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| Shogi Professional Player on extended
visit to England: In view of the many similarities between Chess
and Shogi (Japanese Chess) some of your members may be interested to know
that a distinguished professional Shogi player, Mr Honma, is currently
on an extended visit to England. This is a rare opportunity. The only
events that we have planned at present are primarily for the small local
Shogi community, but Mr Honma is very keen to offer his expertise to the
local Chess community as well. Many top chess players, including Garry
Kasparov, have taken the trouble to learn Shogi, presumably with a view
to improving their Chess. Some people may find valuable this article about
the nutritional habits of GMs. Chess Clock Repairs: We have been asked whether we know of anyone who can carry out repairs to chess clocks. Can anyone help by providing details of someone willing to carry out such repairs - especially if they have personal experience of having work carried out. If so, then would they please advise the ECF Office in the first instance. Many thanks. Peter Wilson [5/12/07] The First Titled Player out of the Renaissance Academy [5/12/07] 20 Seconds Chess: Sponsored by Lexmark, 19th January 2008, London. A new, some may even say, radical tournament that fits into today’s busy and diverse lifestyle ... [3/12/07] Coulsdon
Christmas International 2007: We have taken the ambitious step of
deciding to run a 2nd IM norm International plus a 2nd Challengers event
alongside the first ones. Needless to say, as soon as I announced the
2nd IM norm event - on the ECF & Chess Cube Launch Online Chess Club: The English Chess Federation is delighted to announce that in partnership with the South African company Chess Cube it is to launch a bespoke online ECF chess club ... [30/11/07] Richmond Junior Chess Club Open Day [30/11/07] Steve Boniface Memorial International Open,
played at the Thistle Hotel in Bristol from the 19-21 of August 2007 was
won by GM Keith Arkell, returning from a successful trip to America where
he won all 3 tournaments he competed in. He scored 5.5/6 to finish a full
2 points ahead of the field, and took home the first prize of £400.
Second prize was This weekend live games will be broadcast at Preston congress via the ECF sensory boards [23/11/07] National Schools Entries Increase: The English Chess Federation is delighted to announce that entries to its 2007/8 National Schools Championships have risen by around 45 per cent compared with last year ... [22/11/07] Last evening (19th November) Camberley Chess Club
did battle against The Eggheads in the TV progamme of that name
- for a £32,000 jackpot. British Rapidplay, 17-18 Novebmer 2007 [19/11/07] Miles Memorial Trophy:
Soon after the death of Grandmaster Tony Miles I launched an appeal for
donations so that a suitable trophy could be purchased in memory of England's
first Grandmaster. This weekend live games will be broadcast at www.british-rapidplay.org.uk via the ECF sensory boards [14/11/07] Michael James O'Hara has been awarded a Posthumous President's Award for Services to Chess [13/11/07] 74th Richmond Rapidplay, 4 November 2007 [12/11/07] Royal Grammar School Guildford Chess Tournament, 3-4 November 2007 [12/11/07] Hampshire CA Congress, 2-4 November 2007 [12/11/07] Hull Congress, 2-4 November 2007 [12/11/07] 35th EDCA Congress & National Championship, 27-28 October 2007 [12/11/07] Chess Coach Job Vacancy: Check N Mate Limited require a full time chess coach ... more [8/11/07] This weekend live games will be broadcast at www.4ncl.co.uk via the ECF sensory boards [7/11/07] John Robinson Youth Chess Trust: At their
Meeting on 24th October the Trustees authorised a number of additional
grants mainly for coaching and participation in events. ECF Training Day: The “English Chess Federation” Training Day on 6th October was a massive success ... [31/10/07] 31st Scarborough Congress, 19-21 October 2007 [31/10/07] Metropolitan Congress, 6-7 October 2007 [31/10/07] Two BCET Awards to Norwich Schools: One of the ECF’s little known awards is the British Chess Educational Trust Award to Schools. This was established from funds from the late Sir George Thomas and was initially shields to schools which have shown outstanding achievements or enthusiasm in chess ... [30/10/07] KJCA Caterham Congress, 19-21 October 2007 [30/10/07] 16th Aldro Inter Schools Chess Tournament, October 2007 [30/10/07] KJCA South-East London Junior Rapidplay, 30 September 2007 [12/11/07] Crowborough Rapidplay Congress, 23 September 2007 [12/11/07] Trainee Arbiters Course for women London 23-24 February 2008: David Welch (ECF Chief Arbiter) is conducting a two-day course for female trainee arbiters, leading to the Arbiters' examination. Applications to Claire Summerscale, Director of Junior Chess & Education. Coaching Opportunity: The English Chess
Federation is committed to improving the chess opportunities for juniors
in England. As part of our coaching programme, we will be offering top
coaching to four English junior players who are competing in the Hastings
Masters, at the Hastings International Congress. If there is enough interest,
we may extend this opportunity to more players. Obituries: Roy Heppinstall It
is with great sadness that we report that Roy Heppinstall, ECF/BCF Past
Chief Executive and former SCCU President, died on Saturday 29 September.
