Round 2 draw out now!!

All games to be finished by December 18th

Andrew Robinson (1) v (1) Gustavo Leon

David Armbruster (1) v (1) Mark McKay

Alex Blake (1) v (1) Jack Erskine-Pereira

James Ross (1) v (1) Steve Eggleston

Noel Boustred (1) v (1) Mick Riding

Lee Webb (1) v (1) Stefan Hartmann

Alan Green (1) v (1) Murrary Pollock

John Liddle (1) v (1) Brandon Russell

Allykhan Bandali (1) v (0) Ian Chester

Albert Griffiths (0) v (0) Jonathan Rooney

Micheal Owen (0) v (0) Andy Brown

Aaron Cheug (0) v (0) Bob Heyman

Martin Thompson (0) v (0) Steve Armstrong

Isaac ReynoldsSmith (0) v (0) Paul Costello

Thomas Cameron (0) v (0) Alex Piercy

Steve Wilde (0) v (0) Lev Drobiazko

Thomas Beckwith (0) v (0) Owen Evenas

Round 1 Results

Gustavo Leon 1 v 0 Micheal Owen

Bob Heyman 0 v 1 David Armbruster

Jack Erskine-Pereira 1 v 0 Martin Thompson

Paul Costello 0 v 1 James Ross

Mick Riding 1 v 0 Thomas Cameron

Steve Wilde 0 def 1 Stefan Hartmann

Murrary Pollock 1 v 0 Thomas Beckwith

Andy Brown 0 v 1 John Liddle

Ian Chester 0 v 1 Alan Green

Steve Armstrong 0 v 1 Andrew Robinson

Mark McKay 1 v 0 Albert Griffiths

Alex Piercy 0 v 1 Alex Blake

Steve Eggleston 1 v 0 Aaron Cheug

Lev Drobiazko 0 v 1 Noel Boustred

Jonathan Rooney 0 v 1 Allykhan Bandali

Owen Evenas 0 v 1 Lee Webb

Brandon Russell 1 v 0 Isaac ReynoldsSmith

2023 Club Champion

Gustavo Leon Cazares

Gustavo's first year with the club has been a very sucessfull one. As well as supporting our Empire team cement theiir place in Division 1 he managed an impressive 5 wins and 1 draw for a total of 5.5 out of 6 to be crowned the 2023 Club Champion!

2023 Major winner

Ray Devenne

After a hard fought playoff this year Ray managed to defeat Paul 1.5 v .5 to secure the Major title!

2023 Minor Winner

Paul Costello

A great result for one of our senior members, even had a hard fought playoff to try and win the Major!

2022 / 23 Club Championship

Final Standings

Congratulations to Gustavo Leon who, as already announced, is our Club Champion for this year.

Congratulations to Emma Salazar who is our Junior Champion.

Ray Devennery and Paul Costello are playing a two round play-off to decide who will be Major winner. Paul will be Minor winner even if he loses the playoff, so congratulations to him as well.

There are a couple of contenders for most improved player in the Club Championship based on October 2022 ratings. I am awarding this prize to David Prichard who was rated 1450 in October 2022 and got a creditable 3 points, so congratulations to him as well.

Prizes will be presented at our AGM in October.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Club Championship. We ended up with 23 players. Three others dropped out, all for reasons unconnected with chess. All but one game were completed, nearly all on time despite the busy chess schedule we now have.

I will appreciate any suggestions as to how the Club Championship might be improved next year. We can start earlier in the year which will allow a bit more time between rounds.

Name Competition Pts

Leon Cazares Gustavo Open 5½

Hartman Stefan Open 5

Armbruster David Open 4½

Ross James W Open 4

Casos Huerta Marcos Open 4

Pollock Murray Open 4

Riding Mick D Open 4

Costello Paul T Minor 3½

Liddle John Open 3½

Devenney Ray Major 3½

Prichard David Minor 3

Shanbhag Shruti Major 3

Eggleston Steven Major 3

Salazar Eyre Emma Major/Junior 3

Chester Ian B Major 3

Heyman Robert Major 2½

Wilde Steven Minor 2½

Steven Laura Major 2½

Wu Feitong Minor/Junior 2½

McGuinness Ken Minor 2

Tong Daniel Minor/Junior 2

Cheung Aaron Minor/Junior 2

Chan Joe Major 1

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