ALL ARE Welcome
We meet at the English Martyrs Church Community Hall , 37 Frindsbury Road, Rochester, ME2 4JA. Club nights are now held every Wednesday from 7.45pm. If you play online like Chess.com or Lichess come and put your skills to the test play chess over the board. Feel the presence of another human being and experience fun and joy at the board versus a 'lifeless' computer screen !
♟️WE ARE NOT MEN IN SUITS 👔 LIKE THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT 👸
If you would like to play chess at Medway Chess Club in 2025/26, please contact our Club Chairman Isaac Oluwole, or Club Secretary Jedda Taylor (see contacts). You will be very welcome, irrespective of age, gender or playing ability.
Players considering joining, are also welcome to come to our club night on Wednesday, for a free trial session. ( walk-in)
“Every chess master was once a beginner.” – Irving Chernev
Medway Chess Club
The aims and objectives of Medway Chess Club are to promote the playing, studying and
understanding the game of chess at all levels. This includes the organisation of local playing
facilities and the provision of coaching for members of all abilities.
The club prides itself in creating a warm and welcoming environment and membership is
open to all persons irrespective of gender, nationality, religious opinion, race or colour. It is
particularly open to young persons and those with disabilities.
We are affiliated to both the Kent County Chess Association (KCCA) and the English Chess
Federation (ECF) who are the governing bodies in Kent and the UK respectively. We
currently enter five teams in competitive matches organised by the aforesaid organisations
and also play informal non-competitive matches between members on our regular club
nights.
The club is very much a valuable community based organisation attracting members from all
across Medway, including the Hoo Peninsula, which is often an area which is under
represented. As such it helps to serve the needs of a diverse community including social
inclusion and everyday social interactions.
Daniel Gavigan
Fomer Secretary, Medway Chess Club
LATEST Kent county chess association REPORTS 2024-25
Stevenson Cup
Stevenson Cup
Stevenson Cup
Maidstone 3 v Medway 2
2½ - 3½
Medway Win
Wed 16 Oct 24
In the Stevenson Cup match against Maidstone, our team faced strong and experienced opponents. Dominik played against a player rated over 2200. Although the game was close to a draw, time pressure and less experience led Dominik to lose a drawn endgame. Paul secured a draw, while both Patryk and I won our games. Ashley and Will also drew their matches. Considering the strength of the opponents, each draw was a small success for our team.
Captain - Aram
Intro Cup
Stevenson Cup
Stevenson Cup
Medway 9 V Medway 8
0-4
Medway 8 Win
Wed 16 Oct 24
Well done Medway 8. For our juniors - hold your heads high - all of you! You gave much higher rated players a good game and as a club we are thrilled you are all beginning your ‘rating journey’ now! I would like to try and arrange some rated games internally with each other and adult players who are similar ratings to you. You’ve all beaten me so I’m up for it and will enlist some other players too! Well done Medway juniors - the match experience is good for you and you’ll learn a lot by taking part in the league this year. Well done to you all. We are all very proud of you and pleased you are Medway club players!
Jedda - Club Secretary
Tom Fuller
Tom Fuller
Tom Fuller
Medway 7 v Medway 6
1.5 - 3.5
Wed 9th Oct
Medway 6 Win
Med 7 v Med 6 - Tom Fuller- 09.10.24
This was an enthralling match to open the Tom Fuller season. Medway 6 had a player off sick on board 1, so Paul Shevelane stepped up to board 1, at short notice. In the end Paul, Zsombor on board 2 and Danny on board 4 all won the games. Last game to finish was a draw on board 3 with David for Med 7 and Isaac (Med 6) ending with half a point each. Med 6 clinched the opening match 3.5 to 0.5 points.
Well played guys.
Isaac - Chairman & Captain
Harvey Cup
Tom Fuller
Tom Fuller
Medway 4 v Medway 5
3-3
WED 2 OCT 24
DRAW
REPORT TO FOLLOW
Congratulations all we look forward to playing you all next season and winning some silverware !
ALL ARE Welcome
We meet at the English Martyrs Church Community Hall , 37 Frindsbury Road, Rochester, ME2 4JA. Club nights are now held every Wednesday from 7.45pm. If you play online like Chess.com or Lichess come and put your skills to the test play chess over the board. Feel the presence of another human being and experience fun and joy at the board versus a 'lifeless' computer screen !
