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5th Bristol League Open Blitz Championship - Sunday 10 December https://www.bristolcongress.co.uk/blitz-form Bristol Bridge Club, 99 Oldfield Rd, Hotwells, BS8 4QQ 1st Rd starts 11 am until 5 pm approx ( Max 70 players ) Play rate 5 min 3 sec 11 Rounds Bar available ! League Rules Updated - 2023-24 League Tables - 2023-24 Fixtures - 2023-24 ECF LMS - Bristol & District Chess League Portishead Chess Club - New Club joining the League Grendel - New Venue North Bristol Chess Club - New Venue Clifton Chess Club - New Venue 10th GT Memorial Rapidplay https://bristolandcliftonchess.club/rapidplay/ Sun 30th July The Bristol Bridge Club 99 Oldfield Rd, Hotwells, BS8 4QQ AGM - Bristol Grammar School Thursday 25th May - 7.30pm Agenda Firstly this years AGM will be held on Thursday 25th May. It will be held at Bristol Grammar School in the Owen Room starting at 7:30pm. The Owen Room is opposite the entrance to the Great Hall, where many of our congresses are held. The postcode is BS8 1SR and please use the entrance on University Rd Final League Table Standings Trophy Winners Photo Presentations Cotswold chess congress - May 27 - 29th Han Yichen 5.5/6 won the Open Section of the Cotswold Congress
Frome chess congress - May 12 - 14th Open Section Games Pgn Results
Keith Arkell won the Open Section 4.5/5 Bristol Spring Congress - Photos & Games Open Section - 1st Chris Beaumont ( Bristol champion )
U1900 Section 1st - Mark Jones 4.5/5 U1600 Section 1st - Tom Weale 4.5/5 East Devon Chess Congress - Apr 14 - 16th Exeter Corn Exchange Open Section 1st= 4/5 Jack Rudd, Dominic Mackle, Paul O'Neill Downend & Fishponds Chess Club - New Venue Fishponds Club BS16 3UP LMS Online Fixtures Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Div 4 League Knockout Minor Knockout Fixtures 2022-2023 ( inc 2nd half of season ) dec 2022 xls Handbook Rules 2022-2023 docx pdf Club Directory 2022-2023 Club Secretary List 2022-2023 Club Captains List 2022-2023 Bristol Spring Congress - 31st Mar - 2nd Apr 2023 - Entry Form Contact: Igor Doklestic chessinbristol@gmail.com The Great Hall, Bristol Grammar School BS8 1SR South Bristol Junior Rapidplay - Whitchurch Folkhouse 12th March 9.30 am - 1.30 Pm https://www.southbristolchess.com/junior-rapidplay-12-march-2023 Iain Bourne Iain@facingdanger.com 4th Bristol League Open Blitz Championships - Sun 5th Feb 2023 The Great Hall, Bristol Grammar School BS8 1SR Chess Results https://www.bristolcongress.co.uk/blitz 1st Keith Arkell 9.5/11 2nd = Oscar Garcia, Stanley Badacsonyi 8.5/11
Wales and South West of England Team Jamboree Tournament Jan 2023 Report by David Kan on the under 14's performance over the bridge at Chepstow Leisure Centre http://www.bristoljuniorchess.com/
Downend Xmas Blitz - Wed 28th December 7.15 pm - Cross Hands, Fishponds, BS16 5AA - jcdstubbs@yahoo.co.uk 1st Steve Meek - 8.5/10 https://chess-results.com/tnr706810.aspx?lan=1&art=1 Fixtures 2022-2023 xlsLMS Online Fixtures Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Div 4 League Knockout Minor KnockoutECF Sep Ratings Bdcl club Sep ratingsClub Directory Club Directory 2022-2023 Club Secretary List 2022-2023 Club Captains List 2022-2023Handbook Rules 2022-2023 docx pdfLeague Structure & Knockout teams 2022-2023 doc pdfGloucestershire Cricket Club Community Day - Aug 10th 2022 - Blindfold & Blitz day
South Bristol Rapidplay - Sat 30th July Whitchurch Folk House ( This event is now cancelled ) League AGM - Wed 15th June 7 30 pm Cross Hands, Downend BS16 5AA All members/ players in the Bristol League are welcome to attend the AGM Agm Agenda There are three proposals
