Horsham Chess Club

Following on from discussions at the AGM, the structure of the Bishop/Knight Swiss is below:
- Generally every 2nd Tuesday of the month
- 65 minutes + 30 seconds increment
- All games graded, so make sure you have your ECF bronze membership or higher sorted
- Pairings will come out the Friday before
- If you cannot make a 2nd Tuesday, and you still want a game, then please email to let me know so I can pair you with someone else in that situation.
- If you are busy that month please email to let me know.

For those not on the adult club's email distribution group the club AGM will be held this Tuesday 30th August in the church lounge at 7:30pm. The playing season and junior club will restart the following week (6th September) as the schools go back.

The last couple of weeks have resolved the recipients of more club silverware...

Those who were at the club's final session of the season on Tuesday will have heard the sad news that Dick Newman passed away on 29th June aged 102...

Just a reminder that both the adult and junior clubs pause for the summer after the last meeting on Tuesday 5th July. We will return in September, exact date to be advised.

Just a reminder for parents that as advised by Mike there is no junior chess tomorrow, back next week.

Our annual tournament of 10-second mayhem was won by James Mansson who beat Mike Forster in a high-quality final...

A short summary of the last three league fixtures, sorry I have been remiss in reporting but I went on holiday the day after the first match and got way behind...

Following our final two matches of the year (against Hastings 2 and Hastings 1), Horsham 2 finished the division 1 season in second to last place. A bit disappointing but with all other teams in the top division except one being first teams, perhaps it is more a case of what might have been when just one half match point more would have left us mid table. It remains to be seen what format will apply next year or how that leaves the team.

Update from Mike...