough team travelled to East Grinstead.The first game to finish was on board 4 and was probably the best played opening of the night. Trevor would have been proud of the players...
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13.12.2019 - MSCL KO Cup Quarter-Final
Crowborough 1st Team go through against Horsham to face Sussex University in the Semi-Final.In a closely contested match Chris was the first to finish taking half a point off his higher rated opponent.With a win and a loss on the top two boards the match was finely poised at 1½-1½ and all focus moved to boards 4 & 5.Ben was playing a same coloured bishop ending and with great technique converted the point. This gave us the match win on tiebreak at which point Jonathan visibly relaxed on board 5 and graciously conceded his losing endgame position without forcing his opponent to play it out.Board
Home
Horsham
Crowborough
Away
1 (B)
180A
Higgs, Anthony RJ
0 - 1
Fryer, David W
170A
2 (W)
163C
Harbott, Peter
1 - 0
Lawrance, Jon AN
155B
3 (B)
145C
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07.12.2019 - Xmas Yes No Tournament
Prizes galore were won in this exciting tournament created and arbited by Jonathan Tuck.On every move your opponent had the option of saying yes or no to your first move. If No then the move was taken back and another move had to be played.Tactics galore soon appeared on every board and questions as to when the clock was pressed and if a promotion to a queen was No'ed could you then promote to a rook were answered adroitly by the arbiter.The tournament started at 6:30pm and three rounds were played before the adults turned up while a number of juniors left at 7:30pm with mini prizes of tree decorations.The first game between two of our older members went on for ages as they could not seem to understand the concept of checkmate in this chess variant missing numerous opportunities of mate in one.Finally the tournament ended at nearly 10pm and our marvellous no expense spared prizes went to;1st Prize Thomas Martin - 2½ Litres of ready mixed screen wash2nd Prize Daniel Longley - Pac...
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