Christmas

The club will be shut on Boxing Day and the following Saturday, 28th December. 
If it's too long for you to survive without a game or two then scoot over to Hastings for the kick-off of the legendary Hastings International Chess Congress where the Christmas Weekender starts at 9:30 Saturday morning.

Quiet match nights and new clocks

Now the season is well under way we are getting noise problems again on match nights. Therefore - on match nights - i.e. when any MSCL match is being played - the plan is to use the large through room, preferably with the screen doors open, for all the match and tournament games. Then there is enough room for two home teams plus any tournament games and spectators all in the same room. The poker room and the library will be used for friendlies, analysis and chat. If the folding doors in the large room are kept open people are aware if there are other games still going on, e.g. when a match finishes things can get very animated and disturb the players in the other half. Please remember this if you turn up early for an internal match (you can check the MSCL fixture list on the website if you're not sure).

Extra numbers also mean we were getting very short of usable clocks. Anthony has done a thorough inventory of what we have and mended what was mendable. Then we have bought six new analogue and five digital clocks for matches and released roughly the same number of older clocks for general use. Clocks and boards are now stored in one cupboard and sets in the other. We are expecting people to gradually get more used to using digital clocks so now there are plenty to practice with! Teams will have a choice of which to use.

Duke of York : Film: Computer Chess

Hi Folks,

A new film called Computer Chess is going to be screened at the Duke of York Cinema at 9pm next Friday the 15th November. 

Here is link to the film description;
http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Duke_Of_Yorks/film/Computer_Chess/

I think it would be great if we had a sort of chess club outing to watch this film. what do you think?

Also I am meeting Robin Jones at the Worlds End pub at 7pm a few hours before the film starts to play a few games of chess and a have a pint, please come and join us or meet at the Cinema.

Here is a link to the worlds end pub;

http://www.viewbrighton.co.uk/pubsandbars/worlds-end-maps-26388.html

see you all there.

Kind Regards

Michael

e2e4 Gatwick Congress

Seven of us went to the e2e4 Gatwick Congress at the weekend. The five in the U140 mostly played each other - when they weren't battling against the joint British Champion under 8s, plus one or two others. Rob did the best coming joint 3rd on 3½ - having played two of his colleagues and avoided the under 8s altogether. Mustapha came joint 4th in the U170 on the same score with Robin only half a point behind. A great tournament with great company, only the bar food pricey and abysmal.

First match this season [ First Team ]

Good win first match this season [4-1] over Knoll Knights.

Good to see Ron Nicholas in attendance and looking healthy

 after his health scare last season. Winners for Brighton & Hove 

 on the day were Geoffrey James, Luke Rutherford and Brian

 Denman. One down eight to go!. 

Chennai beckons

It's less than three weeks until the World Championship between Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen, an event most chess fans will be anticipating with relish.

Game 1 is scheduled to start on Saturday 9th November at 3pm Indian time.  The match is being played in Chennai, currently they are 4.5 hours behind the UK but as our clocks go back this weekend (take note) the games will start at 11:30 UK time by my calculation.

If it goes to 6-6 then November the 28th will be particularly exciting as it has been reserved for a play-off at rapid-play time controls - shame it falls on a week day.

I'd imagine a lot of people will be predicting that Carlsen will win without recourse to a tie-break, but it may not be as clear cut as people imagine; the fact is we haven't seen Magnus play in many (any?) match situations.

Anyone want to try to predict the result?

Let's hope that there will be a good live video feed and commentary.  Full schedule and other details from the official site.

http://chennai2013.fide.com/

BHCC Tournaments 2013-14 and MSCL home match starter

The Tournaments are now all up and running with early results already on the website (see http://www.brightonandhovechessclub.org/Tournaments.htm if you are reading this on Blogger). There are still spaces in all the tournaments which means they can remain open for as long as possible and regular players have the chance of entering two. All entrants should be able to use the link on the Tournaments page to contact their opponents (please let me know if you can't). Good luck!!

A very exciting evening last night as the second team took on the third in the first home match of the season. The second team won by 4-1 with draws by Paul Selby and Michael Hamilton making up the point for the third team. Only downer was that none of the ten players did any clearing up :-(. Please remember that the whole team should pitch in to assist their captain if they can, although I appreciate that some will leave if their game finishes early.

