Open to all, not just club members.
Location: The Devonshire Rooms, Waghorn Road, Snodland, ME6 5BQ
£5 for lecture only, £10 for lecture plus Blitz.
Event format: 7pm to 8pm; “Logic in Chess” by FM Steve Giddins. Lecture looking at how to make the most of strategic advantages. Followed by 9-round ECF-rated 3+2 Blitz Tournament from 8.15pm to 10.30pm.
Maximum 30 players for Blitz. The Blitz will be split into sections of 10 players (grouped by ECF April Standard play grade), who will compete in an all-play-all tournament. £20 for first place, £10 for second place in each group of 10. If the number of entrants is not divisible by ten, then the pairings in one of the groups will be adjusted.
Date: Saturday 4th May
Venue: Barton Court Grammar School, Longport, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1PH
Eligibility: Open to all juniors born after 31/08/2005
Schedule: Arrival from 9.30 for a 10.00 start. Approximate finish time 17.00
Organiser Details: Jonathan Hunt, club@sandwichess.uk
Closing date for last entries: 2nd May
Time control: 15 minutes + 10 seconds
ECF rated: Yes
Other information: The school’s in-house catering team will be providing an all-day canteen service at the venue offering hot food and lunches. There will be a lunch break between Rounds 3 & 4 from 1:00 to 1:30pm. Access to the venue is via Pilgrims Way (off Spring Lane, CT1 1ST, follow signs for the Sports Centre). There is ample on-site parking directly in front of the playing hall. The venue is close to the centre of Canterbury, which has excellent bus and rail links.
***Please note the organiser has the right to make changes to the above on the day if required
Our competitive however friendly club neighbours at Snodland Chess Club are delighted to host a simultaneous display vs GM Sergey Tiviakov at 7.15pm on Tuesday 27th February 2024.
Sergey is a world-class Grandmaster, having won the Dutch Championship on three occasions, and also making it to the quarter-finals of the World Championship Candidates matches. At his peak, Sergey was ranked 20th in the world, with a rating of 2699. In 2005, Sergey also set a world record of 110 consecutive professional games unbeaten.
The event will take place at the Devonshire Rooms, 4 Waghorn Road, Snodland, Kent, ME6 5BQ.
What an absolutely fantastic day it was when Bartholomew Hall, the renowned producer and presenter of 'Invicta Sport' on KMTV Kent, visited our club on August 30th, 2023! 🎥🌟
The filming went smoothly, and we can't thank Bartholomew enough for his outstanding work. He is not only a talented professional but also a welcomed guest at our club anytime this season.
Thank you to all the members that attended and helped contribute to a wonderful evening
🙌 The final feature is nothing short of AMAZING!
Exciting new developments for junior chess players at Medway Chess Club; we are delighted to be partnering with LearnChess Academy.
This partnership provides a dynamic and FUN service, using the latest multi-media technology – with Online and Over-The-Board LIVE coaching, games, tournaments, assignments and workshop events.
LearnChess Academy utilises chess as a vehicle to help children learn how to think independently and become brilliant problem solvers. We aim to take every child beyond their comfort zone and think outside the box to advance their academic development.
Those who may be interested should contact James email: jameshd@learnchess.co.uk
The Kent County Chess Association organises competitive chess for 20 clubs in metropolitan and wider Kent
Chess-Results.com is a powerful server dedicated to tournament results. The tournament archive of chess-results.com contains more than 540.000 tournaments from around the world, from club tournaments to European Championships and Chess Olympiads. This is made possible by the program Swiss-Manager, an administrations programme for chess tournaments, working very closely with chess-results.com.
OpeningTree.com is an open source website that helps you analyse anyone’s lichess or chess.com games.
Have you ever wanted to feel like a grandmaster, preparing for a world-class match against a specific opponent? What if there was a way for you to understand your opponent’s openings, or even their game style – before you even sat down at the board
You can use it to prepare for your opponents, improve your own game or learn from openings that grandmasters play.
Copyright © 2024 Medway Chess Club - All Rights Reserved.