Friday 19th July
Pizza Blitz won by David Fryer fighting off all the young guns at 5+3 see Results

Season 2024-25
Starts Friday 13th September 2024 hope to see you all back then.
 
Summer 2024 Rapid Play Tournament    
Final round last week with Luke Freeman coming out as sole winner on 4/6    
See results 

British Championships 2024    
Are taking place between the 25th July and 5th August in Hull 
see home page and Results  
At present it is just Luke and myself who are attending both of us playing in our respective age group tournaments of Under 14s and Over 65s

Luke will be playing full of confidence after coming out on top in the 2nd Kent FIDE tournament last weekend 19-21 July 2024 in Tunbridge Wells see Results

Announcing another Friday Night Blitz tournament with Pizza
Friday 19th July
As well as being our final Summer Club Friday we will be hosting a 5 Round Blitz tournament starting at about 7:45pm after the junior club has finished

Friday 5th July
We continue our Junior club starting at 6:30pm followed by Round 5 of the Summer Rapid Play at 7:45pm   With just two rounds to go Arjun is leading at the moment with 3 points but there is a giant pack chasing him down 
Results to Date 

Crowborough Chess Congress September 2024
Our next 40th Congress will be held on Saturday 28th September 2024 at the Community Centre    Details and Entry  
Please note that this year the Congress is being held separate from the Junior Tournament that is being held the week before see https://sussexjuniorchess.org/ where details and entry will appear shortly.

Friday 3rd May 2024   
6:30pm Junior Club 
7:45pm Senior Club   

Chess Club meeting as usual however I am playing for the 1st Team away at Eastbourne.   I will pop in to the club early before travelling and bring the sets etc out of the cupboard.   Could the parents and older juniors help Gill to make sure everything runs smoothly as Mark will not be there either. I think Nick will be at the club for the senior club pairings but if not Gill will do the pairings with some help please.   

Saturday 4th May 
UK  Chess Challenge East Kent Mega-final We have a classroom acting as a club room for Crowborough members which I will be directed to when I arrive – I will put up a sign on the door so look out for it. Write your games down and I will help you improve your play between rounds. To save the environment if anyone is travelling from Crowborough or somewhere on the way and can give me a lift please do let me know. 

Venue: Barton Court Grammar School, Longport, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1PH
Eligibility: Open to all juniors born after 31/08/2005
Schedule: Arrival from 9.30 for a 10.00 start. Approximate finish time 17.00
Organiser Details: Jonathan Hunt
Closing date for last entries: 2nd May
Time control: 15 minutes + 10 seconds
ECF rated: Yes

Other information: The school’s in-house catering team will be providing an all-day canteen service at the venue offering hot food and lunches. There will be a lunch break between Rounds 3 & 4 from 1:00 to 1:30pm. Access to the venue is via Pilgrims Way (off Spring Lane, CT1 1ST, follow signs for the Sports Centre). There is ample on-site parking directly in front of the playing hall. The venue is close to the centre of Canterbury, which has excellent bus and rail links. 

Summer Club June to July 2024 
Normal club season runs from September to May and is covered by the membership fee. However as in previous seasons we will run a summer club for the 7 Fridays from 7th June to 19th July inclusive from 6:30pm to 9:30pm with a similar format to the normal club. There will be a £20 cost for both Juniors and Adults to cover the cost of room hire - more info next week on how to pay if you are interested 

Crowborough Club AGM   We have changed  this to Friday 7th June at 8:00pm from the previously announced date due to key members not being able to make that date. Hope as many parents and players can attend as possible.     

Friday 12th April 2024   
6:30pm – 7:30pm Junior Club Round 2 of the Spring 10+5 Tournament   
7:45pm Senior Club Spring Blitz 5+3 Tournament – 5 Rounds finish 9:30pm all welcome
Prizes – not sure what Gary has got for us this time so make sure you come along and find out 
Jon has requested Pizza for half time so let us hope they deliver to the right place this time   

Friday 5th April 2024   
Junior club saw the presentation of prizes for last terms UK Chess Challenge and Round 1 of our new Spring Tournament   
Senior Club - Spring 960 Chess Blitz 5+3 was held with Jon Lawrance retaining his 960 Champion’s hat see RESULTS   

On a quieter club night than usual – many lucky souls still on Easter holidays - we saw a strong line up of players contesting the well-received main prizes of chocolates, no expense spared at Crowborough.

