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5th Nov Rapid play results
Hastings Weekend Open January 2024
Hastings Club Weekend Open Chess Tournament
January 27/28 2024
To be held at the Hastings and St. Leonards Chess Club 2 Cornwallis Terrace Hastings TN34 1EB
Round Times
Saturday 27th January
Round 1 10.00. Round 2 14.00. Round 3 18.00.
Sunday 28th January
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 /juniors £15
Time control 1-hour 40mins +15sec a move
½ point Bye Round…………….
Prizes
1st £125
2nd £75
3rd £50
Grading under 1850 £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
November 5th Rapid play
GUY FAWKES
NOVEMBER 5TH RAPID PLAY
by courtesy of THE CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE
OF HASTINGS & ST LEONARDS CHESS CLUB
TO BE HELD ON
SUNDAY 5th NOVEMBER 2023
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 22 utter absolute tops
and people will be turned away after that number is reached,
so advance booking is strongly recommended.
Entry fee: £3* before 3rd November; £6 for later entry.
Book by e-mail to hastingschessclub@outlook.com text or phone Adrian on 07518415429
No tournament if fewer than 12 entries by Monday 30th 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
Hastings Weekend Tournament Sept 23rd and 24th
Hastings Club Weekend Chess Tournament
September 23/ 24 2023
To be held at the Hastings and St. Leonards Chess Club 2 Cornwallis terrace Hastings TN34 1EB
For Players under 1850
Saturday 23 September
Round 1 10.00 Round 2 14.00 Round 3 18.00
Sunday 24 September
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 /juniors £15
Time control 1-hour 40mins +15sec a move
A ½ point bye may be requested in advance, except in round 5.
Prizes
1st £125. 2nd £75. 3rd £50.
Grading prize for under 1650 £75
Entry to Marc Bryant at 2 Cornwallis terrace Hastings East Sussex TN34 1EB
Email bryant8830@yahoo.co.uk
Tel 01424 436313
Entry form
Name Grade
Club Phone number
Address
The Paul Buswell memorial rapid play
The Easter Monday Paul Buswell memorial rapid play was held on Monday 10th April 2023 and 7 Rounds of 10 minutes per game plus 5 seconds per move were played.
The final result table is reproduced here along with a few photos of the event courtesy of GM Stuart Conquest who attended the event
Kent and Mid Sussex match tables this year
Hastings and St Leonards chess club are in the semi final of the Tom Fuller Cup in the Kent league this year. The Stevenson team have not done so well currently 3rd out of 4 teams.
In the Mid Sussex games Hastings 1 are 2nd out of 10 and Hastings 2 are 10th out of 10, both teams are in division 1 for some reason!
You can see the results here
Tom Fuller https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/131411/table
Michael Gallagher
Hi – some biographical notes.
I grew up and was educated in Glasgow. I played some chess while at school, and more frequently while at Glasgow University: at that time it was more fashionable than later to play for University chess clubs and Glasgow had a very strong club in the 60s and 70s including Roddy Mackay, Craig Pritchett, Peter Jamieson and David Levy along with many other strong less well known players. I played in one Scottish Championship with a middling score.
I was in Bolton for a year in 1974-75 where I played in one large tournament: an opponent told me he had just scraped a draw with a well known child player, Nigel Short.
I moved to Hastings in 1975 and worked at Hastings College until 1980. It was a very enjoyable chess period, playing at and for the club, a couple of matches for Sussex, and some large tournaments. I recall some interesting games against Howard Winser, Paul Carey and one exciting attacking game, eventually a draw, against a well known young player – Stuart Conquest.
In 1980 I moved to Berkshire with my wife and daughter where I have lived since, and played only some local league chess – quite strong in Berkshire, and rather more Bridge – in some ways less arduous to prepare for and keep up with than Chess. I’ve remained interested in Chess and followed some major tournaments online.
I am not sure I have managed to retain any Hastings game scores through various house moves, though I suspect the couple you have are lightning games.
Best wishes to all of you at the Hastings and St Leonards Chess Club
Mike Gallagher
March 2019
Here is a winning game from Hastings CC, Anslow Cup, 1977
Gallagher,M – Elliston,R
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h3 0-0 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.0-0 Rc8 11.f4 Qa5 12.Nf3 Rfd8 13.Qe1 h6 14.Rd1 Qh5 15.Ng5 hxg5 16.fxg5 Be6 17.gxf6 Bxf6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Rd2 Ne5 20.Bd4 Nc4 21.Bxf6 Nxd2 22.Qxd2 exf6 23.Rxf6 d5 24.exd5 exd5 25.Qd3 Rc6 26.Rf3 Qe5 27.Re3 Qf5 28.Qxf5 gxf5 29.Rd3 d4 30.Rd2 Kf7 31.Ne2 Ra6 32.Nxd4 Rxa2 33.c3 Rd5 34.Rc2 Kg6 35.Kh2 b5 36.g4 fxg4 37.hxg4 1-0 Black lost on time
and a losing game from the same event, brilliant play by Arthur Winser
Gallagher,MC – Winser,W Arthur
1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.exd6 Bxd6 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bf2 Ne4 9.e3 g4 10.Bh4 gxf3 11.Bxd8 f2+ 12.Ke2 Bg4+ 13.Kd3 Nb4+ 14.Kxe4 f5# 0-1
And another winning game from Hastings CC Championship, 1978
Conquest,S – Gallagher,MC
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 e5 7.Nge2 0-0 8.f3 Nh5 9.Be3 a6 10.Qd2 Nd7 11.g4 Nf4 12.Nxf4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.Be2 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.Bxb5 f5 18.gxf5 Qh4+ 19.Qf2 Qf6 20.Qc2 Bd4 21.0-0-0 gxf5 22.Bd3 Bd7 23.h4 Rfb8 24.Rh2 Rb4 25.exf5 Ba4 26.Nxa4 Rbxa4 27.b3 R4a7 28.Re1 Bf2 29.Rxf2 Rxa2 30.Re8+ Rxe8 31.Rg2+ Kf8 32.Qxa2 Qc3+ Source: ‘Kingpin’, Spring 2000 issue. 0-1
Junior Club
The juniors club only meets in school term-time, For the autumn term 2023, we are open every Friday, 8 September to 15 December, except 27 October, which is the Autumn School Holiday.
Opening times. The Juniors club meets on Friday evenings 5.00 till 6.45 p.m. in the lower playing room at 2 Cornwallis Terrace.
Our club for Juniors is run by our members Mark Brougham and Keith Hossack. All young persons aged five to eighteen are very welcome, and parents who wish to accompany their children are very welcome too. The Juniors club is for all ability levels: we are happy to teach beginners the moves, and we welcome all who enjoy playing chess, whether for fun or more competitively. And Hastings and St Leonards Chess Club has plenty of expert members who will be happy to give tips to any budding chess prodigies!
For further details please contact Keith Hossack at dialethe@yahoo.co.uk
Hastings and St Leonards Chess Club has an approved and rigorous safeguarding policy.
Club Night
Friday night is Club Night!
Come and join us as we host our regular ‘friendly’ Club Night each Friday. We currently hold ‘friendly’ rapid-chess matches once a month, timed and/or with appropriate handicap measures agreed accordingly between opponents.
Open to members & non-members* from 6:30pm ’til 9:00pm every Friday night. Register before 6:45pm for 7:00pm start when matches are planned
*non-members may attend free of charge for three sessions before being invited to apply to become a member of the club.
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