British Championships

The 101st British Chess Championships will be held at Aberystwyth University, in Aberystwyth, Wales, between Saturday, 19th July and Saturday, 2nd August.

The 11-round Championship will feature 7 Grandmasters, including defending champion David Howell, and England's newly crowned European Seniors Champion, Keith Arkell. They will be joined by players who have qualified through various congresses around the British Isles since July 2013.

In addition to the main Championships, there are a wide variety of tournaments open to all players, subject to holding the appropriate category of membership:

* The British Graded Championships are played over five mornings, and there are four sections for players graded Under 120, Under 140, Under 160 and Under 180.

* The British Junior Championships are played over 6 or 7 rounds, with tournaments differing in length depending on the age group. There are tournaments ranging from a FIDE-rated Under 16 Championship to one-day Rapidplay Under 8 Championship.

* The British Seniors Championship will be played over 7 rounds, with two five-round grade-restricted Seniors tournaments: One in each week.

* There are FIDE-rated five-round morning and afternoon Open tournaments, as well as an 11-round FIDE-rated Major Open.

* For those who can only play over a shorter period, there are weekend tournaments and rapidplays on both Sundays.

With excellent accommodation packages and top quality playing conditions in one of Britain's best holiday locations, Aberystwyth provides an excellent opportunity to combine your enthusiasm for chess with your holiday.

The British Championships website has information ranging from the list of Championship qualifiers, accommodation packages, lists of entries for each tournament, and much more! You can find the website at:

http://englishchess.org.uk/BCC2014/

To enter online, you can visit this page: http://englishchess.org.uk/BCC2014/entering-the-bcc/enter-online/

I hope to see you in Aberystwyth!

Regards,

Alex Holowczak, ECF Director of Home Chess

Summer Cup Results and Final Table

Well, The Summer Cup came to a conclusion last night. It was all very tense throughout the night as there were 5 or 6 players who could have secured first or second place. 

The final result was Dave Ireland getting a draw with Ed Goodwin which ensured he was the winner with 5 points. Rajen drew with Bob Holmes giving him 4.5 points along with Ben Graff.

On countback of their opponents points Rajan is the Runner Up with Ben in Third place. This was Ben's first Summer Cup so a great result for him narrowly missing out on a trophy.

Congratulations to Dave and Rajan.

Round Up

Ed Goodwin went through the whole tournament unbeaten having played most of the top players. Bob Holmes also went through the whole tournament unbeaten securing 5 draws along the way. Some one who will remain nameless, has suggested he changes his name to Bob "The draw" Holmes! Dave Filer also had an excellent tournament only loosing to Dave Ireland and ending up on 4 points. Pete Smith turned in a solid performance on 3 points.

Clive Blackburn, Stan Whitmore and Ian Evans all had a good tournament and were challenging the leaders thoroughout. They all ended up on 3.5 points.

Sachin Vats a new player to the Club earned 3 points consisting of 2 wins and 2 draws. He clearly will be an asset next season in the League.

Simon Curry another new player also got 2 points having only played in the final three rounds. So will be one to watch as well.

Paul Sweatman ended up with 2.5 points, a good result as he lost his first two games, but came back strongly in the latter stages of the tournament. John Harris also got 2.5 points but with one or two of his games he could have won having got into good positions.

I would just like to Thank all players who took part this year and have helped make it a really good competitive end of Season Tournament along with some very close games.

I intend to do the presentation of the Cups at the AGM on the 24th June. 

The club will be open as normal during the summer for friendlies, so feel free to call in for a quick game over the summer. All members and non members are welcome.

FINAL RESULTS

WINNER             D.Ireland    5
RUNNER UP     R.Parekh   4.5

B.Graff                 4.5
D.Filer                  4
E.Goodwin           4

S.Whitmore         3.5
R.Holmes            3.5

C.Blackburn       3.5

I.Evans                3
P.Smith               3

S.Vats                3.0
J.Harris             2.5
R.B.Manickam 2.5
D.Sheward      2
P.Sweatman    2.5
T.Beesley        2.5
S.Curry           2
R.Sian            1

T.Gazee         1
G.Cornell      2 

T.White          0

Round 6 Results

D.Ireland .5 .5 E.Goodwin

R.Parekh .5 .5 R.Holmes

B.Graff     1  0 P.Smith

D.Filer       1 0 J.Harris

C.Blackburn 1 0 R.B.Manickam

P.Sweatman 0 1 S.Whitmore

I.Evans          .5 .5 S.Vats

D.Sheward  0 1 G.Cornell

T.White         0  1 T.Beesley

S.Curry        1 0 R.Sian

Summer Cup Round 5 Results

Round 5 Results

D.Ireland 1 0 D.Filer
R.Parekh 1 0 C.Blackburn
E.Goodwin 1 0 J.Harris
R.Holmes .5 .5 P.Smith
R.B. Manickam .5 .5 P.Sweatman
D.Sheward 0 1 I.Evans
S.Whitmore 1 0 T.Beesley
S.Vats          1 0 R.Sian
S.Curry       0 1 G.Cornell

Rajan continues his success with a win over Clive. Dave Ireland won again and now only needs to win in the Final Round to secure the Summer Cup. The Runners up position can still be won by 5 or 6 players. So everything to play for in the last round .


