Game of the Week

There are two weeks remaining of the current season at Broadstairs and with three tournaments still to be completed, attendance at the club is very encouraging for August. Here is an entertaining game played this week from the final round of the Summer Swiss tournament, the trophy for which is awarded to the player with the best grading performance over the five rounds. Don’t forget the Thanet Chess Congress August 21-23. To enter, go to www.thanetchess.org.uk.

White: Phil Pearson (e60)     Black:  Michael Doyle (89)
Broadstairs Summer Swiss 2015

British Chess Championships latest

The British Championships are into the second week and it is tight at the top. At the time of writing (Monday p.m.) two players lead with 5½/6: GM Danny Gormally and GM David Howell. The latter once beat your correspondent at the Thanet Chess Congress, employing the Marshall Gambit to good effect and kindly demonstrating afterwards where I went wrong. Very decent of him, you probably think, especially as he was only seven at the time but that’s another story. Behind the leading two comes GM Nicholas Pert on 5/6 followed by seven others on 4½/6, one of whom is last year’s joint champion, GM Jonathan Hawkins. In the last half-hour, however, he moved up to join the leaders with this quick win that caught the eye.

White: Jonathan Hawkins (2554)     Black:  Alistair Hill (2159)
2015 British Chess Championships round 7 (University of Warwick)

 

Game of the Week

Our own David Faldon has played three of his five games in the U180 tournament at the British Chess Championships and is handily placed on 2/3.  This latest Game of the Week features his win yesterday in Round Two. David may or may not consider this a Game of the Week but it is interesting for us to track his progress regardless. News of all the games can be found on the British Chess Championships website where results from all the various competitions including David’s U180 section are posted. Incidentally, for those who enjoy commentary on a top game with a chess lesson thrown in, I recommend Andrew Martin’s Game of the Day on the main website.

 

White: David Faldon (175)     Black:  Neil Coward (167)
2015 British Chess Championships: Under 180 (University of Warwick)

 

British Chess Championships

The 2015 British Chess Championships have begun at the University of Warwick. Plenty of information including details of the various competitions together with commentary on the leading games which can be played through on screen can be found on the website www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk. Broadstairs’ own Davd Faldon is competing in the U180 tournament and he started today (Monday) with a draw.  He will be hoping to go one or even two better than last year at Aberystwyth where he came third in the same tournament.  Here he is receiving his cheque from the Chairman of Ceredigion County Council.

David Faldon photo

Website update

As the website approaches its first birthday, it seems sensible to tidy things up a bit so that current news can be separated from the more ancient.  There is a new category at the top (Season 2014-15) where most of this year’s news has been deposited. The only problem is that everything is on the one page and we can’t as yet separate reports from match results from news etc. Instead, everything is in reverse chronological order for the moment. It may not be possible to change anything but we’re working on it.  A few of the more recent items of news have been retained for the time being but will be transferred for the new season. At the club things are winding down as the various competitions reach their climax and we look forward to the Thanet Congress on August 21st. If you haven’t entered already, there’s still time.   Meanwhile, here’s a photo from the Christmas Dinner featuring (from the left) John Couzens, Tom Lovegrove and David Clifford.

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