♟️WE ARE NOT MEN IN SUITS 👔 LIKE THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT 👸
If you would like to play chess at Medway Chess Club in 2024/25, please contact our Club Chairman Isaac Oluwole, or Club Secretary Jedda Taylor (see contacts). You will be very welcome, irrespective of age, gender or playing ability.
Players considering joining, are also welcome to come to our club night on Wednesday, for a free trial session. ( walk-in)
“Every chess master was once a beginner.” – Irving Chernev
Dom , Hans and Will
Nieman achieves a crushing victory over Vitiugov 27.5 - 14.5 score in their 5 day match ! Medway's young talents went to London to watch !
Medway Chess Club
The aims and objectives of Medway Chess Club are to promote the playing, studying and
understanding the game of chess at all levels. This includes the organisation of local playing
facilities and the provision of coaching for members of all abilities.
The club prides itself in creating a warm and welcoming environment and membership is
open to all persons irrespective of gender, nationality, religious opinion, race or colour. It is
particularly open to young persons and those with disabilities.
We are affiliated to both the Kent County Chess Association (KCCA) and the English Chess
Federation (ECF) who are the governing bodies in Kent and the UK respectively. We
currently enter five teams in competitive matches organised by the aforesaid organisations
and also play informal non-competitive matches between members on our regular club
nights.
The club is very much a valuable community based organisation attracting members from all
across Medway, including the Hoo Peninsula, which is often an area which is under
represented. As such it helps to serve the needs of a diverse community including social
inclusion and everyday social interactions.
Daniel Gavigan
Fomer Secretary, Medway Chess Club
Kent - Summer quick play champions 2023 - Medway
Intro Cup Final Report - Tunbridge Wells - 3/6/23
MEDWAY 4 V MAIDSTONE 7
3-1 WIN
Medway 4 were unbeaten in their league (Mid Intro Cup) to top the group qualifier.
The Kent champions team included 9 players during the season : Paschal Hickey ( Captain) , Danny Gavigan, Nav Dhinsa, Dominik Swiatkowski, Zsombor Baki, Chloe Hyde. Kareem Kowaitly, Tireni Oluwabunmi and Oscar Dhinsa.
It was a tough call to select a semi-final team to beat Beckenham & Bromley. A much bigger club than ours in many ways . Given all that, it truly was a magnificent VICTORY over them to get to the final on June 3rd. Nav, Dominik, Zsombor and Danny stepped up and delivered in that glorious semi-final victory.
Maidstone 7 were our opponents who seemed, at one point, to be stretching the rules to win,
They had two players rated over 1500+ and there team on average were rated 83 points higher than us. However, loyalty prevailed for my team; and the same 4 players, who got us to the Final were selected. This decision proved pivotal to the match outcome.
The game on Board 4 was decided first. Danny had a fantastic opponent in 11 year old Dylan Woolerton, who had an impressive 5 out of 5 wins in the Intro League, also defeating Oscar Dhinsa (aged 6) & Lawrence Tutt (Medway) during the league games against us. Danny kept very cool from the start in an even contest until , N+ and Dylans Queen fell victim to a brilliant fork. Eventually (1-0).
On Board 3, Dominik (ice cool) was done and dusted (out) against his opponent, who he lost to during the league earlier in the season, Martin failed to see Dominik had hung his Bishop, but Dominik saved his reputation by 4 Sec.(again) to eventually grab victory, a classic win over Tye Martin (1378). (2-0)
Board 2, Zsombor was on black , pitched against Maidstone's tactician & Captain Marvel Doug Smith. (1518) . A very tight match right up to the end. Zsombor covered everything and moved Doug onto the back foot to secure a fine Draw with an experienced player graded 143 points above him.( 2.5. to 0.5 ).
Board 1, Nav played K. Charlton (1542) rapid 1809 the highest rated player and put on his hard-man attitude, not giving an inch. In a confident matter of fact way, he left his seat and surveyed his teammates boards many times. His opponent had to accept a draw in the end to save face ,(he would have lost)! Again brilliant Nav.
I really felt invested and confident in my team selection, the lads played out of their skin in both the Semi & Final to bring that little Trophy home again, precious. 🍀🏆
Kent Intro cup final - June 2023 - winners medway
kent - harvey cup winners 2022
kent - Intro CuP Winners 2019
HANS Niemann achieves crushing victory over Vitiugov - 27½-14½ 19th august 2024
1/3
LATEST Kent county chess association REPORTS 2023-24
Medway 2 v Rainham (Kent) 3 - Harvey Cup - 20/3/2024
Medway 2 v Rainham (Kent) 3 - Harvey Cup - 20/3/2024
Medway 2 v Rainham (Kent) 3 - Harvey Cup - 20/3/2024
Medway 2 v Rainham (Kent) 3
3.5 - 2.5 Win
Medway manged to win our last scheduled game against Rainham 3.5-2.5 in
a very tight contest.