Our condolences to his family. Obituary: Peter Morrish by Tony Corfe & Stewart Reuben [28/9/07] Chess idea wins praise nationally By Paddy McGuffin [20/9/07] Leamington Rapidplay, 9 September 2007 [13/9/07] Lincoln Rapidplay, 2 September 2007 [13/9/07] 73rd Richmond Rapidplay, 9 September 2007 [12/9/07] Obituary: Peter Burnett, by John Wickham [10/9/07] Obituary: Michael James O'Hara, by Stewart Reuben [7/9/07] Godalming Chess Club Open Tournament, 1st September 2007 [7/9/07] Herefordshire Congress, 25-27 August 2007 [3/9/07] Berks & Bucks Congress, 25-27 August 2007 [31/8/07] Trainee Arbiters Course, 6-7 October 2007: Junior Squad Young Masters [29/8/07] 38th Thanet Congress, 17-19 August 2007 [28/8/07] Press Release - English Women Champion Dagne Ciuksyte [24/8/07] ECF County Champs Survey 2007 - the results are now online. [24/8/07] KJCA Kent Junior Grand Prix 2006-7 KJCA Grand Prix Final, 1 July 2007 [24/8/07] Chester Congress, 1 July 2007 [24/8/07] Leek Rapidplay Congress, 10 June 2007 [24/8/07] Thursday
23 August TV Channel 5 House The Jerk an episode in this hospital
drama series about a young chessplayer who complains of headaches. The ECF are interested in canvassing views from
Senior players about the British Seniors Championships and Seniors chess
in general. Obituary: Jan Richmond, by Ray Williams [13/8/07] Chess
reaches out to under-privileged children
Chess Clubs & Tax - the vast majority of chess clubs, leagues and associations are unincorporated associations, and as such are liable for Corporation Tax on interest ... [1/8/07] The English Chess Federation welcomes the Liverpool 2007 International Open, which will take place from Monday 3rd September to Sunday 9th September 2007, alongside the UK versus China match. For entry form and all the details, click here [25/7/07] 72nd Richmond Rapidplay, 15 July 2007 [25/7/07] Chess Champion Offers Tips: A Sheffield girl has beaten competitors to become the World under-11 Girls' Chess Champion - watch again on the BBC. [23/7/07] Middlesex vs. Young England: read the report and view photos from this event [23/7/07] The Middlesex vs. Young England match concluded
yesterday in a victory for Middlesex by 45.5 to 35.5. Full details of
this exciting and hard-fought event, including round-by-round reports
and downloadable games, can be found on the Middlesex
County Association website. My Brilliant Brain, 21:00 - 22:00, Monday 16th July on five: Make Me a Genius - Documentary series exploring the inner workings of the human brain and the origins of genius. This episode focuses on 38-year-old Susan Polgar, female chess grandmaster, whose incredible story suggests that genius does not always have to be innate, but can be taught. How has Susan trained her brain to such a formidable degree? [16/7/07] Middlesex v Young England Match: The match
Young England versus Middlesex, in celebration of the centenary of the
Middlesex County Association, began this week. Direct Member Representatives: The five present Representatives have been re-elected unopposed to serve for another term from the end of the AGM 2007 to the end of the AGM 2008 [26/6/07] Hastings International Congress Press Release [11/6/07] (updated 9/7/07) Cotswold Congress, 26-28 May 2007 [22/6/07] ICSC Europa Cup for Deaf Chess Clubs, 30 May - 4 June 2007 [21/6/07] Rhyl Congress, 18-20 May 2007 [21/6/07] Ilford Congress, 26-28 May 2007 [18/6/07] Clare's 50km Challenge! This summer I (Clare Furness) will be taking part in the following events to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association ... [15/6/07] Obituary: Fred Manning, by Trevor Brugger [15/6/07] KJCA Cranbrook Junior Rapidplay, 3 June 2007 [15/6/07] Hartlepool Festival Weekend Congress, 25-27 May 2007 [15/6/07] Staunton Memorial Press Release [14/6/07] 71st Richmond Rapidplay, 20 May 2007 [14/6/07] Fred Manning: With sadness we report that Surrey CCA Life Vice President and recipient of the ECF President's Award Fred Manning passed away on 6th June. Fred was one of the most hard working and active chess organisers in Surrey for many years. Our condolences go to his family and to Wimbledon Chess Club. The funeral will be at Croydon Crematorium on Wednesday 20 June at 1pm. [11/6/07] ECF Grant Puts Blind Chess on Internet [6/6/07] Obituary: Lady
Milner-Barry died on Saturday 2 June. Thelma's husband, Stuart was the
first British Boys (Under-18) Champion. Later he became a very strong
amateur player and was later President of the British Chess Federation.
He was one of several chessplayers who contributed enormously to Intelligence
at Bletchley Park in the Second World War. 2006/7 British Ladies Correspondence Chess Championship: Sue Howell of Redhill won with 4/4, deposing the defending champion Valerie Craven of Leeds who scored 2/4. Davina Lescott of Peterborough was 3rd on 0/4. The 2 Howell-Craven games were played by email with 129 moves completed! Keith Escott, Tournament Director [5/6/07] Obituary: Tony Bastable has died aged 62.
His connection with chess is that he was the presenter of the first Thames
Television chess programmes. He was the anchor man throughout for the
1986 World Chess Championship held in London. That sparked off a total
of about 100 programmes including, in particular, The London Dockland
Speed Chess Challenge between Kasparov and Short, which he also fronted.
