As well as every Monday evening 7pm-11pm, the club is open on the following Sundays 2pm-6pm:
March: Sunday 9th and 23rd.
April: Sunday 20th and 27th.
May: Sunday 11th and 25th.
June: Sunday 1st and 22nd.
July: Sunday 6th and 27th.
As well as every Monday evening 7pm-11pm, the club is open on the following Sundays 2pm-6pm:
March: Sunday 9th and 23rd.
April: Sunday 20th and 27th.
May: Sunday 11th and 25th.
June: Sunday 1st and 22nd.
July: Sunday 6th and 27th.
To avoid any confusion. The club will be open as normal on Monday 23rd and 30th December 2024.
Paul Batchelor is at the moment deciding on entries for the tournaments.
Only paid members are being considered. Entries have to be in by 31st October. If you have yet to apply you must see me on a Monday evening and I will forward your details to Paul. The Crenshaw system is being used which means no late applications can be considered.
Due to the numbers involved, unfortunately you may not be placed in your first choice of tournament.
The tournaments will be ready to start from Monday November 4th.
Following discussions with the Queens Hotel, the club is now able to offer some Sunday afternoon sessions on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month between 2pm and 6pm, starting on November 10th and 24th and running until the end of July 2025. We have agreed that if the hotel receives a one-off “standard" booking from elsewhere, our session will be postponed, since we have a concessionary rate with the hotel. A postponement is unlikely to happen - certainly less likely than on a Saturday - but if it does happen then we will post here.
The Junior Club will be closed for the summer.
It closed on the 10th July and will reopen on Wednesday 11th September.
The club will be open again on Saturdays 16th and 23rd March from 2.00pm to 6.00pm. A good opportunity to play tournament games.
For a trial period the club will be open in addition on Saturday 10th and 17th February. 2pm to 6pm.
A good opportunity to play tournament games.
The club will be open on News Years Day from 7pm, and then each Monday into 2024. All levels welcome! We hope to see you there!
The Club has experienced a wonderful new opportunity over the last few months with our new venue. The committee has decided that the welcome given to celebrate this fact and welcome new members will not continue after Christmas. We hope that members will appreciate that this could only continue for a limited time, but nevertheless have appreciated this extra bonus applied over the last few months.
The Caplin Hastings Chess Congress will run from 28th December until 7th January this time round. There are a whole host of events to enter for all standards of player. Below is an excerpt from an email received from GM Stuart Conquest concerning the upcoming event.
Callum Brewer a member of the club for 10 years has recently returned to the club after graduating.
While at the club he became an outstanding player eventually going on to become captain of both Sussex and England teams at the junior level.
He is now teaching chess every Wednesday evening from 6 pm to 8 pm, for pupils 7 to 16 years, at the Jing Institute of Massage 28-29 Bond Street Brighton BN1 1RD.
He is a DBS certified chess coach through Sussex Junior Chess.
Those pupils who progress to a competent standard will then be recommended to move over to the senior club. Here they can benefit from the wider experience and opportunities we can offer.
For more information please contact:
callum.brewer@cbchess.co.uk
1) Play friendly games.
2) Play longer games and obtain a chess grade.
a) In club tournaments.
b) In one of the three teams playing other clubs.
3) Join by Monday October 2nd and have the chance of playing Raymond Keene , chess Grand Master, in a simultaneous match on Saturday October 7th at The Queen's Hotel.
The two tournaments run this season were the Plummer Knight Trophy and the Club Championship. Both had seven entrants, which meant six games for each competitor. I had calculated there were 24 available Mondays for the players to finish their six games. This discounted those Mondays, where the team matches occurred. There was too little room at the Ralli Hall to accommodate both team games and internal ones. The Plummer Knight Trophy was the first tournament to conclude. This finished in July. First place was secured by Jan Ten Sythoff, who, scored 4½ points. Second was Paul Selby with 4 points. Joint third were Paul Edwards and Brian Izzard with 3½ points.
The Club Championship finished later in August. During the tournament cycle the deadline was extended until the end of August. In the last match up Luke Rutherford was to play Michael Gyure. This was due to be played on the last day of August. The last possible date for play. The day prior to this Luke Rutherford rung with the news Michael would not be able to make the date of their match. He explained Michael had messaged him to say he had 'a last minute change in plans'. He also said he was claiming a default win in this instance. After he had forwarded the message to me i drew the conclusion there wasn't a serious mitigating reason for not issuing a default win. So, i did so. In first place with 5½ points was Luke Rutherford. Second was Geoffrey James with 5 points. Third placed was Chris Lake with 4 points.
From Monday 3rd July we shall be meeting at the Queens Hotel in King's Road, Brighton (7-11 pm). We are in the Sandringham suite, which is in the basement. Our last day at the Ralli Hall will be 26th June. We hope to see you there. New subscriptions taken out from now on will run to 31st August 2024.
Parking at the Ralli Hall is now strictly by permit only. We only have one permit unfortunately, and that is reserved for visiting teams. Please park at the station car park or on a nearby street.
Because of space limitations and the potential for noise issues, regrettably we are having to restrict the attendance of juniors to those aged 15 and over. An exception will be made for under 15s who have an over-the-board rating. 15+ needn’t have a rating. We are not currently running a Junior Club. There is Brighton Chess and Lego Club and Sussex Junior Chess for beginners/improvers.
The Studio is not a large room so please could everyone
observe quiet conditions, particularly when important games are in progress.
The acoustic curtain will be drawn on match nights (the first one is 31st
Oct) but it’s not 100%.
Private tuition is available for juniors and adults. See Juniors page for contact information.