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| Buswell/Bryant Blitz, 29 December 2005 [14/3/06] London Christmas Congress, 28-30 December 2005 [9/2/06] London Junior Championships, 10-11 & 28-30 December 2005 [9/2/06] Aldro Christmas Tournament, 17 December 2005 [16/1/06] England’s World Championship Challenge in 2006: England’s Jovanka Houska is ambitious and ready to mount a serious challenge for the Women’s World Chess Championship in 2006... [22/12/05] CCF Christmas Congress, 17-18 December 2005: Marcus Osborne wins the SCCU title and a place in the 2006 British Championships by winning the open section. All cross tables and prize information can be seen through this link. [21/12/05] Coulsdon Christmas International, 12-16 December 2005: Jessie Gilbert wins her first WIM norm whilst Thomas Rendle misses out on his final IM norm by an agonising half a point. All the games are on the web site in PGN format. [21/12/05] 44th Nuneaton Rapidplay, 11 December 2005 [8/2/06] Bury Rapidplay, 11 December 2005 [20/12/05] Central London Rapidplay, 11 December 2005 [20/12/05] Golders Green, 10 December 2005 [20/12/05] Obituary: David Pritchard [19/12/05] Richmond Master Group 17 December (Coaching for all juniors that are ECF 80+ strength). This coaching session (12pm to 5pm) is available for all juniors (not just Richmond) of a grade/strength of 80+ and there are still a few places available, so e-mail to if you’re interested in going. [13/12/05] 52nd Herts Weekend Congress (Hitchin), 3-4 December 2005 [8/12/05] KJCA Broadstairs Junior Rapidplay, 4 December 2005 [8/12/05] Steve Webster Memorial Tournament, 26 November
2005 Preston Congress, 25-27 November 2005 [6/12/05] Oxford University Rapidplay, 26 November 2005 [20/12/05] CCF (Coulsdon) will almost certainly need to replace
one of its non-English non-titled players for the forthcoming Coulsdon
International to be held at CCF from 12-16 December. Would anyone
interested email Scott Freeman using
. Full details of the event can be found at: Basildon Rapidplay & Junior Congress, 20 November 2005 [30/11/05] Midlands Junior Chess League has finally started with all the clubs in the league having played at least one division 1 or division 2 match. Click the link above to view the leagues table for the first few matches of the season. [30/11/05] Central London Rapidplay, 27 November 2005 [30/11/05] Spectrum Chess - 8th Dudley Congress, 12-13 November 2005 [30/11/05] RGS Guildford Tournament, 19-20 November 2005 [23/11/05] KJCA Sidcup Junior Rapidplay, 12 November 2005 [23/11/05] Golders Green Rapidplay, 12 November 2005 [20/12/05] Hampshire Individual Championships, 11-13 November 2005 [23/11/05] BBC Plots Chess Move: The BBC is planning to put chess on British TV for the first time in more than a decade with a new tournament that pits the best UK players against their Russian counterparts... [14/11/05] 2nd Civil Service Open Congress, 5-6 November 2005 [11/11/05] Kings Congress, 5 November 2005 [11/11/05] CCF Rapidplay, 5 November 2005 [20/12/05] 42nd Hull Congress, 4-6 November 2005 [11/11/05] Glasgow Congress, 4-6 November 2005 [11/11/05] Pinner Open Rapidplay, 30 October 2005 [11/11/05] 62nd Richmond Rapidplay, 30 October 2005 [17/1/06] 33rd English Deaf Chess Association Congress, 29-30 October 2005 [11/11/05] Braille Chess Association's International Autumn Tournament, 28-30 October 2005 [11/11/05] Obituary: Paul Watson British Ladies Championship 2004 - 2005:
Sue Sweet of Southampton is the new BLCC Champion, ending Valerie Craven's
run of e consecutive championships, and inflicting her first defeat sin
2001. Valerie, from Leeds, had scored 26/26 in those 3 years! Keith Escott,
Tournament Director [2/11/05]
Obituary: Phil Church of Redditch Chess Club, who was a big influence on chess in Worcestershire in the last few years, has died recently... [1/11/05] Introducing
the world's most unlikely sport: chessboxing There was a presentation concerning the GibTelecom
Chess Festival in Gibraltar on 24 October at the RAC Club. Alexei
Shirov, Nigel Short, Antoaneta Stefanova are already signed up. Full details