Library

The library catalogue has been updated. Please remember to write in the Loan Book when you take a book out. If you want to take out one of the 'Reserve' books please could you let me know and I will countersign the loan book entry. There is a disparity between the number of books on the shelves and the number listed in the catlogue - some books may have been lost. I will make further updates when I can. As always, if anyone has a chess book that they no longer use languishing on their shelves, do think of donating it for the benefit of the club.

Introducing the 2013/14 CC, PK, TT, DC and Open Tournaments

We may have dropped back to five teams in the MSCL but.....
we are running FIVE internal tournaments this year, not just the usual four.

All the tournaments will have an absolute upper limit of 12 players each so all entrants must be prepared to play a maximum of 11 games before the end of June.

The difference is that the usual four will be limited to graded players only. This is to ensure that all the tournaments are fair and we're not trying to guess the grades of new members to fit them in. Plus we have so many new members this season that four tournaments won't be enough.

The graded tournaments will be as follows:

The Club Championship - reserved for players graded 160 and above
The Plummer Knight - U160
The Tasker Tankard - U125
The Denman Cup - U100

The numbers have been carefully worked out so I'm afraid electing to play in a higher tournament than the one your grade suggests will not be permitted or others may not get to play at all. But, we are introducing the new.....

Open Tournament which will be open to all, high and low, graded or not. All new ungraded members are invited to enter this tournament if they wish to play graded games. This tournament also gives graded members a choice, and the most reliable and dedicated tournament players can enter two and play twice as many games over the year.

The tournaments will begin as soon as two players have entered the same tournament - I will put up ghost charts tomorrow. If you want to accept your offer of a place in the graded tournaments - and you are up to date with both BHCC and ECF memberships - you can ink your name in over the pencil and begin. Please let me know if you don't want your pencilled-in offer of a place and you will be left out of the printed version. Ungraded players - BHCC and ECF members - can just write their name into the Open tournament.

As another plus to this new system it's possible for new members who get off to an early start to get a grade at the end of January. They will then become eligible for any remaining spaces in the graded tournaments. Similarly, ambitious graded players on the cusp of a higher tournament may hold back in hopes of a grading increase come January (although they risk missing out if the tournament is full).

I trust you're all still with me because I'm hoping this will all run like clockwork and everyone will have the best chance to play more games, win their tournament and be generally very satisfied with life!

Subscriptions are due

I have added the club's bank details to the Membership Form. Previous members can renew their membership this way but please set up the payment with your name as payee reference. New members please pay with the Membership Form at the club.

Ezra's Simul on Saturday 21st

Ezra has agreed to give us a simul this Saturday afternoon. It will be £3 each to paid-up members of the club (you can renew on Saturday). There will be no upper grading limit and he hopes to take on all-comers. Starting at 2:00 pm.

BHCC AGM on Thursday, 5th September at 8:00pm

As everyone should have already received the agenda and last year's minutes there won't be more than a handful of paper copies at the meeting. In the absence of any further nominations the elections will be as follows:

• President (Sue Chadwick, standing for re-election)
• Treasurer (Geoff James, standing for re-election)
• Secretary (Rob Counsell, standing for re-election)
• Tournament Controller (Andrew Caswill, standing for re-election)
• Librarian (Bob Davies, not standing for re-election. Anthony Stanton standing)
• Publicity (Michael Cain, standing for re-election)
• Ordinary member (Carl Rabey has moved away. Robin Jones standing)

Our teams for the coming season will be captained by the following:

• First Team: Paul Batchelor
• Second Team: Brian Izzard
• Third Team: Michael Cain
• Fourth Team: Jan ten Sythoff
• Fifth Team: Andrew Caswill

Our teams depend on the willingness of captains to organise both the home matches and the away transport. Geoff is the regular driver for the first team. If you would like to see us back up to six teams again next season you need to propose a captain, any level, willing and able to take this on.

Annual subscriptions are due at the AGM and should be paid, preferably by cheque, to Paul Selby who will be acting as temporary treasurer: £50 full membership, £30 concessionary (if in receipt of means-tested benefits) and £15 for U18s. Please remember to bring this with you to the meeting.

You will also be able to sign up to play in an internal club tournament (current ECF membership a requirement - annual subscriptions run from 1st September).

Hope to see you at the AGM for another good year at the club!

