Mark Rich
November Rapid play
NOVEMBER RAPID PLAY
Sunday November 24th
by courtesy of THE CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE
OF HASTINGS & ST LEONARDS CHESS CLUB
TO BE HELD ON
SUNDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2024
CLOCKS START 2:00 p.m.
(arrive and check in by 1:45 p.m.)
7 Round Swiss of 10 minutes per game plus 5 seconds per move.
Results will be submitted for English Chess Federation rapidplay grading.
ENTRIES FROM CLUB MEMBERS ONLY
Many modest (sometimes silly) prizes to be won by players at all levels.
Prize giving is expected to be finished by 6:30 p.m.
Entrance numbers strictly limited to 24 utter absolute tops
and people will be turned away after that number is reached,
so advance booking is strongly recommended.
Entry fee: £3 pay on the day.
Book by e-mail to hastingschessclub@outlook.com text or phone Adrian on 07518415429
No tournament if fewer than 12 entries by Monday 28th October.
Haphazard tea time refreshments (self-service) provided.
Visitors’ parking vouchers (cheaper than street parking) available from Jim Wheeler,
07875 712005 or james.wheeler9@btinternet.com
Wanstead and Woodford Friendly match result
Hastings hosted Wanstead and Woodford today and the result and link is below, unfortunately we lost
Lightning strikes once
The first Lightning tournament to held at the club in long while will be at the club this Saturday 14th September at 2PM.
The Glyde Cup will be up for grabs for members in what’s hoped to be a regular event going forward.
To enter this competition and play a part of history (Cheshire noted about our 1895 Great Tournament that “Bird and Janowski enlivened us with a little lightning chess.”) please contact Adrian in the first instance
Lightning chess rules for this weekend:
Hastings Weekend u1800 October 5/6 2024
Hastings Club Weekend u1800 Chess Tournament
October 5/6 2024
To be held at the Hastings and St. Leonards Chess Club 2 Cornwallis Terrace Hastings TN34 1EB
Round Times
Saturday 5th October
Round 1 10.00. Round 2 14.00. Round 3 18.00.
Sunday 6th October
Round 4 10.00. Round 5 14 00.
This will be limited to approx. 24 players with free tea coffee and sandwiches
All players will need to be silver or gold members of the ECF
Entry fee non club members £25
Hastings club members and Juniors £20
September grades will be used
Time control 1-hour 40mins +15sec a move
½ point Bye Round…………….
Prizes
1st £125
2nd £75
3rd £50
Grading under 1600 £75
Entry to
Marc Bryant at 2 Cornwallis Terrace Hastings Sussex TN34 1EB
Email bryant8830@yahoo.co.uk
Tel 01424 436313
Entry form
Name
Grade
Club
Phone number
Address
Hastings Dominating Kent
Hastings’ teams in all four divisions/cups entered this season have reached the semi-final stage.
Our Harvey team was runners-up in the Mid-Kent division despite a thumping 5-1 win against Weald Of Kent our final game of the season. An away Semi-Final against Petts Wood & Orpington(5) tonight is the reward.
In the En Passant Cup, our team topped the division and have home advantage against Charlton on Saturday 11th.
Henry’s Super Stevenson Team scraped through as runners-up having the same number of match points and board points as third-placed Rainham but due to head-to-head results were given the nod. Another away semi-final match to Petts Wood & Orpington on Friday 17th. Charlton awaits the winners in the Final.
Umberto’s Underdogs were runners-up in the Tom Fuller Cup and now have a plum tie against Charlton away to look forward to on June 1st.
It’s very rare to have all our teams reach the semi-finals and may cause a bit of a problem if all make it through to the final as we may not have enough players, but that will be a nice problem to have if it happens.
Come on Hastings!
Kent County Chess Association Semi-Finals
Stevenson
17/05/2024 Petts Wood & Orpington v Hastings & St Leonards
En Passant
11/05/2024 Hastings & St Leonards v Charlton
Harvey
03/05/2024 Petts Wood & Orpington v Hastings & St Leonards
Tom Fuller
TBA Charlton v Hastings & St Leonards
Hastings promoted!
Haywards Heath (3) 0.5 – 3.5 Hastings & St Leonards (3)
Congratulations to our Third team in the Sussex league who, on Thursday evening won their final game of the season to gain promotion to the second division!
Third placed Horsham fourths put the pressure on us by spanking Haywards Heath seconds on Tuesday night 4-0 winning their game in hand and coming within a point of our team. With one game each, Hastings had to win to seal the promotion , a draw may have been enough but given the form of Horsham, another 4-0 win would draw on match points but their board difference would be superior, denying us promotion.
Hastings currently sit top of the table but Brighton have two games in hand and only a point behind. The title might be ours but it’s unlikely Brighton will slip up.