Scores After 5 Rounds


D.Ireland 4.5
R.Parekh   4
D.Filer       3
B.Graff       3.5
E.Goodwin   3.5
R.Holmes        3
 P.Smith         3
C.Blackburn   2.5
J.Harris           2.5
R.B.Manickam 2.5
D.Sheward      2
P.Sweatman    2.5
S.Whitmore    2.5
T.Beesley        1.5
S.Vats             2.5
I.Evans           2.5
S.Weaver      1
S.Curry         1
T,White          0
T.Gazee         .5
G.Cornell       1

Summer Cup Round 4 Results

Another evening of very close games and whilst Dave Ireland is out in front at the moment there are any number of players who could still win the tournament and  take the Runners Up spot.

Dave Ireland won the battle of the two front runners winning against Rajen. Ben Graff secured a win against Bava to move back into contention.

Next Round 27th May Tuesday 7.30pm

Full results as follows:-

R.Parekh  0 1 D.Ireland
R.Holmes .5 .5 E.Goodwin
R.B.Manickam 0 1 B.Graff
I.Evans            0  1 P.Smith
C.Blackburn    1 0 S.Vats
J.Harris            1 0 T.Beesley
T.Gazee           .5 .5 D.Sheward
P.Sweatman     1  0 R.Sian
S.Weaver         1 0 G.Cornell
T.White            0 1 S.Curry

D.Ireland 3.5
R.Parekh   3
D.Filer       3
B.Graff       3
E.Goodwin   2.5
R.Holmes        2.5
P.Smith           2.5
C.Blackburn   2.5
J.Harris           2.5
R.B.Manickam 2
D.Sheward      2


P.Sweatman    2
S.Whitmore    1.5
T.Beesley        1.5
S.Vats             1.5
I.Evans           1.5
S.Weaver      1
S.Curry         1
T,White          0
T.Gazee         .5
G.Cornell       0

Summer Cup Round 3 Results

The 3rd round of the Summer Cup produced some very close games.

Dave Ireland was in a loosing position but managed to win due to a blunder by Bob. Rajen managed to win against Ben Graff in a very close match... at the last minute Rajen found a checkmate.
Ed Goodwin and Bava were level throughout their game and finally agreed a draw with only a few minutes left on each player's clock.

Trevor Beesley and Don Sheward continued there good run drawing their game ..giving them 1.5 points each.
Paul Sweatman picked up his first point of the tournament.

The above results mean only 2 players are now on 3 points.... Dave and Rajen. So this means they will be playing each other next week.

Here are the full results:-

D.Ireland    .5  .5  R.Holmes AMENDED RESULT
B.Graff       0  1  R.Parekh
E.Goodwin .5 .5 R.B.Manickam
D.Filer        1  0 P.Smith
C.Blackburn .5 .5 J.Harris
S.Whitmore  .5 .5 S.Vats
T.Beesley     .5  .5 D.Sheward
I.Evans         1   0 G.Cornell
P.Sweatman  1  0  T.White
R.Sian           1 0  T.Gazee


 D.Ireland 2.5
R.Parekh   3
D.Filer       2.5
B.Graff      2
E.Goodwin      2.5
R.Holmes        1.5
P.Smith           1.5
R.B.Manickam 2
C.Blackburn   1.5
J.Harris           1.5
S.Whitmore    1.5
T.Beesley        1.5
S.Vats             1.5
D.Sheward     1.5
I.Evans           1.5
P.Sweatman    1
T,White          0
T.Gazee         0
G.Cornell       0

Summer Cup Round 2 Results

Round 2 Summer Cup Results

D. Ireland 1 0 I.Evans
E.Goodwin .5 .5 P.Smith
B.Graff      1 0 C.Blackburn
R. Holmes .5 .5 R.B Manickam
R.Parekh   1  0 J.Harris
D.Filer      1 0 P.Sweatman
T.Beesley  1 0 R.Sian
T.White     0 1 D.Sheward
G.Cornall  0 1 S.Vats
T.Gazee    0  1 S.Whitmore

The above results mean that after 2 rounds only three players are on 2 points :-

D.Ireland  2
R.Parekh  2
B.Graff     2

E.Goodwin 1.5
R.Holmes    1.5
D.Filer         1.5
P.Smith        1.5
R.B.Manickam 1.5
C.Blackburn   1
J.Harris           1
S.Whitmore    1
T.Beesley        1
S.Vats             1
D.Sheward     1
I.Evans           .5
P.Sweatman    0
T,White          0
T.Gazee         0
G.Cornell      0

Next Round Tuesday 13th May 2014 7.30pm.

It is hoped to have the Club AGM on the 24th June 2014 8pm. Will confirm the date later in the month.