Home win against Dieppe

Our twelfth match against Dieppe resulted in another home win for Brighton against some stiff opposition, especially at the top where Steve Newman faced IM Kamran Shirazi for a closely fought game. Afterwards in-depth analysis, refreshments and chat were enjoyed as we renewed our acquaintance with L'Echiquier Dieppois.

The annual fixtures began in 2007 when we travelled to Dieppe. The 'score' now stands at Brighton 6 Dieppe 5 with one draw. A big thank you to all those who took part to keep this tradition going and ensure we had an opponent for every one of our French visitors, including Anthony who acted as reserve and was invaluable as help.

DIEPPE	elo		BRIGHTON	elo	ECF
Kamran Shirazi  IM	2329	1-0	Steve Newman	2072	183
Christophe Ferrand	2051	1-0	Paul Batchelor	2012	175
Olivier Delabarre	2003	0-1	Joe Everett	1967	169
François Burdet	1964	0-1	Oli Weiss	1840	152
Cyril Hameau	1783	1-0	Will Wright	1757	141
Marianne Barzilay	1507	1-0	Michael Cain	1735	138
Guillaume Mathys	1384	0-1	Dona Strauss	1682	131
Frederic Gault	1380	0-1	Rob Counsell	1675	130
Pierre Robichon	1346	½-½	Arthur de Silver	1660	128
Jean-Marc Lacire	1399	0-1	Susan Chadwick	1577	117
Caroline Auboiron	1399	0-1	Louis Ferron	1562	115
Noé Mendy	1091	½-½	Kevin Gee	1540	112
Agnès Eden	1084	0-1	Andrew Caswill	1457	101
		5-8

Dieppe Vs Brighton Chess Club Match Report 2017

We had a fantastic trip to Dieppe this year, although we lost the match 6 to 5. The team played very well considering Brighton was outgraded on every board by some margin.

We had such a fun trip, i really hope this continues for many years to come. A big thanks to the French team who treated us so well, not to mention getting in there cars and coming to pick us all up after the taxi company failed to show up...

Also everyone enjoyed the Doubles speed chess match on the ferry and congrats to Mikolia winning the chocs.

Anyway here are a few pics and video clips;

Brighton Chess Club vs Dieppe Pictures

Video Links Below

1 - Before the match

2. Meet the Team

3. The Match

4. Congrats to the French

5. Simon vs Callum Bullet Game

Match Result

Thanks

Michael

Dieppe vs Brighton Club 2017 - Away match to France - September 29th - 1st Oct (2 nights)

Hi Brighton Chess Club,

For the last 10 years Brighton has enjoyed playing Dieppe Chess Club in France, this has been a very successful and enjoyable event, which I hope continues. Therefore;

Would you like to play Chess for Brighton against Dieppe?

If you are interested, please contact me and let me know.

Here are the details?

Location = Dieppe, France.

Match Time/Date = 2pm on Saturday 30th September 2017

Here are the Dieppe Event Details;

Chess Weekend Itinery;
1. Friday 29th September 2017 at 9am -> Ferry Crossing to Dieppe. (4 hours)
2. Saturday 30th September 2017 at 2pm -> Play Deippe Chess Club (4 hours).
3. Saturday 30th September 2017 at 7pm -> Dieppe Chess Team will provide Brighton with evening Meal.
4. Sunday 1st October 2017 at 6pm -> Ferry Crossing to Newhaven (4 hours)

FYI

* The Egg hotel costs only 73 pounds including breakfast for 2 nights.

*. The ferry Crossing is 30 pounds foot passenger return.

We require 15 players, So far, the people signed up for the match are;

1. Michael Cain (Captain)

2. Robin Jones

3. Grant Minshul

(A) You can book ferry tickets using this website; (costs 30 pounds for foot passenger return)

http://www.transmanche.co.uk/

(B) You Can book your hotel using this website;
(Also please look for EGG hotel for a good deal as its very popular and cheap)

https://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-gb.html?aid=303948&label=dieppe-og6nm1l5OZ5gCX28TGpcnwS154619728010%3Apl%3Ata%3Ap130%3Ap2%3Aac%3Aap1t1%3Aneg%3Afi%3Atikwd-198626877679%3Alp9045806%3Ali%3Adec%3Adm&sid=88015d80ac6602469f46c59383614380&sb=1&src=searchresults&src_elem=sb&error_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booking.com%2Fsearchresults.en-gb.html%3Faid%3D303948%3Blabel%3Ddieppe-og6nm1l5OZ5gCX28TGpcnwS154619728010%253Apl%253Ata%253Ap130%253Ap2%253Aac%253Aap1t1%253Aneg%253Afi%253Atikwd-198626877679%253Alp9045806%253Ali%253Adec%253Adm%3Bsid%3D88015d80ac6602469f46c59383614380%3Bcity%3D-1423941%3Bclass_interval%3D1%3Bdtdisc%3D0%3Binac%3D0%3Bindex_postcard%3D0%3Blabel_click%3Dundef%3Bmih%3D0%3Boffset%3D0%3Bpostcard%3D0%3Bptlrs%3D1%3Bredirected%3D1%3Broom1%3DA%252CA%3Bsb_price_type%3Dtotal%3Bsrc%3Dcity%3Bss_all%3D0%3Bssb%3Dempty%3Bsshis%3D0%26%3B&ssne=Dieppe&ssne_untouched=Dieppe&city=-1423941&checkin_monthday=29&checkin_month=9&checkin_year=2017&checkout_monthday=1&checkout_month=10&checkout_year=2017&sb_travel_purpose=leisure&room1=A&group_adults=1&group_children=0&no_rooms=1&highlighted_hotels=