Brighton/Dieppe

I have updated the L'Echiquier Dieppois link on the Links page of our website (it doesn't work from Blogger). Note especially that there is a Brighton/Dieppe page which you can reach via the Tournois tab on their website.

To see pictures of the Brunswick Festival Chess Day (click on the link below;)

Brunswick Festival Chess Pics

Thanks for everyone for their support and look forward to seeing everyone on boat trip to Deippe on the 31st August where ill be organizing a fun 4 player tournament on the boat.

Good Skills

Michael

Infant tuition

One of the occasional opportunities coming via the website:

Dear sirs,
I am looking for private lessons for my 6 year old son who already plays chess at the very beginning stage. I would appreciate any help and advice as how to proceed. 
Many thanks

(email address available on request)

Brighton Street Chess 2013

To see pictures of the Street Chess Day (click on the link below;)

Street Chess Pictures 2013

Thanks for all your support and look forward to seeing everyone interested at the "Brunswick Festival" for the next chess event on Saturday the 17th August 2013 (11am to 7pm).

Good Skills
Michael

Brighton Festival 17th August 2013

We are also holding a second chess event "Brunswick Festival Chess Promotional Day" on Saturday August 17th from 11am to 7pm located at the prestigious Brunswick Square, Hove.

click here to see map;

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8&q=brunswick+square+hove&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=brunswick+square&hnear=0x48758553f34181db:0x68fbeacf34e3172b,Hove,+The+City+of+Brighton+and+Hove&cid=0,0,13337148989503665702&ei=mwcCUqq-MomyOezAgdgE&ved=0CKcBEPwSMA4

We have been allocated a space at Brunswick Square as part of the popular Brunswick Festival. Additionally the event organizer has kindly donated 2 large tables which we can use to play chess on during the day.

If you are interested and are free on this day, please email me michael_s_cain@yahoo.co.uk

Many Thanks for your time and hope to see for both chess events;
1. Street Chess - Saturday 10th August (9.30am-4pm)
2. Brunswick Festival - Saturday 17th August (11am-7pm).

Many Thanks 

Michael

August closure dates and AGM

Please note that due to the Street Chess event on the 10th August (see below) the club will now be closed on 10th, 15th and 17th August. 'Closed' means properly closed with the building locked up so remember to come along to the Street Chess instead.

The club AGM is on Thursday 5th September at 8:00 pm. Please send any agenda items to Sue or Rob by mid-August.

July 2013 grades are on the Members page of the website.

Street Chess and Chess Club Promotional Day - 10th August 2013

Hi Brighton Chess Club Members,

Good News, I am going to organize another Street Chess/Chess Club Promotional Day on Saturday August 10th 2013 from 9.30am to 4pm located on NEW ROAD, opposite Brighton Theater Royal (same location as last time).

Map: Here is a map link to the event:- Brighton Chess Club Promotional Day Location

What are we doing? We are going to erect 3/4 chess tables in a line and play 5 min speed chess throughout the day, we are also going to hand out Brighton Chess Club Business Cards to the general public. I'm sure if we play a lot of chess and look friendly, this will attract the attention of people walking by and hopefully we can chat and tell them more about our cool chess club and gain new members. :-)

Action From You: Would you be able to help me with this event? Yes/No.

If you are interested and are free on this day, please reply as I would really like to here from you? :-)

Here are the pictures again from the same event last year:

https://plus.google.com/photos/101721825617577586066/albums/5760113489986070945?banner=pwa

Many Thanks for your time and hope to see you between 9.30am and 4pm on Saturday the 10th August 2013.

Cheers

Michael

My Mobile number is (07976) 739911

Please note:

The club will be closed on Thursday 15th and Saturday 17th August.    

However there is the e2e4 Gatwick International Congress on then, running from Wednesday 14th to Sunday 18th August.

Tournaments

The tournaments have now ended for the 2012/2013 season.
There has been a fantastic response from members. The TT had 100% completion. Other tournaments have had a very good response with only a few people withdrawing early.The overall result has ben some very tough competitions with due reward to the final winners.
Results:
       1)  CC     Club Champion    Ezra Kirk.          2nd   Chris Lowe.
       2)  PK     1st  Callum Brewer                        2nd   Robin Jones  Paul Selby  Oli Weiss
       3)  TT      1st  John Levitt    Jan Ten Sythoff                   3rd  Terry Brown
       4)  DC     1st  Michael Chau   Oliver Loftus                    3rd  Andrew Shoulders
Congratulations to the winners. The presentation of these awards will occur at The AGM on Thursday 5th September.