Some readers may remember him better as one of the first presenters of
the children's TV series Magpie from 1968-1972. Our condolences to his
family. ECF Announces New Championship - The ECF is pleased to announce that it will hold the 1st English Senior Chess Championships in Ashbourne, Derbyshire in 2008 [30/5/07] ECF Book of the Year: We are delighted to announce that the new ECF Book of the Year judge is David Friedgood, he will join Ray Edwards (Chairman) and Julian Farrand on the panel. Thank you to John Toothill who has now retired after many years as a judge on the panel and to all the unsuccessful applicants who applied for the position vacated by John. [23/5/07] Challenge Match: Insurance CC v Civil Service CA, 21 April 2007 [23/5/07] York Under 14 Championships [22/5/07] British Visually Impaired Championship [22/5/07] Frome Congress, 11-13 May 2007 [22/5/07] KJCA Tunbridge Wells Junior Rapidplay, 6 May 2007 [22/5/07] 13 year old Rhys Cumming (Grade 119, FIDE Rating
1818) has been awarded a scholarship to Millfield School starting
from September. See the report in The
Times 21 May. Others schools including Oakham and the possibility
of Harrow. The University of Texas offers scholarships for chessplayers
as well and these are not restricted to US citizens. Obituary: Walter Sebley, by Peter O'Malley [18/5/07] City life: Tesco moves to make every little gambit help [18/5/07] Direct Member Representatives: Nominations are invited for Direct Member Representatives to take office for a period of one year after the end of the Annual General Meeting to be held on 20 October 2007 [15/5/07] Letchworth One Day Congress, 15 April 2007 [11/5/07] Formal Letter to FIDE [10/5/07] Honorary Life Vice Presidents: On April
28th at a meeting of ECF Council, John Dunleavy, Roy Heppinstall, Cyril
Johnson and John Philpott were each awarded the title of Honorary Life
Vice President of the English Chess Federation, the highest award that
the federation can bestow. England's latest Grandmaster: Congratulations to Gawain Jones, who became England's latest Grandmaster, when he achieved his final Grandmaster Norm at the season finale of the 4 Nations Chess League this weekend. [8/5/07] Dr. Jean-Claude Cholet Collection of Chess Sets (Christie's), 2 May 2007 [4/5/07] Brighton Rapidplay, 21 April 2007 [4/5/07] National Club Handicap Rapidplay, 22 April 2007 [2/5/07] Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship (WCBCSC) Starter Announcement [2/5/07] Grandmaster, you’re doing my head in (Sunday Times): Robbie Hudson, after six months picking up chess, had a mad urge to test himself against the best [1/5/07] Surrey Easter Congress, 6-9 April 2007 [1/5/07] National Counties Rapidplay Competition, 21 April 2007 [27/4/07] Lincolnshire County Championships, 21-22 April 2007 [25/4/07] CSSC Eastern Region: Northern Zone, 23 April 2007:
HM Revenue & Customs Office, Churchgate, Peterborough. National Chess Junior Squad, 13-15 April 2007 [23/4/07] U18 & U13 County Championships [23/4/07] Staunton Memorial Tournament 2007 [23/4/07] Christie’s are delighted to offer an impressive and comprehensive collection of chess sets on 2 May at Christie’s South Kensington. Astutely gathered by the late Dr. Jean-Claude Cholet, the sale comprises 180 lots, selected for their rarity, quality and uniqueness. Estimates range from £200 to £20,000, with eveything estimated at £1,000 and below to be offered without reserve. Click here for more info (pdf) [7/3/07] (updated 19/4/07) 28th Durham Congress, 14-15 April 2007 [19/4/07] 70th Richmond Rapidplay, 11 March 2007 [19/4/07] Middlesex County Chess Association Press Release [18/4/07] BBC Horizon Programme: Tonight (Tuesday 17 April) on BBC2 at 9pm there is a programme called 'Battle of the Brains'. One of the seven people put through a series of tests include GM Susan Polgar. [17/4/07] Spectrum Chess - 1st Portsmouth Congress, 16-18 February 2007 [16/4/07] 31st Kings Head Rapidplay, 24 March 2007 [11/4/07] KJCA Caterham Congress, 31 March - 1 April 2007 [10/4/07] KJCA Dulwich Junior Rapidplay, 4 March 2007 [10/4/07] 32nd East Devon Congress, 23-25 February 2007 [5/4/07] The Under 18 & Under 13 County Championships will be held on the 21st April in Hertfordshire. I have thus far received responses from the following counties: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Yorkshire. I look forward to receiving positive responses from the other counties shortly. You can download the entry form HERE or contact the Director of Junior Chess directly. [3/4/07] Check
it out ... Brendan's boxers are pawns in David's new chess strategy:
Brendan Ingle trained four world champions. One current, Junior Witter.
