Horsham Chess Club

As per Ian's post below, Peter tied 6.5-6.5 with the club in the annual Champion's Simul. The highlight of the evening was the following game against Darren...

A huge thank you to Dick Newman who in addition to helping with the Juniors has now made a very substantial financial contribution for their benefit.

He writes:
"Enclosed if a parting gift to Horsham Chess Club to be used for the Junior club.

They are the future for the club and I hope they appreciate how fortunate they are to have such an excellent teacher...Anthony.

Thanks to all those who have made Tuesday evenings such an enjoyable evening.

Yours

Dick"

Fine words which we all endorse

Our congratulations to Julie Denning for being nominated for one of two Non Executive Director of the ECF. If successful she adds this to the long list of other titles from positions she has been doing so admirably, in particular this season as President of SCCU.

All these are in addition to being a Horsham team captain...

Peter made a valiant effort against 13 opponents last night but honours were even with a tie...Peter managed to overcome Dave Britton, David Gray, John Ludlam and Oli Thorn.

John Marshall, Ian Comley, Roger Waddingham,Matt Forster and Lucy Bennet- Stevens.

Congratulations to Alex Freeland, Darren Woodings, Paul Taylor and Anthony Higgs for beating the champion.

I forgot to mention at the AGM that I will need any non availability dates for MSL teams - please let me know by next Tuesday at the latest ... fewer is better :)

Please arrive early to take on Peter Harbott , the club champion...the first twenty will get the opportunity to take him on and we would like to start promptly.

Just a reminder that Sussex Chess News is available here on the site - you may need to log on to access this (if you dont have a logon contact James Mansson)

http://www.horshamchessclub.org.uk/sussex-chess-news

The junior club will restart on Tuesday 8th September, as usual a week after the adult club returns. Hope to see you then!

Our first week of the season is 1 September with the AGM - see you there

A new film is being released to DVD on 10 August.

The Dark Horse is based on the real-life story of Genesis Potini, a brilliant, New Zealand chess player who suffers from severe bipolar disorder. Despite the challenges that come his way, Potini pushes forward to find his purpose in life by passing on his knowledge of chess to the children in his community. The Dark Horse is an inspiring, powerful film starring Cliff Curtis and James Rolleston.

Here is a link to the official trailer... https://youtu.be/75khN6Yj1bQ