can be found on www.gibraltarchesscongress.com Central London Rapidplay, 23 October 2005 [1/11/05] Dundee Congress, 21-23 October 2005 [2/11/05] 29th Scarborough International Congress, 21-23 October 2005 [2/11/05] Guernsey International Chess Festival, 16-22 October 2005 [9/2/06] Bury St Edmunds Congress, 15-16 October 2005 [20/12/05] Buckinghamshire Junior Congress, 16 October 2005 [1/11/05] Sussex Junior Chess Chichester Grand Prix, 15 October 2005 [2/11/05] Golders Green Rapidplay, 15 October 2005 [1/11/05] 3rd Leicester Rapidplay, 9 October 2005 [1/11/05] Metropolitan Congress, 8-9 October 2005 [16/1/06] Ayrshire Congress, 7-9 October 2005 [11/11/05] Dalguise Activity Chess Weekend, 7-9 October 2005 [1/11/05] KJCA Lee Junior Rapidplay, 2 October 2005 [1/11/05] Obituary: John Bisson Obituary: Stephen R Boniface (1951 - 2005) by Bob Jones [19/10/05] see also some personal memories, by John Richards CCF Rapidplay, 24 September 2005 [7/10/05] 14th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Masters, 24 Sept - 2 Oct 2005 [7/10/05] Northumberland Congress, 23-25 September 2005 [2/11/05] 3rd Darwin Chess Festival, 17-24 September 2005 [7/10/05] Central London Rapidplay, 18 Septebmer 2005 [7/10/05] Bradford Congress, 16-18 September 2005 [3/11/05] 61st Richmond Rapidplay, 11 September 2005 [28/10/05] Leamington Rapidplay, 11 September 2005 [7/10/05] Braintree Congress (13th NECL Congress), 10-11 September 2005 [10/2/06] Hull v York Challenge Match, 10 September 2005 [1/11/05] The Sunday Telegraph has reinstituted its full chess column, now written by Malcolm Pein. No doubt their decision was prompted by the campaign conducted by people reading this website. [5/10/05] Worcestershire Junior Chess Academy is having an open day on 8th october. People should e-mail me to say they are coming using the e-mail address on the website, which is www.wjca.org.uk. We recruit new members all year round, so if you cannot make 8/10, you can still turn up and join provided you contact me in advance. For more details on the club, please see the website. Andrew Moore [3/10/05] Golders Green Rapidplay, 10 September 2005 [21/9/05] Grangemouth Congress, 9-11 September 2005 [19/9/05] 55th Paignton Congress, 4-10 September 2005 [15/9/05] Nigel Short has been appointed to run a weekly chess column in the Guardian. Click the links below to follow his progress in training the Guardian journalist (which is quite an engaging story) ... The grandmaster and the rookie, The rookie, part one [13/9/05] 3rd Darwin Chess Festival held between 17-24 September at the Darwin Shopping Centre Shrewsbury. The centre piece of the festival is a giant chess set which is played on by players looking over the board from the balcony above and radioing their moves to someone on the ground who moves the pieces. On the opening day there will be a lightening tournement starting at 10.00am. There will be 20 boards set up, plus boards for social chess. On the final day there will be a buzzer tournement again 20 boards. No entry fee, but trophies will be presented to winners and runners up. During the weekdays games of social chess and games on the large board will be played. The idea of the whole festival is to bring chess to a wider audience. If you would like to get involved either telephone John Casewell on 01743 871172 or email [13/9/05] Liverpool Congress, 2-4 September 2005 [13/9/05] UK Chess Challenge Terafinal Report, Stephen Gordon is the new STRAT [13/9/05] 41st Berks & Bucks Congress, 27-29 August 2005 [31/10/05] 30th Chorley Congress, 27-29 August 2005 [8/9/05] Herefordshire Congress, 26-28 August 2005 [8/9/05] Staunton Memorial, 19-30 August 2005 [8/9/05] Sunday Telegraph: The Sunday Telegraph has
started up with chess again. Malcolm Pein provides a position of the type
white to play and win. CCF Autumn Congress, 3-4 September 2005 [5/9/05] Coulsdon
"Premiership" International 29 Aug - 2 Sep 2005: FIDE Master
John Cox has achieved the final norm he needs to be ratified as an International
Chess Master following a superb 7 points out of 9 at the Coulsdon "Premiership"
International. The tournament is the first of what we hope will be many
international events staged at Coulsdon and provided Coulsdon's Marcus
Osborne with his free shot at a norm chance following his success in the
2004-5 Winter Club FIDE Rated Premiership. Central London Rapidplay, 21 August 2005 [24/8/05] 36th Thanet Congress, 19-21 August 2005 [24/8/05] Braille Chess Association British Chess Championships for the Blind, 13-20 August 2005 [30/8/05] (updated 28/10/05) Chess Coaches – September 2005 onwards: Richmond Junior Chess Club is seeking to appoint several experienced chess coaches to work with the U9, U11 and U15 chess squads for the 2005/2006 season ... [23/8/05] Chess in Covent Garden on August 27th 2005 [23/8/05] Player Needed: Coulsdon is potentially looking for one more player to fill the 10 player all-play-all international field from 29th August to 2 September. One of the players (rated 2288) is likely to be unavailable for health reasons and a replacement of a similar rating would be ideal. Having said that, any applications are welcome. Use or 020 8645 0302. Details of the event can be found by clicking here. Scott Freeman [23/8/05] Golders Green Rapidplay, 13 August 2005 [17/8/05] NCJS Young Masters, 19-24 July 2005 [15/8/05] (updated 24/8/05) England Success in Glorney & Faber 2005: for the second year in a row England have won both the Glorney and Faber Cups! [15/8/05] WCBCSC 2005-2006 - Final figures are now
