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Thank you to everyone who came down to support our seventh event in the Grand Prix series. We had a fantastic turnout with 22 players competing. Well done to this evening’s winners: Luke Chapman and Thomas Finn.
Thank you to everyone who came and played in our 6th Grand Prix event of the season last night. Well done to our joint winners: Luke Chapman, James Lumsden and Janis Petersons. Updated season tables can be found below or over on the ‘Grand Prix’ page.
And so the prestigious Hastings congress has come to a close. The masters section being won by the teenager Haowen Xue, undefeated with 5 wins and 4 draws.
Our Luke Chapman playing in the masters section finished on 3/9. With 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. And grand effort in an incredibly tough section.
In the new years’ tournaments, several Bexhill members participated.
New member Michael Hubbard played in the Under 2050 section and finished on 2.5/5 in joint 7th.
Bill Luxton, Michael Hayward and Steve Blewitt all played in the Under 1850 section. Steve with 2.5/5 in 12th, and Bill and Michael both scoring 3/5 and finishing in joint 6th.
In the final weekend tournaments, Luke played in the open section and scored 2.5 from 5, finishing in 17th. Bill Luxton and Leo Woning both played in the intermediate section. Leo scored 1.5/5 finishing 29th and Bill 2.5/5 finishing in 17th.
In the minor section, Bill Tracey scored 2.5/5 finishing 21st and Rose had a very successful weekend scoring 3.5/5 and finishing joint 6th!
Well done to Bill Tracey and Michael Hayward who both won a share of a rating prize in their sections! Well done to you all!
Massive congratulations to Bexhill junior Harry Morter who won the under 18 minor section of GP4 in Hastings on New Year’s Day. Well done Harry!
Harry will now be promoted to the under 18 major section, the highest section in Junior county chess.
Well done to all our members representing Bexhill at the Hastings chess congress this week.
7 of our members have been battling at the prestigious tournament.
Luke Chapman has been playing in the Masters section! The tournament continues but he has had some great results so far with a win against 1912 and a draw against a WFM.
All the other members have been playing in the rated sections of the 6 round Con Power events.
Andrew Fleming played in the Under 1950 section. He scored 3.5 and finished in 8th place.
Lawry, Leo, Michael, Rose and Bill Tracey were all playing in the Under 1750 section.
Rose did very well in a tough section and scored 1.5 points finishing in 31st. Michael Hayward finished even on 3 points, putting him in 16th. Leo faired a half point better finishing in joint 11th. Finally, Bill and Lawry had very successful tournaments, both scoring 4 from 6 and finishing in joint 6th.
Well done to you all! And good luck to everyone playing in the upcoming New Year tournaments.
Thank you to everyone who attended our Christmas prize-giving and social event last night.
The evening began with the presentation of trophies from the year’s events.
The time handicap award was presented to Andrew Fleming.
The Blitz award to Mark Rich.
The Gordon cup was presented to last season’s winner: Rose Burgess.
The club championship trophy, going back to 1930, was presented to last season’s champion: James Lumsden.
The player of the season for 23-24 was awarded to Andy Nguyen.
And finally, the club member of the year, awarded for outstanding contribution to the club was awarded to Sharon Merchant.
Once the prize giving was completed, we feasted on a a delicious buffet provided by the local cheese shop, (Thank you Julie!) and paired up to play some ‘hand and brain’.
It was a lot of fun, especially as many members were playing this format for the first time. At the end of play, joint winners emerged: John Kimber with David Pratt, and Luke Chapman with Sharon Merchant, who all finished on 3.5 from 4 games.
Massive thank you to Bill Tracey for organising such an enjoyable evening. And thank you to all the members who kindly stayed behind to help with the clearing up afterwards.
A very Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year to all our members!
Thank you to everyone who came and played in the fourth instalment of our Grand Prix series. Congratulations to the evenings winner – Andrew Fleming.
Updated standings for the season can be found below or on the Grand Prix page.
Samuel and Bill are currently sitting at the top of the season table with 10 points already. Luke is close behind on 9, with Steve B and Bill Tracey following on 8.5.
Thank you to everyone who came and supported this event. It was another wonderful day with a great atmosphere and some epic chess battles! Congratulations to this years winner: David Graham! And thank you to everyone who played with such good spirit and respect. It was a wonderful day. Full results can be found here.
Match report from Bill Tracey for Bexhill vs Crowborough in The Watson Trophy.
On Friday 13th December, Bexhill played in The Watson Trophy at home vs Crowborough.
Our team, in board order, was Andy, Janis, James and Lawry.
Janis was first to finish with a solid draw.
James then put us in a very strong position by, yet again, playing very well for a win.
Lawry and his opponent played a long well matched game. In the end game Lawry was up three pawns to two but with Bishops of opposite colours a draw was the final outcome.
Andy on board 1 just needed a draw but pushed hard for the win and was eventually rewarded with a fine win.
Final score Bexhill 3 Crowborough 1
Bexhill will now play Uckfield in the quarter final and if we win will then play our other team in the semi final.
Match report from Bill Tracey.
On Tuesday 10th December our 3rd team travelled to Hastings to take on their 2nd team.
Our team, in board order was Luke, Bill L, Ed and myself.
First to finish was Ed. Playing an opponent who out rated him by 130 points Ed navigated both the opening and middle game to go into an equal looking end game. Ed then out played his opponent to secure a fine win.
Bill finished next. Unfortunately despite fighting hard Bill eventually had to concede against a much higher rated opponent.
I finished next. After a very interesting game where I ended up with 2 bishops and 6 pawns to my opponents 2 knights and 6 pawns we agreed a draw as neither of us could find a way to make progress. I was happy enough with the draw as he out rated me by almost 150 points.
Luke on board 1 was in a close battle when his opponent offered a draw. Luke thought for awhile and
knowing that a draw would mean a match draw he accepted the offer.
This was an excellent result for our 3rd team as we were playing against a very strong team who are currently placed 2nd in the League.