We were rated stronger on the higher boards but weaker on the lower
boards and it was no surprise that
we were quickly 2-0 down as both Nav & Danny went down against stronger
opposition. Paul Jeffery drew on top board
and I had an interesting game against Tyrone and manged to restrict his
developement and broke through on the king side and with
a pawn on g6 managed to move my Queen to h6 with mate next move. Aram
was always better in his game and won convincingly
in the end. Domonik was last to finish and was 3 pawns up although had
very little time left but Dominik does not need much and played
the ending in a quite lovely finish with only increments to use.
Although we are top of the league we are dependent on two more games
to be played to know if we will progress to the semi-finals.
All the best,
Paul
Weald of Kent 3 v Medway 4 - 5/2/2024
Medway 2 v Rainham (Kent) 3 - Harvey Cup - 20/3/2024
Medway 2 v Rainham (Kent) 3 - Harvey Cup - 20/3/2024
Weald of Kent 3 v Medway 4
2.5 - 1.5 Loss
Playing Weald of Kent
Dominik fought back valiantly in mutual time pressure before one mistake ended his run.
Ashley fell victim to an endgame grind by his strong opponent.
I managed to get a draw with 1 minute for my last 20 moves
But our board 4 Chace secured our only full point with a position so strong, he froze his opponent into flagging, all moves leading to an inevitable demise
Team Captain William Walshe
Tunbridge Wells 2 v Medway 3 - Tom Fuller - 5/2/24
Tunbridge Wells 2 v Medway 3 - Tom Fuller - 5/2/24
Tunbridge Wells 2 v Medway 3 - Tom Fuller - 5/2/24
Tunbridge Wells 2 v Medway 3
2-2
This was another exciting and victorious night for Medway. On board 1, Dimitar's opponent was rated 120 points higher, but he managed to claim victory afteran intense finish. On board 2, Zsombor made his opponent concede defeat with 2 rooks putting pressure on his opponent's efforts with a rook and knight. Board 3 had Isaac checkmate his opponent with a knight and rook finish against his opponent's Bishop and rook defence. Board 4, Lawrence battled gallantly, but lost his game. Scores 3 - 1 win to Medway. Thanks Guys.
Team Captain William Walshe
Medway 4 v Snodland 2 - Tom Fuller - 28/2/2024
Tunbridge Wells 2 v Medway 3 - Tom Fuller - 5/2/24
Tunbridge Wells 2 v Medway 3 - Tom Fuller - 5/2/24
Medway 4 v Snodland 2
2.5 -1.5 Win
Medway played close neighbours snodland in the Tom Fuller cup.
Board 4 was a tense game with pieces flying, settling with our young prodigy Jayden on the losing end.
Board 3 saw will engage in a sacrifice heavy middlegame, culminating in precise mistakes leading to his eventually endgame win
Ashley on board was on the receiving end of a peculiar early piece blunder by his strong opponent, to which he was forced to prove he could win in a long drawn out finish.
Finally Dominik on board 1 settled for a sensible draw, winning the match for his team.
Team Captain William Walshe
Match Reports
Medway 3 v Maidstone 5 - Tom Fuller - 24/1/24
Medway 3 v Weald of Kent 3 - Tom Fuller - 24/1/24
Medway 3 v Weald of Kent 3 - Tom Fuller - 24/1/24
Medway 3 v Maidstone 5
2-2 Draw
One of the two matches played on the same night , which ended in victory for Medway.
With the match on board 1 lost to Maidstone, Anton on board 3 despatched his opponent soon after, to make the scores 1 - 1. Dimitar on board 2 then had a protracted game and in the end was triumphant. Now all eyes turned to board 4 where a battle of high drama was going on. The final result now depended on this game. With Dean (Maidstone) trying to get a Queen with a pawn one square away, Isaac was able to secure perpetual cheque. With a draw in this game , the match ended 2.5 - 1.5 points and Medway snatched a win. Thanks guys. Well played.