available for the starter round at : www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0506/bcsc.html Hendon 'First Thursday' 10-minute Blitz, 4 August Manchester Summer Congress, 8-10 July 2005 [10/8/05] Obituary - Ian Mason: It is with the deepest regret that we report the death of Ian Mason on Saturday 16th July after a long illness. Ian will always be remembered for his sterling work in the Devon County Chess Association and the Teignmouth Chess Club [2/8/05] The chess column in the Birmingham Post is again under threat and is due to be discontinued from 6th August 2005. Since it first appeared in 1896 there have only ever been three contributors with Peter Gibbs holding the post since February 1967. If you feel you would like to make representation to the Birmingham Post then you can contact the editor on the following e-mail address [2/8/05] Speaker on Chess, Strategy & Business: The London Speaker Bureau are looking for a speaker on chess and strategy to speak to a corporate audience in the US towards the end of August. They are thinking possibly of a grand master who can make the connection between business strategy and chess strategy and who is used to speaking to large business audiences. If you think this could be of interest to you or if know someone who would be really good at this please call Kate Lossius on 020 7266 1242 or email [1/8/05] First British Internet Schools Championship: British schools are invited to register for the first Internet Championship, which, if successful, will be widen out into Europe, and eventually all over the World. The organisers call this event a gateway to the future of chess in education [29/7/05] CCF Rapidplay, 23 July 2005 [27/7/05] Monmouth Congress, 15-17 July 2005 [27/7/05] Free Software - Title Norm Calculator: FIDE are pleased to offer for free the Furness Norm Calculator produced by the late Richard Furness with the help of Peter Sowray. Richard Furness was an extremely experienced English arbiter who was interested in all aspects of chess administration. FIDE thanks the Organizers Committee Chairman Stewart Reuben. [21/7/05] English Primary Schools Chess Association Finals 2005 [21/7/05] British Blitz, 17 July 2005 [19/7/05] Golders Green Rapidplay, 16 July 2005 [19/7/05] Central London Rapidplay, 10 July 2005 [19/7/05] Walsall Kipping Rapidplay, 10 July 2005 [19/7/05] 60th Richmond Rapidplay, 3 July 2005 [28/10/05] "Spectrum Chess" - 1st Cardiff Congress, 2-3 July 2005 [19/7/05] Frodsham Rapidplay, 3 July 2005: Over 140
players took part, a number boosted by the NCCU Northern Membership Scheme
Hawick Congress, 25-27 June 2005 [28/10/05] Hartlepool Rapidplay, 25-26 June 2005 [30/6/05] Yeovil Congress, 24-26 June 2005 [30/6/05] Bury St Edmunds Junior Congress, 19 June 2005 [19/7/05] Announcing... The Hastings Open Masters Tournament [27/6/05] Stewarton Bonnet Guild Chess Allegro, 12 June 2005 [27/6/05] Midlands Junior Chess League: the league committee has one position it could do with filling. If any of you are interested in becoming the webmaster or know of anybody who may be interested, then please contact me so I can follow this up. Andrew Moore 01384 892755 [27/6/05] Chess
Feature on Radio Five Live: Mark Hogarth will be playing chess against
Anita Anand tonight on the Radio Five Live show 'Under The Covers' - normally
presented by Matthew Bannister, a news and talk show. Central London Rapidplay, 12 June 2005 [17/6/05] EACU Congress, 4-5 June 2005 [17/6/05] Would you like to experience a totally DIFFERENT
holiday? Cotswold Congress, 28-30 May 2005 [17/6/05] 11th Hartlepool Weekend Congress, 20-22 May 2005 [15/6/05] Golders Green Rapidplay, 11 June 2005 [13/6/05] South Lakes Congress, 3-5 June 2005 [9/6/05]
