Club computer

Hi all,

You may have noticed the recent lack of computer facilities since our old PC gave up the ghost. Anthony has kindly procured a replacement which I will be bringing back to the club tonight. I've installed Fritz 12, Arena (a free chess analysis program) and internet access. If there's anything you think is missing, or you find something doesn't work, please either post here or let me know (as I'm not around much you can always e-mail or pass a message via committee members).

BTW Sue, I think the 'Open' for high ranking players is a good idea.

Cheers, Kevin.

More on ECF - see below

One of our former club members, CJ de Mooi, resigned from his position as ECF President on Saturday. Ever out-spoken and controversial, and still better known as a television 'Egghead', he has been offered a job in the world of commercial chess which he considers incompatible with his position at the ECF. Roger Edwards (?) is currently the only candidate for the post - to be confirmed at the ECF AGM on 13th October.

However, don't let this stop you taking out ECF membership - only 17 of our members have signed up so far - which means so far only 17 lucky members will be appearing on our internal tournament charts! (see post on September 3 below) Club membership subscriptions are also due and will be accepted by any committee member any Thursday or Saturday at the club.

ECF Membership Rates:

• BRONZE £13 a year (Juniors £9)
• SILVER £19 a year (Juniors £13)
• GOLD £28 a year (Juniors £22)
• PLATINUM £60 a year (Juniors £60)

You only need BRONZE for all graded games at the club and in the Mid-Sussex League. The year runs from 1st September and it costs the same whenever you join in the year. The £2 per person per game alternative will NOT be available for internal tournaments.

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.

The Brighton and Hove Open?

Thank you to all the people who turned up on Thursday for the AGM. It was a good turnout and the the committee naturally appreciates the support of the membership as well as their ideas and feedback.

Thinking about the concerns Brian Denman was voicing about giving our stronger players more playing opportunities within the club - there has been something of an ongoing debate these last few years around the set up of the club championship - I wonder whether we are missing an opportunity to reach out to our other local clubs. I am thinking particularly of Woodpushers and Knoll Knights, both small clubs which enter teams in the MSCL but run no internal tournaments of their own. We could offer players over 160 (say) the opportunity to play in an open Brighton and Hove all-play-all tournament for a small fee for one year as an experiment. It could be the Club Championship with the proviso that they have to be full members of the club to win the trophy. I think this would have a number of obvious advantages - not least broadcasting the appeal of our club to the local talent!

I was going to put this on the committee blog but as most of your esteemed and hard-working committee are but humble players - with the exception of our current club champion - it doesn't directly concern us. What do others think - both regular members and the likely contenders?

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

AGM and ECF alert for Thursday 6th September

The Club AGM is this Thursday at 8:00 pm. All members have been sent the agenda, and last year's minutes and financial accounts have gone by email. There are no extra items to debate and so far all post-holders have indicated their willingness to continue, with no other contenders. And we have six captains ready for running six teams in the mid-Sussex League. So please come if you can. Business should be short but Geoffrey will be taking subscriptions - please remember to bring cash or cheque. Andrew will be signing people up for the standard play tournaments and rapid play ladder.....

BUT - please note - you will only be able to sign up for these if you have joined both the club and the ECF. This is a new requirement. ECF membership runs for a year from 1st September so it would help if you join before Thursday - you can do it easily online - see http://www.englishchess.org.uk/ - or by post. Help will be provided on Thursday if necessary. Joining the ECF will also make you eligible to play for the MSCL (otherwise it will not be free). You can join the club without joining the ECF but you will only be able to play friendly, ungraded games. This is because of a change in the way the ECF is funded and not a change the club has any influence over.

Hi Robert,

good spot... unfortunately they have the position wrong in the Times as well as the event. However Callum did play Akshaya and she did win...

Since the British Callum played in the UKCC 2012 CHALLENGERS "C" section where he came joint 4th (top under 11).  This tournament starts in the schools, the top players progress to a county competition, this is followed by a South and North section and then the finals.

Last weekend he played for the England Squad against a team from France, unfortunately we lost to the French but Callum had a good second day in an individual rapid play tournament being the highest placed England player. Tomorrow (well later today) Callum is off to Belgium to play for the England Squad again... dad only has to get him to st Pancras this time...

Shaun

[See club noticeboard for the Winning Move cutting. Sue]

Times Winning Move

Today (Fri 31 Aug) in the Times newspaper,Raymond Keene's Winning Move puzzle features...Callum Brewer.

One-day venue closure Sat 18 Aug

The club venue will be closed  for the day this Saturday 18 Aug.
There will be chess,however,at Michael Cain's 2nd  club promotion,
10 till 5 the same day in New Road (outside the Theatre Royal).
The forecast is for hot weather so take care in the sun if you are
going along.
I shall be there to open the club tonight,Thurs 16 Aug,as there is
no Bridge taking place.

Thanks for the news, Shaun. Well done Callum!