Isaac Captain & Chairman
Medway 3 v Weald of Kent 3 - Tom Fuller - 24/1/24
Medway 3 v Weald of Kent 3 - Tom Fuller - 24/1/24
Medway 3 v Weald of Kent 3 - Tom Fuller - 24/1/24
Medway 3 v Weald of Kent 3
3-1 Win
An interesting match, with the home team playing a couple of games where the opponent had a much higher rating.
Board 1, James Hart Dyke from the Weald of Kent scored a point for the visitors with a comprehensive win.
The highlight was Anton on board 2, who beat his opponent who has a rating about 200 points higher. Final score was 3 - 1 and a great win for Medway 3 as they sit top of the league.
Medway 6 v Weald of Kent 4 - Intro Cup - 3/1/24
Medway 3 v Weald of Kent 3 - Tom Fuller - 24/1/24
Medway 6 v Weald of Kent 4 - Intro Cup - 3/1/24
Medway 6 - Weald of Kent 4
3.5 - 05 WIn
Hi All, a very good win again tonight . Our 1st Intro match V. W O KENT in 2024. 3.5. .5.. a win for Dominik on 1 a win for Ashley on 2 a draw from Nav on 3 !!! & a 1st league WIN for Oscar Dhinsa aged 6 the youngest player in competitions to win a Kent club match on 4. Well done Oscar, a great home debut win against a great rising star.
Paschal. Captain
Maidstone 4 v Medway 2 - Harvey Cup - 1/11/23
Maidstone 4 v Medway 2 - Harvey Cup - 1/11/23
Medway 6 v Weald of Kent 4 - Intro Cup - 3/1/24
Maidstone 4 v Medway 2
4-2 Loss
Congratulations Maidstone for a well deserved victory and an excellent performance
The Harvey team went down 4-2 to a more highly rated Maidstone team 4-2 Both myself and Dominik lost to much higher rated players,
Nav seemed to get into trouble early and never recovered and surprisingly Aram lost with White against Alan Riddoch. Medway success went to Top board Lasitha
who defeated Luke Kyte with Black after winning 2 pieces for his rook slowly ground down his opponent and finished with a very nice flourish. Danny won on board 6 after over
come losing a piece early on by winning it back and then winning the ending.
Medway 1 - En Passant
Maidstone 4 v Medway 2 - Harvey Cup - 1/11/23
Rainham 4 v Medway 2 - Tom Fuller - 8/11/23
Medway 1 v Maidstone 3
5-1 Win
En Passant - Medway beat Maidstone 5-1 only 2 draws Paul and Prabhath. I won in six moves 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 de4 4. Ne4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nd7 6. Nd6 checkmate. We now go top of the league !
Weald of Kent 1 v Medway 1- 6/11/23
3-3 Draw
This game was in Cranbrook , Dimitar won quickly and I lost to an opponent who sacrificed a queen to give me forced mate. Roger lost and we needed to win the final game, Lasitha's great game and victory secured a draw for us.
Medway 1 v Swale 1 - 25/10/23
4.5-1.5 Win
Thank you Swale for a great game and congratulations to my team who played well on the night.
Medway 1 v Hastings 2 - 18/10/23
4-2 Loss
Congratulations Maidstone for a well deserved victory and an excellent performance
Aram Team Team Captain Medway 1
Rainham 4 v Medway 2 - Tom Fuller - 8/11/23
Maidstone 4 v Medway 2 - Harvey Cup - 1/11/23
Rainham 4 v Medway 2 - Tom Fuller - 8/11/23
Rainham 4 v Medway 2
2-2
This match was another interesting one. With Anton on board 3, winning the first game and putting Medway in the lead, Isaac then blundered his opening with a pawn on h7 and eventually lost. With the match poised at 1 – 1, it was down to Prabhath on board 1and Dimitar on board 2. Dimitar had his Queen against his opponent’s two rooks and a knight which became an uphill task. Scores now at 2 – 1 and Medway losing, all eyes turned to the final game. Prabhath had less than a minute on his clock, and his opponent had 8 minutes left. Prabhath playing white, put pressure on his opponent, who then resigned. A valuable draw at 2- 2, was a relief for Medway 3.
Isaac Captain & Chairman
Medway 3 v Swale 2 - Tom Fuller Cup - 18/10/23
Weald of Kent 4 - Medway 5 - Intro Cup - 16/10/23
Weald of Kent 4 - Medway 5 - Intro Cup - 16/10/23
Medway 3 v Swale 2
3-1 Win
This was a resounding victory for Medway. Nav on board 3 despatched his opponent by coming from a piece down, to win his game. The next game on board 4 ended as a draw, and all eyes turned to the two other boards. Dimitar on board 1 had a nail biting finish and Anton on board 2 battled his opponent to win. Final score was 3 -1 to Medway. Well done Guys.