Jon made a clean sweep with 5/5 though if his ‘lucky’ win against myself was anything to go by it certainly wasn’t easy for him.   
Congratulations go to the prize winners of Jon Lawrance 5/5, myself 3½/5 and Charlie Wannasin Bell and Liam Finlay on 3/5   

UK Chess Challenge   
Saturday 4th May UK Chess Challenge EAST KENT MEGAFINAL (Canterbury) – I will be attending and we have a dedicated classroom for Crowborough Chess Club where players and parents can sit quietly away from the hustle and bustle of the main hall 

Sunday 19th May UK Chess Challenge KENT MEGAFINAL (Tunbridge Wells) – although much closer this unfortunately clashes with the final Sussex Junior Chess Grand Prix    
See DETAILS  

Southern Counties and London Team Championship   
Saturday 22nd June Southern Counties and London Team Championship 
See DETAILS  
We still have one places left for this event. 
The current team is Liam Finlay, Arjun Prasanna and Luke Freeman (if I have missed off anyone who said they can play please let me know). 
If we get enough interested we can enter a second team.   

Sussex Chess League   
The Juniors have finished their season with W2 D1 L3 
See LEAGUE TABLE    

1st Team need another victory from their 3 remaining matches to be certain of securing Division 1 survival 
See LEAGUE TABLE   

2nd Team look doomed to relegation to Division 3 unless we can win our last two matches
See LEAGUE TABLE   

Friday 23rd February 2024

Junior Chess Club 6:30pm – 7:30pm Round 7 of the UK Chess Challenge
Senior Chess Club 7:45pm Round 7 of the Club Championship

5 Players lead the Club Championship at the moment with 4 Points; 
Elena Currah, Benjamin Pearce, Arjun Prasanna, Suriya Velayudham and myself.

Current Standings

Tournament Setup

I will be asking for volunteers to help setup the Main Hall ready for the Tournament on Saturday.So when you finish your games in the Senior Club please if you can stay come into the Main Hall upstairs to see if there is anything you can help with such as setting up the pieces

London Chess League FIDE Weekender 16th-18th February

Congratulations to Luke Freeman 
who played in the Under 1650 Section and came 1st = on 4/5 only missing out on the trophy on tiebreak.

See Results

SCCU and London Team Championships 2024

We have once again entered this one day team event in West Hampstead on Saturday 22nd June 2024   We had a great time last year see The Report

Tournament Details

Even though some time away please let me know as soon as you can if you have an interest in playing.

Friday 19th January 2024

6:30pm Junior Chess Club 
7:45pm Senior Chess Club 
7:30pm Cup Match vs Horsham    

I can report some success from the Hastings International where; 
Luke Freeman won the XmasUnder 1650 tournament. 
Oliver Stockham played in the XmasU2250 and scored a creditable 2½/5 in this tough tournament. 
I did not do well in the Masters scoring only 3/9 and less said the better though I had some very enjoyable games.    
In theHastingsJunior Tournament played at the same venue on New Years Day we had a couple of prize winners with Arjun Prasanna and Raul Misquita-Rodrigues picking up rating trophies    

Serik Thomas played in his first London Junior Championships in the Under8  Section and scored 2/7 which is a good score in this prestigious tournament     

Please let me know if you are playing in any tournaments so that I can put the results on the website and if you can provide a short report and/or pictures that would be great.    

Team matches have resumed and the fights to avoid relegation from Division 1 and Division 2 can be set aside while we have some Cup and Trophy matches coming up.