Callum's Summer

Callum, has had a busy summer, representing England at the Glorney Cup competition, taking part in the U12 section, the Stokes Cup, he scored 5/6 and helped England win the section.

Callum also had great time at the British scoring 4.5/7 in the U12s, coming joint 3rd.

Callum is really happy that people were following his progress at the British and appreciates the support.

Shaun

ECF Membership

After a meeting of the committee last night we decided on the following for next season:

1. Present subscription levels will remain unchanged.

2. All members wishing to enter internal tournaments will be required to be members of the ECF. This is because of recent funding changes in the ECF whereby non-membership will require a £2 game fee for every graded game played, per person. The same will be true of games in the MSCL but there will be a choice here - you can still pay the £2 to your captain each time if you prefer. If you're an ECF member, you'll pay nothing.

ECF membership runs for a year from 1st September. You can join online for £12 via the ECF website. You can do this now, ahead of the AGM.

The AGM agenda will now be coming out later in the month.

Listening to live commentary of British Championships, I swear I can hear Callum suggesting moves to Andrew Martin in the commentary room :-)) Callum is going great guns on 4.0/6.0 in the Under-12s, well done Callum!!

AGM Thursday 6th September 8:00 pm

The club AGM will be held on Thursday 6th September at 8:00 pm. The Agenda will be published at the weekend so please let me know this week if you have anything you wish to add.

Congratulations to Geoff

Geoff has succeeded in holding onto the Club Championship trophy this year, beating Luke in the final 1½-½.

The knock-out format attracted twenty-two entrants and provided some unusual encounters and interesting games. However we might try again to run an all-play-all Club Championship next season, perhaps restricted to members graded over 150 - currently a select group of eight. This would have the benefit of giving those eight more opportunities to play in the club. Feedback on your preferences welcome!

July grades published

All new grades are now on the Members page of this website. The results they are based on can be seen on each individual's page on the ECF grading website - just click on the interactive grading number by your name as it appears on the Members page.

Woodpusher Rapidplay

Julian (of the Avenue Bridge Club and Woodpushers Chess Club) is organising a second rapidplay tournament to take place over two consecutive Tuesday evenings as before. The details are as follows:

WOODPUSHERS  CHESS  CLUB
Avenue Bridge Club, 15 Third Avenue,

Hove, BN3 2PB.  Tel: 01273 775752.

Email: AvenueBridgeClub@aol.com

2^nd Tuesday Night Rapidplay

Six round swiss rapidplay, held over two Tuesday evenings. Advance registration by email preferred – pay on evening.

Tuesdays 17^th July and 24^th July.

Schedule

6.45 – 7.15 pm Payment taken from registered players.

7.15 – 7.29 pm Payment and registration from those previously unregistered; 
                          first come, first served.

7.30 – 10.45 pm 3 x 30 minutes rapidplay games.

Entry fee £10.    Students/Juniors £7.    One night only £5.  
   Unregistered surcharge £1 extra.

Players joining on 24^th July assumed to have 1½ points.

This is the second of a series of swiss rapidplay tournaments, designed not just to give players competitive opportunities, but to support the Avenue Bridge Club and both Brighton and Hove and Woodpushers Chess Clubs. Half the monies taken will be given back as prizes – prize list to be published when registration is complete.

Capacity will be limited to the first 30 registered players – so the answer is clear …

Do not delay – register today!

Tournaments

A final reminder that the club tournaments end on Tuesday 31st July. Some people  may be able to arrange games at alternative venues so as to meet  the final deadline.
Hopefully several people can find the time to finish a few more games so that the individual tournaments have a good completion .Then a fairer comparison can be made between the competitors.

The end of a successful season: AGMs and Awards

The Mid-Sussex League AGM minutes are now published. Paul collected the first division winners' cup and Luke the tankard for best individual performance in division one. Congratulations to them and the other first team players: Brian, Geoff and John. The second team are promoted to join the first in division one next season and the fourth team move up to join the third in the second division. The fifth team will then have a new sixth team to contend with in the third division as we revert to fielding six teams in the league: ample opportunities for all our promising new talent.

The Sussex County Chess Association's AGM is due to take place, also at the Lewes venue, next Tuesday 17th at 7:30 pm. I can forward the agenda and last year's minutes to anyone interested and the meeting welcomes anyone who would like to attend.

Chess Promotional Day

Hi Brighton Chess Club,

Good Skills, I am happy to report that the Brighton & Hove Chess Club Promotional Day was a resounding success and much better than I hoped or imagined. I would like to say a BIG Thank You to the many chess members who came and supported the club during the day. We were very lucky with the weather it was sunny with blue skies, the Brighton community was very interested with a huge amount of people showing interest by watching, taking lots of pictures, asking questions and playing chess with us and giving us tough games.

Please click on the following link to see more pictures of the day ;-

Brighton Chess Promotional Day Pictures

I hope we can organize another summer chess event this August and would be interested to know if you would be interested in joining me?

Thank You Again,

Michael