Isaac Captain & Chairman
Weald of Kent 4 - Medway 5 - Intro Cup - 16/10/23
Weald of Kent 4 - Medway 5 - Intro Cup - 16/10/23
Weald of Kent 4 - Medway 5 - Intro Cup - 16/10/23
Weald of Kent 4 v Medway 5
1.5-3.5 Win
Congratulations to all of my team we played well.
Ian Mackinnon was once gain excellent on the top board with another win (2 in a row) and I even got a rare victory!
Medway 5 are now top of the table !
John Team Captain
1-3 Win
Medway 5 v Medway 6 - Intro Cup - 11/10/23
Weald of Kent 4 - Medway 5 - Intro Cup - 16/10/23
Medway 5 v Medway 6 - Intro Cup - 11/10/23
Medway 5. V Medway 6.
1-3 Win
Hi Yall , just wanted to post my grateful thanks and congratulations to my winning team on Wednesday.
Grateful thanks to my good friend: John Hanman who helped me out with a player from his squad(I lost 4 of my original team to Tom F. Teams) . John loaned me Chace, which ironically led Med 6 (me) to winning our first Intro match 3. 1. Steven Angus got a very good win on 2 v Roger , Jason Webb got his 1st O B match win on 4 v John H & Chace got out of jail ( big time ) by coming from a losing position to a memorable victor on 3 v Lawrence. Ian Mackinnon won his match on 1. V Zsombor a very tight win , well done Ian.
En Passant match on Sunday. I will be opening up at 1p m
Anyone fancy a game or 2 or just to Support our team. V Hastings ? Come on Aram & his Army.
1-3 Win to Medway 6
Paschal , Intro Team Captain and Holders
- Tom Fuller Cup - 11/10/23
Medway 4 v Beckenham and Bromey 7 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 10/5/23
Medway 5 v Medway 6 - Intro Cup - 11/10/23
Medway 3 v Medway 4
3-1
This was a match with a nail biting finish. Having lost the first game on board 3, Medway 3 was hoping to come from behind.
Anton on board 2 won his game to make the scores 1 -1. Danny on board 4 was having an even game against Nicoleta, until a point when his knighted forked both Nicoleta’s rooks and she resigned. Scores now stood at 2 – 1 with Medway 3 leading. In the final match Prabhath v Dominik, on board 1, each player had less than two minutes on the clock. With an exchange of pawns Prabhath had a pass pawn and a chance to get a Queen, Dominik conceded.
Final Result, 3 – 1 to Medway 3
Isaac Captain and Chairman
Summer Quick Play - June/July 23
Medway 4 v Beckenham and Bromey 7 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 10/5/23
Medway 4 v Beckenham and Bromey 7 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 10/5/23
Medway 3
Medway 3 got out of the blocks like UsainBolt v. Swale. A terrific victory 11.5.- 4.5
Our 2nd match was a bit of a disaster, the Captain. (That's me)!!, failed to cross the Ts & dot the Eyes, consequentiality we only had a 3 man team. V Maidstone and yes WE lost !!11 - 5 ,(I think ). We then went to Hastings for our final match and were consistent , losing 14. 2 ,!! Yes 14 2. Chace deserves a mention for his victory but the bright light was young Jayden.
Jayden beat their lowest graded player (Steve Bluitt) 1790 for the 2nd point. Well done Jayden. Along with Oscar our future Champion in the making. That's the end of this year's S. Q. P. for us but let's get behind Isaac & Aram's campaign now.
The moral of this report is. Don't blow your trumpet to early ,you might wake someone up.!
Medway 2
After a defeat in the Quick play match against Charlton last week, Medway 2 came back with a vengeance.
The memory of a 2.5 to 13.5 point defeat was the impetus for an improvement. Last night at the Lewisham v Medway 2 match, we were down 6.5 points to 9.5 points, after three rounds. Medway needed to win all the games in round 4, which seemed quite optimistic. Alas, this is the stuff that dreams are made of. Medway won all four games in round 4 including a game that Prabhath won with thirty seconds to spare, to the consternation of his opponent. Many thanks to Danny and Lawrence who gave a good fight to win their games, especially in this final round. Medway triumphed in the end 9.5 points to 6.5 points for Lewisham.
