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Visually Impaired Chess
August 27, 2024 by Tarik
This evening we held a visually impaired chess night. Steve, who is himself VI, brought a selection of VI boards and we donned blindfolds and took hold of the 64 squares. It was an interesting experience using our fingers instead of our eyes to see, and some had more success than others. Every game did […]
Summer Schedule
August 11, 2024 by Tarik
We have several events on this summer. All welcome for all except the handicap knockout where teams will obviously be selected ahead of time by the respective captains. If you’re interested in the braille tournament or the rapid play tournament then make sure you let us know so we have an idea of numbers. Monday […]
AGM
July 24, 2024 by Tarik
Poole Chess Club AGM will be held on Monday 5th August at Poole Chess Club starting at 7:30. All members are welcome, we will try to keep it short so we can have some games afterwards. Anybody willing to take any position of responsibility is encouraged to get in touch with myself or David, any […]
Leo on the national stage
July 23, 2024 by Tarik
Huge congratulations to Leo who played in the Southern Gigafinal Under 12. He got some excellent wins and finished with an amazing 5/7 which qualifies him for the Challengers. The Challengers is an event for about 200 of the top juniors in the country to qualify to be one of the 12 people from that […]
Summer Chess – What’s happening in June & July
June 12, 2024 by Tarik
Another successful season has finished, and we’ve just collected silverware for the B&DCL (Div 1 champions, Div 4 champions, Handicap knockout winners, and Tim was best performer in Div 4). Dorset trophies in due time. Well done to everyone. As we enter summer, normal service is interrupted for the summer league. All players welcome. Mon […]
Dorset League Div 3 Final!
May 24, 2024 by Tarik
Thank you Highcliffe for an entertaining match. It was closer than the scoreline suggested. Dave lost on board 4, and Andy pulled it back to level terms (sorry for the brevity, it all happened before I arrived for the drama). Leo was under a heavy pressure with Queen and Rook attacking h7, he put in […]
Club Knockout Quarter Finals
May 21, 2024 by Tarik
The Club Handicap Knockout is one which is always competitive, Poole along with Highcliffe fielded two teams, and both were in action tonight. Ellis’s fresh faced youngsters were up in Ringwood, and John’s veterans were hosting Bournemouth. I decided to stay in the cooler climes of Poole after Ringwood was described as “sub tropical paradise […]
BDCL 1: PooleA v RingwoodA
April 29, 2024 by David Fuller
The final match of the season and on paper PooleA should be safe as league champions. Only two extreme results could deny this outcome. Sadly, Martin Clancy had advised me a couple of days previously that Ringwood could only raise three players, which, on the positive side, would give me an evening off! Board 3, […]
Last week of games
April 1, 2024 by Tarik
Last week was a cracker with various games going on: Poole F Vs New Milton (B&DCL) Poole Position Vs Purbeck (handicap knockout) Ringwood Vs Poole B (Dorset League) Wimborne Vs Poole E (B&DCL) The knockout was populated by most of the kids in the club under the mistaken belief that the handicap level was age. […]
960 Tournament
March 31, 2024 by Tarik
As Monday is a bank holiday with no league games, we’ve decided to host a casual chess 960/Fischer Random tournament. Current time control is 7 +5. All are welcome regardless of ability. Either turn up before 7:30 and meet in the bar, or let me know and I’ll make sure you’re in the draw for […]
DCL1: Poole A vs Yeovil
March 15, 2024 by David Fuller
Off we went to Dorchester to meet Yeovil again, but this time Richie Smith was playing for the opposition, so a bit of spice there, or not? The thing is that these Yeovil guys are such a nice bunch, it almost seems wrong to play hardcore against them. Nick, Mike, John and David (sounds like […]
BDCL KO: Highcliffe Carlsens vs Poole The Other One
March 12, 2024 by David Fuller
It seems like we have been spending half of our lives at the Highcliffe Chess Club recently, and the John Weatherlake/Christian Westrap sequence rather reminds me of the mid 80s when the two Ks were at it hammer and tongs for months and Mike Duggs was only just out of nappies. Those were the days. […]
Poole F 3 – 1 Poole E
February 13, 2024 by Tarik
Poole E arrived at their destination awaiting their opponents, and then realised they didn’t have enough players. A short panic and Dave B arrived wondering what the fuss was all about. Midway through the matches they all seemed to be on bishop and rook Vs knight and rook end games. Aside from Dragos against Dave […]
BDCL1: Poole A 3.5 – 0.5 Poole B
February 8, 2024 by David Fuller
Apologies for the delay in writing, but it has taken me this long to digest the outcome. Unfortunately, we had lost two players within an hour of the start of play for personal reasons, so I had to stand in. And if that wasn’t bad enough, there seemed no-one else available for fourth spot. At […]
DCL1 Wimborne 2.5 vs Poole 1.5
February 1, 2024 by Nick Lee
B1 Mike (w) vs Mark Littleton was drawn with no clear route to an advantage for either side. B4 Jamie (b) vs Edward Barker was an interesting attacking game. Jamie broke through on the queenside and had a promising position, but his white-squared bishop was stuck on a8 pointing only at his own pawn, meaning […]
Bacchus – Poole 2 – 2 Highcliffe
January 9, 2024 by Tarik
Highcliffe made the journey over for the return fixture and we were hoping for a better result. Half the games had a braille board with Steve and John playing different people (can’t have them play each other all the time). Steve was against budding young player Josh and got off to a complicated start with […]
Christmas Party – Monday 18th
December 12, 2023 by Tarik
Introducing this year’s Christmas party. A casual knees up at our venue with a few games and some takeaway food and some nibbles. Bring something along if you can, otherwise your company is appreciated. Put some money in the pot if you want to be included in the takeaway run. Steve is planning to bring […]
Bournemouth visitors
December 12, 2023 by Tarik
Bournemouth F came to play Poole E with worries that a full team may not make the journey. Luckily a full compliment played and some very good games ensued. Oleksii was the first to finish, because of course. A solid win to get the team moving. The next 3 games were tight. Midway through there […]
Manic Monday
December 9, 2023 by Tarik
Monday not only had 3 Poole games, but also hosted Highcliffe Vs Weymouth as a middle ground. It was a busy night with 16 boards of competitive chess and still a few casual games going on around the venue. Poole D were hosting Southbourne D in division 4, Damon provided the following: “Poole D hosted […]
DCL1 Poole 2.5 v Bournemouth 1.5
November 28, 2023 by Nick Lee
Another very hard fought match with three games lasting until after 10pm. B1 Nick (b) vs Martin Simons may be the exception to the previous sentence, having had the potential to develop into a very difficult game after Martin sacrificed a pawn and Nick retreated both knights back to the back rank, but was drawn […]
Ringwood A – Poole B 1.5-2.5
November 18, 2023 by Ciprian Stanciu
Well, I cannot compete with David’s match reports, but I can tell you, in a simpler way, what happened on a very wet and windy night in Ringwood. Sergiu came out of retirement to draw with Graham.Ellis beat Niall.Martin O’Neill beat Martin CI continued my unfortunate tradition of losing against Peter. Well done to my […]
DCL1 Dorchester 1.5 – Poole 2.5
November 10, 2023 by Nick Lee
A very hard-fought match. B3 Mike (w) vs Mark Potter was drawn, with Mark’s Old Indian structure proving a hard but to crack despite a more cramped position. B2 Nick (b) vs David Hardie was a Nescaffe-Frappe Attack, a sharp sacrificial line by white. Tay’s Benko book says, “Although practical results favour black, the position […]
BDCL Div1: Poole B vs Poole A
November 7, 2023 by David Fuller
Well at least we know this is a home match… So my latest idea is to do a real-time report, action as it happens, you know the sort of thing. Not sure if it will work but here goes. 19.42: I arrive at the venue expecting to have missed all the boring stuff (getting the […]
Poole C 2 – 2 Wimborne C
October 31, 2023 by Tarik
C team had their first match in the B&DCL on Monday. We faced a Wimborne C team who outgraded us by around 50 points a board. Dragi on board 1 had an open aggressive game against Nathaniel; Dragi pushed a number of pawns in the centre, and looked to have good play, but went into […]
DCL1 Poole 2.5 – Highcliffe 1.5
October 17, 2023 by Nick Lee
Onto the starting blocks, and they’re off: B3 Mike (w), playing Christian Westrap, set up a simple symmetrical Slav position with the slight advantage of having his queen’s bishop outside the pawn chain. However seemingly from nowhere, with accurate play he quickly achieved a dominant overwhelming position, for a win in 18 moves. B2 Nick […]
A flurry of games
October 17, 2023 by Tarik
So far this season the games have come faster than the match reports. The of note are Poole D Vs Wimborne, Poole E Vs Poole F and Highcliffe Vs Poole Bishops. As an extra bonus, there was the club handicap knockout against Yeovil in Dorchester. Poole D, in Division 4 faced a stronger than anticipated […]
Season Starts
September 28, 2023 by Tarik
This Monday is the first match of the season as Poole D face Wimborne. If you’re interested in playing league chess for Poole, your team captain should have been in touch to discuss availability. If you haven’t heard from anyone then get in touch with me. Fixtures for B&DCL are below, Dorset League fixtures aren’t […]
Curtains raised
September 26, 2023 by Tarik
The season has come around again and the season curtain raisers have all been played. The Two Towns match, the annual knees up between most of the league started things with a 25 board match. It was great to see 50 people enjoying the Poole venue and lots of enjoyable, casual chess. The games aren’t […]
AGM 2023 Minutes
August 29, 2023 by David Fuller
Poole Chess Club – Annual General Meeting 2023 Minutes of the 24th Annual General Meeting, held at the Centenary Hall, Poole, on Monday 14 August 2023. Present: Tarik Reghif (Chairman), Tony Pritchard (Treasurer), Zander Booth, Dave Burt, Leo Camopy, Jean-Claude Fernandes, Ellis Fretwell, David Fuller, Harshal Kulkarni, Martin O’Neill, Jonathan Nunn, Oleksii Panchenko, Mike Rutter, […]
Summer Internal Tournament
August 21, 2023 by Tarik
The round 3 pairings are as follows, results asap for next round to be paired. White v Black Martin O Mike D David F John W Tarik Bye Simon P Simon F Tony P Leo Damon Alex Harshal Mike R Tony Andy Dragos Mike M Ellis Angus Joe Harry John B David B
AGM – Agenda and previous minutes
August 10, 2023 by Tarik
As previously announced, the AGM will be held on Monday 14th August at the club, starting 19:30. I hope to see many of you there to touch base with the running of the club but also as a celebration of everything that we, as a club, have won this season (there’s quite a lot). The […]
AGM
July 16, 2023 by Tarik
Poole Chess Club AGM will be held on Monday 14th August 2023 7:30 at The Centenary Club. I hope to see many of you there. There is a lot more that goes on behind the scenes to get those 64 squares to come alive, and it is all done by members who are able to […]
Summer Internal Tournament
July 7, 2023 by Tarik
The Summer Tournament has started. The first round should have been played and the second round pairings are now available below. All games to be completed by 19th July. If you still have the first round to play, please prioritise the new round 2 games and catch up on older games afterwards if possible. Time […]
B&DCL AGM
June 22, 2023 by Tarik
Tuesday saw the AGM for the B&DCL, these events can include various matters of procedure, which was executed appropriately and without major incident, the main take away is that the token system for reserves is back making it a bit easier for the same player to be a reserve multiple times. Previously 3 times was […]
Baccus League
June 20, 2023 by Tarik
Monday saw the last game of the Bacchus League for the season. An interesting 2.5 – 2.5 match with early wins from Harry and Harshal, a draw by Dragos, Jonathan battled well on top board but couldn’t get the win and Stephen was playing one of his first competitive games with his braille board so […]
Summer Activity
June 9, 2023 by Tarik
Summer is here, and the chess is still going. Firstly, let me know if you want to join the summer competition. It will be a Swiss-like system where you’ll get paired with someone of similar strength and given 2 weeks to complete the game. Ideally 1hr each at the club, but with both parties agreeing […]
DCL3 : PooleB vs HighcliffeB
June 8, 2023 by David Fuller
The season finale! A draw would be enough for Poole to win the league. On paper I fancied our chances with four good value players: Tim, Dragi Steve, and myself. B4: Steve (b) vs Joshua Richards looked promising for Steve from the start with a good structure and an extra pawn. A long struggle looked […]
