1 Sep 2026: Club 6½-8½ Caterpillar – Opening Night5 Sep 2026: SUN Hastings 5-3 Wanstead8 Sep 2026: EL1 7½-½ EL2; NC3 2½-1½ NC4; NC4 3-1 NC310 Sep 2026: CL2 Pimlico 4 1-3 CL217 Sep 2026: CL1 Wanstead 1 1-4 OTB 223 Sep 2026: NC2 3½-1½ Chingford 224 Sep 2026: CL2 2-2 Kings Head 225 Sep 2026: FC2 7½-½ Barking 2 Click on scores for Match Cards. Key: SUN=Sundry Fixtures; EL=Essex Lge; NC=North Circular Lge; CL=Central London Lge; FC=Finchley Cup (NCCL […]
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The 82nd Club Championship gets under way tonight with publication of the Round 1 pairings. Fifty-one entries are listed and all have been circulated by Tournament Secretary, Mark Murrell: Our club championship is one of the largest such competitions in the country well supported by our membership regardless of playing strength. Played at all moves in 80 minutes plus 10 seconds added for each move (there are two alternative time controls by mutual agreement). It is a Swiss tournament which […]
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What must be a record entry of 48 members contested at least one half of the two-evenings over which the Rapid Championship was held. This is way beyond the maximum entry when the Rapid was held as a one-day event on a Saturday. Two evenings, with the three options to play one or the other, or both, proves most popular. Playing off a Rapid Rating of 1698, Paul Barclay turned in a rating performance of 1953 to take the Rapid […]
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Scoring 6/7 without loss, David Spearman put on a masterclass of Blitz Chess at G5+2, conceding half points only to a prospective new member on his first visit to the Club – Nicholas Yiannollou, a returning player once a member of Islington CC – and Steve Rix in the last round. Ashwin 2 recorded a creditable result, drawing with John C and losing only to David, for second place on 5½/7. There was a four-way tie on the third step […]
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We shall have a Festive Xmas Handicap Blitz Grand Prix 2 on Tuesday 23 December – date moved from 1 December – fun and frolicks. Even if you are not playing all five Grand Prix events, you won’t want to miss this one. Same as always: core time 8 minutes on the clock, higher rated player gives time off his/her clock and donates to the lower rated player, according to rating group. Full details via link below. Entries will be […]
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The first Knockout Champion is John Cawdery, overcoming Ashley’s “draw odds” advantage to win a 72 move game, which was screened live on the Internet as it unfolded. This was an extra point of interest for the players in the other room, contesting “Bonanza Night”, with the KO final being screened alongside the Bonanza pairings. The Knockout competition was an initiative of Ashley Freeman and it was fitting that he fought his way through to the Final. For a long […]
Open this post... The 1st W&WCC Knockout Final will be played tonight, 28 My 2024, between: John Cawdery and Ashley Feeman The game will be broadcast live on the Internet and can followed, move-by-move, at this link: WWCC Knockout Final Play starts at 7.30 pm. Ashley as Black has “draw odds” – visit the KO page to find out how this works. Link: Knockout page
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