If you would like to be considered for these teams please do let me know. 
See Results to Date   

Friday 12th January 2024

6:30pm - 7:30pm Junior Club with Training followed by Round 1 of the UK Chess Challenge with Badges and Mascots to be won
7:45pm - 9:30pm Senior Club with Round 1 of the Club Championship 25+10
7:30pm - 10:40pm Sussex Chess League 2nd Team at Home vs Sussex University

Friday 1st December 2023  

Junior Training 
I will be running the older Junior training in MR3 as usual however we are without Mark Attree this Friday so I have asked our two experienced young players Suriya Velayudham and Oliver Stockham to run the younger junior class. 
Can I ask some of the parents to sit in on this class please so that Suriya and Oliver can concentrate on the chess rather than class control.

Senior Club 
final round of the Autumn Tournament 
Current Leaders are; Benjamin Pearce on 6 points followed by the pack on 5½ of Jon Lawrance, Luke Freeman, Liam Finlay and myself Then there is 1 point gap to Charlie Wannasin Bell and Oliver Stockham on 4½ with Lucy Hopkirk following on 4 points An amazing 35 players have attended 2 or more games.
Trophy and your name in lights are up for grabs so see you all on Friday 

 Junior Club 
final round of the Winter Junior Tournament Current Leaders are; 
MR3 Group Luke Freeman 
MR1 Group Andrew Lozovau    

Sussex Count Championships
Adult members and stronger juniors may be interested in trying to become the new Sussex Champion; 
The Sussex County Chess Association invites entries to the Wilson Cup [Individual Championship].   
A Knock Out competition with ‘traditional’ time controls permitting the leisure of adjournments rather than quick-play finishes.    
Open to players who live in Sussex or who are members of Sussex clubs §  New 3 hours playing session should permit evening matches. 
Entry fee £3.50 §  Tournament Controller:   Paul Batchelor 
A shorter playing session of 3 hours is now available when a longer session is not possible. 
Please see the Tournaments page on the Sussex County Chess Association website for details about this event  https://sites.google.com/site/sussexcca/tournaments .  
The deadline for entries to be received is Tuesday 19th December.  Paul Batchelor Sussex County Chess Association  P.Batchelor@outlook.com    

Friday 17th November 2023
6:30pm – 7:30pm Junior Club with Training and Round 4 of 6 Winter Junior
7:45pm – 9:30pm Senior Club with Round 10 of 12 Autumn Senior 
7:30pm – 9:30pm Junior Team Match vs East Grinstead Bookshop 1

Friday 24th November 2023
6:30pm – 7:30pm Junior Club with Training and Round 5 of 6 Winter Junior
7:45pm – 9:30pm Senior Club with Round 11 of 12 Autumn Senior 
7:30pm – 9:30pm Junior Team Match vs East Grinstead Bookshop 2

Friday 1st December 2023
6:30pm – 7:30pm Junior Club with Training and Round 6 of 6 Winter Junior
7:45pm – 9:30pm Senior Club with Round 12 of 12 Autumn Senior

Friday 8th December 2023
NO CHESS CLUB

Friday 15th December 2023
6:30pm – 7:30pm Junior Club Fun Blitz
7:45pm – 9:30pm Senior Club 5 Round Christmas Blitz Tournament

We then break for Christmas due to the Pantomime at the Community Centre
Return on Friday 12th January 2024

Friday 20th October 2023    
Usual Chess Club with Round 7 of our Autumn Tournaments    
6:30pm - 7:30pm Junior Club with training and games 
7:45pm – 9:30pm Senior Club with a tournament game of 25 minutes + 10 seconds a move
Results on ECF LMS    

The older juniors are very much encouraged to attend the Senior Club.
If you do play in the Senior Club the players should also join the English Chess Federation as the games are Nationally Rated    
ECF Junior Silver Membership at £6 annum is all that is needed 
Adults should be at least ECF Bronze Members at £18 per annum
See membership details ECF Membership Details    

We are welcoming on Friday the East Grinstead Bookshop team for a home match against our 2nd Team in Meeting Room 3 (the smaller room) start 7:30pm    

Friday 27th October 2023    
Although it is half term the Junior Club meets as usual at 6:30pm.     
For the Senior Club Gary McCulloch will be organising the 2nd 960 Club Blitz. 
5 minutes + 3 seconds 
Rules will be explained so do attend starts 7:45pm with Prizes    
960 Rules