Johnny Nelson now BBC TV and Radio presenter is undefeated Cruiserweight
World Champion. Garry Kasparov interview by Robert Crampton in
the Saturday Times Magazine. Extract from Garry Kasparov's new
book 'How Life Imitates Chess' in the Monday Times business section, page
44 and a second will appear on Tuesday. Chess has had a blitz of media coverage this week in the North East of England, with a 3 minute slot on ITV Tyne Tees News, a BBC Radio Newcastle Interview (which then played as a main headline throughout the morning), front page coverage in the Morpeth Herald and Hexham Courant newspapers, and an article in the bdaily business newsletter. Full details are available on the Chess Tales blog: http://chesstales.blogspot.com. They will have a copy of the ITV slot to view online in the next few days. [23/3/07] International Selection - the composition of the International Selection Panel has been revised ... [16/3/07] Blackpool Chess Conference - Live Games from the congress this weekend [16/3/07] University of Brighton - Based at Hastings - Cataloguer Vacancy [15/3/07] Richmond Coaching & Tournament Day, 11 March 2007 [14/3/07] Bob Wade Presentation: Just before the Christmas, the ECF launched a special collection as a thank you to one of the most popular figures in British Chess, Robert Wade OBE ... [8/3/07] Wiltshire & West of England Junior Open, 24-25 February 2007 [8/3/07] (updated 14/3/07) Warwickshire Congress, 17-18 February 2007 [8/3/07] ECF Appointments: Mr Chris Majer, the acting director of Home Chess, has been appointed as Director of Home Chess. Mr Andrew Moore has been appointed as Counties Championship Controller. [7/3/07] Doncaster Congress, 23-25 February 2007 [7/3/07] Entry guidelines for the 4NCL Team Rapidplay Tournament are now online. [6/3/07] 1st Brentwood International Congress, 17-18 February 2007 [6/3/07] Obituary: George Goodwin, by Stewart Reuben [5/3/07] Sheffield Star Today - Chess magic inspired by Harry Potter: Article about the Chess Wizards of the North tournament. Unfortunately this event has been postponed until Easter Monday April 9th ... click here for more info [5/3/07] Spectrum Chess - 11th Dudley Congress, 27-28 January 2007 [5/3/07] New Junior Chess Magazine: The English Chess Federation is delighted to announce the launch of a new monthly chess magazine, The Right Move [2/3/07] The Best of The West, By Malcolm Pein: The West of England Junior Congress is one of the largest and, as I discovered when I attended in a non-playing capacity, one of the best organised ... [2/3/07] Bonhams are holding an auction of chess sets on Tuesday 27 February [27/2/07] Message from Gerry Walsh, ECF President: I am writing to inform you about two significant opportunities for improving the status of chess throughout Britain ... [26/2/07] Obituary: Roy Woodcock (1930-2007) [20/2/07] (updated 23/2/07) Staunton Memorial Tournament 2007 [22/2/07] BWCA Successful Relaunch of Championships [20/2/07] KJCA Gravesend Junior Rapidplay, 10 February 2007 [20/2/07] The 4NCL are thinking about holding a team rapidplay
tournament over the weekend of 30 June - 1 July. The tournament
would probably be based on teams of four players with an entry fee of
around £40-50 to cover running costs, prizes etc, and would be open
to all teams who wish to enter, whether or not they currently play in
the 4NCL. We have provisionally booked Harben House conference centre
(a member of the De Vere Venues chain which the 4NCL already uses for
its weekends) near Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire just off the M1
and not far from Milton Keynes, which has fast rail connections to Birmingham,
Manchester and London. More details on the venue can be found on www.deverevenues.co.uk.
100 Chess Champions Take on International Master in Hamleys Chess Championship [19/2/07] Chester Congress: On the 31st October 2006
as a result of the Caergwrle (Derby Arms) Chess Club Charity Congress
held at Chester on 31 July - 1 August 2006, we paid out to the two charities
concerned, Nightingale House Wrexham and the Hospice of the Good Shepherd
Chester, the sum of £1,128.30 each !! Thanks to all the players
and donors who made this possible. Stockport Rapidplay, 4 February 2007 [15/2/07] Aldro Inter Schools Chess Tournament, February 2007 [15/2/07] (updated 19/2/07)
News Release from De Agostini: Harry Potter™ Film Inspires Ground-Breaking New Chess Set. [9/2/07] Hamleys Brain Gym Chess Challenge, 14 February 2007 [9/2/07] 4th Cleveland Weekend Congress, 19-21 January 2007 [7/2/07] 69th Richmond Rapidplay, 7 January 2007 [7/2/07] BWCA Announces New Website: The British Women's Chess Association annouces that it has a new website at www.bwchess.org.uk. Forms for the BWCA National Girls' Championships, 10th and 11th February, and for the Women's Rapidplay, 11th February, can now be downloaded. Susan McFarland, BWCA Chief Executive, advises that work is continuing to facilitate information and improve communication, and in the meantime comments are welcome. [31/1/07] 9th York One Day Rapidplay, 27 January 2007 [30/1/07] The western region all england girls' chess championships took place at The Royal High School, Bath on the 20th January. Click here for a full report and photos of this small but perfectly formed tournament. [29/1/07] KJCA Beckenham Junior Rapidplay, 13 January 2007 [23/1/07] The 3rd Girls' Day School Trust Championships took place on the 20th January at Oxford High School, with 59 children from 15 of the Trust schools competing for their schools [23/1/07] A very successful All England Girls' Chess Championships southern region took place on Saturday 13th January: A tournament report and photos of the event can be found here http://chessuk.com/southern2006.html [23/1/07] University Centre Hastings Open Lecture - A History of Chess in Hastings: Monday 12 February 2007, by Gerry Walsh President of ECF. For more details please click here. [15/1/07] Fulprint York Congress, 5-7 January 2007 [12/1/07] London and Moscow Launch this Year's Russian Winter Festival with Ice Chess Game [10/1/07] Book
of the Year: Due to the retirement of John Toothill, a judge is required
for the prestigious ECF Book of the Year Award. Applicants should have
a wide general knowledge and experience of the chess world and an active
interest in chess literature. The other two judges are Ray Edwards (Chairman)
and Julian Farrand. Discovery Channel Series: We're developing
a series for the Discovery Channel celebrating Extraordinary families,
and one area we're keen to explore are families who excel in a particular
field. I'd be really interested in speaking to a family of exceptional
chess players, who compete at national or international level. Hastings International Congress: Press release and results [10/1/07] David Howell - England's Youngest Grandmaster: David Howell, playing in Stockholm, has gained his third, and final, GM norm by scoring 7/9 in the Rilton Cup competition ... [8/1/07]
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Benidorm Julian Farrand 4.5/9; Ray Edwards,
Keith Richardson 4/9; Hugh Flockhart 3/9. Ascona, Switzerland Open 3-8 December.