Britain’s Brightest Family: Endemol UK, the country’s largest independent TV producer, is developing a new show for the BBC entitled ‘Britain’s Brightest Family’ and they are urgently looking for family teams of four or five to compete in the show ... [7/6/05] Ilford Congress, 28-30 May 2005 [1/6/05] Central London Rapidplay, 22 May 2005 [31/5/05] Winton Capital British Chess Solving Chamionshiop 2005-2006 - please click the link for details on how to enter [31/5/05] Winton Capital Junior British Chess Solving Chamionshiop 2005-2006 - please click the link for details on how to enter [31/5/05] Rhyl Chess Congress, 20-22 May 2005 [31/5/05] Huddersfield Congress, 13-15 May 2005 [31/5/05] 59th Richmond Rapidplay, 8 May 2005 [28/10/05] Midland Junior Chess League: We are setting up a New Chess League, hoping your club will join this fantastic & exciting venture ... [24/5/05] The BBC are looking for contestants for a new series of Weakest Link! Click here for more info [24/5/05] The National Girl's Team
Chess Championships, held at Claremont Fan Court School Esher,
set new records as hundreds of girls from all over the UK attended the
first National Championships to be held at the event's new permanent home. Oxford University Chess Tournament, 7-8 May 2005 [17/5/05] South Norwood Rapidplay, 14 May 2005 [17/5/05] Golders Green Rapidplay, 14 May 2005 [16/5/05] KJCA Tunbridge Wells Junior Championships, 7 May 2005 [16/5/05] Frome Congress, 6-8 May 2005 [16/5/05] Huddersfield Rapidplay, 17 April 2005 [10/5/05] Camus Productions present
Chess at the Camberley Theatre, Camberley, Surrey: Camus Productions
is staging the musical Chess at the Camberley Theatre, Camberley, Surrey
from 17th May - 21st May 2005. Great Yarmouth Congress, 23-24 April 2005 [3/5/05] Obituary: Kenneth Messere was born in 1928 and died at the end of March 2005 in Paris. He used to be an over-the-board player, but made his mark in correspondence chess. He was one of our most successful players in this field and held the correspondence IM title. He reached the final of the 1965-8 World Correspondence Championship and also wrote books on this aspect of chess. Our condolences to his family. Stewart Reuben [3/5/05] Obituary: John A Fuller died in March 2005.
He had been inactive as a chessplayer for many years, but played with
some distinction in the Hastings Premier of 1949 scoring 3/9 and of 1955
scoring 3.5/9.
Central London Rapidplay, 24 April 2005 [26/4/05] English Deaf Chess Association Qualifying Tournament, 22-24 April 2005 [26/4/05] South Herts Congress, 2-3 April 2005 [25/4/05] Golders Green Rapidplay, 16 April 2005 [21/4/05] Obituary: John Eyre - by Dean Hartley [21/4/05] 2nd Leicester Rapidplay, 10 April 2005 [15/4/05] KJCA British Land UK Chess Challenge Megafinal Qualifier, 10 April 2005 [15/4/05] CCF Open Rapidplay, 9 April 2005 [15/4/05] Braille Chess Association's AGM Tournament, 8-10 April 2005 [15/4/05] Cork Congress, 1-3 April 2005 [8/9/05] National County U18 Team Championships, 18 June 2005 [11/4/05] UK Chess International with took place over the Easter weekend in Hinchley Wood, Surrey (pdf file) [11/4/05] Bolton Easter Congress, 25-27 March 2005 [6/4/05] The draw for the Peter Shaw Memorial National Individual
Knockout Tournament is as follows: Teignmouth Rapidplay, 2 April 2005 [5/4/05] CCF Easter Chess Festival, 25-28 March 2005 [5/4/05] WECU 58th Open Congress & Championship, 25-28 March 2005 [5/4/05] Coventry International, 24-28 March 2005 [5/4/05] Southend Easter Congress, 24-28 March 2005 [5/4/05] Civil Service Chess Association v York & District Chess Association, 19 March 2005 [5/4/05] Insurance Chess Club v Civil Service Chess Association, 12 February 2005 [5/4/05] Chess books available from a set of informators up to 91. The first group from Stewart Reuben, including those used by Gary Kasparov in London in 1986 for the World Championship match and the later ones from the estate of Simon Webb in Sweden. A good home is being sought, but no money, although Stewart's would have to be collected from his home in Twickenham. Contact: [5/4/05] Obituary: Isaac Iglesias - by Ron Harrison [5/4/05] Obituary: Lord Callaghan - by Stewart Reuben [4/4/05] Golders Green Rapidplay, 19 March 2005 [24/3/05] Letchworth One Day Congress, 13 March 2005 [23/3/05] (updated 5/4/05) 29th Blackpool Chess Conference, 11-13 March 2005 [23/3/05] 58th Richmond Rapidplay, 6 March 2005 [29/10/05] This year will see the 49th Annual Easter Chess
Congress at Southend-on-Sea. In addition to the usual FIDE-Rated
7-Round Swiss Southend Open and Graded 5-Round Swiss Tournaments there
will be an 8-player all-play-all Invitation "Jack Speigel Memorial
Torunament". Obituary: Simon Webb passed away on 14 March.
