Horsham Chess Club

Anthony demonstrated why he is club champion last night with an impressive performance against 26 opponents (sorry for the late night!). There are two results outstanding but:

HJCC will restart for the season on Tuesday 10th September at the usual times of 6:25pm-7:25pm...

A reminder that the club returns as usual on the first Tuesday in September for the AGM. The following week is the traditional champion vs club simul.

The full schedule can be found at:
http://www.horshamchessclub.org.uk/important-dates

or on the right hand side of the page under useful info.

New gradings are out - particularly huge jump for Anthony ! ...

While the club may have closed for the summer, some members are still chessing despite the heatwave! The diagram (Black to play) shows a recent position from a junior training session with yours truly as White and one of HJCC's brightest talents Oliver Thorne as Black, which I thought followers of the website might enjoy...

Several Horsham players, adult and junior alike, entered the local Weald Congress held at Copthorne Prep School last weekend...

Amy Hoare has been out in Slovenia recently representing England in the European Team Under 18 Girls Championships...

Matthew continues to make waves in the junior chess world - this time he was scoring 5.5 in the national schools Southern Gigafinal in Reading...

Those of you who were at the last HJCC of the term last Tuesday will have heard the winners, for those who have not here are the top 5...

I found myself at the British museum yesterday and couldnt resist coming away with this Lewis piece - a bishop in case you were wondering.

The original set is 12th century and almost certainly made in Norway. Magnus Carlsen is a more recent Norwegian export..