Weekly Workshops
June 1, 2023 by Tarik
This week was the first in our series of workshops. Ellis showed a few interesting positions which highlighted some key principles which are too often overlooked in the heat of battle. Discussions were flowing from the very first position on the screen but with ideas converging on the best move and an understanding of why. […]
Poole Position 2.5 – 3.5 Southbourne Seagulls
May 26, 2023 by Tarik
We arrived with an army of kids, and David (aged more than all others in the team combined). Opposite us were our five opponents…after some chasing we decided that five wasn’t enough so Southbourne managed to draft in an emergency player for top board shifting everyone down. The maths put Southbourne at 84 points average […]
All members, please complete
May 23, 2023 by Tarik
Dear all members, Poole Chess Club is run by members, for members. We have a fantastic, diverse group of people and we need your help to improve the club and make sure it’s all it can be, and what you want it to be. We need all members to complete a survey so we get […]
DCL1: PooleA vs Yeovil
May 11, 2023 by David Fuller
Well this time we were the Away Team at Dorchester playing Yeovil who were the home team. Dorchester were also playing in another match in which I am fairly certain they were the home team. Thank goodness for LMS. The Poole team had been carefully selected with Chip coming in to give MikeD a rest, […]
Poole D – A season Review
May 5, 2023 by mainadmin
Last year, before the start of the season, we all got together for the AGM. I had completed my first season as captain for Poole D but had intended to reluctantly step down. Alongside working full time, having two young daughters, playing chess, and running a lot, I was about to start University in September. […]
Bournemouth D v Poole D
May 3, 2023 by mainadmin
Bournemouth D Captain In the final league match of Division 4 this season, Bournemouth hosted Poole, with all the final league positions cemented, the home captain decided to rest himself, relax and enjoy watching the matches stress free. what could go wrong….. 7.20pm i was notified that 25% of my team and 50% of the […]
Poole B’s final battle
April 28, 2023 by Ciprian Stanciu
We lost against Highcliffe in the last game of the season 2.5-1.5. We finished with 5 wins, one draw, and 4 loses in a very tough division. I’m very happy with a 3rd place spot on the table. Many thanks to Sergiu, Martin, Martin, Dragi and Tarik for being part of, what can only be […]
BDCL1 Season Finale: PooleA vs RingwoodA
April 25, 2023 by David Fuller
And so we reach the conclusion, the denouement, indeed, the last knockings, of this BDCL League 1 for 2023. Well, at least for the teams that are not in mid-table obscurity. It could only be more exciting if the clocks were set to explode when time expired, which is a reasonable idea, don’t you think […]
THE match at Ringwood
April 24, 2023 by Tarik
The boards were set, the clocks were ready to tick, and Poole…were trying to find the venue. But soon enough the games were underway, before their captain managed to get there. Harry, Dragos, Sev and Harshal playing Ringwood in the Bacchus League. Harry had a game which was tight throughout with very little opportunities. Harry […]
Handicap Knockout: Highcliffe Fischers vs Poole Position
April 22, 2023 by Tarik
For this epic match, we bring you a 3 part report, with 3 different authors. We’ll start with John’s take on the start of the match ———- In a crowded schedule Poole Position rocked up to sunny Southbourne to take on Highcliffe Fischer’s in the opening round of the B&D Handicap Cup. (Thank you kindly […]
Bournemouth B 2.5 – 1.5 Poole C
April 20, 2023 by Tarik
After a run of wins, Poole C went to play Bournemouth B last night. With us being top of the league 2 points ahead of Ringwood and 3 ahead of Bournemouth before the match, the team of Zander, Ellis, Mike and myself faced a slightly higher rated Bournemouth team. My game against James exchanged down […]
Poole B v Wimborne
April 18, 2023 by Ciprian Stanciu
I’m not sure quite what to write but I know I need to say something about last night’s game. We won! As always, it was a tough match against a strong Wimborne side. Sergiu and Martin both won their games in style, whilst Dragi and I both drew ours. 3-1 final score. We have one […]
BDCL1: PooleA vs HighcliffeA
April 18, 2023 by David Fuller
Last match I reported that it is tight at the top of Div 1 leading into the last couple of matches, but it is also tight at the bottom, with our friends at Highcliffe needing a good result to keep in with a chance of avoiding relegation. Chez Poole was busy tonight with three home […]
Wimborne E vs Poole D
April 13, 2023 by mainadmin
Poole D travelled away to Wimborne for our penultimate match of our season where a win was necessary to keep in the title race for B&DCL Div 4 with Southbourne C. Two new players joined Poole D this evening: Simon Fox and Mike Minvalla (a last-minute replacement for an unwell Leo). I sat down on […]
Dorset League: Poole B 1 – 3 New Milton
April 4, 2023 by Tarik
With Poole A going for a non-playing captain set up, Poole B Dorset League tried the same tactic. Unfortunately we didn’t have the presence and motivation that David was obviously managing to exude to his players. Nevertheless we started our games. Harry got started at Harry speed against a newcomer Ross. Harry managed to get […]
BDCL1: Poole A vs Southbourne A
April 3, 2023 by David Fuller
It’s tight at the top of Div 1 with any one of four teams able to win the league with a couple of good results. In fact, a win tonight would elevate Poole A from fourth to first; a win for Southbourne would do similar. Because it is getting to the business end of the […]
Highcliffe C 0.5 – 3.5 Poole C
March 28, 2023 by Tarik
Poole C team won again last night, this time against Highcliffe. Having arrived at Highcliffe before our competitors, Tim consulted ChatGPT to ask what opening to play. Unfortunately (or fortunately) his opponent did not turn up, so for a change it was not a 4 hour marathon for Tim’s game. Ellis then quickly got into […]
4NCL Poole Patzers – Rounds 7-8
March 26, 2023 by David Fuller
The Poole Patzers Team (chess and drinking) had been massively strengthened with the addition of Oscar. On a personal note, I was pleased that someone with a similarly superior dress sense was around – what a relief. On the downside, Mike Duggan was unable to join us, but was replaced by the ever-reliable Richie. Saturday […]
DCL1: Poole A vs Dorchester A
March 24, 2023 by David Fuller
There is a bit of a fixture crunch occuring in DCL1 which means three matches in eight days for Poole A, this being the second. It is also very tight at the top of the table with no team seeming to want to break free from the pack. So to Dorchester on a wet and […]
DCL1: Poole A vs Wimborne A
March 21, 2023 by David Fuller
We needed a big push to break free from the large pack of teams hovering around 6 points in the DCL League 1 last night. Groundhog Day again… Wimborne again… As you all know, that Ian Clark chap is a tricky blighter. In fact, it reminds me of the time recently at our club when […]
Blustery Evening – Poole D v Highcliffe D
March 14, 2023 by mainadmin
In a fierce battle against a depleted Highcliffe squad, Poole came out on top on a blustery Monday evening. Tony, Leo, and I took wins on boards 2, 3, and 4 respectively, where we established a 3-0 lead. On board 4, I faced off against Dan and took an early advantage with a bold move […]
Bacchus: Southbourne 2 – 2 Poole
March 11, 2023 by Tarik
With various GPS tools, a group of us managed to find a destination far to the east, the prevalence of chess boards indicating their was a good chance it was the right place. The place was filled with budding young…what’s the term for a young chess students? Aspirants? Saplings? They filed out as we arrived. […]
RIP Phil Sorensen
March 11, 2023 by David Fuller
Phil Sorensen was the A Team Captain when I joined Poole Chess Club many years ago: I will tell you how long ago… I played on Board 1 until usurped by a certain Oscar Garcia, and Chip played below me. It was that long ago! Phil had great deal of enthusiasm for this game of […]
Poole C 2.5 – 1.5 Bournemouth C
March 7, 2023 by Tarik
Yes, it’s Groundhog Day again… another close win for Poole C last night, this time against Bournemouth C. However, unlike previous matches this time Tim finished first, unfortunately losing after being in a perfectly even position. Perhaps it was a mistake to have Tim’s board in the dark corner … we should have turned on […]
Note from Natalia & Daniel Liubchenko – 6th March 2023
March 6, 2023 by mainadmin
Played 2, won 2 100% record – well done Daniel. Unfortunately, it was our last session with the Bournemouth Junior club and Poole Chess Club as we have to move to London. I would like to thank you and your team, children and their families for your support, for the opportunity to meet and communicate […]
Venue Tweak – Mon 20th Feb Only
February 19, 2023 by Tarik
Quick note, for this week only, due to the main hall having a showcase (unfortunately not a chess showcase) we’ll be meeting in the bar where it might be a little bit noisier!
Wimborne D 1.5 – 2.5 Poole C
February 18, 2023 by Tarik
Another interesting match for Poole C last night at Wimborne. After a journey in the Matko Magic Bus to get there, we felt like royalty to be greeted by a freshly painted and redecorated Merley club. On board 2 Zander had an uncertain game with castling on opposite sides. Looked like his king was in […]
Roundup of recent results
February 15, 2023 by Tarik
Lots of results to catch up on: Poole B was playing at home to Poole A. Poole A however was playing away to Poole B. The home team won. In another upset it seems that Poole B are the team that get fired up for the local derby where Poole A perhaps don’t want to […]
Ringwood B 2.5 – 1.5 Poole C
January 24, 2023 by Tarik
More excitement for the C team last night against Ringwood B. With us top of the league before the match, all to play for. Another match that went all the way to the last few minutes… Ellis swapped his strategy from last week (when he sacked a piece for 2 pawns) and this time went […]
Mega Monday – Wins for Poole B, C and D
January 11, 2023 by Tarik
Monday had three matches: Highcliffe A vs Poole B Poole C vs Bournemouth B Poole D vs Bournemouth D Poole D vs Bournemouth D You may have already read the excellent report on Poole D by Joe which details a fantastic 4-0 victory to start the night off in style. Highcliffe A vs Poole B […]
Centenary Club Annual Fee DUE NOW
January 10, 2023 by mainadmin
The Centenary Club’s yearly membership is now due for renewal, the good news is it’s only £5 for adults and £3 for OAP’s. If you are already a member you must hand in your membership card, with the payment over the bar, so that it can be re-activated, this is important because they aim to […]
Poole D vs Bournemouth D
January 10, 2023 by mainadmin
Both Bournemouth C and D had travelled to Poole for league games this evening. Unfortunately for Bournemouth D, the C team poached their Board 1 to play on Board 4 in the 3rd division. Unfortunately for Anthony, he had the daunting task of facing an in form Leo on board 2. Leo went on to […]
TRIBUTE TO PAUL TROWBRIDGE
December 17, 2022 by mainadmin
I WAS DEEPLY SADDENED TO HEAR OF THE PASSING OF PAUL TROWBRIDGE AS I KNEW HIM FOR MANY YEARS AS A CHESS COLLEAGUE AND SOMEONE WHO ENJOYED THE CLUB SO MUCH. HE REALLY ENJOYED SEEING THE CLUB GROW OVER THE YEARS AND MEETING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND DIVERSITY WHICH IS SPECIAL TO US. HE […]
Paul Trowbridge RIP
December 16, 2022 by mainadmin
Sadly I have been informed by Paul’s sister Alison of his death. This is the email I received:- “…Paul passed away on Thursday 8th after a courageous battle with renal failure. I was with him throughout his last hours which I hope was comforting to him. I am grateful for his membership with yourselves as […]
Poole E 2 – 2 New Milton B
December 12, 2022 by Tarik
New Milton made the trek to Poole in conditions not designed for driving. After finding the hidden away venue the games were underway. Steve was up against Rachel, a rematch of Steve’s very first away match. Steve was on the front foot for much of the game, and took advantage of Rachel’s queen ending up […]
Wimborne A v Poole B 2-2
December 8, 2022 by Ciprian Stanciu
Wimborne A v Poole B 2-2 Alan Pleasants v Chip Stanciu 0.5-0.5 Eddie Barker v Sergiu Calauz 0.5-0.5 Bill Adaway v Martin O’Neil 0-1 Graham Hillman v Dragi Popovic 1-0 On a very cold evening in Wimborne, we played our first away game of the season. First to finish was Dragi as he uncharacteristically miscalculated […]
DCL1: PooleA v YeovilA
December 2, 2022 by David Fuller
Well the A-Teams seem to be doing very well in both DCL and BDCL top divisions this year. I suppose it must be the excellent captaincy but I can’t quite remember who the captain is just now. But the next stop on the DCL1 merry-go-round for Poole is: Dorchester, playing Yeovil, who were away, with […]
Poole C and Bacchus Double Header: 2.5 – 1.5 wins!
