Major Club Trophies

Internal Tournaments & Trophies These are organised by the Competitions Secretary, Rob Sutton. In the 2024-5 season, the club plans single-evening, Blitz events and there are two tournaments played September to March: the Championship - standard play and the Rapidplay championship.

26 Sep 2024. Assistant secretary Aiden helped controller Rob make the draw for round 1 of the club standardplay championship. See pairings.

5 & 26 Sep 2024. Fun Blitz Tournament. A September Fun 5 minute - no increments - blitz was organised on the first night back at winter HQ. Twenty players competed in two groups. The group winners were Rob Sutton and Joe Rastall with Dorin Luca and Ed Higgs the runners-up. Ed beat Dorin and Joe to win the tournament. See results.

Club Championship. All club members who are also members of the English Chess Federation (ECF) are eligible. Unlike last season the competition will be organised as a knock-out tournament with games on dates set by the controller. Games will have 45+30 time control. The controller will will arrange replays for players who draw. Players who lose in any round will be paired with other losing players in subsequent rounds so even if you lose in the first round, you will have four games in the competition. See detailed information.

Rapidplay Championship. The rapidplay competition will again be run as an all-play-all tournament and new members will be able to join at any time during the season. The time control is 20 minutes + 10 seconds. Unlike in the standardplay, competitiors are not required to write down their moves. See details.