On the night all our players went up early in all games with Marc a pawn up and 6th rank monster pawn in a Roy Lopez which he converted eventually. Adrian a pawn up in a Queens Gambit and as usual navigated the tactics perfectly to bring home the win. Mason an exchange up in a Sicilian Mengarini variation (an unusual line involving an early wing attack for white), surrendering the fiachettoed black squared bishop and groveling for the rest of the game but eventually getting a draw. New team member Caelan Rooney played a little trick in the opening to get massive pawn duo centre although gave up castling rights when his opponent sacked a bishop on f2. The strong centre was too much and Caelan dominated the game from then on.
(b) Falvey James 0-1 Caelan Rooney
(w) Matthew File 0.5-0.5 Mason Woodhams
(b) Alan Davey 0-1 Adrian Cload
(w) Chris Baldry 0-1 Marc Bryant
Congratulations to all team members and good luck in Division 2 next season. The Thirds were:
Adrian Cload
Mason Woodhams (Captain)
Derek Cosens
Chris Hann
Marc Bryant
Jim Wheeler
Leon Sazkissyan
Caelan Rooney
Greg Chandler.
Hastings Weekend u1900 June 2024
Hastings Club Weekend u1900 Chess Tournament
June 29/30 2024
To be held at the Hastings and St. Leonards Chess Club 2 Cornwallis Terrace Hastings TN34 1EB
Round Times
Saturday 29th June
Round 1 10.00. Round 2 14.00. Round 3 18.00.
Sunday 30th June
Round 4 10.00. Round 5 14 00.
This will be limited to approx. 24 players with free tea coffee and sandwiches
All players will need to be silver or gold members of the ECF
Entry fee non club members £25
Hastings club members £20
Juniors £15
Time control 1-hour 40mins +15sec a move
½ point Bye Round…………….
Prizes
1st £125
2nd £75
3rd £50
Grading under 1650 £75
Entry to
Marc Bryant at 2 Cornwallis Terrace Hastings Sussex TN34 1EB
Email bryant8830@yahoo.co.uk
Tel 01424 436313
Entry form
Name
Grade
Club
Phone number
Address
Victories in Sussex and Kent leagues
Two Hastings teams in both the Sussex and Kent leagues had great results this week. Our Third team in the Mid-Sussex Third Division took a big step towards promotion with a 4-0 win over Worthing(2), the Thirds are just one game away from automatic promotion. Haywards Heath(3) stands in our way to the promised land of the second division.
In the Kent league our En Passant team swept aside last years’ finalist, Weald of Kent 3.5-2.5 on Friday to set up a crunch game against top of the table Medway with the winners guaranteed a place in the play-offs. Hastings didn’t disappoint and scraped a narrow victory 3.5-2.5, and with a game in hand, Hastings can top the league and will play either Charlton or Sidcup in the semi-finals.
Hastings unbeaten run ends
Monday night saw Hastings Third team unbeaten run in the Mid-Sussex league Division 3 come to an end with defeat to rivals Brighton 1.5-2.5. This was a top-of-the-table clash with the winners most likely to go on and lift the title. Despite a blistering victory on top board by junior Leon Sazkissyan, a commanding performance by Mason over Robert Counsell and lovely attacking chess by Adrian and Derek it wasn’t to be. Hastings will now need to win their final two games to get promoted to the second division.
On board 1 rising star and junior Leon came flying out of the traps, banging out moves in a most unusual opening, forcing off queens very early whilst decimating the pawn structure of both sides, after the dust settled Leon had an advanced passed pawn on the e-file which when the game reduced to a rook and pawn ending he navigated the complications like a senior with years of experience. 1-0
Mason on board 2 had a very strong opening restricting Robert Counsell to just crumbs of opportunity and although he did manage some queenside initiative it soon fizzled out leaving Mason to rearrange his forces and prepare for an overwhelming attack. Robert at this point was just moving back and forth with a knight awaiting the oncoming storm. With 5 mins on the clock to Robert’s 3 mins and other results from the match undecided, it was time to launch the attack and Nxg6 was played!! Robert didn’t take and instead, Nf8 was selected and after Nxe7,Qxe7,Bg5 white is winning but with very little time on the clock the better player (Robert) found the right moves. 1-1 (Moral, don’t complicate a position when you don’t have any time!)
Adrian on board 3 found himself up against the popular London system and although setting up with the Grunfeld defence which featured in the “Game of the Century” between Donald Byrne and Bobby Fischer wasn’t enough for Adrian. Going a pawn down early doors but having the advantage of the fianchetto bishop versus a knight late on was too much for Adrian 1-2
Derek on board 4 playing Susan Chadwick had a great start with a three pawn centre v Kings Indian Defence, winning an exchange and a pawn, looked good for the win but Susan is no pushover a very solid positional player which Derek could not finish off. In the end a draw and Brighton take the honours.
In summary, Hastings played really well and at one point looked to be winning 3-1 but the extra quality of Brighton carried them through. New team member Leon was outstanding on top board and it won’t be long before he is knocking on the door of our second and even the first team!
Hastings play Worthing at home next before a trip to Haywards Heath for the final game of the season.
Come on you Thirds!
https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/league_fixture/198256
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