November 30, 2022 by Tarik
Monday saw two matches, Poole C vs Highcliffe C in Division 3, and also Poole Bishops vs Southbourne Seagulls in the Bacchus. Poole C started the results coming in with Zander drawing on board 2. He’d sacrificed a knight in the opening but evidently couldn’t get the decisive breakthrough. A good solid start. Bacchus then […]
Christmas Party 2022 – Tuesday 13th December
November 23, 2022 by Tarik
Poole Chess Club Christmas Party 2022 Tuesday 13th December The Elstead Hotel, 12 Knyveton Road, Bournemouth BH1 3QP Arrival – 19:00 Face Off – 19:45 Apologies for the late update however I am happy to confirm that our annual x-mas party is to go ahead as normal this year at our regular venue the Elstead […]
BDCL1 – Poole A vs Wimborne A
November 15, 2022 by David Fuller
(Report by JohnW) A high calibre encounter took place between Poole and Wimborne at the Centenary Club last night, where Nick’s very enterprising play on 2 proving the difference, with draws everywhere else. Statisticians appear to have lost track of the number of encounters between Mike and Allan on 1, with this one ending in […]
Highcliffe D v Poole D
November 15, 2022 by mainadmin
Poole D were, as always, given a warm welcome by our Highcliffe hosts. In our first away game of the season, and a debut match for Tarik in the D team this season, we sat down to play. Poole (Av. 1541) out-graded Highcliffe (Av. 1459) on all 4 boards. Despite the disparity, Highcliffe were a […]
DCL1 Poole A vs Dorchester A
November 8, 2022 by David Fuller
Another report required? Blimey. The rain lashed down blah blah… A tough match in prospect blah blah… I think that out is fair to say that Poole were too strong in depth tonight for a Dor hester team missing Mike Waddington. Two excellent and well contested games on B1 and B3. But Geoff and John […]
4NCL Poole Patzers – Rounds 1&2
November 7, 2022 by David Fuller
John had done a great job over the last few months getting the band together ready for the new season of the 4NCL. Some issues had arisen regarding a new venue in Daventry (where?) and hotel room availability, but John had managed to arrange everything just nicely. A single room for me and I don’t […]
DCL3 Poole B vs Dorchester C
November 4, 2022 by David Fuller
The rain lashed down as we peered into the darkness along Six Mile Straight. The journey to Dorchester often seems to be like this. End of moody intro. I had been drafted in at short notice because my current grading allowed it, but mostly because I had a car. Ellis had planned to make his […]
BDCL1 – Poole A vs Highcliffe A
October 28, 2022 by David Fuller
So following the humbling loss (of bragging rights) to Poole B a week or so ago, we approached this fixture with the runaway champions of last season with some trepidation. That said, we had recently gained the services of Nick Lee (see DCL1 Poole A vs Wimborne A match report for the nice things I […]
DCL: PooleA vs WimborneA
October 27, 2022 by David Fuller
The Poole A Team has been seriously enhanced with Nick Lee joining us recently, after a few years away from OTB chess. He is very amiable, likes a drink after the match, and he is not bad at pushing wood either! A perfect fit. And so to Wimborne in a traditionally tough match, a bit […]
Poole C 2 – 2 Wimborne D
October 19, 2022 by Tarik
Wimborne came along for our first round of fixtures to face a team with two players new to the C team, and two familiar faces. Andy was on top board and won with a game slightly shorter than the Magnus Carlson vs Rauf Mamedov game. Below is the final position: Having commuted over 1,000 miles […]
Poole Patzers – Four Nations Chess League (4NCL)
October 17, 2022 by Tarik
For those of you not in the loop the Four Nations Chess League hosts the top teams from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Having missed out on promotion last year (by the narrowest of margins) Poole have rebranded, regrouped and have strengthened the squad already. We now have a titled player within our ranks as […]
Poole A Vs Poole B and Poole D Vs Wimborne E
October 5, 2022 by Tarik
Welcome to this roundup of the matches from the first matches of the season. In this episode we have Poole D playing at home to Wimborne E, but first we go over to John who is reporting on the Poole A Vs B division 1 match up which Poole A have been touted as favourites […]
Dorchester Jamboree 2022
September 24, 2022 by David Fuller
The trek down to Dorchester is a long one. But, for this annual curtain raiser event, it has been well worth the drive for Poole CC in recent years with the past two going in our favour. Captain Chip has done very well during this time, shrewdly assembling his avengers and bringing home the trophy […]
New Season – Teams and Fixtures
September 20, 2022 by Tarik
Welcome to a new season at Poole Chess Club, the fixtures are now released and the first match is on Monday 3rd October. The fixtures are available here: https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/408/ofixtures You can select Club->Poole from the drop down for all Poole matches, or Team->and then your team. The team captains and teams are listed below, your […]
Two Towns Pre-Season Challenge Match
September 13, 2022 by David Fuller
And so, after a two year hiatus, the traditional curtain-raiser of the Bournemouth and District season finally arrived between ‘Bournemouth’ and ‘Poole’. Simple? Well, the fact that last week a different traditional (well, second year) curtain-raiser between Bournemouth and Poole clubs had been played caused some confusion, compounded by Bournemouth club being a part of […]
Southbourne Ten-Second Buzzer Tournament – Zander 1st=
September 13, 2022 by David Fuller
Martin Simons confirmed that Zander Booth and Finn Schell were joint winners of the Southbourne CC Ten-Second Buzzer Tournament. Zander won 5/6, beating Bruce Jenks (2090) along the way and losing only to James Forster (2015). Quite impressive, I think we will all agree. Well done Zander. (Note to chess players: you might want to […]
Bournemouth vs Poole – A narrow victory
September 8, 2022 by Tarik
Last year with normality not yet returned, Bournemouth and Poole were missing the two towns match and took the opportunity to play a friendly between two thriving clubs. This is the second year that this trophy has been up for grabs, with the winner able to get suggestions for the best use of its unorthodox […]
Minutes of Extraordinary General Meeting 5th September 2022
September 6, 2022 by mainadmin
Minutes of Extraordinary General Meeting 5th September 2022 Those Present:- Simon Fox, Angus, Mike Minvalla, Mike Duggan, Steve Bailey, Eric Sachs, Tarik, Graham Morris, Mike Rutter, Tony Pritchard, John Weatherlake, Chip, Dave Burt, Dave Fuller, Tony Sanderson, Charlie Back, Martin O’Neil, Paul Trowbridge. As Secretary of the joint committee, Graham chaired the meeting […]
ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE
August 31, 2022 by mainadmin
After 10 years of being either the club Treasurer and 8/9 years as Chairman, it is time to pass the mantle on. Strictly speaking, this should have been arranged at the recent AGM, however it is really good that the next generation are happy to carry on and take the club forward. So much as […]
Membership form and Photos
August 19, 2022 by mainadmin
Membership fees for the chess club and ECF are due now, so please pay promptly. A membership form is listed in the menu titles or download from here:- Chess club Subscription request 22-23 Also under Trophies in the menu titles are some photos from the AGM Minutes of the meeting will be available soon at […]
Summer League Final Match vs Southbourne 25/7
July 29, 2022 by mainadmin
Better late than never, but still remembering an extremely enjoyable and rewarding evening when we overcame a strong Southbourne team 7-5 and to win by the Summer league. I was told Southbourne had a 2/8/2 formation in terms of strength, my view was we had 12 players that were happy to come along, do their […]
Chess Skills – an Essential guide
July 27, 2022 by mainadmin
I have added a new page in the Menu Bar – ‘Chess Skills – Your Bucket List’ it has a link to a page on our Junior Website, but don’t let that put you off, it’s a very comprehensive list of chess skills that could take your game to new levels, from beginner to possibly […]
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS & SUMMER LEAGUE TEAM VS SOUTHBOURNE
July 21, 2022 by mainadmin
Congratulations to Andy Matko in winning the Intermediate Club Championship in his 1st season with us in a closely fought game against Kyrzstoff. The initial game was a draw and Andy went on to win the rapid decider, hard luck Kyrzstoff, a worthy runner up. So the CC games for the season are concluded and […]
SUMMER LEAGUE – FINAL MATCH VS SOUTHBOURNE ON THE 25/7
July 17, 2022 by mainadmin
After an enjoyable evening last Monday at the Canford pub, where, unfortunately we came 2nd when losing 3.5/5.5 to a strong Highcliffe team we have our final game next Monday 25/7 at the same venue. Southbourne have about 10-12 players lined up of varied strength so I am hoping we can match them on the […]
Summer League match – Ringwood 1.5 Poole 5.5 & next match details vs Highcliffe
July 3, 2022 by mainadmin
In our 1st match we had an enjoyable evening despite the weather turning during the games and we finished off inside the Fish Inn, Ringwood. We planned to have 8 boards but eventually started with 7 and Martin Clancy sportingly also defaulted to make the match even. All our players did well with John getting […]
Mike Duggan wins the CC and Summer league match next week
June 23, 2022 by mainadmin
Congratulations to Mike Duggan who beat Chip in the Club Championship Final on Monday night. Chip said the game was very close as you would expect but Mike just had enough to pull through and win. We are just waiting now for Andy Matko to play Kyzrzstof in the Final of the Intermediate section which […]
Summer League – Fixtures and request for Poole players
June 17, 2022 by mainadmin
The 1st match of the Summer league is on Wednesday 29/6 starting at 7.30pm vs Ringwood at the Fish Inn, Ringwood. Ringwood are fielding 7/8 players of mixed strength with Martin Clancey on top board. The fixture has been moved from the Monday 27/6 to accommodate the 4NCL weekend hoping that some of our high […]
DORSET one day ‘CLOSED’ CHESS CONGRESS
June 1, 2022 by mainadmin
DORSET one day ‘CLOSED’ CHESS CONGRESS Sunday 19th June 2022 9.15 am to 6.45pm AT THE ELSTEAD HOTEL 12-14 KNYVETON ROAD BOURNEMOUTH BH1 3QP —————————————————————————————————————– 4 SECTIONS (4 ROUNDS): THE DORSET INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP THE DORSET MAJOR (UNDER 1900) THE DORSET INTERMEDIATE (UNDER 1700) THE DORSET MINOR (UNDER 1500) Entry Fee for players […]
Latest News/Handicap Draw/AGM’s/Summer League
May 29, 2022 by mainadmin
Just to confirm the club will be open tomorrow 30/5 for our usual club night and following a good turnout last week when we had about 10-12 members there it would be nice to see you tomorrow if you can make it. As usual all guests/non members welcome even for a social drink etc. KNOCK […]
Inaugural Monday evening 23/5 at the Centenary Club
May 22, 2022 by mainadmin
I am back from sunny and warm Croatia (lucky boy) and in time for our 1st evening at the Centenary tomorrow night (23/5). The league season finished on Friday last and some clubs I hear are closing for some time in the summer. However, for us at Poole it business as usual and we would […]
BDCL Div 2: SouthbourneB vs PooleB
May 20, 2022 by David Fuller
I sit here, glass of whisky (Irish of course) in hand, considering the events of this successful season now that we have concluded hostilities. The casual observer might assume that this match was a foregone conclusion looking at the league positions. But a more studious examination might reveal how Poole B have ‘done an Arsenal’ […]
Frome Congress 2022 – When in Frome…
May 16, 2022 by David Fuller
This was my first visit to a Frome Chess Congress. John and Mike advised that it is one of the best congresses in the South-West and its only and hour and a half drive. John organised a nice little AirBnB house with three bedrooms and off we went, with John’s family coming along as well. […]
46th Guernsey Chess Festival – 16 – 22 October 2022
May 12, 2022 by mainadmin
Jon Hill who has visited our club a couple of times this year is organising this event and has suggested we have a twinning arrangement annually between Guernsey and Poole. Anyone interested in this please let me know and we can try and develop a match. 46th Guernsey Chess Festival – 16 – 22 October […]
Bournemouth C are champions.
