Club Ladder 2025

Posted on: 14 Nov 2025

Ladies & Gentlemen we have a pair of Club Champions: Bob van den Bergh & Scott Stringer

Sadly, Akash Patel did not defend his 2024 title this year, leaving the title open. In the final, Scott and Bob fought for more than three hours over two nights. In the final position Scott has an extra pawn, but Bob has a dangerous passed a-pawn. Scott forced a draw by repetitive check on move 50 (The R repeats moves ....Rg2+....Rh2+).

The final position

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Midwinter Blitz 2025

Posted on: 5 Jul 2025

Winner: Scott Stringer (6/6)

Seven players competed in this year's Midwinter Blitz competition. Six rounds were played with games timed at five minutes-per-player-per-game.

Newcomers Tristran and Bella earned their first provisional Blitz rating and Daniel converted his provisional rating to a full NCC Blitz rating.

Congratulations to Scott for winning overall.

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End of Year Blitz 2024

Posted on: 31 Dec 2024

Winner: Akash Patel (9.0/10)

Our year ending tournament was the annual End-Of-Year-Blitz. The competition was played as a round robin over 10 rounds. Games were played at 5 minutes per player per game.

Congratulations to new Club Champion Akash Patel for winning the competition. Akash fought off a strong challenge from Bob van den Bergh who took second place.

Both Steve and Simon Barber have converted their provisional Blitz ratings into full Blitz ratings.

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King's Gambit 2024

Posted on: 26 Nov 2024

Winner: Bob van den Bergh (5/5)

This is an extended competition, played over two consecutive nights.

Bob van den Bergh was the clear winner on a perfect 5/5. He and Akash fought out a difficult and instructive pawn endgame to conclude the final game.

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