3rd Bristol League
Open Blitz Championship
( Entries are limited to 50 players ) Fixtures 2021 - 2022 Division One - xls pdf Start date Week commencing 6th Sept ( complete fixtures ) Results ( updated 7th Dec 21 ) Division Two - xls pdf Start date Week commencing 13th Sept ( Rounds 1 - 14 ) Results ( updated 24th Mar 22 ) Club Directory Team Captains Email
Note: ( North Bristol are now playing at the "Inn on the Green" 2 Filton Rd BS7 0PA ) Bristol Swiss Rapid 2022 Online - Sunday 27th Feb 7pm start ( 5 round swiss 15min + 5 sec ) https://lichess.org/swiss/iqpugllH Bristol Swiss Rapid 2022 Online - Sunday 2nd Jan 7pm start ( 5 round swiss ) https://lichess.org/swiss/Fr1HdnUl Wed 29th December 2021 10 sec buzzer tournament 7 pm - 11 pm Results
We can confirm that, as proposed, the league next season will comprise 2 divisions. Division One will be an all play all with matches starting on w/c 6th September, whilst Division Two will be in the form of a swiss style competition starting the following week w/c September 13th. The fixtures for Div 1will be published shortly and the pairings for the Swiss Div 2 will be published after the deadline for teams being entered which is Aug 20th. Div 1 will have the usual 6 board matches, whilst Div 2 will consist of 4 board matches. Next Season will be a unigue one so we are relaxing the rules with regards thresholds and playing up and down to encourage over the board play and hopefully a route back to normality after what has been a difficult period for us all. The league secretary has put together a more detailed document outlining the pros and cons of our decision with regards to next season. We look forward to seeing as many of you playing chess as possible next season as safely as is possible. The fixtures for next season along with club venues and team captains will appear here shortly
Bristol Swiss Blitz & Rapid 2021 Many thanks to John Stubbs for running the Bristol Swiss online at Lichess Jul 25th 2021 - https://lichess.org/swiss/BHtn7M8e Jul 11th 2021 - https://lichess.org/swiss/qfg33MWJ Jun 27th 2021 - https://lichess.org/swiss/VjSjb2Rc Jun 13th 2021 - https://lichess.org/swiss/xk2ICqum May 30th 2021 - https://lichess.org/swiss/4LghrHpU 21st Feb - https://lichess.org/swiss/2ohsu0He 7th Feb - https://lichess.org/swiss/9MLeibNW 24th Jan - https://lichess.org/swiss/yfui5Y4s 10th Jan - https://lichess.org/swiss/OAVOQGbY British Online Championships 2020 http://chess-results.com/tnr543516.aspx?lan=1 Results https://www.youtube.com/c/GameChangerChess/videos Commentary Matthew Sadler & Natasha Regan
Oliver Stubbs ( Downend Chess club ) won the British Online Rapidplay Under 18 Oliver Stubbs Under 18 Champion Toby Kan ( Downend Chess Club ) narrowly missed out on 2nd or 3rd in the Under 14 chess championships
In the Blitz finals Aron Saunders came 3rd in the under 16 with a very good score of 6 out of 9. In the under 18 Blitz final Oliver Stubbs just missed out on the double, coming 2nd with a very good score of 5 1/2 out of 7 Bristol Swiss Blitz 2020 The last 'Bristol Swiss Blitz 2020' is next Sunday, Dec13th - starting at 6.30pm https://lichess.org/swiss/0Pij592r
A great way to finish ! Thanks Danny. We look forward to seeing you all in the
new year for more blitz fun