May 12, 2022 by mainadmin
Poole D welcomed Bournemouth C team for our final match of the Division 4 season. This was a big game as a win or a draw for Bournemouth would clinch the top spot and promotion to division 3. Poole D were up against a strong Bournemouth team. I don’t normally mention player ratings, but I […]
Poole C v Bournemouth B
May 11, 2022 by Michael Rutter
Last chance saloon. All to play for, even a draw would give us the title. 7.30 pm still all square. 8pm still on track. Disaster strikes when mike R loses his queen, continues on valiantly but to no avail. 0-1. Soon afterwards Adam levels things up with a powerful pawn ending. Long gap, Simon is […]
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP AND LATEST NEWS
May 9, 2022 by mainadmin
Congratulations to Tony Sanderson in winning the Minor section of the CC and also well done to Zander in reaching the Final in both your 1st seasons at the club. Zander matched Tony in the 1st game and both players agreed a draw. However in the 10 minute rapid play Tony had too much power […]
Its a Double League Title Win for our B Teams
May 6, 2022 by mainadmin
Our BDCL B team of David, Richie, Dragi & Sergiu beat Southbourne B 3-1 to clinch the BDCL League title in style last night (see Tarik’s – alias David’s) report earlier. B&DCL Div 2 Team Play Won Draw Lost For Against Diff Points Poole B 8 5 3 0 19 13 6 13 Wimborne B […]
Poole B tries to clinch the league
May 5, 2022 by Tarik
This report is ghost written due to the captain not being in a literate state. Dave played the first 8 moves before getting issues with a misplaced king. It didn’t move to a bad square, it somehow started on d8. Richie was blamed. It was a struggle but Dave managed to take advantage of a […]
Wimborne D v Poole D
May 5, 2022 by mainadmin
Poole D travelled to Wimborne for our penultimate match of the season. 3 team members down, panic started to set in that I wouldn’t be able to field a team. However, the ever present and reliable Zander joined us once again. Steve Bailey then came to the rescue to complete my team. After a day […]
Club News
May 1, 2022 by mainadmin
Highlights from our team’s results from last week. Monday 25/4 Division 1 – Highcliffe A – 0.5/3.5 Poole A – a very pleasing result on the night when our team of John/Mike/Chip and Martin restored some pride to beat the Div 1 league winners Highclife in our final game of the season. Congratulations to Highcliffe […]
14 Board Bonanza Part 3 – B&DCL Poole C vs Southbourne C
April 29, 2022 by Tarik
Part 3 of this night of chess where most of the time as a spectator was spent figuring out who was playing what board for what team for what club. We had a strong team of Andy, Tim and Simon, with Zander playing his first game in the heady heights of division 3. I […]
BDCL Handicap KO: Poole vs Dorchester
April 29, 2022 by David Fuller
(Detailed Match Report as requested by Captain Chip) The end of season fixtures are coming thick and fast what with mid-season covid delays. But now sprinkled amongst them are the ever popular Handicap Knockout fixtures where any team of any standard can, and has, won through. We welcomed Dorchester to our new Centenary Club digs […]
Poole D & Wimborne D draw 2-2
April 29, 2022 by mainadmin
Eric Sachs, playing his first game of the season, was thrown in the deep end on board 1 against Nathaniel. When I checked the game, Eric had gone a whole rook down with little to no compensation. Determined not to be the first to resign in a room with 14 games in play, Eric somehow […]
BDCL Div2 PooleB vs BournemouthA
April 26, 2022 by David Fuller
So two previous draws this season. The final match, and bragging rights decider, was due to be played at the new Poole Club location but other bookings prompted a relocation to the Bournemouth club. Adam Jaggard joined us on Board 4 alongside the usual Richie/myself/Dragi triumvirate. Adam and Paul bashed out moves like they were […]
BDCL Div 1: PooleA vs RingwoodA
April 15, 2022 by David Fuller
So our first home match at the new Chez Poole (ie The Centenary Club) following the rather abrupt suspension of services at the North Road Club. Our new hosts have been very helpful to allow us to complete this season with Thursday club nights, although a couple of evenings would involve sharing the bar area […]
Parking for the Centenary Club
April 11, 2022 by mainadmin
The club has a small car park to the rear in Denmark Lane, parking is also available at night in the PHP car park opposite.
Team Captains to take NOTE
April 8, 2022 by mainadmin
Our new start at the Centenary club went very well, all who came, agreed it’s a much better venue for us. We will continue to meet there on Thursday nights in the main hall until the season finishes for us on May 19th, from the 23rd May onwards we will have to change our club […]
Chess Club Membership / Subscription Form
April 7, 2022 by mainadmin
Any new members will need to fill in this form, obtainable from Graham or copy and paste image below:- Poole Centenary Hall & Club Membership We also need to become members at our new premises the Poole Centenary Hall and Club, this entails each member to fill out a membership form ASAP, which can […]
Guernsey Chess Club Invitation
April 7, 2022 by mainadmin
Letter received from Jon Hill from Guernsey CC who has visited our club on 2 occasions Hi Eric, I hope that your surgery went according to plan and that you are well on the way to a full recovery now. Just a quick note to say that I enjoyed my visit to the club, managed […]
New Location for Poole Chess Club
April 6, 2022 by mainadmin
The Poole Chess Club which is now located at the Poole Centenary Hall & Club, 22 Wimborne Road, Poole BH15 2BU. 01202674059. Free car parking is available behind the club. Club Night Until May 19th we will meet every Thursday night at 7.15pm, from May 23rd our club nights will change to Monday nights due […]
Highcliffe B 2 – 2 Poole C
April 4, 2022 by Tarik
Fantastic games in all boards. Poole came out aggressive on all boards, Andy trying to bust open Richard’s king side, Tarik countering against e4 throwing pieces in to add pressure, Simon launching an attack with some slicing bishops. With all that aggression, it was Tim that won his game with a pawn advantage and a […]
LATEST UPDATES FROM ALL THINGS POOLE CC
March 28, 2022 by mainadmin
March has been a successful month for all our teams with a score record of 7 wins, 2 draws and just one defeat in all 10 matches played in the 3 leagues – (BDCL – Dorset League – Bacchus League). Long may it continue and with the season coming into the final hurdles we are […]
LATEST UPDATES FROM ALL THINGS POOLE CC
March 28, 2022 by mainadmin
March has been a successful month for all our teams with a score record of 7 wins, 2 draws and just one defeat in all 10 matches played in the 3 leagues – (BDCL – Dorset League – Bacchus League). Long may it continue and with the season coming into the final hurdles we are […]
Wimborne C v Poole C
March 16, 2022 by Michael Rutter
After much ducking and diving to avoid players facing each other again and again and again. We finally took our seats. Mike on board 4 reached complete log jam after about 10 moves and nothing had changed by move 17 so an early draw was agreed. Next past the post was Adam who saw a […]
Poole C 2.5 – 1.5 New Milton
March 11, 2022 by Tarik
Bill Murrey had this problem waking up each morning to Sonny and Cher, reliving the same day over and over until the right outcome was achieved. In his case he had to not be a miserable ‘chap’; in our case it was trekking over to New Milton to replicate the 2.5 – 1.5 win from […]
BDCL2: PooleB vs WimborneB
March 11, 2022 by David Fuller
Bill Murrey had this problem waking up each morning to Sonny and Cher, reliving the same day over and over until the right outcome was achieved. In his case he had to not be a miserable ‘chap’ (edited to replace a far more uncouth word starting with a ‘b’); in our case we had to […]
YOUR CHESS CLUB NEEDS YOU – 4NCL WEEKEND
March 8, 2022 by mainadmin
(Milton Keynes – Sat 26th March & Sun 27th March). Hi Everyone, Its that time where I realise that it’s only a few weeks to go until the next round of the 4NCL and desperately put the feelers out for potential new squad members. I’m sure all involved thus far will agree […]
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP AND LATEST NEWS
March 7, 2022 by mainadmin
4 Matches were played in the Club Championship last Thursday and the 1st round is nearly completed. Intermediate section Tim 1 0 Mike Minvalla Andy 1 0 Eric Simon 1 0 Mike Rutter – after a draw and then a 10 minute decider Tony 1 0 Steve The Current Status and 2nd Round : MAJOR […]
Bacchus League – Highcliffe Castles 0 V 4 Poole Bishops
February 23, 2022 by mainadmin
So the Poole Bishops ventured east towards the Highcliffe castles sharing top billing with 7 pts together with Southbourne so all to play for. The lads were keyed up knowing it was an important match and we managed to recruit Kyzrzstoff to supplement the team very handily. I arrived with Leo and the big K […]
CLUB NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
February 21, 2022 by mainadmin
That was the week that was (TWTWTW) for those more mature folks that may remember, with 3 wins and a draw in 4 league matches last week. Special mention to Tim Joyce who played on 3 consecutive nights in 3 different leagues with a 50% score of 0, 1/2, and a 1 ! (is this […]
DCL 1 – DorchesterA vs PooleA
February 18, 2022 by David Fuller
Battling a vicious headwind, two cars carrying Poole’s finest (ish) arrived chez Dorchester. Mike brought Martin Mach. I brought Richie. Room allocation issues were apparent as the usual large room was being used for some form of important meeting. Additionally, and confusingly, Wimborne A were scheduled to play Weymouth A the same evening. With some […]
Poole C 2.5 – 1.5 Highcliffe B
February 18, 2022 by Tarik
With the Poole club spending the week traveling far and wide, we had the honour of being the sole home game. I walked in and Richard U of Highcliffe was already waiting for me, prepared with all his homework done, stats and research to hand. What he wasn’t prepared for however was Tim on his […]
BDCL 2 – BournemouthA vs PooleB
February 16, 2022 by David Fuller
And so the return match following the early season 2-2 draw. We were missing Richie and so had drafted in Adam and Tim on B3/B4. Dragi and I made up the numbers. Bournemouth were unchanged from the previous encounter. This was actually my first time at the Winton location for Bournemouth Chess Club. The bar […]
4NCL Poole – Weekend 2
February 14, 2022 by David Fuller
With one win and one loss in the first weekend, our leader John delivered a rousing pep talk calling for us to push on from mid-table mediocrity. Martin was unavailable and so Dragi Popovic, codename 007 (= seventh player), licenced to thrill, was drafted into the squad. The full line up: Mike, John, Chip, Richie, […]
Dorset League Div 3 – Wimborne B 2- 2 Poole B – 9/2/22
February 13, 2022 by mainadmin
I was kindly reminded by one of young bucks that I promised a detailed report of our match last Wednesday so here it goes. On a dark, wet and windy night we found the lights of the Merley social club with the car park full and leading to the entrance with some assurance that a […]
BDCL1 PooleA vs WimborneA
February 11, 2022 by David Fuller
(Uploaded for JohnW) It was nice to welcome Wimborne back to North Road for the 2nd time in a week. Playing in the B&D this time, Wimborne were back to full strength. Another tight match followed and once again the spoils were shared. Mike’s last minute opening preparation once again seemed to pay dividends with […]
Club Updates and 4NCL weekend
February 10, 2022 by mainadmin
CLUB CHAMIONSHIP Chip kicked off the event win a win last Thursday against Sergiu (welcome back) and set the ball rolling for our 1st Round matches. Can I ask you to arrange your match as soon as possible as we have several league fixtures at the club so please look at LMS to see if […]
Bournemouth B 2 – 2 Poole C
February 2, 2022 by Tarik
We won, they won, we won, they won. 2 apiece. It’s good to see Bournemouth growing and increasing in strength and with a nice venue to boot. The Bournemouth team seems to have several new comers, but we came with one of our own, Andy getting the first win of the night in his debut […]
2022 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW
January 30, 2022 by mainadmin
The draw for the Club Championship was made last Thursday and there is the prospect of some heavy weight exciting matches in all 3 sections. Unfortunately Sky Sports and or BT Sport were unavailable for the draw so our talented Zander Booth provided the honours. The winner in each section will receive a club trophy […]
Comfortable win for our Bacchus league team at Bournemouth
January 27, 2022 by mainadmin