Simon had been inactive as an over the board player for many years, although
he still played some correspondence chess - he was a correspondence Grandmaster.
He was also a strong Bridge player. After he moved to Sweden we lost contact.
His rating of 2420 did not really represent his potential as he never
played chess professionally. He was born in 1949 and really had ceased
activity by 1979. As Ray Keene said, "Everybody liked Simon."
He had a ready wit and most engaging manner. His book 'Chess for Tigers'
is not just the best of its type, it is unique, full of humour and sound
practical advice. Our condolences to his family, especially his younger
brother Roger, who was also a strong player, though now inactive. Elmira Mirzoeva is giving a free simultaneous display at the London Chess Centre 369 Euston Road from noon-2pm on Thursday 24 March. She is a Woman Grandmaster and Russian Women's Champion. The occasion is to launch a DVD of her visit to Hastings this year. The DVD is 27 minutes long and costs £18 including postage and packaging. It can be obtained from Stewart Reuben 11 Bevan Court, Clevedon Road, Twickenham TW1 2TS or at Chess & Bridge on the day or from that company if paying in non-UK currency. [18/3/05] 6th Wellington College International, 28-30 January & 12-13 February 2005 [16/3/05] Central London Rapidplay, 13 March 2005 [15/3/05] KJCA Dulwich Junior Rapidplay, 6 March 2005 [15/3/05] East Devon Congress, 4-6 March 2005 [15/3/05] National Chess Competition Comes to Esher: The BCF is pleased to announce that Claremont Fan Court School has agreed to become the permanent home for the National Girls’ Team Chess Championships... [14/3/05] Ian Cowen: There will be a celebration of the life of Ian Cowen at St Guthlac's Church, Fishtoft at 2pm Monday 21st March. If someone cannot make this but would like to remember Ian the cremation is at Boston Crematorium at 2pm on Thursday 10th March. [7/3/05] BCF Yearbooks: The BCF has some surplus copies of the BCF Official Yearbook 2003 and the BCF Official Yearbook 2001. If anyone is interested in them we are willing to give them away as long as the postage is paid. Only available while stocks last. Please contact the BCF Office for further details. [7/3/05] Bob Wade Book: I am currently researching
and writing a book about Robert Graham Wade, with his help and blessing.
Bob was born Dunedin, New Zealand, 10 April 1921, won the New Zealand
chess championship three times, came second in the Australian championship
in 1945, won the SCCU championship three times, the British championship
twice (1952 and 1970) and represented both his country of birth and his
adopted country numerous times at zonal (Munich 1954) and interzonal (Saltjöbaden
1952) tournaments and in international team events, including 7 Olympiads
(from Amsterdam 1954 to Skopje 1972) and now in various world and European
senior events. Bob was recognised by the International Chess Federation
as an International Master in 1950 and in 1979, he was awarded the Order
of the British Empire (OBE) at the Queen’s official birthday, for
services to chess. Portsmouth Congress, 18-20 February 2005 [4/3/05] Nantes Chess Club are looking for a woman
player (minimum 18yo, rating 2000 FIDE, who knows at least french and
english) to work as a chess assistant manager (also she teach chess in
schools, free time to play tournaments). Where? Nantes (France) for Nantes
Jeunesse Echecs ( 270 members). Salary: 800$ per month at least. If you
are interested please contact our club at
Obituary: Ian Cowen - by Peter Purland [3/3/05] The British Chess Federation and Claremont Fan Court School are pleased to announce that the National Girls' Team Championship will take place on the 7th May 2005. Entry forms for this prestigeous tournament will be available shortly. Please do not hesitate to contact Claire Summerscale (Email: ), BCF Director of Women's Chess for further details [3/3/05] Doncaster Congress, 25-27 February 2005 [3/3/05] 16th Nottinghamshire Rapidplay, 20 February 2005 [3/3/05] Young Sharks Circle Round Ultimate Prize - the young bloods of British chess are hungrily eyeing the largest cash prize ever awarded to a junior player in the UK – the £2,000 top prize offered for the winner of the UK Chess International... [28/2/05] Imagine! Productions present