Results Nov 29th https://lichess.org/swiss/xDsuRYjN Results Oct 18th https://lichess.org/swiss/ZpCtP7xt Results Oct 4th https://lichess.org/swiss/zcwnLvBT Stream Commentary Florin Ionescu Results Sep 20th https://lichess.org/swiss/IZzwHg79 Stream Commentary Florin Ionescu Results Sept 6th https://lichess.org/swiss/qYoPSUy3 Results Aug 23rd https://lichess.org/swiss/9gLcZOes - Stream Commentary Florin Ionescu Results Aug 16th https://lichess.org/swiss/5ExF1QW5 - Stream Commentary Florin Ionescu You can join the Bristol Swiss team for free and enter the next blitz ( Grand Prix tables updated with prizes! ) South Bristol are again hosting a 7 round 10 min Swiss tournament ( This Thursday) 15th Oct , starting at 7:45 on Lichess. The tournament is open to any Bristol & District players. https://lichess.org/swiss/ww1Jjx1W Sadly I have to report that David Woodruff has died recently Sadly another vice president Alan Williams has recently died Downend & Fishponds Chess Club - OTB Chess wednesday night at the Cross Hands
Good to be back playing chess again ! English Chess Federation Online Under 18 Blitz and Bullet Championship Full Results Oliver Stubbs came 3rd in the Under 18 Blitz Section scoring 8/11 Finn Goodhew came 2nd in the Under 16 Bullet section scoring 9/15 June 1st 2020 The Bristol Junior Under 18 team came 2nd in Division 2 of The Lichess Inter-County Chess Championship. This means they have now been promoted have to Division one to take on the best junior chess counties in the UK. See Bristol Junior Website for more details Old Editions of the Bristol Chess Times have been Digitally converted into PDF files Suspension of the Bristol & District Chess League 16th March 2020 After the latest government announcement today with regards the 'coronavirus' outbreak we unfortunately have no option but to suspend the league with immediate effect. We hope that all our members are able to keep safe in the next few months and will provide an update once the situation becomes safe to play over the board chess again. Latest League Results - Update.xls 14th Mar 20 Jan 2020 Half Season Results 14th Steve Boniface Memorial 21-23 August 2020 Bristol Grammar School Great Hall Unfortunately this Congress has had to be cancelled due to the ongoing Pandemic Bath will host Downend in the Knockout Final in April after winning their semi-final matches. Bath won on board count against Clifton whilst Downend won 8-0 against Grendel Downend v Grendel Match Report Bristol Winter Congress Feb 14 - 16th ( Includes the 88th Bristol League Championships ) https://www.bristolcongress.co.uk/ Entry Form Live Link to the Board One Game Results & Pairings Open Major Minor West of England and South Wales Team Championships 2020 Report - John Stubbs http://www.bristoljuniorchess.com/ Welsh Winter Blitz ( Fide Rated ) - Sun 12th Jan 2020 - Chepstow Leisure Centre Welsh Winter Blitz.pdf 4th Somerset New Year congress - 11/12th January 2020 Colin/Rebecca Gardiner congresssecretary@hotmail.com Walton Park Hotel, Clevedon BS21 7BL https://somersetchesscongress.webs.com/ Latest list of Entrants
Downend Buzzerless New Year Tournament - Wed 1st January Cross Hands 7 pm - 11 pm Chess Results Link Report - Geoff Gammon
1st = 7.5/10 Oli Stubbs ( Downend ), Peter Chaplin ( Clevedon ) Sadly we have to report that Tim Chinnick ( Hanham Chess Club ) has passed away Tim's funeral took place at Westerleigh Crematorium on Friday 20th December. 2nd Bristol League Blitz Open Championship 24th November 2019
South Wales Autumn Chess Congress 15th - 17th November ( Open & Premier FIDE Rated ) Entry Form Pdf Entry Form Doc Rougemont School, Malpas Rd, Newport NP20 6QB kevin.staveley@btinternet.com Millfield Chess International 2019