Martyn Goodger (2067) 4.5/9 19-22=. TPR 2105. 3-10 December Commonwealth Championhip
Gawain Jones scored 7/10 and came 13-27=. There were 382 players in
this event in Mumbai and it was dominated by Indians as usual. Sadly Michael Adams was unable to win
the second game against the young Norwegian in the World Cup. His extra
pawn seemed never to be enough in an endgame that lasted over 80 moves.
Commonwealth Championships, 2-10 December, New Delhi: The English Junior Squad are now in New Delhi for the Commonwealth Chess Championships. You can follow their progress online. [4/12/07] World Juniors & Girls Championships 2007 [4/12/07] In the round of the last 16 in the World Cup
Michael Adams lost with the black pieces against Magnus Carlsen.
Now he must win the second game and then the playoff in order to stay
in the competition. Michael Adams won 1.5 -.5 in the third round
of the World Cup against Jianchao Zhou of China. Thus he is guaranteed
a payday of $25,000. In the next round he faces the wunderkind Magnus
Carlssen of Norway. Michael Adams won against the Turkish/Belgian/Russian
GM Mikhail Gurevich 1.5-.5 to move into the third round in this exciting
event. World Blitz Championship 21-22 November. World Youth Championships, 17-29
November, Turkey: The World Youth Championships are now underway
and you can watch the progress of the English squad, read reports and
view 40 live games a day from Turkey. [20/11/07] Venetian Autumn Master 1-4 November. Andrew
Horton-Kitchlew 2/6 35-39=. 1st OIBM Bad Wiessee, Germany 10-18 November.
John Quinn 5.5/9 65-110=. Ingrid Lauterbach 5/9 111-189=. 417 played. Singapore International Chess Convention Seminars:
The 4th Singapore International Chess Convention has scheduled two Seminars
organised jointly by the Singapore Chess Federation and Asean Chess
Academy. FIDE Arbiters Council Chairman IA Panagiotis Nikolopoulos of
Greece shall conduct the Arbiters Training Seminar, 17-21 December.
FIDE Senior Trainers Jovan Petronic and Ignatius Leong shall conduct
the Seminar for Coaches, 16-21 December 2007. GM & IM tmt Budapest, 1-14 December: We have GM and IM-norm tournaments in the above mentioned time. We have 1-2 vacancies yet, the norm seekers can come now. About the conditions please see our website. Your kind feedback would be highly appreciated. Nagy Laszlo, International chess organizer, member of the FIDE organizers' committee, www.firstsaturday.hu, Mobile: +36-30-230-19-14, ICC, PLAYCHESS, SKYPE, YAHOO, MSN nickname: mrfirstsaturday [12/11/07] Worldwide Online Correspondence Game:
The Chess Links Project will soon be starting an experimental correspondence
game. European Team Championships 2007: Peter Wilson & Stewart Reuben report [9/11/07] The European Senior Team Championship takes place
as usual in Dresden Monday 11 to Tuesday 19 February 2008. Round
1 2pm, all others at 9:30am, except for the last at 9am. Guernsey International 7 Round Swiss 21-27 October:
Tiger Hillarp-Persson won with 6/7. 4-8 G Bolt, I Heppenstall 5. 9-20
J Adair, R Bellin, A Galliano, I Lewyk 4.5. 21- G Bucher, S Franklin,
D Guttridge, T Robinson, T Spanton, M Taylor 4. It was good to see Vaidyanathan
Ravikumar (India) making a welcome return to the British Isles. Older
readers will remember that he used to be a very frequent competitor
in Britain. Indeed, in 1981 he pioneered the participation of Indian
players in our events. The Commonwealth Chess Championships will take place in New Delhi from 2-10 December: The ECF is entitled to nominate a number of players for this event who will qualify for free board and lodging. Applications for these nominations are invited by November 14th. [2/11/07] Hip Hop Chess Festival San Francisco, 13 October 2007 [31/10/07] 31st World Chess Solving Championship, 16-17 October 2007, Rhodes: Great Britain scored a spectacular double success winning both the individual and team titles ... [30/10/07] European Team Championship Crete, 27 October
to 6 November. First Saturday Budapest 6-17 October.
FMA 12 player all-play-all. Martyn Goodgert (2067) 4-6= 6/11. TPR 2134,
+11.2 Rating points. Christopher Gibson (2032) 8-9= 5/11. TPR 1986,
-7.5 Rating points. We lost to South Africa in Rugby and Lewis Hamilton
crashed out (figuratively speaking) in the Formula One Grand Prix.
But The World Chess Problem Solving Competition in Rhodes presented
a very different story. The British team, sponsored by Winton Capital
Management, of Dr John Nunn, Dr Jonathan Mestel and David Friedgood
won the gold medal for the third consecutive year. Their magnificent
result was spearheaded by John Nunn who scored 89/90 to win the individual
championships for the first time since 2004 (Mestel won that title in
1997). The team score is decided on the best two results in each round.
