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Chipping Sodbury Rapidplay    -    Sat   26th May

Downend Summer Quickplay Tournament  - Download Flyer


Hanham Gambit Night - Tyson Mordue wins with 5/5            Chipping Sodbury Rapidplay - Sat May 26th - Download Entry Form


Bath win the League Knockout      -     Report & Games

Clevedon win the Minor League Knockout


League AGM - Wed 23rd May    Filton Sports & Leisure Centre


Bristol Open Congress   April 27-29th - Results & Photos


Results.xls  -   Results Update - 15th May

Div 1 -  Clifton A have won the championship after Thornbury held Bath to a draw last week.

Div 2 - Clevedon A have won Div 2 in style finishing on max points an amazing achievement.  Horfield B seal promotion after winning their final league match against rivals Clifton C

Div 3 - Downend C have won Div 3 after a late surge of wins propelled them to the top.

Div 4 - Thornbury B finish on top 5 points clear of Keynsham B

Grand Prix - Final Standings  Grand Prix 2011-12.xls


Feel free to join our new forum - www.chessit.co.uk/phpforum/index.php   - 

There is an important thread on the forum that all members should read regarding the ECF membership scheme which is being introduced in September 2012

www.chessit.co.uk/phpforum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18    - Our ECF representative is available to respond to any queries that members might have  edgellben@hotmail.com  ( Ben Edgell )


Half Year Grades  - all the games played this season prior to xmas have been sent for grading.  -

Update - Jan 12 Grades are available here - Bristol Published New Grades Jan 2012.xls


Minor Knockout Semi-Final Draw - Clevedon & Keynsham make it through to the final after winning their semi-final matches

Clevedon v Clifton  - Mon 16th January 2012 - 

Keynsham v Hanham - Wed 18th January 2012


Bristol Winter Congress - Open Section - 1st James Cobb ( Clifton )

    Games & Photos from the Congress are now available


Patchway have a new venue - See - Club Page


Somerset Junior Championships - Millfield School, Sunday Nov 27th      Blagdon Results


Guernsey Chess Festival - Oct 21 - 27th - Congratulations to Dave Collier ( Clifton ) on a superb performance by finishing joint second along with GM Nick Pert & GM Mark Hebden and qualifying for next years British Championships !


  Chipping Sodbury Rapidplay - Oct 22nd         1st - James Cobb 5.5/6

                   


Div 1 - Bath A maintain their 100% record and secure a vital win against Clifton A to head the Division One table.

Div 2 - Clevedon A also hold on to their 100% record in a bid to return to Division One.

Div 3 - Clevedon B lead closely followed by Harambee A

Div 4 - Petes Potentials are in front but have played an extra game than the others.


Minor KO quarterfinals - Hanham v Horfield, Clifton v Patchway, Keynsham v Yate, South Bristol v Clevedon. ( Nov 8-10th )


Proposed ECF Membership Scheme          ECF-Funding-Proposals-Aug-2011.doc

ECF Membership Scheme  -  The LMC decided on Wednesday 7th September that it would use its votes at the ECF General Meeting to oppose the Scheme Proposal.  Roger Williams [General Secretary]


Somerset Junior Tournament  -  Sun 25th Sept    Blagdon School   -  Results & Crosstable


Steve Boniface Memorial Congress      Prizewinners         Cbv    Pgn    All the games from the Open Section complete

     

Richard Jones 4/5 took 1st place in the Open Section   

                   


New Season  Providing links to the fixtures, Tables, Thresholds, Updated Rules & Club Directories  GQ


Downend Summer Quickplay 2011 Schedule     Download Circular    Thanks to all those that took part in the summer tournament this year

Boniface Rapidplay - August Bank Holiday - 29th August - ( See Calendar ) - Rapidplay Entry Form       Aug 26-28th   Steve Boniface Congress Entry Form

July 2011

British Championships 2011 -  http://britishchess2011.com/     Live Games - http://britishchess2011.com/live_games.htm     2.15 PM start daily

Rd 1 - Chris Beaumont came close to securing a draw against GM David Howell

A selection of Photos below of players linked to our league

                          

Bristol & District Chess League - Facebook Site

 Petes Potential Juniors enjoy success at the South Gloucestershire Schools Tournament

Latest Results Spreadsheet  Results Update June2011 ( Games have now been sent for Grading )

     Cotswold Congress Photos & Games

AGM Report -  Summary of what happened at this year's AGM       

May 2011


   Frome Congress - May 6 - 8th

Open Section

PGN        CBV    ( All 56 games )

1st Christopher Jenks  4½/5 ( Southbourne )

   

Major Section

1st = Russell Barlow 4/5 ( South Bristol )

Minor Section

1st = Geoff Gammon 4½/5 ( Downend )

Full Results & Wallcharts

 

Knockout Final Report

Clifton win the League Knockout 5 - 3 at the polish club

Minor league Knockout

Clifton 5½ Hanham  ½

Minor Knockout Final On Youtube

Minor KO Report on Youtube!