Friday 13th October 2023
Usual Club night activities however we are meeting in the larger Meeting Room 1 and Meeting Room 3 
6:30pm - 7:30pm Junior Club with training and games 
7:45pm – 9:30pm Senior Club with a tournament game of 25 minutes + 10 seconds a move
Results

Saturday 14th October 2023    
Crowborough Community Centre Open Day 12:00pm – 1:30pm organised matches including friendlies against visitors
Please support this event we need as many as possible of all standards
So if you are not playing in the SJC Worth Tournament please come along I intend to get there a bit early to check out the Model Boat Club Open Day 

Yately Manor South of England 5-6 October 2023    
A number of our club members attended this event last weekend and performed very well see South of England Junior Championship
Results I noted are Under 13s Luke Freeman Silver Medal 4½/5 Under 13s Liam Finlay 2/5Under 15s Charlie Wannasin Bell 2½/5  Full Results

2nd Team  Monday 9th October 2023   Our first match of the new season was away at Brighton’s new venue the Queens Hotel between our 2nd Team and their 2nd Team It was a close fought match over all 4 boards but the higher rated Brighton team prevailed in the end 3-1 See Match Result

Friday 8th September 2023
Crowborough Chess Club re-opens after the Summer break.

New and Old members are all welcome to join for the new season.
Club meets on Fridays Junior Club at 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Senior Club at 7:45pm to 9:30pm

We meet downstairs in Meeting Rooms 2 and 3 at the 
Crowborough Community Centre Pine Grove TN6 1FE

On arrival please register with Gill – its always a busy time welcoming back our regulars and meeting our new members so please bear with us.

We will have new membership forms that you can take away and complete at your leisure.

At the moment Membership Fees are the same as last year ;    

Full Membership covers the season September 2023 to end of May 2024
Adult Membership £90
Junior Membership £65
Family Membership £110      

Payment by Cash to Gill or by direct transfer please  

The membership fees are to be confirmed at the AGM on Friday 22nd September 2023 but if you have paid before then last year’s price paid will be honoured !!    

Saturday 16th September 2023    
Crowborough Chess Congress  
Senior Tournament entry and details at 
https://crowborough.org/club/38th-Congress.html
Junior Tournaments entry and details at 
https://sussexjuniorchess.org/calendar/ 

Hope to see as many of you as possible on Friday.  

Friday 21st July 2023    
Final Club Night before the Summer Break    

We will have results and Prizes for our Summer tournaments followed by some fun chess.
Junior Club 6:30pm Senior Club 7:45pm    

British Chess Championships 2023 https://www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk/entrants-2023/    

Some of our club members will be travelling to Leicester next week for the start of the Championships. Wish us luck we are all going to need it!    

British Under 14 Championship
Luke Freeman
Ashton Gadiot
Ryan Martin
Liam Finlay
British Under 12 Championship 
Bella Walsh
British Over 65s Championship 
David Fryer

Jonathan will also be attending so if any of the above players want to show off their games or ask for advice do keep an eye out for him around the tournament.     

Friday 30th June 2023
Jon Lawrance wins Summer Blitz 
see Crosstable on UTU

Saturday 24th June 2023
SCCU & London Clubb Championships
See Teams Page for Report

Friday 23rd June 2023    
Chess Club as usual Juniors start 6:30pm Senior Summer Club Rapid Round 4 at 7:45pm Results to date

Friday 30th June 2023
Special Summer Blitz tournament organised by Gary McCulloch with Prizes. Every club member welcome to this event not only our Summer extension regulars. So hope to see as many as possible for this regular tournament. Starts 7:45pm.

SCCU & London Club Championship    
Follow our two teams playing in West Hamstead this Saturday 24th June 2023
1st Team
2nd Team

Friday 2nd June 2023
Chess Club returns tonight for the Summer Term

Summer Extension    
Summer term starting  Friday 2nd June for 8 weeks up to and including Friday 21st July

This will be for both Junior and Senior club times of 6:30pm and 7:45pm with the regular training and games.

There is an additional cost of £15 per member or £25 per Family to cover the cost of room hire. 