Thus Britain scored 163/180, well ahead of Russia on 158.5 and Germany
on 158. In this particular event, we play as Great Britain, rather than
England or the UK and you should note that David Friedgood moved here
from, ...err South Africa, nearly 30 years ago. Nelson International New Zealand 3-7 October.
2-3= Murray Chandler, Stuart Conquest 7/9. This obviously has to have
been the furthest Stuart has ever travelled for a chess event. For Murray
it was somewhat closer as he has returned to live in NZ. World Juniors &
Girls Championships, 2-17 October, Armenia European Club Cup, 2-10 October 2007, Turkey - reports and results from Mark Hogarth [4/10/07] World Senior Championship Gmunden, Austria 17-28
September. 242 played. Len Harris was the sole English representative
and scored 3.5/11 to come 217-231=. George Trundle IM Tournament New
Zealand 21-29 September. Stuart Conquest finished first with 7/9.
Ramadan Open Rapidplay 16-23 September 9 rounds.
Bient Jone 5/9 28-37=. First Saturday 1-13 September, Budapest. Section
B IM Group, a 13 player all-play-all. 17th European Youth Chess Championships: This event runs from 13-24 September in Croatia. 766 players from 44 countries will be competing and live games will be broadcast from the tournament website [14/9/07] More English results have come to hand about
the Barcelona Open 24 August to 2 September where there were
312 players in this 10 round Swiss. The Bratto International open from 23-31 August saw Callum Kilpatrick (2120) score 5.5/9 for a 2303 rating performance and a rating gain of 72.5 points. Daniel Hunt (1754) finished 7th in the 'B' section for players rated under 2000 and picked up nearly 70 rating points as well. [11/9/07] Press Release - European Team Championships 2007 [7/9/07] Cez Chess Trophy 30 August - 1 September.
Nigel Short played a rapdiplay match against David Navarra. He lost
4.5-1.5 in the 'ordinary' rapidplay qand 1.5-2.5 in Fischerrandom Rapidplay.
That is where the pieces are placed randomly on the back row. View the NH Chess Tournament 2007 in Live Video: Tuesday the 28 of August the NH Chess Tournament continues as five young chess talents compete with five grandmasters from Wednesday 22 August till Saturday 1 September 2007 at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.You can follow the tournament live from: http://www.nhchess2007.nl Or via a direct video link at: http://staging.webcast.noterik.com/nhchess/ [30/8/07] English players have been busy out of the country
recently. 10th Banyoles, Spain Festival 16-24 August. Nigel Short
was the highest rated player in the A section of this 132 player event
by 100 points, but had to withdraw due to ill-health with 4.5/6. David
Eggleston and Peter Sowray 5.5/9 17-28=. Jessica Thilaganathan 4 73-93=.
David Grant 3.5 94-104=. Elliott Auckland, Alexander Galliano 3 105-112=.
Chantal Sirisena 2.5 113-119=. Commonwealth Chess Championship, Delhi, 2-10 December 2007, with a prize fund of Rs. 800000/-.( 20000$ approx) This will be a norm tournament. [24/8/07] A huge number of international events take place
at this time of year, 34 according to TWIC. A few English players
chose to play away rather than in the British Championships or Staunton
Memorial. Vlissingen Open Netherlands 4-11 August. Live Games from the IBCA European Individual Chess Championship, 13-24 Aug 2007 [14/8/07] World Youth Under 16 Olympiad 2007: The
English under 16 olympiad squad of Ankush, Callum, Subin, Amisha and
Jessica face Singapore 4 in the 10th round today (Friday). They currently
stand 15th. It's a tough international tournament with the strong Indian
(1st) and Hungarian (2nd) teams leading the event as expected. MonRoi International Women's Chess Grand-Prix, Statistics: Read about the championship, web stats, women in chess, comments, and other international chess programs. A short video with answers on frequently asked questions is posted at the following page www.monroi.com/GP [10/8/07] The 5th EU Youth Chess Championships, 1-9 August 2007, Mureck, Austria: results, photos and reports from Matt Hunt ... [9/8/07] Glorney & Faber Cup 2007 & Four Nations Championships, Under 12 & Under 14, 24th-26th July [31/7/07] Leiden (Netherlands) 23-22 July. John
G Nicholson (2140) made a welcome return to form scoring 6/9 coming
4-11=, gaining 23 Rating points. Jovanka Houska is doing wonderfully well in the
Monroi Women's Grand Prix Final in Montreal. She has 3.5/4 in
this most prestigious 8 player round robin event and has drawn with
her closest rival, Pia Cramling, who has 3/4. http://www.monroi.com/GP/index.html South Wales International in Gwent 7-12 July.
1st Dzhumaeev 8/9. 2nd Stewart Haslinger 7.5/9. 3rd Peter Wells 7/9. Chess is likely to be introduced into the Russian
Schools Curriculum. See http://fide.com/default.asp?curpage=1&x=0.2778284
for an interesting debate on the matter and Karpov's views. 29 June - 8 July. Brno, Czech Republic.
Section 1 Ben Savage (2332) 8th 4/9. TPR 2319. Nigel Short finished equal 2nd-5th in The Candaian
Open held from 7-15 July, with 7.5/10. Ceclub, Spain Division De Honor Team championship
Group 1 20-24 June. Michael Adams played board 1 for his team
Linex Magic and won one and drew four against a strong field. His team
won the group and now progress to the finals. Monroi Women's Chess Grand Prix.