First team retains the shine

The captain collects the trophy but congratulations to all the first team players.

Doug Stevenson presents Paul Batchelor with the first division winners' Mowatt Cup at the MSCL AGM

 

MSCL AGM

MSCL AGM is next Tuesday, 18th June at 7:45pm in Lewes. The agenda, proposed rule changes and last year's minutes are all on the MSCL website.

McArthur Cup Final 2013

On a sunny day Brighton & Hove travelled to the St Francis & Haywards Heath venue. The outcome was to match the weather from a Brighton & Hove point of view.
Brian Denman was White in a Tarrasch French. i saw him win a pawn and then the Queen of his opponent Robert Fitzgerald. One nil to Brighton & Hove.
Luke Rutherford was Black in a Scheveningen Sicilian. His game looked quite wild. His opponent however sacrificed a Piece unsoundly and Luke was able to capitalise on this. Two nil to Brighton & Hove.
Chris Lowe was White playing against a Centre Counter defence. Despite an apparently equal middlegame he was eventually able to outplay his opponent and clinch the match for Brighton & Hove. We were Three-Nil up and had already an unassailable Board Count position.
Geoffrey James was Black in a Two Knights Defence game. After a long struggle he went on to win an exchange and convert his advantage. Four nil to Brighton & Hove.
John Henshaw was White in a Slav Opening. This was the last game to finish decisively as John was to convert his advantage and take the win. Five nil to Brighton & Hove.
My game was a Sicilian 2.Na3. An unusual opening that led eventually to a draw.
The final score had been 5.5-0.5 in favour of Brighton & Hove. This is the Fifth consecutive year a Brighton & Hove side has won the competition.

Eyes wide shut

Ezra, seated left, sees off round one.

"Could beat you with my eyes shut" took on a very literal meaning on Saturday 18th when Ezra Kirk took on Peter Benson, Grant Minshull, Robin Jones, Andrew Caswill and Sue Chadwick in a blindfold simul. He played a second round against Roger Berryman, Bob Davies and Anthony Stanton where a mentally misplaced pawn allowed the loss of a rook and eventually the game to Anthony. All the other games were complex and fairly swiftly winning for Ezra. Brian Denman and Luke Rutherford monitored the moves. Thanks to Ezra for a mind-blowing performance which was enjoyed by all.

Tournaments

  A final reminder, the tournaments end on June 30th.
  Please aim to play as many games as possible over the last few weeks.In many tournaments there seems to be an exciting close run finish.
   Please aim to avoid playing games during the very last week. Games in this week can be difficult to arrange.
   During the summer months, members may wish to continue to play graded games with the longplay ladder tournament ( LPL ) and/or the rapid play tournament (RP.)

Reminders

PS Please note the change of start to 3:00 pm on Saturday for the simul.

Two things: one is to phrase your beefs or inspirations about the MSCL into neat proposals for the AGM, to get to the secretary by tomorrow at the latest for the AGM on Tuesday 18th June - but as avid readers of the MSCL website I'm sure you all knew that.

Second, Ezra's blindfold simul on Saturday will start around 3:00 pm for the first batch of players. There's still room for more in the second batch but only a few - yes, blindfold simul folks - so spaces are limited. £4 a board on the day.

Ezra Kirk v Keith Arkell

The Daily Telegraph today (Tues 7 May) gives the moves from Ezra Kirk's 23-move win
against GM Keith Arkell in the 4 Nations Chess League, gaining an IM norm.

Grandmaster draws

Michael Cain, Andrew Caswill, Rob Counsell, Bob Davies, Robin Jones, Oli Weiss and myself all attended the opening of the new Mind Sports Club on Fourth Avenue on Friday night (see Competition on Fourth Avenue post below). As the main attraction seemed to be the poker tables we all got to play GM Raymond Keene in a ten-board simul, being distracted the while by elegant finger morsels and, possibly, the equally elegant cocktail waitresses. Some good games were played and Michael and I accepted draws - YES WE DID!! An excellent - and entirely free - evening.