End of Season Results
Junior Spring Tournament (MR3) was won by Rufus Wright with a closely fought final game against Serik Thomas.

Rufus picks up the Regency Board trophy that will have his name engraved on it. Well done Rufus and all the other players in this tournament.

The Junior Spring Tournament (MR2) was won by Thomas Martin with 5/6 and Thomas also won the Senior Rapidplay in a very exciting last round.

David Fryer and Cyrus Fong went into the final game leading with 3½/4 but with both losing their final game Thomas took full advantage and came out the clear winner with 4/5.

Results Spring 2023 Rapid

You can also view my last game against Daniel Donaghy on Lichess
Daniel Donaghy vs David Fryer
Well done Daniel and congratulations to Thomas.

No club on Friday May 26th due to the Crowborough Players using the rooms as changing rooms for the Theatre Show.

Summer Extension    

We have decided to offer members the chance of playing chess during the Summer term starting  Friday 2nd June for 8 weeks up to and including Friday 21st July 2023.

This will be for both Junior and Senior club times of 6:30pm and 7:45pm with the regular training and games.

However there will be an additional cost of £15 per member or £25 per Family to cover the cost of room hire. Please pay Gill at the club or transfer to our bank account .

Friday 14th April 2023

Following his success last month in winning the Crowborough Club Championship for the first time in his 17 years as a member David added the annual Spring Blitz trophy to his collection. Jonathan came second with the Junior prize going to Luke.

Spring Blitz 2023 Crosstable

Friday 31st March 2023

We announced the results of our UK Chess Challenge tournaments – congratulations to all the winners.

See Results MR2
See Results MR3

Despite having two teams playing on the night we still had 14 players competing for our first ECF rated club Blitz which was won jointly by Luke and Ryan on 4 points out of 5 games.

Team Results    

1st Team lost 1-3 to a strong Horsham team but have retained their 1st Division status for next season with one match still to play.
   
The 2nd Team drew away with the league leaders Bexhill 2-2 and have secured promotion to Division 2    

The Juniors last week had also drawn their final match away at East Grinstead bookshop

 Friday 14th April 2023    

Juniors start a 6 Round Spring Tournament at 6:30pm   At 7:45pm we have our annual lightning tournament organised by Gary – all members welcome junior and adult – play all or as few rounds as you wish – Prizes!  

Friday 10th March 2023   Junior Club 6:30pm    
No Home Match this Friday so I will be able to give more attention to the Junior members.

UK Chess Challenge Round 10 of 12
We have split the tournament into two sections; 
MR2 Jonathan’s Class and MR3 Suriya’s Class leading the way after 9 rounds are;
   
MR2 James Wang 22pts Luke Freeman 19pts Leon Ishida 18pts Benjamin Pearce and Suriya Velayudham 17pts 
See full list

MR3 Teddy Wilkins 20pts Serik Thomas and Lola Finlay 19pts Arjun Prasanna 18pts
See full list

We will hold the junior prize giving on Friday 31st March

Senior Club 7:45pm    
Crowborough Club Championship Round 10 of 12

Leading the way after 9 rounds are;
David Fryer 7/8 James Wang 5/8 Luke Freeman 5/8
see full list

On Friday 31st March we have the 1st Team playing home vs Horsham and the 2nd Team away at Bexhill

Therefore the senior club will have a smaller than usual number of attendees so I am planning an all play all Blitz tournament which for our first time I will submit to the ECF for blitz rating.

The usual Spring Blitz tournament organised by Gary will be held in April date to be confirmed.