Horfield E have withdrawn from Div 3 Cabot have moved their venue to the Colloseum, Redcliff Hill, Bristol BS1 6SJ UK Open Blitz Championship Championship Qualifier - 8th September Open Blitz Championship 2019
Keith Arkell & Matthew Turner qualify for the final in November Note there will be no monthly Cross Hands Blitz taking place this season Gambit Night - Thursday 22nd August @ North Bristol Chess Club - 7.30 pm Start - ( Bristol Grand Prix Event ) Fixtures are out for next season Downend Summer Quickplay Rd 3 - Wed 17th July ( Rd 1 - Results ) ( Rd 2 Adjusted Positions ) ( Rd 3 Adjusted Positions ) Final Round 4 - Wed Aug 14th 1st Jim Sherwin 16pts Adjusted positions Rd 4 Summer Festival of Chess at the Cross Hands Geoff Gammon geoffgammon@yahoo.co.uk https://www.thecrosshandsbristol.co.uk/ Wed 7th August - Team Blitz Round 3 Chess 960 @ the Cross Hands Wed 26th June Steve Boniface 2019 - https://www.bristolcongress.co.uk/ Results & Pairings Photos Fide Open Rd 1 - 5 Pgn Cbv ( 105 games complete ) 1st Alan Merry 4.5/5 2nd = 4/5 Jonah Willow, Thomas Villiers, Sacha Brozel, Conor Murphy
Alan Merry 4.5/5 Ben Larkin 4.5 Major
Bristol Grammar School - The Great Hall ( 130 + Entries ) June 5th - Downend & Fishponds Team Blitz Tournament - Team Blitz Results The next round of the Team Blitz is on 3rd July June 2nd - Sun - 9th Graeme Thomson Rapidplay - Results 1st Jim Sherwin
Gareth Morris v Jim Sherwin Many thanks to everyone that came to the Graeme Thomson Memorial tournament yesterday. It was a great success, and we raised about £140 for Macmillan Cancer Support. The legend that is Jim Sherwin won the open. Tim Jones and Andrew Munn jointly won the Major. Congratulations to them. May 25 - 27th Sat - Mon - Cotswold Congress - King's School, Gloucester http://cotswoldcongress.co.uk Open Section - 98 Games - PGN CBV ONLINE Report Photos - Brendan O'Gorman
Don Mason v Dominic Mackle Rd 4 Bd 1 30th Frome Congress - May 17 - 19th Selwood Academy, Frome - Tournament Report
May 30th - Thu - League AGM - Pavillion Room, Filton Sports & Leisure Centre BS34 7PS Stuart Iles stuart_sarah_iles@hotmail.co.uk Summer Festival of Chess at the Cross Hands Geoff Gammon geoffgammon@yahoo.co.uk https://www.thecrosshandsbristol.co.uk/ Latest Results Spreadsheet - 12th May Clifton win the League ! League Knockout Downend 5.5 Clevedon 2.5 Tue Apr 30th Cross Hands
Minor Knockout Winners - South Bristol 3.5 Cabot 2.5 Apr 19 - 22nd - 72nd WECU Easter Congress - Royal Beacon Hotel, Exmouth - Entry Form Pdf Cross Hands Blitz - Sun 7th Apr Results 1st = Jim Sherwin & Richard Savory 9/12
League Knockout - Downend 6 Bath 2 ; Clifton 3.5 Clevedon 4.5 Final to be played at the Cross Hands PH April 30th Cross Hands Blitz - Sunday March 3rd Results
Knockout Semi-Final - Feb 26th - Downend 6 Bath 2 Match Report - Mike Meadows
Bristol Winter Congress & 72nd Bristol league Championships - Feb 15 - 17th 2019 www.bristolcongress.co.uk/ 140 + Entries Keith Arkell 4.5/5 wins the Fide Open Photos - Graham Iwi Photos - Brendan O'Gorman Open Section - 92 games complete Online Cbv Pgn
Junior West Of England & South Wales Team Championships - Chepstow - Sat 12th Jan 2019
The newly formed Gloucestershire U18 Team won the team championships this year ! Clifton Chess Club - New Venue
The Redland Green Club
www.redlandgreen.co.uk 0117 9731139 Cross Hands Blitz - Sunday 6th January 6.30 pm start