In an entertaining match the kids from Poole plus Steve were happy to swing the tide in their favour. On Bd 2 Greta unfortunately lost a piece early on and Zander took full advantage to win his game and the 1st point of the evening. Meanwhile on Bd 3 Peter and Steve were involved in […]
4NCL Weekend 3 by John Weatherlake
January 26, 2022 by mainadmin
4NCL – Weekend 3 – Div 3 South “Holiday Inn, Windsor/Maidenhead”. Following a successful opening weekend in November it was unfortunate that the league controllers felt it safest to abandon the scheduled second weekend (in January) due to the Covid uncertainty leading up to Christmas. Weekend 3 is now fast approaching and we currently have […]
Club Updates
January 25, 2022 by mainadmin
Our league teams have had mixed fortunes in the last couple of weeks. Please see www.dorset chess and LMS for details but as an overview recent results are; C team won 3.5/0.5 at Southbourne in the BDCL Division 3 B team lost 1.5/2,5 to Dorchester C in the Dorset League Division 3 A team lost […]
Odd One Out
January 14, 2022 by Michael Rutter
Djokovic, Boris, Plain old Andy Windsor and Poole C. You guessed it, Poole C is the odd one out, because they are the only one with good news at the moment. Playing against Southborne C, New member Andy Matko on board 4 started the trend with a win against Mark Spalding. This was followed by […]
CLUB UPDATES – week commencing 10/1/22
January 11, 2022 by mainadmin
A MESSAGE FROM MARTIN SIMONS FROM THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER COVID UPDATE – IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL LEAGUES This week the UK government confirmed there would be no extra restrictions to the previously announced Plan B rules. The current restrictions are expected to remain in place until the 26th January. However, the UK government recommends […]
Bacchus League – Poole Bishops 2.5/1.5 Southbourne Seagulls
January 9, 2022 by mainadmin
YOU CAN’T WIN ANYTHING WITH KIDS – A CRY FROM A FOOTBALL PUNDIT PRIOR TO MANCHESTER UNITED WINNING NUMEROUS TITLES AND GREAT SUCCESS IN THE 90’S – WE WILL SEE In a very close match Poole just came out on top thanks to Joe and the real winners were all the kids that played and […]
Poole B vs Wimborne B (BDCL Div 2)
January 6, 2022 by David Fuller
And so the return match following our narrow squeak of a victory in the first match of the season. Perhaps appropriately the same participants appeared on three of the four boards so some revenge might be extracted. Mid-sesson tea/coffee orders were placed (all very civilised, but wait until what happened after the match) and off […]
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
January 1, 2022 by mainadmin
A very happy New Year to all our members and their families and mutual chess colleagues and friends across the area. What a mixed year 2021 has been with Covid restricting any activities not only for chess but life as we all know it. By May some restrictions were lifted and we resumed over the […]
XMAS PARTY AND ALL THINGS FESTIVE
December 20, 2021 by mainadmin
What an enjoyable occasion at the Elstead Hotel on the 16/12 to celebrate Xmas and all things Poole Chess Club. Our guest for the evening was Mike Jay and we had a local singer Sophie Breakell serenade us over drinks and Xmas Pud. 23 members attended which was an excellent turn out and from reports […]
PooleA v RingwoodA (BDCL 1)
December 13, 2021 by David Fuller
Well I was very pleased to be asked to make up the numbers for the A Team tonight. Either Chip was desperate or he quite liked the idea of asking me to do the report; probably a bit of both. Two reasonably well matched teams. I will start with my favorite subject, me, on Board […]
2-2 Draw in the Dorset League 1st Division between Poole A and Weymouth A
December 12, 2021 by mainadmin
Report by John Weatherlake Hope this match report meets the high standards of our captain who unfortunately was ‘missing in action’ for this fixture. Something about a works Christmas party in London. No doubt it has something to do with a certain party we keep hearing about in the news. Martin ‘O’ was also […]
Club opening over Christmas
December 12, 2021 by mainadmin
With the Christmas party taking place at the Elstead Hotel on Thursday 16th Dec, there will be no chess club at the North Road Social Club that night, but as the NRSC is open over Christmas, the chess club will be open on the following two weeks, 23rd and 30th Dec for anyone who desparate […]
Division 4 – Poole D go down 1-3 in a tight match at Bournemouth
December 8, 2021 by mainadmin
REPORT BY JOE WOOD Thank you Paul Errington and Bournemouth C for last night’s match. On board two, looking at the the final position, Tony’s queen was defending a bishop and a rook. Paul found the tactic to win the bishop with tempo on the queen which would result in losing the rook I believe, […]
Poole Bishops 2 Highcliffe Castles 2 – Bacchus League
December 3, 2021 by mainadmin
Richard Ursell from Highcliffe commented the kids from Poole let our Castles off the hook! Not so sure from what I saw but still a very good draw against quite an experienced team from Zander/Leo and Harry and our experienced anchor player Krzysztof. Harry went down fighting Harry Powell but had some good chances in […]
Poole B v Bournemouth A
December 3, 2021 by David Fuller
A busy night at Poole Chess Club with plenty of shhh-ing going on. Still, like Mikail Botvinnik who famously had training games with people blowing smoke in his face, we focussed and the clocks were started. Richie was first to finish vs Dennis on Board 1, and what a tactical game that was. At first […]
CONGRATULATIONS TO LEO AND ZANDER, XMAS PARTY & CLUB NEWS
December 1, 2021 by mainadmin
JUNIOR SUCCESS AT THE HAMPSHIRE OPEN – 28th NOVEMBER Hampshire Junior Open Tournament – Sunday 28th November 2021 Congratulations to both Leo and Zander scoring 6/6 in the under 10’s & under 12’s. Scoring maximum points was a real achievement and frankly they had both beaten all before them by the 5th round. By winning […]
4NCL – Poole Weekend 1
November 21, 2021 by David Fuller
Our Captain, and the driver behind the idea of creating an 4NCL Team for Poole Chess Club, Mr John Weatherlake, flew in to Milton Keynes on his private jet on Saturday morning, hotfoot from his debute on the international chess scene. Resplendent in his mirrored sunglasses, he dashed elegantly across the runway, brushing the autograph […]
FULL HOUSE AT THE CHESS CLUB – POOLE A 2 – 2 SOUTHBOURNE A
November 21, 2021 by mainadmin
With our C team match vs Wimborne C and the re-arranged match for the A team it was a case of get your tickets here to see the action on the evening. So on to the big boys match of the evening Southbourne arrived with a under grade team matching us going for glory and […]
Poole C 2.5 – 1.5 Wimborne C
November 19, 2021 by Tarik
A good match with Wimborne visiting us. All boards were using increments which is a first for me. Was nice to have the comfort that if I’m in a fairly straightforward win position I should be able to convert it without time deciding it. Time wasn’t an issue for Tim playing Alan. They had a […]
Dorset League: Poole vs Highcliffe
November 16, 2021 by David Fuller
I should start by saying again how great it was to see old friends again after the long enforced OTB break. Highcliffe Chess Club hosted two matches this evening and so it was also nice to see the club full with new starters and old timers alike. As Richard rightly said, Poole were to be […]
The Kids Bounce back in a 3-1 win against Bournemouth – 11/11/21
November 13, 2021 by mainadmin
Bournemouth had a torturous pre match when their team numbers started at 5 and then down to 2 which eventually moved up to 3 and had to default one just one board. Well done Paul in getting the match played. Steve very kindly stepped down to allow the 3 kids average age 10.5 play the […]
PooleB v SouthbourneB
November 13, 2021 by David Fuller
Back to Southbourne for the first time in two years… My game (B2) first (I am the captain and I can do what I want!). Tony had an excellent game. I felt that I had equalised in a Classical Dutch but then slowly got suffocated while not being aware of making any mistakes, with a […]
John Weatherlake Representing Wales in Slovenia/4NCL Updates
November 11, 2021 by mainadmin
Congratulations to John Weatherlake our Welsh Wizard who has been selected to play for Wales in Slovenia in the 23rd European Team Chess Championship 2021 from today 11 -21 November. He is accompanied by Allan Pleasants, from Weymouth a regular in these events and to mention John has been a Junior Welsh Champion of not […]
Sex and Chess and Rock and Roll (is all my brain and body needs)
November 8, 2021 by David Fuller
There I was this evening, relaxing after a crap day at work (when I say ‘at work’, I mean sitting at home possibly, although not necessarily, still in a dressing gown, scratching my…. head, contemplating dinner). After dinner and a small Single Malt (Dalwhinnie Winters Gold £40 down to £25, bargain!), and in a half […]
Club News
November 2, 2021 by mainadmin
NEW MEMBER We are very pleased to welcome Andy Matko as a new member to the club . Andy played competitive chess many years ago and has joined the club with the intention to rekindle his chess interests and play in the leagues. We have assigned him to our C team with an estimate grade […]
North Road Social Club Refund
October 31, 2021 by mainadmin
Formerly known as Poole Ex-Servicemens Club, the North Road Social Club (NRSC) called a Special General Meeting (SGM) on Tuesday 26th October to discuss the idea to waiver the membership fee of £10 for the 2021/2022 annual subscription. The meeting was well attended and the proposal put forward by the acting committee, emphasized the need […]
New Milton 1.5 – 2.5 Poole C
October 26, 2021 by Tarik
Mike M, playing up based on glowing recommendations, and myself found New Milton, found Adam, then find the bar. Tim then appeared and a good spirited start to the season was underway. Mike has a slight edge, but not enough to make it stick and got is underway with a solid draw. A good platform […]
PooleB vs WimborneB
October 22, 2021 by David Fuller
Match Details https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/78828 Match Report Well. What’s this? There is this funny checkered board in front of me with some wooden pieces on it… Oh, I remember. This is that game I used to play where I try hard and get beaten too often. How we dreamed of playing OTB. And now it is here […]
Don Hewson – Announcements – Death Notices and Obituaries
October 21, 2021 by mainadmin
Quote Donald Leslie Hewson Beloved partner to Margaret and uncle to Helen and Gordon . Passed away on the 5th October at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. Funeral to be held on the 26th October. Details from Arthur Denyer funeral directors Brighton, Tel 01273 769838. (Published in the Bournemouth Echo 20/10/21) Unquote Don was a […]
XMAS PARTY
October 19, 2021 by mainadmin
XMAS FUNCTION 16 DECEMBER 2021 7PM FOR 7.30PM. AT THE ELSTEAD HOTEL, KNYVETON ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH BH1 3QP AFTER LAST YEAR’S DISRUPTION OF ALL THINGS NORMAL, I AM REALLY PLEASED WE CAN GO AHEAD AND RESUME OUR ANNUAL XMAS PARTY AS BEFORE AT THE ELSTEAD HOTEL. THIS YEAR WE HAVE INVITED MIKE JAY (PREVIOUS LEAGUE […]
Wimborne A 1.5/ 2.5 Poole A – 13/10/21
October 14, 2021 by mainadmin
And they’re off!!!! Poole A got their campaign underway with an away trip to pre-season favourites Wimborne A on Wednesday night. Out-graded on all boards and without ‘El Capitano’, it was always going to be a tough grind and the crowds were not to be disappointed. Still, we had Dugs (w) on 1 and yours […]
Highcliffe C, 2-2 Poole D in the 1st match of the season
October 14, 2021 by mainadmin
Our D team gained a creditable draw at Highcliffe as the season started with a bang. Joe captaining for the 1st time did a grand job organising and bringing the team together and the team responded a hard earned point. As a fan from the terraces I felt a little like ‘Billy no mates’ watching […]
BCA U1450 Ladder Champion – Steve Bailey
October 5, 2021 by mainadmin
BRAILLE CHESS ASSOCIATION Enabling blind and partially sighted people to enjoy the game of chess. The BCA Telephone Email Skype Summer Ladder (TESSLa for short) event has now finished. Over three months, 27 competitors played 214 games! They also used Lichess, Zoom and SMS text. This year’s U1450 Ladder Champion is our very own Steve […]
Registration Forms to join North Road Social Club and the RBL
September 29, 2021 by mainadmin
FOR ANY MEMBERS THAT HAVE PAID AND NOT COMPLETED THE BELOW PLEASE ARRANGE TO FILL AND EITHER SEND OR GIVE TO GRAHAM/TONY OR MYSELF. NOTE THE BRITISH LEGION FORM HAS BEEN CHANGED AND YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE WHICH IS MUCH EASIER.