Medway 4 v Beckenham and Bromey 7 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 10/5/23
Medway 4 v Beckenham and Bromey 7 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 10/5/23
Medway 4 v Beckenham and Bromey 7 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 10/5/23
Medway 4 - Beckenham and Bromley 7
3 - 1 Win
This was one of the semi finals of the night against higher rated opponents from a bigger club, we have faced so far in which they were the 2nd in the Met Intro cup.
No. 1 board Nav & Danny on board 3 managed a really good Draws with a tough opponents.
Our heroes tonight though has to be, board 2 Zsombor with a tremendous victory and once again Dominik on board 4 winning his match in what was a close encounter of the best kind.
We're in the Final on Saturday June 3rd. Down in Tunbridge Wells.
Details to follow. We'll done my TEAM let's finish the job off now on June 3rd.
BRILLIANT Thanks again Lads.
Paschal. Captain.
Match Reports
Medway 6 v Beckenham & Bromley 9 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 15/5/24
Medway 6 v Beckenham & Bromley 9 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 15/5/24
Medway 6 v Beckenham & Bromley 9 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 15/5/24
Medway 6 v Beckenham & Bromley 9
2-2
A very tense match. Well done again Dominik on board 1. You ( as always) are so cool with the clock . A good victory against a tough opponent. Jayden , you had a toough job against your opponent as he was graded at 1422 . He was their Captain too. Jedda , your match was very tense but you were his equal all through until you out foxed him !!, he was so nervous & that + with you R was the killing blow. Well done. So frustrating watching ain't it. Nav , another tense encounter. We tend to devalue the Pawns but look how they can decide a game /match.Nothing in it. It's a cruel rule , even David agreed . We were their equal last night . Thank you all for a great effort 2. .2.
Thank you to all those that played on my team this season :Chace Challinor , Jason Webb , Ashley Thrope , Dominik Swiatkowski, Jayden Xia , Nav Dhinsa, Oscar Dhinsa, Jayden Xia , Steven Angus , Nicoleta Chiriac, Zsombor Baki and Danny Gavigan.
Paschal Team Captain
Hi Guys, the way the match arbiter (David Lettington) explained it last night in the event of a drawn match the winner is first decided by Board Count. You add the results of your winning boards, we won on Board 1 & Board 4. Adding the two together gave Medway a score of 5 points. B&B won on boards 2 & 3 so they also had five points. Normally it is the team with the LOWEST points who would qualify.
If after Board Count the match is still tied you then go through the process of Board elimination, Board 4 first. As we (Jedda) had won on board 4 it meant that match was discounted so B B won by 1-2. Hope this helps
In at twist of fate we found out that Dartford and Swanley won this season's Intro Trophy defeating Beckenham & Bromley on the finalThe match finished 2-2 and the teams remained level after Countback. Dartford eventually won the trophy by elimination of the bottom board
Danny Gavigan Club Secretary
Medway 3 v Maidstone 5 - Tom Fuller - 24/1/24
Medway 6 v Beckenham & Bromley 9 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 15/5/24
Medway 6 v Beckenham & Bromley 9 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 15/5/24
Medway 3 v Maidstone 5
2-2 Draw
One of the two matches played on the same night , which ended in victory for Medway.
With the match on board 1 lost to Maidstone, Anton on board 3 despatched his opponent soon after, to make the scores 1 - 1. Dimitar on board 2 then had a protracted game and in the end was triumphant. Now all eyes turned to board 4 where a battle of high drama was going on. The final result now depended on this game. With Dean (Maidstone) trying to get a Queen with a pawn one square away, Isaac was able to secure perpetual cheque. With a draw in this game , the match ended 2.5 - 1.5 points and Medway snatched a win. Thanks guys. Well played.
Isaac Captain & Chairman
Medway 3 v Weald of Kent 3 - Tom Fuller - 24/1/24
Medway 6 v Beckenham & Bromley 9 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 15/5/24
Medway 3 v Weald of Kent 3 - Tom Fuller - 24/1/24
Medway 3 v Weald of Kent 3
3-1 Win
An interesting match, with the home team playing a couple of games where the opponent had a much higher rating.
Board 1, James Hart Dyke from the Weald of Kent scored a point for the visitors with a comprehensive win.
The highlight was Anton on board 2, who beat his opponent who has a rating about 200 points higher. Final score was 3 - 1 and a great win for Medway 3 as they sit top of the league.