a fantastic new version of Obituary: Donald M Andrew - by D G Ellison [25/2/05] Warwickshire Championships, 19-20 February 2005 [25/2/05] (updated 4/3/05) Wiltshire and West of England Junior Congress, 19-20 February 2005 [22/2/05] Central London Rapidplay, 20 February 2005 [22/2/05] Dyfed Congress, 18-20 February 2005 [11/4/05] The Final of the Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship 2004-2005 took place at Oakham School on Saturday 19th February. It was a resounding success for solving GM and Ex-World Champion Jonathan Mestel, who came ahead of two other ex-world champions. The full results can be found on Brian Stephenson's website, click here for the final table. You can also view the problems that the competitors in the final had to solve. [22/2/05] The final results of the Jersey Chess Festival are now available online at The Chess Circuit including full crosstables. The games will be available online soon at www.bcmchess.co.uk and there you will also get a chance to vote for the £100 best game prize! [22/2/05] KJCA Cobham Junior Rapidplay, 13 February 2005 [18/2/05] CCF Rapidplay, 12 February 2005 [15/2/05] Golders Green Rapidplay, 12 February 2005 [15/2/05] Stockport Rapidplay, 6 February 2005 [15/2/05] 28th Kidlington Chess Congress, 4-5 February 2005 [15/2/05] House of Lords Charities Bill: read about this bill which involves chess [14/2/05] London School of Economics Chess Society have arranged for the current British Champion Jonathan Rowson to give a simul at LSE on Sunday 27th February for their RAG (Raising and Giving) week, click here for more information about the event. [14/2/05] "Spectrum Chess" - 7th Dudley Congress, 29-30 January 2005 [8/2/05] Central London Rapidplay, 30 January 2005 [4/2/05] BCF Chess Medal: we have received an interesting letter from someone wishing to identify a chess medal - click here to view. Can anyone help? If you think you can identify it then please contact the BCF Office. [1/2/05] Peter Shaw Memorial National Individual Knockout Tournament: B H Wood, of CHESS fame, introduced and ran an individual knockout tournament for some years in the 50s. This tournament is a revival of that successful event, and is named in memory of Peter Shaw. President of the BCF 1982-1985, whom many will remember as the controller of the very successful R A F Benevolent Fund Tournament, run on similar lines. Click here for more info and how to enter [28/1/05] KJCA Beckenham Junior Rapidplay [27/1/05] National Chess Week: Hastings and St. Leonards Chess Club are taking on the ultimate chess challenge in aid of leading children's charity Barnardo's by doing a 24 hour chess marathon to mark Barnardo's National Chess Week. Players / spectators are welcome to attend for 7pm this Friday (28th) [26/1/05] (updated 1/2/05) Attention Chess Clubs: We have received a letter from a German FIDE Master who would like to come to the UK to improve his English and help coach at a club. If you are interested please click here for more details... [26/1/05] Wrekin Congress, 8-9 January 2005 [24/1/05] Golders Green Rapidplay, 8 January 2005 [20/1/05] CCF Open Blitz, 15 January 2005 [17/1/05] Hastings International Congress, 28 Dec 04 - 9 Jan 05 [17/1/05] Fulprint 18th York Congress, 7-9 January 2005 [17/1/05] 57th Richmond Rapidplay, 9 January 2005 [17/1/05] Chess as a Sport Campaign 2005 [17/1/05] The Blackpool Chess Conference is pleased
to announce that Grand Master Jonathan Rowson, British Chess Champion
and Scottish Chess Champion, will be giving a simultaneous chess match
on the Friday afternoon of the 29th Blackpool Chess Conference, Friday
11 March 2005. Obituary: Charles Michael Bent [13/1/05] Bryant/Buswell Blitz (Hourglass) 5 January 2005:
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European Senior Team Championship 2006: anybody who is at least 60 years old on 1 January 2006 (50 for a female) is eligible to play. Please bring this to the attention of any of your friends who may not be on the ECF database... [30/11/05] The Corsican Circuit took place 26 October to 5
November. The first two events were blitz Swisses in which 4 players
qualified for a knockout. World Chess Championship San Luis 2005: Michael Adams scored 5.5/14 in the World Championship in Argentine. This was a 2661 performance rating. He finished 6-7th equal. [27/10/05] 4th Davos Open 30 July to 7 August 2005:
Matthew Turner won the event on tiebreak with 7/9. Thomas Rendle scored
6, Martin Taylor 5.5 and Brian Smith 2. World Chess Championship San Luis 2005 - Michael Adams is interviewed about this forthcoming event ... [22/9/05] The First Saturday Tournament took place
in Budapest 3-13 September. Timothy Woodward 2313 played in the IM tournament
and scored 5.5/9 for a 2370 performance. Andrew Hammond scored 5/7 in the NATO Championship in Poland 21-27 August
2005. He came 5-11th equal. The UK team were ranked third behind Germany
and Poland. The 2006 event will take place in the UK. Great Britain Win World Chess Solving Championship [13/9/05] European Team Championships, Gothenburg, 30 Jul - 7 Aug 2005 [8/9/05] Barbican 4NCL entering European Club Cup 2005 [24/8/05] Chess4Less Denker Memorial, Florida: Final
IM Round Robin Standings: GM Julio Becerra 7.5/9; IM Renier Gonzalez 7.0/9;