CLUB NEWS AND UPDATE ON THE LEAGUE CHESS STARTING W/C 11/10
September 27, 2021 by mainadmin
The league season will start on w/c 11/10 and the draft fixtures have been issued. The team captains have been sent fixtures and should advise all of the the dates as soon as possible. We will have 5 teams in the BDCL (Bournemouth & District Chess League) including the Bacchus League. It is intended to […]
Cafe Chess starts at FLIRT this Wedneday 22/9
September 20, 2021 by mainadmin
After a long absence of 18 months I am really pleased to announce we are going to resume playing social chess at Flirt from this Wednesday star ting at 2.30 to 5pm. The cafe is under brand new ownership and has been upgraded to make it a much brighter, cleaner and all together a good […]
Bournemouth Vs Poole in a MIni 2 Towns match a great success
September 17, 2021 by mainadmin
Last night we played the 2nd leg of the Bournemouth Vs Poole match at our club and the result finished Poole 5.5/3.5 Bournemouth with the overall result over the 2 legs being Poole 13-5 Bournemouth. However under the agreed handicap as Bournemouth were heavily out graded, Poole needed to reach 14 points and Bournemouth 4. […]
SUCCESSFUL AGM AND HIGHLIGHTS
September 6, 2021 by mainadmin
There was an excellent turnout of over 21 members including 3 new players which offered a positive feeling and approach to the new season. The minutes have been issued by email to those which we have, so please read them and I hope you all enjoyed getting together and seeing fellow members after such […]
4ncl Dates and Venues 2021/2022
September 3, 2021 by mainadmin
John Weatherlake would like to hear from anyone interested in participating in this event ASAP Weekend 1 | Rounds 1-2 20-21 November 2021 Division 3 South Kents Hill Park, Milton Keynes Division 3 Central Woodland Grange, Leamington Spa Division 3 North Holiday Inn, Doncaster 27-28 November 2021 Divisions 1 & 2 Kents Hill Park, Milton […]
AGENDA FOR THE POOLE AGM ON 2/9/21 @ 7.30PM
August 26, 2021 by mainadmin
1, Welcome to all present and apologies for members absence or otherwise 2, Chairman’s Report/Secretary Report/Treasury Report and Fees for 21/22 season. 3, Season’s results 4, Election of Officers for the forthcoming season 5, League players and Captains for the season 6, Club Equipment 7, Club Website 8, Flirt Cafe Chess 9, Junior chess 10, […]
Please return trophies
August 26, 2021 by mainadmin
Would all previous winners of B&DCL trophies or Poole Chess Club trophies, return them to the club or Eric either today Thursday 26th, or latest by 2nd September at our AGM to hand over B&DCL trophies to Martin Simons who will be attending. Previous B&DCL Boardman winners were:- Adam Jaggard, David Fuller and Chris Ambrose. […]
Club Updates and News
August 20, 2021 by mainadmin
Please note the August gradings are out now which can be viewed on either LMS/Dorset/Player List or ECF Grading Database/Clubs/Poole. Please note the old BCF 3 digit number grading has been converted into a combination of FIDE/ELO 4 digit number number which should please some people but not all. I did enquire from the ECF […]
Club Update and Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the 2/9/21
August 5, 2021 by mainadmin
We had a good turn out last Thursday on our initial return to Thursday nights at the club. There were about a dozen members that came along to enjoy and play chess and given a range of standards all managed to play some fast and slower games. Welcome back David Burt after a long absence […]
Resumption of Thursday Club Nights at Poole CC
July 27, 2021 by mainadmin
I am pleased to report we can return to our usual RBL (Royal British Legion) room this Thursday 29 July at our normal time of 7.15pm onwards. The room has been cleaned and the club have confirmed they are open every night of the week, so all systems go for hopefully a full return to […]
News Update and all things chess
June 18, 2021 by mainadmin
Hello Members and I hope you are keeping safe and well and enjoying what is after all summer! Firstly let me report the news that our Online chess team have won 2 fortnightly teams battles against all comers since our last report. I think that is 6 consecutive wins and an overall leading total of […]
Return of OTB Chess at the British Legion Tonight
May 21, 2021 by mainadmin
I am so pleased we are going to resume OTB chess tonight from 7.30, in the bar at the British Legion, North Road and hope if you are feel like coming along there will be a reunion with other members. We need to observe the usual protocols of face masks when entering, using sanitisers and […]
POOLE WIN THE TEAM BATTLE AGAIN
May 11, 2021 by mainadmin
Congratulations to all 8 Poole players that took part in last night’s team battle. We scored 86 points with the 2nd place team Highcliffe Castles scoring 47, Southbourne were 3rd with 45 points. Those that played were 3 new players namely, Martin O’Neill, Tony Sanderson and Zander Booth (Junior). Zander scored 14 points and came […]
CLUB NEWS AND UPDATES
May 10, 2021 by mainadmin
With just one week to go to the next easing of the lockdown 17/5, I am pleased to report the British Legion is opening next week at the weekend so from the 21/5 (Friday) we can and are invited to play over the board chess in the main bar area as we did before last […]
Junior chess lessons at the Elstead hotel starting 22nd May 2021.
May 3, 2021 by mainadmin
ELSTEAD HOTEL, 12-14 KNYVETON ROAD, BH1 3QP We are delighted to advise that, we are going to re start junior chess lessons at our new venue, the Elstead hotel on 22nd May 2021. They have adequate and free car parking facilities and the hotel is happy to house our junior chess sessions on a on-going […]
Club Updates and Green Shoots of Spring
April 1, 2021 by mainadmin
With the easing of the 1st part of the lockdown and signs of spring and summer things feel much better, hopeful and promising for the future. Like everyone else, I have found the last few months hard and really welcome a return to normal life and seeing friends and meeting up. Firstly, I must congratulate […]
1st Dorset Online Rapidplay – Sunday 14th March 2021
March 2, 2021 by mainadmin
Each year there are a handful of Poole players who take the long trek to Ringwood, in all weathers, to play in the ‘Rapidplay’ tournament. This year because of Covid restrictions, the tournament will go ahead but as an Online Rapidplay Tournament on Lichess. For further details click the link below or visit the Dorset […]
CLUB UPDATES AND GREEN SHOOTS OF SPRING
March 1, 2021 by mainadmin
With the better weather and blue skies there is a good time to update a few things within our chess world. Firstly, let us congratulate Steve Bailey in coming equal 1st in the Challengers section of Big Bash Braille competition played over the last two weeks. Here is an extract of the summary sent by […]
Message from the Chairman
February 7, 2021 by mainadmin
The whole of Poole chess club joined together wishing all our kind thoughts to David and his family at this very difficult time. The club have organised the sending of the below flower decoration and the bereavement card signed on behalf of all our club members. Eric Sachs
Online County Chess Tonight – 7 February 2021
February 7, 2021 by mainadmin
Dear all There is the 2nd round of the Western Counties Online Championship this evening at 7pm, and full details on how to follow the Dorset & Wilts v Gloucestershire match (Lichess membership not required) provided by Peter can be found here https://www.dorsetchess.co.uk/western-counties-online-championship-sunday-7th-feb-700pm/ If you wish to follow players in another County team (i.e. Cornwall […]
Sad news of Christine Fuller
February 7, 2021 by mainadmin
On Sunday 31st January 2021, Christine FULLER lost her brave battle with Pancreatic Cancer, passing away peacefully and free of pain, at home (a very specific requirement!), and with her family. Being of Irish descent, the local phrase ‘It Was a Good Death’, seemed appropriate within the context of how deeply unfair life can be; […]
Ringwood Lichess Fixtures for February
January 31, 2021 by mainadmin
Hi everyone, hope you’re all keeping well. This may be of interest to you, it’s a list of Ringwood Lichess events you may care to take part in. Day Tournament Monday 1 Feb 2021 19:30 Ringwood Invitational 15 Team Battle #0cLIAI3E • lichess.org Wednesday 3 Feb 2021 19:30 Ringwood Themed – Evans Gambit […]
XMAS CHEER FROM OUR ONLINE TEAM BATTLES AND THE FESTIVE SEASON
December 8, 2020 by mainadmin
Another success in the fortnightly team battles last night when our online team managed to win again to take our overall success to 7 wins vs other local teams. Southbourne are 2nd in the chasing pack with 4 wins. Nice to be top over the Xmas period with this furious and fast 5 + 3 […]
Boris Closes Us Down Again
November 4, 2020 by mainadmin
As we all expected the formal lockdown was announced which will close the club and all hospitality down until at least the 2nd December. This is a shame as our Friday nights were building up and last week we had 9 club members playing OTB chess on three separate tables. Not only for the chess, […]
Ex-Servicemens request for Covid19 ruling.
October 29, 2020 by mainadmin
I’ve had a call from the Ex-Servicemens Club asking all our members that attend the club to play chess on Friday nights, to ensure that they wear masks when not at their tables and to leave the building promptly at 10 o’clock. Apparently, this has been an issue with some of our members, so please […]
Club updates and news of Fees/Renewals
October 8, 2020 by mainadmin
Firstly, I hope all our club members and families are keeping safe and to date I have not heard of any adverse Covid infections from anyone related to chess which is good news. I am really pleased to advise our Friday night club sessions have continued by popular demand from some of our members, keeping […]
Friday Club Nights Postponed Due To Latest Govt Guidelines
September 23, 2020 by mainadmin
I am sorry to advise we will have to postpone our proposed Friday night club sessions as a result of the latest Covid-19 guidelines. The rule of ‘6’ makes it impossible to arrange over the board games and at the same time for players of similar grades to compete. In view of the increased level […]
Chess at the club this Friday 11th September
September 7, 2020 by mainadmin
Previous to my last news post, I can confirm that we have been granted permission by the Servicemens Club to use the large downstairs room for playing chess on Friday nights, without charge! So if you fancy a friendly game and social gathering, yes the bar will be open, come on down this Friday […]
An opportunity to resume OTB Chess
September 2, 2020 by mainadmin
Hi Everyone The latest news I can offer regarding the re-opening of our chess club is that the upstairs RBL ‘Manning’ room remains closed, so no chess up there. BUT, the Servicemens Club is open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays for the time being and to enable us to return to club meetings and OTB […]
ECF Renewals and club news update
August 31, 2020 by mainadmin
Hello Everyone, The ECF renewals have been issued which you can find details on the www.ecf membership renewals page. This year they have moved the due date from the 1/8 to 31/8 to make allowances for the Covid situation. I would ask you to read the renewal notice and if you feel you wish to […]
Latest ECF Grades
July 25, 2020 by mainadmin
JULY 2020 Grades Out This will be the last set of grades in the old 3 digit ECF format. Later in the year, probably in October, we will be moving to 4 digit Elo style grades and monthly updates. Please look at www.ecfgrades for link. (Copied from the www.dorsetchess web site)
King(s) for the Day
July 24, 2020 by mainadmin
Congratulations to both Richard Allis and Steve Bailey for winning this weeks competitions.
Steve Bailey – Double Champion
July 13, 2020 by mainadmin
View one of his winning games in the GAMES menu A deservingly ‘Very Well Done” mention to our own Steve Bailey,(shaddowb33) who has just completed the double over fellow 110 and below graded players in the Dorset leagues. A quote from Phil Holden who arranged the tournaments:- “Just to let you know Steve Bailey won the […]
Lichess Tournament tonight Thursday 2nd July
July 2, 2020 by mainadmin
Online Swiss tournament set for 7 pm tonight if you fancy a game, 10 mins +3 sec, 4 rounds. Login to team ‘Poole Chess Club’
Sharing an email from Phil Holden, Wimborne Chess Club
July 1, 2020 by mainadmin
Wimborne Chess Club have decided to try a new event online via the Lichess.org Chess Portal The idea is to have a Forum where we encourage players with ECF grades under 110 play together over a longer time frame , namely 20 minutes with 10 sec increments . The logic is we think some players […]
Poole Win Second Online (Lichess) Event
June 30, 2020 by mainadmin
Well done to our Poole team that won the 2nd online team event organised by Ringwood club (Martin Clancy) when 54 players took part last night. Primary contribution came from Oscar/Richard/David and Mike, with points also scored by John/Jamie and Simon. We won the event by 17 points and have become the team to beat […]
An update message from Dorset Chess
June 19, 2020 by mainadmin
Hope you are all keeping well. It has been almost a month since the last update on the Dorset Chess Website and this message comes in two parts. 1. League Season Update The UK Government continues to relax some of its lockdown measures and there is now increasing pressure on it to reduce the social distancing […]
Winning start to team victory at the Ringwood forum last night
June 5, 2020 by mainadmin
ONLINE CHESS – LICHESS We had a successful start in coming 1st in the team event on the Ringwood Forum last night. For details look at Lichess .com/community/teams/Poole chess club and Ringwood forum. Well done to Richard/David/John/Chip/Adam/Jamie/Tarik/Kyrzstoff and Joe. Our next event is next Thursday 11/6 at 7pm in a match vs Wimborne. To date, […]
Wimborne club challenge
May 22, 2020 by mainadmin
I hope you are all keeping safe and at least enjoying the gradual easing of the lockdown and great weather. We have received a challenge for an online match (friendly) vs Wimborne on lichess. We could play on our home night on Thursday or if more covenient on their home night which is a Wednesday. […]
Puzzle time from Tony Pritchard
May 21, 2020 by mainadmin
Hoping you all are safe and well in these strange times. Thanks to Tony for this little teaser:- White to move and mate in 3
Wimborne D vs Poole C
May 14, 2020 by Tarik
Today we went to Wimborne for the final match of the season. We had the usual team of Dragi, Richie, Adam, Eric, Simon and me, all crammed into a 20 year old Vauxhall Corsa. We sang sea shanties on the journey as the suspension was so bad it was giving us sea sickness. The clocks […]
Updated news and Club Championship
May 10, 2020 by mainadmin
I have been asked this week by club members if there is any news at Poole and with the local chess leagues so I thought it was opportune to provide an update. As we all know, things have not changed much, so its a status quo I am afraid, for all over the board chess […]
Puzzle Time – sent in by Tony Pritchard
May 3, 2020 by mainadmin
White to move and mate in 12 moves or less, but the rook is allowed to move only once.