Downend & Fishponds Buzzer 2019 New Years Day - 7 - 11 pm The Cross Hands PH, Fishponds ( free mince pies ! ) Contestants can claim a discount on New Years Day Sunday lunch between 12pm - 4 pm - please book with Derrick 1st Bristol Blitz - Sun Nov 25th - Bristol Grammar School David Buckley powered his way through 11 Rounds of Blitz to gain top prize on 11/11
Buckley v Walker Mp4 J Curtis v D Buckley J Curtis v J Sherwin Blitzit Bristol - 4th November 2018 at the Cross Hands, Fishponds
Chipping Sodbury Rapidplay - Sun Oct 21st - Report Results FM Lewis Martin won the Open Section, Andrew Munn won the Major, 9 yr old Gabriel Keech won the Minor A full report with photos can be found on the Bristol Junior Website Horfield take on the league - 3rd Nov 2018 Horfield Chess Club celebrating 75 years as a club ! John Stubbs reports on a successful weekend for the Bristol Juniors at Millfield
Bristol Juniors at the Terafinal
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/uk-open-blitz-championship/ Sat 8th September 2018 Uk Open Blitz Championships come to Bristol Bristol Chess Times Report GM Nick Pert wins, Alice lampard qualifies for the final in December Videos taken of the Blitz Championships Chirag draw Chirag picks up the Grading prize Oli Stubbs winning
Jim meets Fiona 12th Steve Boniface Memorial Congress - Aug 24th - 26th 2018 1st Graham Moore 5/5 2nd = Alan Merry & Chris Beaumont 4/5 Chess Results for results & crosstables
On the left is the decisive Round 4 top board game where local favourite Chris Beaumont took on Graham Moore with both players on 100%. Unfortunately for Chris the game went south and Graham went on to win with a perfect score of 5/5. On the right is Frank Palm taking on Bristol University's Philipp Prasse, Frank was a good friend of Steve's, and back in the 80's and 90's they were prime movers behind Bristol/Hannover chess exchanges. They also shared an interest in cask beers and a devotion to bus and rail transport. Prize List over £1500 in prize money with over 100 competitors taking part in three sections All 98 Games from the Open Section - Pgn Cbv Online Junior Prize Winning game Annotated by Tyson Mordue Tim Woodward ( on the right ) from Trowbridge a regular competitor on the south west circuit of weekend congresses won the Major Section 4/5
Andrew Price v Tim Woodward Downend Summer Tournament - Summer 2018 Final Standings Final Wallchart
Mike Meadows won the Downend Summer Tournament on 14pts, closely followed by Oliver Stubbs & Steve Meek on 13.5pts 16th Aug - GAMBIT NIGHT - At North Bristol The North Bristol Gambit night took place on Thursday August 16th, with 16 players taking part. Stephen Meek won 1st prize with a full house of 5/5 On 4/5 and sharing second place was Paul Spiller and Mike Fielding. The grading prize (under 140's) was won by Aron Saunders with a solid score of 3/5
Hello from Hull ! Mickey Adams meets up with our Juniors https://www.englishchess.org.uk/uk-open-blitz-championship/ Sat 8th September 2018 Bristol Juniors Juniors through to the Terafinal Report by John Stubbs Graeme Thomson Memorial Rapidplay - Sun July 8th - Bristol Chess Times - Report Bristol Summer Congress - Bristol Grammar School - June 15th - 17th ( 117 entrants took part in the congress ) Alan Merry & Mike Waddington finished joint first on 4.5/5 in the Fide Open ONLINE PLAYBACK 99 games in the Fide Open From the Frontline - Bristol Chess Times - Mike Harris Patryk Krzyzanowski becomes Bristol Champion after finishing as the highest placed Bristol league player which included a draw against Keith Arkell.
Bob Radford wins the Major Section trophy after an impressive score of 4/5 earned him joint first in the Major.