 
Please let me know if you are interested?

My email address = michael_s_cain@yahoo.co.uk

Many Thanks

Michael

If you need more help or have questions, please call me;
Mobile Phone = (07976) 739911

Saturday 24th September

We are hosting the Dieppe match on Saturday 24th September so the club will be filled to capacity. If members want to come and watch they can but there won't be much space to play and it's probably not going to be a good time for other visitors and non-members. The match will finish at 6:00 pm when the club will be closed to all but the team and committee helpers.

Dieppe v Brighton 2015

And gentlemen in England now a-bed shall think themselves accursed they were not there... etc. that played not in Dieppe against the French.

In the simul on Saturday Callum Brewer, Paul Selby, Julian Clark and Michael Cain got draws against Marie Sebag GM, at 2496 the top female player in France and eighteenth in the world, playing thirty boards in two and a half hours, with only one other draw and 25 wins at lightening speed. Our match against the Dieppe team on Sunday was lost 7/5 but as usual we faced a very strong home team so not at all a bad result. I have put the individual results on the Dieppe page of the website as the blog is resistant to forms. This is Michael's video with more pictures to follow:



A really excellent weekend with much food and drink, and fun and games.

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.

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.

Paranormal activity

Just read the French write up for our nervy, edgy close run battle. They talk of a 2 hour delayed ferry crossing coming over; their luggage (chess sets and food) getting taken from them in transit as they had to put their larger baggages in a separate support vehicle on the ferry (interestingly they were going to mug up on variations of the Benko Gambit en masse during the crossing, but this was not to be...) ; of someone seeing a ghost on the crossing; of many staying up till 2am pre match day painting la ville rouge in Brighton's nightspots; of celebrating until 3am following their victoire. Do we have the stamina? They really enjoyed their whole trip but are already planning victory next year to bring the overall match score all square for a massive encounter in 2014. You have been warned.

Dieppe win by a whisker!

Big thanks to everyone for making it a great event on Saturday, particularly for all the effort that went into the cooking, and even more especially to Carl, John S., Rob and Anthony for turning up yesterday for a very thorough, and cheerful, clean-up operation.

Lots more pictures to follow.

Match update

A last minute switch in the French team means Oli gets a slightly tougher match. Rob and Anthony have also been switched following Anthony's ECF grading correction from 110 to 112. Geoff's FIDE rating is 2191 and Paul's is 2048 so the top is better than it looks. I'm not sure how these French Elos were calculated.

	NOM	PRENOM	ELO	COUL	NOM	PRENOM	ELO
1	BOIZANTE	YVAIN	2220	B	JAMES	GEOFFREY	2112
2	FERRANT	CHRISTOPHE	2098	N	BATCHELOR	PAUL	2000
3	DELABARRE	OLIVIER	2004	B	LOWE	CHRIS	1968
4	DIOLOGENT	MATTHIEU	1977	N	SELBY	PAUL	1792
5	LEHARANGER	GULLAUME	1901	B	WIESS	OLI	1752
6	WAUCAMPT	YOAN	1713	N	BREWER	CALLUM	1720
7	BRANLANT	ALBANE	1651	B	BADHAM	DUNCAN	1720
8	BAULAIN	ROMEO	1660	N	JONES	ROBIN	1720
9	DEREGNAUCOURT	GAETAN	1648	B	CAIN	MICHAEL	1704
10	DUBOIS	BENJAMIN	1620	N	DE SILVER	ARTHUR	1688
11	DEREGNAUCOURT	LUCAS	1550	B	SMUTS	JOHN	1608
12	BRASSE	ROMAIN	1430	N	BENSON	PETER	1560
13	GAULT	FREDERIC	1420	B	STANTON	ANTHONY	1496
14	CHAPELIER	ANNIE	1170	N	COUNSELL	ROB	1488
15	BAUDET	KELLY	N/C	B	DAVIES	BOB	1472

Grades and ratings

NB Our team's Elo ratings given below are not FIDE ratings but the ECF grades as translated into Elo by the French. Any FIDE ratings will be different and so will the calculations done the EFC way, i.e. ECF x 8 + 650. If you think the French are under an illusion so be it!