New Club Member at Poole Chess Club
April 26, 2020 by mainadmin
Wonderful news for Tarik and Kayleigh on their new arrival of Elijah weighing in 8. 13 on Friday 24th April 2020. Mum and baby are doing well and look forward to all. Of course, this is great news in these adverse times to cheer us all up and I welcome him as all new members […]
Memories of local chess and Poole CC by Derek Chapman
April 18, 2020 by mainadmin
Derek Chapman has kindly sent me his memories and stories from his chess history at Poole and in Dorset. Quote the earliest I have so far located being for a match on 5th December, 1972 when I played for a Canford Heath team against Parkstone. I was at that time also playing regularly for […]
Poole Chess Club Online – lichess.org
April 18, 2020 by David Fuller
Hi All, I have created Poole Chess Club on lichess.org, a free and very good online chess site. Martin Clancy has done something similar for Ringwood. Please do join. When I find out from Martin how to setup competitions, I will do so. Any suggestions to davidmfuller99@gmail.com or through my WhatsApp. I was thinking of […]
Puzzle Time
April 8, 2020 by mainadmin
White to play and win, can you find the winning move. Thanks to Paul Errington, taken from one his own games that he went on to win.
Update and local chess news
April 2, 2020 by mainadmin
Since the last posting on the 18/3 which seems ages we all know things are serious so I hope all our club members, family and friends are keeping safe and protecting themselves and of course others. If you or anyone in the club needs any assistance and is struggling please contact me and I will […]
Temporary closure of the club due to Government health warning
March 18, 2020 by mainadmin
CORONAVIRUS WARNINGS Unfortunately due to the outbreak of the virus all chess club and local chess activities on a face to face level are being stopped, temporarily. There is posting on the www.dorset chess site advising all league fixtures for both leagues and all local chess competitions are temporarily suspended. The Legion have asked us […]
Coronvarirus and chess in Dorset
March 12, 2020 by mainadmin
Coronavirus and chess in Dorset, posted yesterday 11 March. Please see below the notice the Mike Jay has posted in respect of the virus and local chess. We continue to monitor the national and local situation closely and take onboard all latest medical advice, especially from Government. If anything changes, which impacts local league matches […]
Puzzle by Steve
March 11, 2020 by mainadmin
Black can mate in one move, but it’s White to move, can you find the checkmate in 5 moves? Go to ‘Games’ to see the answer……..
Poole Bishops young guns topple Highcliffe in the Bacchus league
March 10, 2020 by mainadmin
Highcliffe 1 – Poole Bishops 3 Extract fromLMS – Mike Tew (Highcliffe) Highcliffe fielded an experienced team but to no avail as Eric’s young future stars of Dorset chess took them to task very quickly gaining strong opening positions on boards 1,3, and 4. But for a small blunder on board 2 from a winning […]
Club News and the games are coming fast now
March 9, 2020 by mainadmin
Just to follow up on Graham’s notice last week, the club is always open on Thursday evenings as usual for all league and friendly games. Remember our club is for you the members and visitors and is truly dependant on an active and lively club so please come and support the club whenever you can. […]
Tuesday Nights
March 3, 2020 by mainadmin
As there has been little or no support this new year, from club members regarding Tuesday nights, as an extra club night for social games, it has been decided to immediately cancel that arrangement, leaving just Thursday nights as our main club night.
Letter from Colin Wilkinson
March 1, 2020 by mainadmin
I thought you would like to read this letter sent from Colin Wilkinson an ex member of our club. Quote Hello Eric, I decided to take you up on the invitation to contact you and the club! I am an old member of Parkstone chess club, Poole in Dorset, I played in the 1980’s and […]
Liverpoolesque
February 28, 2020 by Michael Rutter
Commitment is what counts. Chris A who was obviously unwell, but not recently returned from abroad, turned up to play, but was hoping to be substituted. Eric manfully stepped up to the plate, chose board 1 as his place of work and we were ready to go. A convincing win ensued with Krzysztof taking the […]
Games page back up and Club Championship
February 27, 2020 by mainadmin
Thanks to Adam, the glitch we had on the ‘Games’ page is now fixed, there is a couple of new games to view if you so do wish. We have one result so far this week in the club championship, that being Mike Rutter beat Tony Pritchard, after firstly drawing, then playing a rapid game. […]
New Milton 1.5 – 2.5 Poole C
February 25, 2020 by Tarik
The next game in the busy week saw Poole trek all the way over to New Milton. Poole had a big grading advantage, especially on board 2 where nobody knew if the prepared player was going to turn up so was switched out for a substitute at the last minute…a minute before the original player […]
Alan Pichot v David Navara
February 25, 2020 by mainadmin
A recent game from the Gibraltar Masters 2020. Unfortunately our ‘Games” page is down at the moment but if you’re interested in see the game there’s a link to full analysis on YouTube included.
Purbeck v Poole B – County Div 3
February 25, 2020 by mainadmin
I feel like a paper back writer as my latest report from me to you is about our County Div 3 match against table toppers Purbeck, yesterday. Picking up John, Dragi and Mike Minvalla who all had a ticket to ride, again in the wind and rain. I asked them to help win this crucial […]
Key matches for our teams this week
February 24, 2020 by mainadmin
With the season nearing the business end of the season we have 3 teams playing in action this week playing matches that will have a significant effect on where our teams finish as we are pushing to win 3 leagues. Tonight our Dorset league B team currently in 2nd place, play Purbeck who are top, […]
Poole Rooks v Wimborne – Bacchus League
February 21, 2020 by mainadmin
After rushing back from Hemel Hemstead’s brilliant ‘Warner Brothers Harry Potter Tour’ one or two Innuendo’s were prominent on my mind. Like Aragog (an Acromantula, a spider), we were an 8 legged team Not ‘Hogwarts Castle’ but the ‘Poole Castle’, sorry ‘Poole Rooks’ steamed into action, groans were soon heard coming from board 1 where Joe’s […]
Club Championship Update
February 18, 2020 by mainadmin
Junior group completed their first round and the draw was made for the semi – final. In the intermediate group Krzysztof managed to get the better of Simon with only seconds left on both clocks. In the major group, only one match played, opting for a rapid game, Richard Allis won against Mike Duggan. Still […]
Poole A – Weymouth A 2-2 DL
February 16, 2020 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole A – Weymouth A 2-2 M Duggan – A Pleasants 0.5-0.5 R Allis – A Furjel 1-0 J Weatherlake – G Searing 0-1 C Stanciu – R Burton 0.5-0.5 It was a must win game for us, to stay second and hope that Highcliffe will lose some points. We were in the […]
Welcome, two new members !
February 16, 2020 by mainadmin
Joey is a very enthusiastic Junior chess player who has attended the Bournemouth Library Chess Club for 2 or 3 years now. He has recently been coming along to our Chess Club on Tuesday nights to gain valuable experience playing adults, if you meet him there, please try and give a little of your own […]
Minor section draw for round 2, and results
February 13, 2020 by mainadmin
With Christine winning against Chris Ambrose, the first round ties in the Minor section was completed. Eric and Joe drew the names out of the hat for the second round, they are as follows:- Christine v Graham 0 – 1 Jamie v Mike Minvalla. Matches to be played when you can, no later […]
First Round Handicap result against Purbeck
February 11, 2020 by mainadmin
Another stormy night to have to travel but we came in force for this one, 7 Poole players turned up for an away 6-board contest, is that a first? Being the weakest player I didn’t fight for my place and sat in the stalls and watched the experts do battle. As we out graded them […]
1st Round of the Handicap competition tonight at Purbeck
February 10, 2020 by mainadmin
Good luck to our team of Mike Duggan/John Weatherlake/Dragi/Simon Patterson/Graham and Jamie all representing us tonight at Purbeck. Its a 6 board match with all possible grades in a handicap format so every board counts and so the required points total is determined before the match starts. We have had a good record in this […]
Poole A 2.5/1.5 Highcliffe A – Division 1
February 6, 2020 by mainadmin
In a very hard fought match our A team came up trumps – just — over the line to gain their 3rd win of the season. In a nervy start with only 3 players for us and giving yours truly the curly wobbles Mike arrived after 8 pm with only 20 minutes reduced on his […]
2020 Club Championship 1st Round draw amended – includes Junior section and Results
February 6, 2020 by mainadmin
The 1st round draw for the Junior section of the 2020 Club Championship was made Tuesday night by Jonathan Nunn and Joey Li. The pairings for the Major section:- Richard Allis v Mike Duggan Richie v John Dragi v Toby Chip v Dave Fuller Intermediate section:- Adam v […]
Club News
February 5, 2020 by mainadmin
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Well done to Jamie for his win over Joe last night (sorry Joe) in the Minor section and just to remind you to arrange your own games as soon as possible. The ideal time to play is on a Tuesday night and you need to contact your opponent to make the arrangement. Either […]
Dorset League – Poole A 2.5/1.5 Dorchester
January 31, 2020 by mainadmin
Poole A kept on the heels of Highcliffe beating a 3 man Dorchester team. In this re-arranged fixture it was a little disappointing our colleagues turned up with a player short. Thanks to Richie for standing in for Chip and hanging around for the evening with a little added tension not knowing if the opponent […]
New January grades just released
January 31, 2020 by mainadmin
All chess players live an die by their grades – rubbish or true? We are happy and sad but rest assured, life goes on, we can still breathe/ she or he is still talking to me so tomorrow is another day! Stay easy my friends! It should have been higher/it is just not right/ how […]
Purbeck purr like a kitten.
January 31, 2020 by mainadmin
A disappointing home night for our County div 3 Poole B team, who were playing Purbeck B, for a top of the table clash. Uncharacteristically, Dragi on board 1, suffered an early loss in position and subsequently the game in 18 moves. Adam, board 2, fought hard to earn a well earned draw. Jamie struggled […]
A liberal view
January 29, 2020 by Michael Rutter
Poole D went to Winton and won. That’s what we do. Thx to Eric for stepping in at the last minute for Tony (unwell). Well done to Kyzsztoff for holding the line and getting the match winning draw in a tight game and to Chris A for finally beating Simon Errington after 5 draws. Eric […]
23Jan20: PooleB v Ringwood
January 27, 2020 by David Fuller
Indeed an exciting evening of chess as Martin relates: long and with a series of plot twists. For a few seasons now, Chip has continued to demonstrate his resiliant attitude on Board 1 in the BDCL League 1 and so it was a surprise to me when Peter’s cheapo stole a piece in the early […]
Wimborne A – Poole A 1-3 Dorset League
January 26, 2020 by Ciprian Stanciu
Wimborne A – Poole A 1-3 I Clark – M Duggan 0.5-0.5 E Barker – C Stanciu 0.5-0.5 M Littleton – J Weatherlake 0-1 J Nielsen – R Smith 0-1 Poole travelled to Wimborne after two straight wins in a very strong division. Considering the good form of my team mates, I […]
Poole C 3 -1 Southbourne C
January 24, 2020 by mainadmin
Our C team continue their winning run by beating Southbourne C in an enjoyable and competitive match. We had a strong advantage with higher grades on all 4 boards and it showed especially by the top two players Dragi and Richie. Dragi playing David Arorash swapped off major pieces early on to get into a […]
Wimborne vs Rooks 22nd Jan Bacchus League
January 22, 2020 by mainadmin
An overwhelming result for the Rooks, 0 – 4 . although we easily out graded their players you still have to have your wits about you. Mike on board one had the toughest game, but with a Knight and a few pawns to the good, the endgame was cut and dried. Joe on board 2 […]
Robert Burns – Burns Night 25th January
January 21, 2020 by mainadmin
I thought the Chess set was interesting, so:- For any poem lovers out there, OK, not everyone’s cup of tea, certainly not mine, one of his most famous, “To a Mouse” written in 1785 after he ploughed up a mouse nest by accident.
Chess Choice Challenge 1
January 20, 2020 by mainadmin
How should White put to good use his space advantage? A) 1.Ne6 B) 1. Bxf7+ C) 1.Bxh6 D) 1. Nf5 E) 1. Qf1 Answers = next Chess Choice Challenge
Poole Bishops 3-1 Poole Knights
January 17, 2020 by mainadmin
On resumption of the Bacchus league for 19-20 season the Bishops produced a 3-1 win in an exciting match that could easily have gone either way. It was great to see 7 Juniors playing plus the effervescent Paul Trowbridge. Andre (Bishops) playing on Bd 1 had a winning position against Zac (Knights) but strong defence […]
Summer Cup – result!
January 17, 2020 by mainadmin
The Final between Dragi and Mike Minvalla has now been played resulting in a win for Dragi. Congratulations to Dragi who’s now preparing for his next game.