Hanham Chess Club Gambit Night

1st David Buckley

Hanham Gambit Night on Youtube

Hanham Gambit Photos on Youtube

Chris Beaumont Blind Simul on Youtube

 

 Chipping Sodbury Rapidplay

14 min Video of the Final Round

 

 

Open Section

1st    Derek Pugh (5/6)

2nd = Jim Sherwin, Joey Stewart & Stewart Hutchings (4½/6)

Grading prize -  EM White

Minor Section

1st Tom Thorpe  (6/6) 2nd Beryl Hughes (4/6)

Grading Prize - John Burrows (4/6)


1st Bristol spring Congress

Fri - Sun   Apr 1st -3rd

Filton Sports & Leisure Centre      

 

GRAEME THOMSON MEMORIAL RAPIDPLAY RESULTS

 OPEN   24 players

 

1st – Ben Edgell (Sedgemoor) (5/6) £100

2nd= James Cobb (Clifton) and James Sherwin (Bath)  (4.5/6) £40 each

 Grading prize – Jody Johnson (Clifton) (4/6) £30

 MAJOR   17 players

 1st – Michael Harris (Horfield)  (5.5/6)  £80 + chess clock (donated by Clifton Chess Club)

2nd=  Patrick Flexman (Grendel)  and Harvey Atkinson (Horfield) (4.5/6) £30 each

 Grading prize – Jon Fisher (Horfield)  (4/6)  £20

  

 As a result of entry fees and donations, a total of £240 was presented to Macmillan Cancer Support.

 

Open Section   Pgn  All the Games

1st = David Buckley, Patryk Krxyanowski

Major Section

1st = Jack Paton, Duncan Macarthur

 

David Buckley v Richard McMaster

 

CJ De Mooi

( ECF President ) from BBC's Eggheads

 

Duncan Macarthur v Bob Radford

 

Steve Woolgar v Lynda Roberts

David Buckley

Patryk Krxyanowski

Jack Paton

Duncan Macarthur

   
    Publicity Officer needed for the Bristol & District League

Anyone wishing to apply can contact the League Secretary - Roger Williams  - 0117 967 6734

Job Description

Note:  UWE have folded and in accordance with Rule 6.6 their records for this season have been deleted from the spreadsheet.

 

     

Tom Thorpe ( Petes Potentials ) has won the Welsh under 16 Rapidplay after securing 4 wins and a draw to finish in 1st place.

Well done Tom !


Jan 2011

Jan 30th  -  Sunday -   4th Millfield Open   ( Rapidplay Tournament )  10 am start -  Millfield Senior School, Butleigh Road, Street  BA16 0YD

Contact:  Matthew Turner  matthewturner@millfieldprep.com    Tel:   01458 837557

http://www.millfieldschool.com/assets/PDFs/4th_Millfield_Open_Chess_Jan2011.pdf                    Download Entry Form


Dec 2010

 Tuesday 28th December 2010 -   Downend Buzzer - 1st - David Painter-Kooiman 8/10,    2nd =  David Buckley, Martin White 7.5/10

Hastings International Chess Congress -  http://www.hastingschess.org.uk    Live Games on top 20 boards

London Chess Classic      http://www.livestream.com/LondonChessClassic   Live Commentary

Nov 10th We are sorry to inform you that Horfield's longest-serving member and life president, Jim Draisey, died a few months ago at the age of 89.

  Dec 3rd - 5th  -    Bristol Winter Congress

Report   on the three sections together with Photos and Games

    

Open Section -  Chris Beaumont ( Clifton )  4½/5

Major Section - Jody Johnson  ( Clifton )     4/5

Minor Section - Alec Watson   ( Downend )  4½/5

  Minor KO - Semi Final Draw

Keynsham / South Bristol v  Hanham

Horfield v Clifton

Matches to be played Jan 25 - 27th

League KO Semi Final Draw

Horfield v Clifton

South Bristol  v  Bath

Matches to be played Feb 14 - 18th


Oct 2010

Chipping Sodbury Rapidplay  took place on Saturday 30th October  - Arturo Wong won with 5/6 ahead of James Jackson & Jim Sherwin 4/6

               Arturo Wong 1st Place

  Video

Ian Ponter v Jim Sherwin

  Video

Jim Sherwin v James Jackson

Pgn  the last 17 moves !


Sept 2010

Sept 14th -    Team Registrations 2010 -2011


  Jonathan Latham Memorial Congress -  Fri - Sun Oct 22 - 24th 2010

Gordano Community School, St Mary's Rd, Portishead Bristol BS20 7QR

Tournament Organiser:   Ben Edgell - edgellben@hotmail.com

J Latham       Unfortunately this Event has had to be cancelled


Aug 24th -   Chris Beaumont & Tyson Mordue tied for 1st place in the Open Section of the Steve Boniface Memorial Congress

                  Download all the games from the Open Section     PGN        CBV       Report     Prizewinners


 

Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances the   Downend Summer Quickplay   will be held One week later on Tuesday 24th August

     Download Flyer

     Handbook 2010 -2011


Aug 19th -    League & KO Fixtures / Thresholds / Handbook / Divisions  -  for next season

Aug 3rd - Downend Summer Quickplay - Tuesday    Aug 3rd   Week 3   DOWNEND SUMMER QUICKPLAY

          

  

                   

 

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