Friday 17th February 2023   
Chess Club meets as usual during half term    

Saturday 25th February 2023    
Crowbourough Chess Congress    
Results Available

Friday 6th January 2023
Chess Club returns after Christmas Break

Juniors start at 6:30pm with ½ hour chess training followed at 7:00pm with the start of the UK Chess Challenge 12 Rounds 1 game every Friday of 10 Minutes + 5 Seconds a move with prizes for our younger juniors and trophies for the winners. 
1 game = Badge 
2,3,4 games Gold Spots for your badge 
5 games the ever popular Chess Mascots 
6,7,8 games Gold Spots for your badge 
9 games Chess Book 1
0,11,12 Special Prizes     

Club Championship for Adults and older Juniors starts at 7:45pm 
12 Rounds 1 game every Friday of 25 Minutes + 10 Seconds a move    

Home Team Matches    
Most Fridays in January and February will have a home match against other clubs so please answer promptly those emails from our team captains    
Friday 13th January Juniors at Home 
Friday 20th January 2nd Team at Home 
Friday 27th January Juniors at Home 
Friday 3rd February 2nd Team at Home 
Friday 10th February Juniors at Home 
Friday 17th February 1st Team at Home    

Away Team Matches    
Help Please – we need players for away games – yes everyone likes to play at home but we need to fulfil our away commitments 
Remember players who play away matches will be offered Home games    
Tuesday 24th January 1st Team Away at Horsham 
Wednesday 8th February 1st Team Away at Hastings 
Tuesday 28th February 2nd Team Away at Horsham (Collyers)    

1st Team David Fryer 
2nd Team Anthony Stockham 
Juniors Sunanta Wannasin-Bell     

For full list of fixtures see https://crowborough.org/club/Teams-2022-23.html    

Crowborough Chess Congress All day event 6 Rapidplay Games on Saturday 25th February Details and Online Entry https://crowborough.org/club/37th-Congress.html   

Final Tournament Results for 2022 were;    

Crowborough Chess Club – Autumn Tournaments

Junior Tournament – MR3 
Medals and ribbons for all our junior members. 
TROPHIES Champion : Rufus Wright Runner-Up : Serik Thomas Runner-Up : Teddy Wilkins

Under 18 Tournament – MR2 
TROPHIES 
Champion : Suriya Velayudham 31pts 
Runner-Up : Luke Freeman 29pts 
Second Runner-Up trophy will be shared as there was no way to split the results of Leon & Noel Ishida who both scored 28pts   

Senior Rapid Play – 7:45pm 33 players competed at 25 minutes + 10 Seconds a move
https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/121982/swtable 
TROPHIES 
Champion : Charlie Wannasin-Bell 6½pts  - also presented with the Junior Regal set and board
Runners-Up : Doug Blythe and Suriya Velayudham on 5½pts   

Winter Blitz and 960 Tournament 
Blitz Championship played on the 9th December 2022 
Champion Jonathan Lawrance 5/5 
Runner-up Elena Currah 4/5 
960 Championship played on the 16th December 2022 
Champion Danniel Donaghy   

37th Crowborough Chess Congress Saturday 25th February 2023 6 Round Rapidplay tournament 9:45am – 5:30pm Details and entry
https://crowborough.org/club/37th-Congress.html

Fantasy Football
For those competing in our fantasy league a reminder that unlimited transfers are available until 11:00am on Boxing Day 
I have created a new Head to Head League for new and old players to enter starting on Boxing Day please join ‘Crowborough’   
Joining the league couldn't be easier. Simply use the link below and you'll be added automatically after you've entered the game. https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/y7wzm8
League Code: y7wzm8  

Sussex Girls Chess
Crowborough take the top places again in the Sussex Girls Under 18 Championship.
Following last years equal first place between Elena and Raina we went one better this time with Ann joining in to make it a 1-2-3.
see full results and photos on the SJC website

In the Under 11 section Lola picked up the arbiter prize for her debut in this competition and Bella scored a creditable 2 points.

Friday 9th December 2022
Junior Club as usual at 6:30pm with prize giving and a Special Anti-Chess Event organised by Jonathan

Winter Blitz Tournament at 7:45pm
Organised by Gary McCulloch
All welcome stay until the end at about 9:30pm or for the younger ones leave after a few games just let Gary know before you go.
Prizes and a Trophy are up for grabs

Friday 16th December 2022   Another Christmas special with fun games for the juniors at 6:30pm followed by another Gary Special our Christmas 960 Tournament starting at 7:45pm    

Please support these two events before we return after Christmas to the serious stuff on Friday January 6th 2023  