Jovanka Houska has qualified for the final of this important inaugural
event 21-29 July in Montreal. She qualified because of her excellent
result in Gibraltar, indeed this was also the route for Irina Krush
and Pia Cramling. It is an 8 player round robin. The winner will receive
a unique watch from Hot Diamonds which is embellished with 16 diamonds. Chess Camp in Hungary for Juniors: I took my eight-year old son Max to last year's event and, even though he speaks no Hungarian and is only a novice chessplayer, he enjoyed and benefited from it. We are planning to attend this year, too ... [21/6/07] Chess Players Association of India Interview GM Nigel Short: In this interview with Nigel Short, he talks about his plans of chess promotion, his writing career, state of chess in England, interest in cricket, roles of chess players body's like ACP or CPAI, views on FIDE. He also shares his chess coaching experience, playing experiences with Kasparov and Karpov, famous game with Timman etc. [21/6/07] First Saturday Tournament Budapest 2-14 June:
David Eggleston (2300) scored 7/11 to come 3-5= for a 2348 performance.
These monthly events are one of only a few where players can gain much-needed
experience in round robin tournaments. Is this the way of the future? A TV-program
about chess, aired on local channels in Sweden as well as on the Internet.
A new episode is produced every week and the result can be seen at:
www.worldchessnews.com 2-10 June Bosnian Team Championship: Nigel
Short played board 3 for Bosna, Sarajevo, the big favourites in this
team tournament. However Zeljezniear, Sarajevo won with 16 match points,
but only 32.5 game points. They won the crunch match against Nigel's
team who scored 15 points and 38 game points. Candidates 26 May to 3 June in Elista:
Initially Michael Adams took an early lead by beating Alexei Shirov
with the black pieces. But then Alexei struck back in the sixth game
to take the match into a rapidplay playoff. Alexei won both those games
and thus he has gone though to the next round. 19-28 May Bosnia Sarajevo. Nigel Short
(2691) came 5th of 6 with 4.5/10 in this double round tournament with
a tournament performance rating of 2629. His final score was not at
all bad considering he started with 0/3. In a round robin it is difficult
to resist a slide to disaster after a poor start. M Tel Masters, Sofia Bulgaria 9-20 May.
Topalov won with 5.5/10, four of the other players scored 5/10. Unfortunately
Michael Adams (2734) came last with 4.5 for a tournament performance
rating of 2687. Until you look at the results chart you may think that
there must have been virtually all draws, with Topalov winning the sole
game against Michael. This was not how things went at all. The 3rd European Union Individual Championship will be played in Arvier (Aosta Valley, Italy) from June 15th to 24th. Full details are here. Entry is free to GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. Entries close at the end of May [16/5/07] 3-11 May Second President's Cup, Baku,
Azerbaijan 5-14= Nigel short 6.5/9. 167 played. There are many chess events at the International
Festival in the Czech Republic 12-29 July www.czechopen.net Belatedly. Pobeskydi Chess Festival Czech Republic.
5-9 April. Tom Wiley (2343) in the third round rob in section
finished 2-3= with 5.5/9 and a Tournament Performance Rating (TPR) of
2397. Anybody fancy a chessplaying holiday in Barbados? Kaupthing (Reykjavik) 4-9 April. Robert
Bellin (2381) won this IM round robin with 7.5/9 for a remarkable 2564
performance. Experience of playing in all-play-all events is important
and I believe he played in his first in 1971. British Blind Championship 4-11
April was won by IM Colin Crouch with 7/7. Further details
on www.braillechess.org.uk. Colin's health
has never fully recovered from the stroke he suffered some years ago
and his sight has gradually deteriorated. Lenk (Switzerland) International
Chess Festival 5-9 April. John Quinn 8-8= with 5/9. Gausdal (Norway)
Chess Classic 18-26 April. Gawain Jones (2518) scored 2.5/9 for a 2373
rating performance. This may have been his first round robin and was
certainly the strongest in which he had competed.In the Open: Andrew
Greet came 3-6= with 6/9. John Cox 9-15= 5. Ben Savage 16-21= 4.5. Michael
White 22-26= 4. Five English representatives at this hugely enjoyable
event is not unusual. Beware! The luncheon smorgasbord before play can
be a killer if you have any aspirations. FIDE have charged Nigel
Short with bringing the game into disrepute over his comments, in an
Indian Newspaper in January, on Deputy President Makropoulos
and Vice President Azmayparashvili. More details can be found in from
Malcolm Pein's note in Monday's
Daily Telegraph. Nigel Short's comments stem from unfortunate problems
at the last two World Championship events. One would have thought
that FIDE would wish to try to draw a line under these problems, rather
than stirring matters up again. FIDE Tournament Rules - approved by the FIDE Presidential Board Meeting in Antalya, Turkey, 27-28 January 2007 [25/4/07] Kasparov
has written an interesting article on Boris Yeltsin which appears in The
Times of 25 April. Reykjavik International 11-19 April. Mark
Hebden 3-6= 6/9. First Saturday Budapest GM-IM and FM closed tournaments, 5-17 May, have some vacancies. More information upon request. Nagy Laszlo (Tel/Fax: (+36)-1-263-28-59, Mobile: (+36)-30-230-1914, Email: , ICC, SKYPE, YAHOO & MSN messenger nickname: mrfirstsaturday) [25/4/07] World School Chess Championships, 27 April - 6 May 2007 [24/4/07] Sydney International 10-14 April: Simon
Ansell and Murray Chandler came 15-29= with 6/9. Gary Lane, who defected
to Australia some years ago came 6-9= with 7/9. He also did well in the
Doeberl Cup 6-9 April, finishing 2-4= with 5.5/7. There are several English
players playing in a decidedly cooler climate in Reykjavik 11-19 April.