Ezra's blindfold simul Sat.18th May

Ezra has kindly offered to do a double blindfold simul on Saturday 18th May. It will be open to all members below 170 grade. Places will go to the first 10 applicants who either sign up at the club or contact me via email. The two simuls will run consecutively with five boards in each and at £4 a board (to give Ezra some pocket money for the summer). This may be your only chance to beat the top FIDE English U18! Spectators also welcome.

Competition on Fourth Avenue

The Hove Mind Sports Club is about to launch on Friday in the large building housing The Hove Club at the top of Fourth Avenue. We, members of the B&HCC, are invited to attend the Opening Night which the website promises to be "an unmissable night planned in our amazing Grade II listed building by the sea. With a Champagne reception, food, well stocked bar and an array of games and events, you will certainly not want to miss out". Raymond Keene will be amongst the attractions playing a ten person simul.

Dieppe 2013

This year's trip to Dieppe will be 31st August/1st September with our match on the Sunday. I will be putting a list up at the club for those interested.

Olivier has asked whether we would like to take part in the annual Festival which takes place in the week leading up to our match. Paul Selby has already booked up for this so a few more might make for a small party. More details are available on L'Echiquier Dieppois website.

Summer Rapidplay Tournament

The Summer Rapidplay is now launched with the chart up on the noticeboard at the club. For further details please see the 2013 SUMMER RAPIDPLAY TOURNAMENT RULES. The tournament is open to a maximum of 24 - rather an experimental format so we'll see how it goes!

PS Enthusiasts may like to study the finer points of the FIDE Rapidplay Rules.

First Team Success

The First team with a 4-1 victory against local rivals Knoll Knights were to clinch the League Division 1 title. This follows on from the same achievement last season. Well done to all who represented the team this current season. The hat-trick next season is not completely beyond the realms of possibility and with hard work and perseverance may yet be achievable.

Gatwick W/E

Two outstanding results in the e2e4 Gatwick congress over the weekend with Mustapha coming third in the U2000 and Terry dropping only half a point to come joint first in the U1750 - in spite of being 33 grading points below the limit. An amazing result! Callum and Robin also played in the U2000 and Michael Cain and Grant in the U1750. For all those who missed it there's another one 7th-9th June.

Hailsham charity event

Keith Osborne of Lewes Chess Club says there will be a charity chess evening in the centre of Hailsham on the evening of Monday 15 April. He can be contacted directly for further details either by email or on 01323 492158.

Tournaments

    Please note the club tournaments end on 30th June 2013. The winner of each tournament will be the person with the highest score.
      E.g  Player A plays four games, wins four games, will have four points.
             Player B plays nine games, wins five games,  will have five points.
                            Player B is the winner.
   Therefore please aim to play games sooner rather than later.
   If you still have games to play in the last two weeks of June it may be difficult to arrange a match. You may find your opponent is:
                a) away    b)  ill   c)  booked up with other matches  d) some other reason.
   Try to complete ALL  your games in a tournament, at the latest, by the second week of June.

42 move confusion in MSCL

There's been some discussion in the club recently about the 42 move 'rule' (convention) in the league when one or both players decide they have had enough on reaching the time control. This can only be done if either a) both players agree on the result or b) it is impossible for the player who stops playing to lose on time before the stated end of the playing session, i.e. if, after the 15 minute addition, the player were to go on 'thinking' until 10:45 s/he would still have time on the clock.* However, there is one point to notice here, especially for captains: this can only work if the finishing time is clearly stated and agreed at the start of the match. This prevents anyone declaring a 'posthumous' win after the event if it was their opponent's turn to move. (Yes, really!!)

Many still consider the time controls in the league to be inappropriate in not ensuring that the match is played out in the time available, leading to all kinds of complaints and complications, discussions, emails, engines and adjudications. Opinion is divided, but the league has stuck firmly to its conviction that three hours isn't long enough for the match to finish in an evening. But is it really worth the hassle?

* PS It's important to confer with your opponent about your decision to stop play - don't just pass the time in contemplation and then rely on an expired finishing time just as your flag falls!! The above is just a guide to when you can choose to stop playing.

World Candidates Tournament 2013

The candidates tournament starts in earnest today, see http://london2013.fide.com/ - if you can see it that is! FIDE certainly not doing itself any favours here - you have to highlight the text to read it! Perhaps they will be lifting the veil on the mysteries of the game once it gets underway. John Humphrys played a game against Dominic Lawson (a Lewes player) on the Today programme this morning so that's mainstream, with the added suggestion that all the game needs to attract more media attention is for Magnus to date a supermodel. Come on Magnus!! (In the chess sense, I mean, of course.)