Will Taplin wins the Minor Section trophy AGM Agenda Pdf AGM Motions Pdf Trophy Presentations Filton Sports & Leisure Centre BS34 7PS 50th Cotswold Congress - King's School, Gloucester GL1 2BG ( Bank Holiday Congress ) Contact: Andrew Gilmour Open Section - 1st Keith Arkell 5/6 PGN CBV ONLINE PLAYBACK ( All 60 games )
29th Frome Congress May 18th - 20th 2018 Frome Congress Homepage Frome Tournament Report The popular congress attracted over 180 entries spread out over 4 sections ( Photos Chris Lamming )
Roger De Coverley finished 1st = in the Open Section All 77 games in the Open - Online Playback Pgn Cbv Excellent Photos ( thanks to Chris Lamming ) See Calendar for all the events taking place this summer including the League AGM Chipping Sodbury Rapidplay - Sun Apr 29th John Stubbs jcdstubbs@yahoo.co.uk Richard Savory, Patryk Krzyzanowski & George Miller shared 1st price in the top section Crosstable in the Top Section Photos Chris Lamming
Max Walker v Patryk Krzyzanowski Sad news from Hanham Chess Club Downend win the League Knockout Final after a close fought match at Bath
Clevedon won the Minor Knockout Final against Downend in a close match that went to the wire 3.5 - 2.5. Downend's young guns Fedor and Toby both won on the bottom boards but Clevedon gained wins on boards 2-4 with Max Walker, Chris Strong & Stuart Iles
Game of the Month March 2018
13th May Latest Results League Tables Final Grand Prix Tables Div 1: Horfield A are Champions - well done on a fantastic achievement ! Div 2: Clevedon B have won Division 2 Div 3: Keynsham A have won Division 3 Div 4: North Bristol B have won Div 4 with games to spare League Knockout - Downend win at Horfield to face Bath in the final Minor Knockout - Clevedon win the Minor Knockout Final after knocking out Downend Bristol Spring/ Summer Congress - New date Fri / Sun 15th - 17th June Pdf Entry Form Word Entry Form including 71st Bristol League Championships Igor Doklestic chessinbristol@gmail.com www.bristolcongress.co.uk Bristol Grammar School, University Rd, Bristol BS8 1SR Somerset New Year Congress - From the frontline - Sat/Sun Jan 13th- 14th Walton Park Hotel, Wellington Terrace, Clevedon BS21 7BL http://somersetchesscongress.webs.com/venue-congress-report Crosstables U175 Crosstables U145 Crosstables U120
Rich Wiltshir's Rd 5 win Graham Mill-Wilson's Rd 5 win
Downend Buzzer Results - Tue Jan 2nd 1st - Henry Duncanson Christmas Blitz Sunday10th December at the Cross Hands in Fishponds
Bristol Grammar School Results & Pairings Online Playback of Games Rds 1 - 5 ( 61 games )
https://bristolchesstimes.com/2017/11/18/games-to-be-proud-of-featuring-max-poolake-and-roy-day/ Roy Day ( President South Bristol Chess Club ) features in the latest article in the Bristol Chess Times
Chipping Sodbury Rapidplay - Sat Oct 28th Photos & Report - John Stubbs
Results & Pairings on Chess Results
RIP Peter Poobalasingam – Sarah Longson Peter was a very strong and talented player playing in many british championships and tournaments abroad. At Bath University he enjoyed playing alongside James Jackson and featured in an exciting knockout final for Bath against Clifton back in 2009, Bath were two nil down with two to play but together with James Sherwin they won both games to win the cup for Bath on board count, Peter won the final game delivering mate with seconds left on his clock Andy Pickering v Peter Poobalasingham 5/5/2009 Steve Boniface Memorial Congress - August Bank Holiday 25 - 27th From the Frontline - Jon Fisher's report on the weekend congress Steve Boniface Fide Open - Crosstables
15 yr old Koby Kalavannan took 1st prize in the open section All 63 games in the Open Section - >> ONLINE Bristol Chess Congress Website TJ Cabot Chess Club have moved to Rope Walk and now play home matches on wednesdays 5 Nelson Parade, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 4JA
Thornbury Chess Club have a new venue - The Ship Inn, Thornbury Road, Alveston, Thornbury BS35 3LL
Downend Summer Quickplay - 4th Round Tuesday 22nd Aug - Downend Cricket Club, Downend Rd, Bristol BS16 5UF Final Wallchart Final Standings Downend Flyer South Bristol Rapidplay 12th August 2017 Whitchurch Folk House Open Crosstables Major Crosstables http://chess-results.com/tnr297169.aspx?lan=1&art=4&wi=821