Medway 6 v Weald of Kent 4 - Intro Cup - 3/1/24
Medway 6 v Weald of Kent 4 - Intro Cup - 3/1/24
Medway 3 v Weald of Kent 3 - Tom Fuller - 24/1/24
Medway 6 - Weald of Kent 4
3.5 - 05 WIn
Hi All, a very good win again tonight . Our 1st Intro match V. W O KENT in 2024. 3.5. .5.. a win for Dominik on 1 a win for Ashley on 2 a draw from Nav on 3 !!! & a 1st league WIN for Oscar Dhinsa aged 6 the youngest player in competitions to win a Kent club match on 4. Well done Oscar, a great home debut win against a great rising star.
Paschal. Captain
Maidstone 4 v Medway 2 - Harvey Cup - 1/11/23
Medway 6 v Weald of Kent 4 - Intro Cup - 3/1/24
Maidstone 4 v Medway 2 - Harvey Cup - 1/11/23
Maidstone 4 v Medway 2
4-2 Loss
Congratulations Maidstone for a well deserved victory and an excellent performance
The Harvey team went down 4-2 to a more highly rated Maidstone team 4-2 Both myself and Dominik lost to much higher rated players,
Nav seemed to get into trouble early and never recovered and surprisingly Aram lost with White against Alan Riddoch. Medway success went to Top board Lasitha
who defeated Luke Kyte with Black after winning 2 pieces for his rook slowly ground down his opponent and finished with a very nice flourish. Danny won on board 6 after over
come losing a piece early on by winning it back and then winning the ending.
Medway 1 - En Passant
Medway 6 v Weald of Kent 4 - Intro Cup - 3/1/24
Maidstone 4 v Medway 2 - Harvey Cup - 1/11/23
Medway 1 v Maidstone 3
5-1 Win
En Passant - Medway beat Maidstone 5-1 only 2 draws Paul and Prabhath. I won in six moves 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 de4 4. Ne4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nd7 6. Nd6 checkmate. We now go top of the league !
Weald of Kent 1 v Medway 1- 6/11/23
3-3 Draw
This game was in Cranbrook , Dimitar won quickly and I lost to an opponent who sacrificed a queen to give me forced mate. Roger lost and we needed to win the final game, Lasitha's great game and victory secured a draw for us.
Medway 1 v Swale 1 - 25/10/23
4.5-1.5 Win
Thank you Swale for a great game and congratulations to my team who played well on the night.
Medway 1 v Hastings 2 - 18/10/23
4-2 Loss
Congratulations Maidstone for a well deserved victory and an excellent performance
Aram Team Team Captain Medway 1
Rainham 4 v Medway 2 - Tom Fuller - 8/11/23
Weald of Kent 4 - Medway 5 - Intro Cup - 16/10/23
Medway 3 v Swale 2 - Tom Fuller Cup - 18/10/23
Rainham 4 v Medway 2
2-2
This match was another interesting one. With Anton on board 3, winning the first game and putting Medway in the lead, Isaac then blundered his opening with a pawn on h7 and eventually lost. With the match poised at 1 – 1, it was down to Prabhath on board 1and Dimitar on board 2. Dimitar had his Queen against his opponent’s two rooks and a knight which became an uphill task. Scores now at 2 – 1 and Medway losing, all eyes turned to the final game. Prabhath had less than a minute on his clock, and his opponent had 8 minutes left. Prabhath playing white, put pressure on his opponent, who then resigned. A valuable draw at 2- 2, was a relief for Medway 3.
Isaac Captain & Chairman
Medway 3 v Swale 2 - Tom Fuller Cup - 18/10/23
Weald of Kent 4 - Medway 5 - Intro Cup - 16/10/23
Medway 3 v Swale 2 - Tom Fuller Cup - 18/10/23
Medway 3 v Swale 2
3-1 Win
This was a resounding victory for Medway. Nav on board 3 despatched his opponent by coming from a piece down, to win his game. The next game on board 4 ended as a draw, and all eyes turned to the two other boards. Dimitar on board 1 had a nail biting finish and Anton on board 2 battled his opponent to win. Final score was 3 -1 to Medway. Well done Guys.
Isaac Captain & Chairman
Weald of Kent 4 - Medway 5 - Intro Cup - 16/10/23
Weald of Kent 4 - Medway 5 - Intro Cup - 16/10/23
Weald of Kent 4 - Medway 5 - Intro Cup - 16/10/23
Weald of Kent 4 v Medway 5
1.5-3.5 Win
Congratulations to all of my team we played well.