4th Team Progress

A fine result for the 4th team recently - a draw against E. Grinstead 1 (current division 2 leaders) in spite of an average 14 point grading disadvantage. In particular, our boards 1 and 2 (Brian Izzard and Hussaini Ndakwo) both drew against opponents graded 30 points higher.
Anthony

6th team progress

The 6th team have won their first two matches!

We beat East Grinstead (2) away 4-1 back in January and last night Woodpushers (3) 4-1. We also narrowly missed out on points against Horsham (5) who just beat us 2-3.

Free University Brighton

From: contact@freeuniversitybrighton.org 

Hi Sue,  
I got your details from the Brighton Chess Club website. I've set up a free, community-led education initiative in Brighton that aims to make learning more accessible to all by providing free education events. Someone thought it would be a good idea to do a learn to play chess event and so I was wondering if your club could provide a tutor. I can't pay because everything has to be free but I could publicise the club on the Free Uni website and it may attract new members. I can find a suitable venue.

Hoping you can help.

Thanks and best regards,
Ali Ghanimi
07958 667927

Free University Brighton
education for love not money 
www.freeuniversitybrighton.org

Ali thinks she can get some equipment together if anyone's interested in doing this.

Tournaments

Two new tournaments are being introduced at the club to cater for the following members:
  a)  Those who have played 2/3 of their present tournament games and wish to continue to play graded games.
  b)  New members of the club who wish to play graded games.
1) Rapid Play Tournament. ( RP)
      Open to all members.Interested players write their name on the square grid on the noticeboard and start playing.
      Players can only play each other once.Time on each clock chosen from 15 mins to 59 mins.
2) Long Play Ladder Tournament ( LPL)
      Open to all members.Interested players write their name on the A4 sheet on the noticeboard and in about a  couple weeks these names will be placed on the ladder.
     Players can play each other on several occasions depending on their position on the ladder. See Ladder Rules. Time for each person,.36moves in 90 minutes, 30 minutes to finish.

Theft at the club

It appears Oli's money was taken out of his wallet on Saturday while other people still in the room were engrossed in their game/s. This has never happened before so it is a sad turn of events. We will all have to be more aware of where we leave our possessions in future.

Lost money

Did anyone see two loose £20 notes at the club today (Saturday, 2nd)? Please contact me asap if anyone picked them up on 07827454793. Thanks, Oli Weiss

Callum goes global!

Congratulations to Callum on being asked to represent England at the World Schools Individual Championships in Greece during May. He is extremely excited and will be going to a special training weekend for the England Squad in March. Plus his new rapid grade of 158 makes him the joint highest U12 rapid player in the country. We will be officially adopting him as our mascot ..... errr no, sorry, we can't - I made that one up.....

New grades are published

New January grades are out - see club Members page for all the latest.

Club tournaments update

Tournament games are now well underway. In another change John Smuts has withdrawn from the Plummer Knight and his place has been taken by Hussaini Ndakwo who can now move down from the Club Championship.

All the charts are updated after most Thursdays and Saturdays so are usually bang up to date. There is now a link to Players' Contact Details at the bottom of the How to write to the Club Blog page (see tab above) under Bonus!! so please set up your matches even if you can't play them straight away. The longer you leave them the harder it gets. We are aiming to see 100% of matches played this year!

Vintage year at 88th Hastings International

A good year for the club at Hastings as nearly everyone who went won something or came close.

Ezra Kirk didn't win the Masters but his only losses were to titled players. He drew with GM Mark Hebden and local IM Thomas Rendle to finish on 5/10 - 35th=/88. Phew!

Paul Batchelor shared 3rd prize in the New Year Afternoon A on 3½/5 and just missed coming joint first by half a point on the same score in the Weekend Major.

Duncan Badham won the Weekend Minor on 4½/5 and Michael Cain was only half a point behind the two joint seconds on 3½/5.

Anthony Stanton won the New Year Afternoon C on 4½/5 (the ½ being a bye).

Sue Chadwick came second in the Christmas D on 4/5.

Scroll down on this link to see all the final results.