Gawain Jones is playing in the Gausdal Classic in Norway 18-26 April.
The average rating of his opponents in this prestigious round robin is
2541 so that the GM norm is 5.5/9. Kasparov arrested at Moscow rally [16/4/07] Peter Sowray reports on the 8th European Individual Chess Championships in Dresden. European Senior Chess Championship 2007 Hockenheim,
GER, 2-10 June 2007. Most internationally active English players
are in Dresden or played at Coulsdon. Simon Ansell decided to play slightly
further afield. Bangkok Chess Club Open 27 March to 1 April. He finished
3-8= with 6.5/9. It seems a long way to have gone for just a long weekend! Bahrain Batelco Championship will take place
arrival date 2 to 13 May in Bahrain. An unusual opportunity to play in
this part of the world. Travel from Paris and accommodation available
to titled players. Prize fund $8000. 9 round Rated Swiss. Further details
8th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Tournament: Organised by the Bangladesh Chess Federation, from 6 to 14 May 2007 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. They are inviting grandmasters and over 2200+ rated players to participate in their event. They will provide 500 (Five hundred) US dollars to grandmasters as appearance money and free food and accommodation both of them during the event. [4/4/07] Little action by English players this week, but
many are starting play in the European Championship today. 8th Internet Chess Tournament Ciudad de Hos Hermanos
16-24 March on ICC. There were more than 2000 entries. Keith Arkell,
with the handle Neveris, lost in the round of the last 32 1.5 to 2.5 to
Zhang Zhong. His prize money was 100 Euro. Luke McShane played Board 1 as usual for
his club, Werde Bremen in the Bundesliga 17-18 March. He lost to Fressinet
with white, but beat Vaganian with black. 26 February to 6 March Trophee Universitaire in
Roche sur Yon France. Jovanka Houska (2384) finished 8-9= and scored
3.5/9 in this round robin. That may not seem very good, but it was very
strong and her Performance Rating was 2438. Glenn Flear played in the 4th Balogne Open in Calvi
26 February to 2 March. He came 4-9= with 5/7 for a 2419 performance. European Seniors Team Championship 2007 [28/2/07] (updated 5/3/07) English players have been somewhat scattered of
late. Kasparov: An interesting, entirely political,
speech by Garry Kasparov can be found by clicking
here. Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship:
The latest WCBCSC is now over, the final having taken place last Saturday
at Oakham School. The final results table is available at www.bstephen.me.uk/wcbcsc/0607/final.html.
Most of the problems used, and their solutions, can be found at www.bstephen.me.uk/wcbcsc/0607/finalproblems.html.
The British Championship was won, for the fourth time, by double (otb
and solving) GM John Nunn. The Open Championship was won by current World
Solving Championship GM Piotr Murdzia from Poland. GibTelecom Chess Festival 23 January to 4 February:
Updating Peter Wilson's valuable comments on the success of Thomas
Rendle in achieving his first GM norm. Thomas finished 5-17= with 6.5/9
in the 176 player GibTelecom Masters, tying with such luminaries as Michael
Adams. His prize money was not for his place prize. Instead he received
£2000 for his gain of 26.9 rating points. 20-year old Warwick University Student - Thomas Rendle (2366), from Hastings, drew his last round game against Mikhail Gurevich (2635), of Turkey, in the Gibtelecom Masters Tournament organised by Stewart Reuben. This gave Thomas his first Grandmaster Title Norm. Needing a draw from his round 9 game - Thomas and his opponent played on until each had only King and Rook each. He scored six and a half points from his 9 games. This is an excellent result for Thomas who obtained his International Master Title during a "Gap year" before resuming his studies. [2/2/07] MonRoi International Woman's Grand-Prix: Women in chess are being recognized by a Grand-Prix series of international chess events ... [30/1/07] 5th Gibraltar Chess Festival: This event is now underway featuring the cream of English talent ... [25/1/07] ‘Team England’ Launch an
Assault on the European Chess Championships: England’s finest
young chess players will compete at the prestigious 8th European Individual
Chess Championships which are to be held in Dresden from 2nd to 16th April
2007 thanks to support from the English Chess Federation. In the Rilton Cup Competition held in Stockholm
from 27th December, 2006 to 5th January, 2007 16-year-old David
Howell secured his third and final Grandmaster Norm. His score of 7 points
from 9 games (6 wins, 2 draws and one loss) took him to equal 2nd to 5th
places. It only remains for the World Chess Federation Presidential Board
to ratify David's GM Title at their meeting later this month. Stewart
Reuben has already taken action which should ensure that this is on their
agenda. The only other English (or even British) competitor in this competition
was Tobias Stock (FIDE rating 2075) who scored 4 points from his 9 games.
As always it is good to see English players taking part in International
Tournaments abroad. 16-17 December 2006 Amplico AIG Life European
Rapidplay Championship in Warsaw. |