Ian Mackinnon was once gain excellent on the top board with another win (2 in a row) and I even got a rare victory!
Medway 5 are now top of the table !
John Team Captain
1-3 Win
Medway 5 v Medway 6 - Intro Cup - 11/10/23
Medway 4 v Beckenham and Bromey 7 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 10/5/23
Weald of Kent 4 - Medway 5 - Intro Cup - 16/10/23
Medway 5. V Medway 6.
1-3 Win
Hi Yall , just wanted to post my grateful thanks and congratulations to my winning team on Wednesday.
Grateful thanks to my good friend: John Hanman who helped me out with a player from his squad(I lost 4 of my original team to Tom F. Teams) . John loaned me Chace, which ironically led Med 6 (me) to winning our first Intro match 3. 1. Steven Angus got a very good win on 2 v Roger , Jason Webb got his 1st O B match win on 4 v John H & Chace got out of jail ( big time ) by coming from a losing position to a memorable victor on 3 v Lawrence. Ian Mackinnon won his match on 1. V Zsombor a very tight win , well done Ian.
En Passant match on Sunday. I will be opening up at 1p m
Anyone fancy a game or 2 or just to Support our team. V Hastings ? Come on Aram & his Army.
1-3 Win to Medway 6
Paschal , Intro Team Captain and Holders
Summer Quick Play - June/July 23
Medway 4 v Beckenham and Bromey 7 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 10/5/23
Medway 4 v Beckenham and Bromey 7 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 10/5/23
Medway 3
Medway 3 got out of the blocks like UsainBolt v. Swale. A terrific victory 11.5.- 4.5
Our 2nd match was a bit of a disaster, the Captain. (That's me)!!, failed to cross the Ts & dot the Eyes, consequentiality we only had a 3 man team. V Maidstone and yes WE lost !!11 - 5 ,(I think ). We then went to Hastings for our final match and were consistent , losing 14. 2 ,!! Yes 14 2. Chace deserves a mention for his victory but the bright light was young Jayden.
Jayden beat their lowest graded player (Steve Bluitt) 1790 for the 2nd point. Well done Jayden. Along with Oscar our future Champion in the making. That's the end of this year's S. Q. P. for us but let's get behind Isaac & Aram's campaign now.
The moral of this report is. Don't blow your trumpet to early ,you might wake someone up.!
Medway 2
After a defeat in the Quick play match against Charlton last week, Medway 2 came back with a vengeance.
The memory of a 2.5 to 13.5 point defeat was the impetus for an improvement. Last night at the Lewisham v Medway 2 match, we were down 6.5 points to 9.5 points, after three rounds. Medway needed to win all the games in round 4, which seemed quite optimistic. Alas, this is the stuff that dreams are made of. Medway won all four games in round 4 including a game that Prabhath won with thirty seconds to spare, to the consternation of his opponent. Many thanks to Danny and Lawrence who gave a good fight to win their games, especially in this final round. Medway triumphed in the end 9.5 points to 6.5 points for Lewisham.
Medway 4 v Beckenham and Bromey 7 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 10/5/23
Medway 4 v Beckenham and Bromey 7 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 10/5/23
Medway 4 v Beckenham and Bromey 7 - Intro Cup Semi Final - 10/5/23
Medway 4 - Beckenham and Bromley 7
3 - 1 Win
This was one of the semi finals of the night against higher rated opponents from a bigger club, we have faced so far in which they were the 2nd in the Met Intro cup.
No. 1 board Nav & Danny on board 3 managed a really good Draws with a tough opponents.
Our heroes tonight though has to be, board 2 Zsombor with a tremendous victory and once again Dominik on board 4 winning his match in what was a close encounter of the best kind.
We're in the Final on Saturday June 3rd. Down in Tunbridge Wells.
Details to follow. We'll done my TEAM let's finish the job off now on June 3rd.
BRILLIANT Thanks again Lads.
Paschal. Captain.
Contact Us
Contacts at Medway Chess Club
Club Chairman - Isaac Oluwole
Club Secretary - Jedda Taylor
tel : 07725 995309
Where we meet
English Martyrs Church Community Hall, 37 Frindsbury Road, Rochester, ME2 4JA
When we meet
Every Wednesdays 7.45pm to 11pm.