IM Blas Lugo 6.5/9; FM Marcel Martinez 5.5/9; IM Emilio Pupo 4.5/9; Nick
Thomas 4.5/9; Eric Moskow 4.0/9; Jeffrey Haskel 3.5/9; Mario Marshall
1.0/9; Francois Buchs 1.0/9 At this time of year a large number of English
players take part in events all over the world, with varying success.
Sometimes one can only gauge their achievement from their rating performance.
This is not always available and my be mixed in with the local national
rating system. Chess on Web TV with Polgar, Khalifman, Onischuk, Gulko [27/7/05] The 1st European Chess Solving Championship took place recently and Great Britain won the silver medals. Click the link above to read a report by John Rice, editor of The Problemist. Following this result, the BCPS have now finalised the British team for the World Chess Solving Championship to be held in Greece in September later this year. The team is: GM John Nunn; GM Johathan Mestel; FM Michael McDowell with reserve FM Colin McNab. The titles quoted are solving titles. Further details of the WCSC can be found at: www.chessfed.gr/wccc2005/ [21/7/05] Michael Adams (2719) scored 50%, as did Kramnik,
in the hugely strong Dortmund tournament 8-17 July for a rating performance
of 2719. European Championship: Liviu-Dieter
Nisipeanu of Rumania won the European Championship in Warsaw with 10/12.
Peter Wells scored 7/12 in the same event, while Gawain Jones and Simon
Williams both scored 6. News from the European Individual Women’s
Championship 2005: Jovanka Houska, playing in the European Women's
Championship that concluded 24 June in Moldova, scored 8/12. Her rating
performance was 2460 and this gives her the International master title,
the third English woman to achieve this after Susan Lalic and Harriet
Hunt. Jovanka was already a Woman Grandmaster, but the IM title, which
is available to both men and women is harder to achieve. She had already
qualified for the Women's World Championship which is due to take place
within the next 12 months. 10 player Round robin IM norm possibility tournament at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Schedule July 9, 10, 11, 16 and 17. There will be 2 rounds a day except for the 11th. Rate of play all the moves in 90 minutes plus 30 seconds cumulatively per move from the first. Some prize money for top finishers. No entry fee. It will probably be possible to find someone to put players up. Otherwise $70 per night in a hotel is normal in this delightful part of Florida. 8 players are lined up: Eric Moskow US 2229; Jeffrey Haskel US 2223; Daniel Ludwig US 2365; Emilio Pupo US 2368 IM; Marcel Martinez US 2418 FM; Michael Rohde US 2510 it may be a different GM; Fabio La Rota COL 2317 FM; Renier Gonzalez COL 2418 IM. Likely IM norm 6/9. 2 players are needed urgently, one preferably with at least the title of FM or WFM. Contact Jon Haskel Fire on Board Trophy 2005: There will be a match between Alexey Shirov and Viktor Korchnoi for the "Fire on board trophy 2005", 24th-26th June 2005 in Eschweiler Germany. GM Danny King will the moderator for the internet TV and internet radio transmissions. The event's program includes, simultaneous exibition games involving both Shirov and Kortchnoi, exbition entitled "Chess in Art", private lessons with both grandmasters (internet TV), and, "Highlights from the musical CHESS. The majorty of this event will be viewal live via internet tv. Fantastic prizes are available of the top 50 participants in their predict a move competition (first prize 5.000,00Euros). Flash Online Game Competition to win a trip to the event. [17/6/05] Kasparov Manhandled by Police at Moscow Protest Michael Adams is doing extremely well in the MTel
Masters in Sofia, Bulgaria. At the halfway stage of this double
round event he is first equal with Vladimir Kramnik, having won their
individual encounter. the other players are Anand, Ponomariov, Topalov
and Judit Polgar. The event continues until 22 May and the website is
www.mtelmasters.com Title Norms: Congratulations to Lawrence
Trent who gained his final international master norm in the 4NCL. Paris Hilton, Usher and the HB Global Chess Challenge:
What will screen vixen Paris Hilton, R & B superstar Usher and the
winner of the HB Global Chess Challenge have in common? They will all
be sporting the same glamorous accessory on their wrists. Polanti Watches,
makers of luxury time pieces, has agreed to donate one of their dazzling
instruments from their 3 Time Zone collection to the top performer in
the Open section of the Minneapolis tournament. The HB Global Chess Challenge,
the world's richest open tournament with a record-breaking prize fund
of $500,000, is already rewarding the winner of its premier section with
a first place prize of $50,000. The watch, which has a retail value of
$7,000, is studded with 200 4.4 carat diamonds.