Friday 11th November 2022    
Junior Chess Club 6:30pm training plus next round of the junior tournament 
Rapid play tournament Round 9 starts 7:45pm in MR2 
Crowborough 2 vs Horsham 4 in the MSCL Division 3 starts 7:30pm in MR3    

Mid Sussex Chess League    
Is now in full swing and we have home matches continuously up to and including Friday 2nd December For fixture dates see https://crowborough.org/club/Teams-2022-23.html   

Club Tournaments    
As we have a home match we are extending the Rapid tournament and the Junior tournament to include Friday 2nd December. So 12 Rounds will be played giving team members the chance to play more Rapidplay games that are ECF Rated    
Top scorers at the moment are; 
1 Douglas Blythe 5 
2 Charlie Wannasin Bell 5 
3 Oliver Stockham 4½ 
4 Jon AN Lawrance 4 
5 Benjamin Pearce 4 
6 Suriya Velayudham 3½ 
7 Benedict Weis 3 
8 Luke Freeman 3 
9 Thomas W Martin 3          
For a full list see https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/121982/swtable    

Special Christmas Events    
As well as a presentation of trophies to our tournament winners on Friday 9th December we will organise a Blitz event details to be confirmed 
On Friday 16th December Gary will be trying something new and organising a Chess960 tournament.    
So mark those two dates in your diary more details to follow when I have them    

Sussex Junior Chess    
Last Sunday the SJC County Championships took place.    
I noted some good scores by Crowborough players 
The full list of winners and scores can be found on https://sussexjuniorchess.org/2022-u9u11u13u18/    
Under 13s Charlie Wannasin-Bell scored 50% with 3/6 
Under 18s Daniel Donaghy and Elena Currah came 3rd= with 4/6  

Friday 7th October 2022

CLUBNIGHTS
In 2022 we will be meeting every Friday up to and including Friday December 16th 
EXCEPT for Friday 28th October.   
The good news is that the Pantomime is not having a Friday performance this year so we can meet on the 9th December however Friday 28th October is unavailable to us due to a Flower Show taking over the whole venue for the weekend.

A special Chess960 night is being planned for our last meeting  before Xmas on December 16th so definitely book that night in your diaries.

The Autumn Rapid play tournament is in full swing see results and pairings on https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/121982/rounds
We would like to encourage players to stay on until 9:30pm so if you finish your game early please go next door to MR3 and analyse your games or play friendlies I will setup the laptop so you can check your openings etc.

MID SUSSEX CHESS LEAGUE
The fixtures are published and can be found on https://crowborough.org/club/Teams-2022-23.html   

We have 3 Teams this season in the League and 2 in the Cup so plenty of opportunity for everyone to play some long play games representing Crowborough.

4 Boards in a team and based on our current members attending the 7:45pm club the squads might be but not fixed in stone

1st Team Squad ; Arjun Kolani, Jon Lawrance, David Fryer, Benedict Weis, Daniel Donaghy

2nd Team Squad ; Oliver Stockham, Elena Currah, Thomas Martin, Daniel Longley, Michael Redman, Doug Blythe, Luke Freeman, Nick Hope, Suriya Velayudham, Raina Jithendra

Junior Team Squad; Charlie Wannasin Bell, Lucy Hopkirk, Benjamin Pearce, Risha Jithendra, Liam Finlay, Jasper Shovelton, Ann Tagg, George Tagg as well as everyone attending the junior club   

Team Captains will be emailing members with further details and checking on availability shortly so watch out for those emails and please answer as soon as you can even if in the negative. It really makes the Captain’s job easier.   

MEMBERSHIP   
Most have already done so but if you haven’t please pay your Membership Subs as soon as you possible can please.   

Membership forms Seniors and Juniors are available from Gill. 
New Members and any current members whose details have changed please complete these.   

Please pay Sep 2022 – May 2023 membership fees by electronic transfer putting your name as the reference.   

You can of course pay Gill by cash or card but electronic payment is preferred. 
£90 Adult Membership 
£65 Junior Membership
£110 Family Membership    

David FryerCrowborough Chess Club Secretary  
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