Competitions


Club Championship

This is played in groups with semi-finals and finals to decide the winner.  Games are played from September through until the following July.


Club K.O.

This is a handicapped knockout. Lower graded contestants play white and have ninety minutes. The higher graded player's time is reduced by one minute for each grading point difference between the two players (to a minimum of thirty minutes). A complete draw for the first round is made in advance. Games are played from September through until the following July.


30-30 Tournament

This is a six Round Swiss played over two club nights. Entrants are placed into one of four sections according to strength. Time handicapps are applied according to which section a player is in.


Dennis Heard Trophy

Any player may challenge another player. Should the challenged player request a return game the first player must accept with colours reversed. No more then two games may be played between two players. Scoring is complicated:
All Players start with a grade of 100 (Not to be confused with the BCF grading).
Fifty is added to the loser's grade then winner's grade subtracted from the total. The result is divided by five.
Final total (fractions rounded up) is added to the winner's grade and subtracted from the loser's grade. Minimum lose: 1 point, minimum gain: 1 point.
Draws: Difference between the two grades is divided by five and added to both grades..
Each contestant must play six games to qualify and the overall winner is the player with the highest score (that is the final grade divided by the number of games played. Games are played from September through until the following July.


Kriegspeil (Tom Newton Trophy)

This is the fun tournament for those who want something just a little different. Each game needs three chessboards, three sets of pieces, three tables, two players and at least one referee (two recommended). The three tables (complete with chess boards and pieces) are arranged in a line. The players each sit at one of the outer tables with their backs to each other and to the central table. They thus cannot see each other's moves. The referee(s) keep track of each contestants moves with the central board. They also instruct the players when the other person has moved and on what they cannot do (moving a piece into an already occupied square where they cannot take (pawn moves). Each player tries to guess their opponent's moves and in the usual way attempts to checkmate the opponent. The tournament is organised to run over the summer period and is played on a straightforward league basis.

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