M-Tel Masters, 11-22 May 2005, Bulgaria [6/5/05] Congratulations to Andrew Greet on achieving his final International Master Norm. He scored 5/9 in the second section of Gausdal, Norway, which took place 13-21 April, for a performance of 2459. Four English players took part in the event.
Andrew is the second Englishman to gain his final norm this year, Danny
Gormally having got his final GM norm in Gibraltar in February. There
seems to have been a resurgence of interest or possibly strong players
coming through of late. It is likely Simon Williams will get his GM title
and Thomas Rendle his IM title before the end of this year. The BCF Business
Plan is for there to be at least one GM and three International Master
titles achieved in three years. The Friends of Chess has similar objectives
and has helped all these players in different ways over the years. Achieving
these titles tends to overshadow other results. We shouldn't overlook
the excellent 6/9 score by 14 year old David Howell thereby coming second
in the B group. The Nigerian Chess Scam: everyone knows the Nigerian scam, which promises people startling rewards in semi-legal operations, in return for a relatively modest advance fee. After decades of working under different guises the fraudsters have at last turned their attention to chess... [11/4/05] England take second place in team tournament for
visually handicapped. Results of the 18th AD Bestman Memorial Six
Nations Tournament, Nunspeet, the Netherlands, 14 to 18 March 2005. In the First Saturday chess round robin tournaments in Budapest 5-17 March, Andrew Greet scored 4/11 for a rating performance of 2311. In the second section Tom Wiley scored 5.5/10 for a rating performance of 2327. [22/3/05] "Chess Moves", a
"Geek Cruise" to the Caribbean January 14-21, 2006. So far
GMs Joel Benjamin, Larry Christiansen, and Susan Polgar have signed up
to deliver classes. Other GMs will be added to our faculty as well. Geek
Cruises is a unique company that hosts educational cruise-conferences,
on all sorts of topics, all over the world. "Chess Moves" The AICF President N Srinivasan on Feb 3rd nominated D.V.Sundar as Secretary and IM Neeraj Kumar Mishra as Treasurer. You can read about this on www.chess-mate.com [8/3/05] 1st World School Chess Championship Press Release [3/3/05] 7th European Senior Team Championship, 18-25 February 2005 - report by Stewart Reuben [28/2/05] 21st Capelle-Le-Grand Chess Tournament, 12-19 February 2005 [28/2/05] 21-29 April 05 - 1st World School Chess Championship, U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, Porto Carras, Halkidiki. Click here to read the press release for the World School Championship 2005 and click here to read the invitation letter from ex-World Chess Champion GM Anatoly Karpov. [22/2/05] At: http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee.htm
you can find the latest updates on the FIDE Trainers Committee article:
FIDE Training! Don't miss the action! The British teams for the European Senior Team
Championship which takes place in Dresden 18-25 February are: The Gibraltar Masters
will be running Jan 25th - Feb 3rd. Some quite revolutionary developments
will be taking place with regards the website at the congress. The plan
is for LIVE audio/video commentary from Grandmaster Stuart Conquest during
the event, to supplement live games, on the website. As well as the live
audience at the Caleta Hotel Gibraltar, Stuart will also be receiving
questions from people on the Internet Chess Club website at the same time.
It is hoped Grandmasters departing from their finished games will join
Stuart. In effect, free Grandmaster tuition to anybody with a broadband
connection. Read information on the 7th European Senior Team Championship [5/1/05] |
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