Happy New Year
Chess returns this Friday 6th January 2023
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
note if you did not receive a copy of this notice by email it means your email address is not on our mailing list. To add your email please send a simple message to david@crowborough.org
Chess Club every Friday from 9th
September 2022
at the Crowborough Community Centre
Junior Club 6:30pm-7:30pm including training and games.
Rapidplay Tournament for Adults and older Juniors 7:45pm –
9:15pm
these games will be ECF Rated.
All members and parents are welcome to attend.
Membership fees set at Family £110, Adults £90,
Juniors £65
which covers the season September to May.
The club is run by volunteers if you would like to help in
any way please let David or Gill know.
We are running three teams in the Mid Sussex Chess
League this season ;
1st Team, 2nd Team and Junior Team. See our Teams Page for full details.
It will be great to welcome you all back and to see some new
faces.
36th Chess Congress on
Saturday 17th September 2022
Adult Tournament Details
Junior Tournament Details
British Chess Championship Results
Under 16s Raina score 2/7
Under 14s Risha score 2/7
Under 14s Ann score 2/7
Under 12s Luke score 3½/7
Under 10s Bella score 1/7
Over 65s David score 4/7
Under 1500 Rapidplay Ann score 2½/7
Under 1500 Rapidplay Luke score 5/7 3rd Place
UK Chess Challenge
Friday 15th July 2022
Elena Currah wins the Summer Rapidplay with an impressive 5 wins from 6 games
ECF Rating Results and LMS Results by Round
While the junior event was won by Gleb with a close fought final win against Lucy
Friday 8th July 2022
Only two club nights left now before the Summer break.
Even with the larger Meet Room 2 the one room is not working great for the junior club.
So this week I will be asking for much more quiet. So please warn your younger ones before coming.
I will be teaching basic checkmates this week and handing out some homework so beware!
Tests and medals next week.
Summer Rapidplay Round 5
Starts 7:45pm with a three way tie for 1st place between Elena, Doug and myself on 3 points each.
Results on ECF Website and on https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/103506/rounds
All games are sent for ECF Rating so even if you cannot catch myself and Elena (Doug is off on holiday) you can still improve your rating for the season.
British Chess Championships 2022
Still time to enter and to plan for your visit to Torquay.
https://www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk/
Just three entries with Crowborough next to their name so far.
All in their age Groups;
Summer Chess Club
Results Summer Rapid 2022
We are running both the Junior and Adult Clubs for an extended Summer Term
6 Fridays starting Friday 10th June and finishing on Friday 15th July
There is an additional sub of £10 to cover the hire of Meeting Room 3
Friday 27th May 2022
Spring end of season Blitz tournament was a closely fought contest with three players tieing on 5/6
Jon Lawrance came out winner on tie break - many thanks to the 17 players who competed
Results Spring Bltz 2022
Friday 20th May 2022
Chess Club returns at usual times of 6:30pm Juniors and 7:45pm Adults
The short 4 Round Spring Rapid Tournament was won on tie break by Lucy Hopkirk
Results Spring Rapid 2022
UK Chess Challenge 2022
Following our warm up club tournament run between January and March this year and won by Daniel Longley our players have been competing in the Mega-Finals.
With no Sussex Mega-Final this year it has meant travelling to Kent or Surrey
Happy to say we have a number of qualifiers so far for the Regional Giga-Finals here are some links to the Mega-Finals that include Crowborough players
Any more? Let me know
Friday 27th May 2022
Next week Gary is organising one of our very popular Blitz Tournaments
Start time approx. 7:45pm Prizes on offer so don’t miss this event that is open to adult and Junior members
Finishes at 9:30pm but you can join and leave at any time
Mid Sussex Chess League
Pleased to announce that with all matches finished our 1st Team and our Junior Team won their respective leagues.
Next season starting in October 2022 we will be entering two adult teams and one junior team
League tables