Patryk Krzyzanowski won the open section of the South Bristol Rapidaplay Bristol Chess Times - Jon Fisher our Publicity Officer has relaunched the Bristol Chess Times online. Long term stalwarts of the Bristol & District Chess League will remember The Bristol Chess Times as a printed magazine that came out several times a year featuring articles and game compilations from the local league and tournaments JF ...... "now its back and online !" See Calendar for events in August Gambit Night is Back - Gambit Flyer Filton Sports & Leisure Centre, Bristol BS34 7PS Thursday 3rd August 2017 https://bristolchesstimes.com/2017/07/24/gambit-night-is-back/ Contact: Steve Woolgar knightskies@sky.com Graeme Thomson Memorial Rapidplay 2017 - Sun 2nd July ( Bristol Grammar School ) James Cobb & Fabrizio Magrini shared 1st prize on 5.5/6 in the Open Section Alastair Marston came 1st with the same score 5.5/6 in the Major Section Visit the new Horfield Chess Club Website Bristol Summer Congress 2017 9th -11th June Fide Open - All the games from the Fide Open have now been added
1st Keith Arkell 5/5 Trophy presentations for the 2016 - 2017 season End of Season Results - June 2017 AGM Proposals were all passed at the AGM on May 18th Cotswold Congress 2017 - All the games from the open section along with photos Major League Knockout Final - Downend 5 Bath 3 A closely fought match but more silverware is heading to Downend
Minor League Knockout Final - South Bristol 2.5 Clevedon 3.5 Games Pgn ( 2 games ) A nail biting final saw Clevedon win the match with David Peters delivering checkmate in the last seconds of the match. Young Max Walker showed a fine example of a smothered mate ( see games attached )
Chipping Sodbury Rapidplay - Sat 22nd April Report
Downend & Bath go through to the League Knockout Final - Tuesday 9th May - Downend Cricket Club Bristol Spring Congress 2017 Feb 24th - 26th - Fide Open Results - http://www.chess-results.com/tnr263290.aspx?lan=1&art=4&wi=821
All 56 Games from the Fide Open League Knockout Semi Finals - Bath v Horfield & Keynsham v Downend - Matches to be played w/c 5th April Minor League Knockout Final - Clevedon v South Bristol - May 2nd Cabot Chess Club - New Venue - The Hare, 51/53 North St, Bedminster BS3 1EN Somerset New Year Congress - 14 -15th Jan 2017 Walton Park Hotel, Clevedon ( Entries have now reached capacity and there is no guarantee of acceptance for further entrants. Please contact the congress secretary )
Downend Xmas Buzzer - Tuesday 27th December 2016 Somerset New Year Congress - 14 -15th Jan 2017 Walton Park Hotel, Clevedon
our congress has reached capacity and we can no longer guarantee acceptance of further entrants. Bristol Winter Congress - Nov 25 - 27th Bristol Congress Website Dan Malkiel won the Fide Open Section on 4/5 after a decisive 4th round win against Chris Beaumont Congress Games / Photos / Crosstables
Dan Malkiel v Chris Beaumont - Rd 4 Decisive Round 4 game - Malkiel v Beaumont It is with great sadness that I have to report that Michael Wood ( Downend Chess Club ), Mike to so many, passed away on Friday 14th October.
At Downend, Mike held the role of President for the last fifteen years, and Treasurer, Captain and Chairman before that, Mike had always had the best interests of the club at heart and especially valued good sportsmanship in all his dealings, which go far beyond chess. Of course he also served the league for many years and was greatly respected by all who came into contact with him. Here is one of his games that I had the pleasure to watch and admire back in 2003. He shows all of his 50 + years of playing experience as he produces a fine attacking game against a very handy University player many years his junior. Chipping Sodbury Rapid Report Oct 8th - Graham Mill-Wilson Downend Summer Tournament 2016 Final Round - Round 4 - Tue 23rd August
League Players Graded Games for last season - New July Grades are now out - www.ecfgrading.org.uk/new/menu.php
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