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Bristol & District League 2024 - 2025 3rd Portishead Junior Rapidplay - 9th Nov 2024 https://www.portisheadchess.com/event-details/3rd-portishead-junior-rapidplay Somerset Hall, 1 the Precinct, Portishead, Bristol BS20 6AH 2nd Stoke Gifford Rapidplay ( See Calendar for entry ) 21st Sept 2024
St Michael's Centre, North Road, Stoke Gifford BS34 8PD Newport Chess Congress Live Games https://lichess.org/broadcast/2024-newport--open/round-3/pnVdrSBt#overview Next Season's fixtures are out: https://lms.englishchess.org.uk/lms/node/2990/ofixtures Club Directory 2024 - 2025 https://www.chessit.co.uk/Clubs/Clubdir2024.pdf League AGM - Tue 4th June Bristol Grammar School - Owen Room See calendar for details of the 5 proposals Bath Chess Club now have a website - https://www.bathchessclub.co.uk/ 1st Stoke Gifford Rapidplay - Sat - 1st June 2024 St Michael's Centre, North Road, Stoke Gifford BS34 8PD https://www.congress.org.uk/congress/411/home https://chess-results.com/tnr950429.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=7&flag=30 Bristol League Rapidplay Championship ! 1st = Oli Stubbs, Peter Large won the Open 6/7
Round 7 - FM Grzegorz Toczek v Oli Stubbs South Bristol Chess Club on the move After 40 years South Bristol Chess Club are moving to a new venue on June 5th 2024. They are moving to B.I.G https://www.facebook.com/groups/187605676736112/user/100064165232382/ Wednesday nights at 16 Cater Road, BS13 7TW 2nd Portishead Junior Rapidplay 29th June, Somerset Hall, The Precinct, Portishead, Bristol BS20 6AH https://www.portisheadchess.com/event-details/2nd-portishead-junior-rapidplay Sadly I have to report that Downend & Fishponds longest serving player Mike Passmore died today ( 21st April 2024 ) https://www.englishchess.org.uk/rip-michael-john-passmore/ https://www.downendchess.com/news See Calendar for a full list of events 54th Cotswold Congress - 25th - 27th May 2024 The King's School, Gloucester, GL1 2BG https://chess-results.com/tnr946146.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/QCkXiYVDC6vRmoxy6 list of winners & photos https://photos.app.goo.gl/pyHLSkEsodMDpdB16 more photos from the cotswold congress Open Section 1st = David Spence, Thomas Brown 5/6 Gloucestershire County Indvidual Champion - Mike Ashworth 4.5/6
Jan Murawski v Tom Brown
ECF Chessable Grand Prix Event Open Section FIDE Rated and includes the Gloucestershire Individual County Championship 33rd Frome Chess Congress - 17th - 19th May 2024 Selway Academy, Berkley Rd, Frome BA11 2EF http://somersetchess.org/frome_congress/FromeHome.html Online Brochure https://chess-results.com/tnr940083.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=5 Open Section - 1st Andrew Horton 4.5/5
Jacob Boswell v Andrew Horton ( Rd 4 ) Bristol Open Centenary & West Of England Congress Fri - Sun 26-28th April 2024 www.bristolcongress.co.uk https://chess-results.com/tnr906182.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=5 Open Section - 1st= Jacob Boswell, Oleksandr Matlak 4.5/5 Chris Beaumont - Bristol Champion 4/5
Photo - Courtesy of Brendan O'Gorman 2nd South Bristol Junior Rapid, March 16th 2024 https://www.southbristolchess.com/2nd-south-bristol-rapid-16-03-2024 This event is now FULL and has reached capacity Whitchurch United Reform Church 24 Bristol Road, BS14 0PQ 6 Rounds, 15+10 ECF rated 10am to 5pm approx. Wells Chess Congress 8th - 10th March 2024 The Town Hall, Market Place, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2RB https://wellschess.co.uk/product/wells-chess-congress/ 1st Keith Arkell 4.5/5
Round 5 - Keith Arkell v Supratit Banerjee Downend_Gammon_Buzzer_2023.pdf Downend and Fishponds chess club invites you all to an evening of lighting chess on December 27th 2023 at the Fishponds club. Please arrive at 7pm for a prompt start! 1st Portishead Junior Rapidplay https://www.portisheadchess.com/event-details/1st-portishead-junior-rapidplay 21st January 2024, The Folk Hall, 95 High St, Portishead, Bristol BS20 6PR 6 rounds, 15min + 5sec. 9.30-4.30 approx
1st James Thomas ( Downend ) U18 5.5/6
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 2023 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 2023 Han Yichen 5.5/6 won the Open Section of the Cotswold Congress
Frome chess congress - May 12 - 14th 2023 Open Section Games Pgn Results
Keith Arkell won the Open Section 4.5/5 Bristol Spring Congress 2023 - 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 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
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 ) 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 Summer Festival of Chess at the Cross Hands Geoff Gammon geoffgammon@yahoo.co.uk https://www.thecrosshandsbristol.co.uk/ Apr 19 - 22nd 2019- 72nd WECU Easter Congress - Royal Beacon Hotel, Exmouth - Entry Form Pdf Cross Hands Blitz - Sunday March 3rd Results 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 Blitzit Bristol - 4th November 2018 at the Cross Hands, Fishponds Sad news from Hanham Chess Club
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