Pairings for Dieppe match on Saturday

	NOM	PRENOM	ELO	COUL	NOM	PRENOM	ELO
1	BOIZANTE	YVAIN	2220	B	JAMES	GEOFFREY	2112
2	FERRANT	CHRISTOPHE	2098	N	BATCHELOR	PAUL	2000
3	DELABARRE	OLIVIER	2004	B	LOWE	CHRIS	1968
4	DIOLOGENT	MATTHIEU	1977	N	SELBY	PAUL	1792
5	PLESSIS	ARNAUD	1830	B	WIESS	OLI	1752
6	WAUCAMPT	YOAN	1713	N	BREWER	CALLUM	1720
7	BRANLANT	ALBANE	1651	B	BADHAM	DUNCAN	1720
8	BAULAIN	ROMEO	1660	N	JONES	ROBIN	1720
9	DEREGNAUCOURT	GAETAN	1648	B	CAIN	MICHAEL	1704
10	DUBOIS	BENJAMIN	1620	N	DE SILVER	ARTHUR	1688
11	DEREGNAUCOURT	LUCAS	1550	B	SMUTS	JOHN	1608
12	BRASSE	ROMAIN	1430	N	BENSON	PETER	1560
13	GAULT	FREDERIC	1420	B	COUNSELL	ROB	1488
14	CHAPELIER	ANNIE	1170	N	STANTON	ANTHONY	1480
15	BAUDET	KELLY	N/C	B	DAVIES	BOB	1472

Dieppe

I have made a slight change to the Dieppe line-up - see post below - as I unforgivably forgot to include Callum who applied by email back in June. Great to have have him on board!

There is a snazzy new website for the Dieppe Chess Club with a special Brighton blog dedicated to our encounters over the last five years.

BHCC v Dieppe Saturday 29th September

This is the line-up against Dieppe at the end of the month. With sixteen boards we will need all the space we can get and quiet upstairs - friendlies can be played either in the bar or in the far room downstairs. Spectators welcome. Grade and category used for board order. Colours - blanc/noir - apply to the French players.
 

	NOM	PRENOM	ELO	COUL	NOM	PRENOM	ECF
1	BOIZANTE	YVAIN	2220	B	JAMES	GEOFFREY	189
2	FERRANT	CHRISTOPHE	2098	N	BATCHELOR	PAUL	175
3	DELABARRE	OLIVIER	2004	B	LOWE	CHRIS	171
4	DIOLOGENT	MATTHIEU	1977	N	SELBY	PAUL	149
5	LEHARANGER	GUILLAUME	1901	B	WIESS	OLI	144
6	PLESSIS	ARNAUD	1830	N	BREWER	CALLUM	140
7	WAUCAMPT	YOAN	1713	B	BADHAM	DUNCAN	140
8	BRANLANT	ALBANE	1651	N	JONES	ROBIN	140
9	BAULAIN	ROMEO	1660	B	CAIN	MICHAEL	138
10	DEREGNAUCOURT	GAETAN	1648	N	DE SILVER	ARTHUR	136
11	DEREGNAUCOURT	LUCAS	1550	B	SMUTS	JOHN	126
12	DUBOIS	BENJAMIN	1620	N	BENSON	PETER	120
13	BRASSE	ROMAIN	1430	B	COUNSELL	ROB	111
14	GAULT	FREDERIC	1420	N	STANTON	ANTHONY	110
15	CHAPELIER	ANNIE	1499	B	DAVIES	BOB	109
16	BAUDET	KELLY	1170	N	RABEY	CARL	94

Dieppe Match

We are now looking for players for our next match which is the home match against Dieppe on Saturday 29th September. Olivier has sent their player list and most are now familiar names (and faces). Please let me know if you would like to play or sign the list at the club. Stronger players are particularly encouraged to sign up for a well-balanced match. Our only 'international', it's a friendly event and games will not be graded. And, for the first time, the match will take place at the club.

	NOM	PRENOM	ELO	COULEUR
1	BOIZANTE	YVAIN	2212	B
2	FERRANT	CHRISTOPHE	2090	N
3	DELABARRE	OLIVIER	2003	B
4	DIOLOGENT	MATTHIEU	1972	N
5	PLESSIS	ARNAUD	1852	B
6	WAUCAMPT	YOAN	1708	N
7	BRANLANT	ALBANE	1654	B
8	BAULAIN	ROMEO	1660	N
9	DEREGNAUCOURT	GAETAN	1648	B
10	DEREGNAUCOURT	LUCAS	1550	N
11	DUBOIS	BENJAMIN	1616	B
12	BRASSE	ROMAIN	1430	N
13	GAULT	FREDERIC	1420	B
14	CHAPELIER	ANNIE	1499	N
15	BAUDET	KELLY	1170	B