And the beat goes on
January 9, 2020 by Michael Rutter
Poole D welcomed Bournemouth for our first game of the new year. Half an hour in, Chris Ambrose agreed a draw with Simon Errington. As the evening wore on Krzysztof drew with Roy Egginton and we were left with yours truly and Tony to win the honours. Tony was looking good for a win and […]
Update on matches and teams this week
January 7, 2020 by mainadmin
Good luck to our teams playing this week as 4 of our B & D League resume matches this week at the half way point of the season. Our E Team captained by Christine are taking on Bournemouth C tonight and hope to maintain their position at the top of Divison 5. Our D team […]
Happy New Year and chess club resumes today 2 Jan 2020
January 2, 2020 by mainadmin
Happy New Year to all our members and wishing you all the best for 2020. The club resumes tonight 2 Jan so if you have had enough food and drink and would like to play some chess and meet colleagues the club is open tonight. Most of our teams are doing very well in the […]
Poole A – Wimborne A 3.5-0.5
December 20, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole A – Wimborne A 3.5-0.5 M Duggan – I Clark 1-0 C Stanciu – E Barker 0.5-0.5 J Weatherlake – P Wilcock 1-0 A very good start of the night for Poole, as Wimborne’s fourth player didn’t show up. A bit disappointing for Richie who was eager to play, but to be […]
ALL THINGS XMAS
December 16, 2019 by mainadmin
Our Xmas party last Thursday seemed to go well judging by the feedback. We had fun at the party which was attended by 15 members and I believe all got home safely. Some of young bucks were rumoured to be moving the pieces and clicking the clocks into the early hours of the morning so […]
Jamie Doyle wins the Under 14’s Chess in London
December 16, 2019 by mainadmin
Many congratulations to Jamie who has won the London Under 14’s Junior chess championships in London this weekend with a score of 5.5/6. Jamie who has come on leaps and bounds has played in the Bacchus League/Divisons 4 and 5 season and our Dorset League Div 3 teams this season with an overall score of […]
Another win for Poole ‘B’ – sorry that’s County Div 3, Poole B
December 9, 2019 by mainadmin
John was very pleased to get a win against Ken Smith (in about 25 moves) having tripped up in their last two meetings. Dragi was never in trouble but as per usual took it to an end game where he is very strong. Jamie sadly lost for a second time in the space of 7 […]
Poole Bishops 1.5/ 2.5 Highcliffe – Bacchus League
December 6, 2019 by mainadmin
Always good to have stiff competition from our colleagues from Highcliffe as this match developed into a close and exciting occasion. There were fireworks early on Bd 1 when Jamie dropped a piece overlooking a trap from Mike Tew but had some compensation with a couple of pawns and some open play. The game swung […]
Poole A 1.5 – 2.5 Poole B – 4/12/19
December 6, 2019 by mainadmin
Against all odds our B team came out on top despite losing a game early on and went on to win in a gritty style to score their first points of the season. Both teams are sitting at the bottom of the table and both needed to get something from the match. With little to […]
Last Night’s Semi final – Result
December 4, 2019 by mainadmin
After some delay as both Graham & Dragi have had many league games they sat down for the right to play Mike Minvalla in this competition, some of called it the autumn or winter cup. In a tense game where both players gave all Dragi came out on top in one of his familiar end […]
Carlsen v Aronian, Kolkata 2019
December 4, 2019 by mainadmin
White to Play 1) a8=Q appears to win as, if the black rooks attempt perpetual check, the white king can run to c1. Why did Carlsen avoid this move and what did he play instead?
Into the Xmas period and 3 matches this week
December 2, 2019 by mainadmin
After a successful week for the club last week when we managed 1 defeat in an inter club Bacchus league match, 1 draw for the D team and wins for our Rooks, the E team and our Dorset League B team we go into the Xmas period. Please look at ECF/LMS/Dorset/Poole for detailed results, match […]
Southbourne C 1 – 3 Poole C
November 30, 2019 by Tarik
A good night down in Southbourne as Poole visited and came away with the points. Adam had strong doubled rooks, from very early on, starring down at a castled king on the h file. Despite the pressure he wasn’t able to break through and a draw was agree when everything ground to a halt. A […]
Poole Rooks 3 – Poole Bishops 1
November 29, 2019 by mainadmin
This newly formed team to supplement the number of Bacchus league Division started with a strong win against the kids representing the Bishops team. Sound chess by Mike Minvalla, Graham Morris and Steve Bailey was enough for a 3 nil lead and I am sure Josh, Jack and Dylan will learn from these games with […]
Poole B v Dorchester D – County Div 3
November 28, 2019 by mainadmin
Dragi proved to strong against William Woodhouse, on board 1 as the grading suggests but a good scrap nevertheless. A cracking game on board 2, fair play to Paul Brackner who battled back from 2 pawns down against Simon Patterson ( in a little time trouble) to eventually win. Dave Burt and Sid Jones agreed […]
D Team draw 2-2 at Highcliffe
November 26, 2019 by mainadmin
In an exciting match for the top two teams there seemed a bigger incentive for a good result for either team. The evening did not start well when one of our players were 15 minutes late in what was a tight schedule and so yours truly (not Lewis Hamilton) was asked to make a 20-25 […]
Winning Move
November 25, 2019 by mainadmin
Black played Rd8, White to play. This position is from Petrosian vs Pachman, Bled 1961 Can you find Petrosian’s amazing finish?
Junior Chess
November 24, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
Dorset Junior chess championship notice Click on the above link for details of an exciting opportunity for junior chess players.
Weymouth A – Poole A 1.5-2.5
November 24, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
Weymouth A – Poole A 1.5-2.5 A Furjel – M Duggan 0.5-0.5 G Searing – R Allis 0.5-0.5 R Burton – C Stanciu 0.5-0.5 F Pittman – J Weatherlake 0-1 A much needed first win for Poole A in the new season, against a team which we outgraded on every board. But […]
3 League matches for our teams tonight
November 21, 2019 by mainadmin
After a quiet week or so we have 3 teams doing their best for the club tonight. Our Dorset League A team are away at Weymouth tonight and are hoping for a return to form for Chip/Richard/Mike and John. Christine’s E team play their re arranged match against Southbourne, they are doing well only having […]
Wednesday Puzzle Time
November 13, 2019 by mainadmin
Black to Play With pawns on f2, g2 and h2, White is vulnerable to a major piece arriving on the first rank. How does Black exploit this with a brilliant coup?
Enjoyable and informative Chess Clinic
November 13, 2019 by mainadmin
Well done John in standing up and presenting again to about 15 club members last night to examine and study some Rook and Pawn endings. This was a really useful session that had the full attention of the audience (not the kids) I am afraid but I am sure all that came along enjoyed and […]
Tuesday’s Puzzle Time
November 12, 2019 by mainadmin
This position is from Keene v Bowyer, London 1963 White to play, how did white power through.
Monday Morning Meander on the Chess Board
November 11, 2019 by mainadmin
Black to Play. This position is from King v Keene, London 1982 Can you spot the concluding combination?
Poole B – Wimborne A 0.5-3.5
November 10, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole B – Wimborne A 0.5-3.5 C Stanciu – A Pleasants 0.5-0.5 S Calauz – I Clark 0-1 T Miller – E Barker 0-1 T Pritchard – M Littleton 0-1 Not too much to say about this match, as the score says it all……the much stronger team won. Poole B is bottom of […]
REMINDER FOR CHESS CLINIC THIS TUESDAY 12/11/19
November 10, 2019 by mainadmin
LAST WEEK’S MATCHES After our not so good week on the boards last week when our 3 of our teams lost we have the opportunity to come and learn some end game tactics on Tuesday evening at the club. On a happier night congratulations to our Dorset league Div 3 team captained by Graham in […]
Wimborne C vs Poole B County Div 3, Wed 6th Nov
November 8, 2019 by mainadmin
On the road to Wimborne, again! This time to face the stronger ‘C’ team, same team of John, Dragi, Jamie and yours truly, that beat the ‘D’ team last month. Just to make sure Dragi wasn’t late, I played at Taxi service taking John as well. Jamie was obviously keen to get back home early, […]
And now for something…
October 31, 2019 by Michael Rutter
Good news. Another 3/1 win, back to the top of the table. Strong play by Tony in an end pawn game and Krzysztof steamrollered into an excellent early win. Chris also had a strong position and his opponent was grateful for the offer of a draw. My game was fairly even and I had declined […]
Club news and Clinic on the 12 November
October 28, 2019 by mainadmin
After a quiet week but firstly I must congratulate our C team on their 3rd win of the season at home last Thursday versus an under graded Highcliffe team. This week our D team are at home on Thursday and are hoping to maintain their 100% record. CHESS CLINIC Mike Duggan and John Weatherlake have […]
Clean sheet and top of the table
October 18, 2019 by Michael Rutter
Good result of 3 -1 to Poole D against Southborne D. Strong play by the middle order of Tony and Krzysztof. Poor defence against the Fried Liver got yours truly in trouble and ended up with an end game in which neither of us could move without giving away a piece, so repetition caused a […]
Ringwood B 1 – 3 Poole C
October 14, 2019 by Tarik
With a scheduling nightmare we managed to get 4 players to Ringwood. I was taking that as a victory in the circumstances. Having won the first match of the season we fielded the same team, with similar results. Dragi had a very sharp game which can be exciting, but one missed move and the point […]
Highcliffe 2 – 2 Poole Knights
October 14, 2019 by Tarik
We trekked across to Highcliffe, got within sight of the sea when we ran into our Dorset league team. Double trouble, two Poole teams hoping to plunder Highcliffe of their points. While the top team took the downstairs room, the youngsters took upstairs. Matthew marked his return with some excellent attacking play. His opponent was […]
Summer Cup Latest
October 9, 2019 by mainadmin
Last night an effervescent Dragi breezed in during the evening, sat down, took full advantage of his time advantage and secured a valued win against an in form John Weatherlake. Hard luck John, join the 2nd best team. Dragi secured his place in the semi-final and the draw was made after the game: Graham vs […]
Quiet week in the league before an avalanche of games next week
October 8, 2019 by mainadmin
I wondered if this was a domestic or international break when I looked at our fixtures and saw, none. Next week there are 7, scheduled,we have postponed 2 just to make 5 fixtures for w/c 14/10. All in hand due to our well organised captains with teams lined up for the various battles. Last week […]
The kids on the block secure their 1st win of the season
October 8, 2019 by mainadmin
I am pleased to issue a belated report on last Thursday’s match when our Juniors playing for the Bishops won the 1st Bacchus game of the season 2.5 vs 1.5 Wimborne. Jamie promoted to the E team this season on Bd 1 won an interesting game playing the Fried Liver and immediately had an advantage […]
DCL Div 3 – Poole B v Wimborne D – Wed 2nd October
October 4, 2019 by mainadmin
Match report kindly written by John Weatherlake:- Poole B’s DCL division 3 campaigns got underway on Wednesday night with a trip to Merley matching up against Wimborne D. The team grade average looked tight, slightly favouring Poole with a team total of 494 against Wimborne’s 489. Captain Graham’s plan seemed to work like a dream […]
Ex-Servicemen’s Club Membership now due!
October 4, 2019 by mainadmin
Ex-Servicemen’s Club Membership of £10 is now due for all Poole Chess Club members. (juniors exempt) We request that you don’t pay over the bar as in previous years, as this gets rather messy trying to find out who’s paid what, instead please give your Ex-Servicemen’s ‘Blue Card’ along with £10 to Graham and the […]
Poole A go down 1-3 at Ringwood in a very tight match
October 1, 2019 by mainadmin
You have probably seen the report from the Poole B match at Highcliffe and I am sorry to report we could not equalise on the night at Ringwood. The initial issue of the evening was logistical in getting our players up to Ringwood from various parts of town, I think our players have taken the […]
30Sep19 Highcliffe A v Poole B
October 1, 2019 by David Fuller
With the rain lashing down a trip to Highcliffe wasn’t everyone’s idea of a nice trip to the seaside, but us Poole chaps are made of sterner stuff so off we went. Or rather I went as by 7.30 only I was staring at our four Highcliffe colleagues. It seemed that the weather and the […]
Match and Club News w/c 30 September 2019
September 30, 2019 by mainadmin
This week sees 4 league matches to be played but firstly well done to all teams in a good start to the season with 4 wins/1 draw and just one defeat in the first round of matches this season. Our A and B teams are playing tonight at Ringwood and Highcliffe respectively. The line-ups are […]
Summer Cup update
September 25, 2019 by mainadmin
Results so far:- And the draw for the knock out stage quarter final is: Chip vs Tony Joe vs Graham 0 – 1 Mike Minvalla vs Tarik 1 – 0 John vs Dragi The usual Summer cup rules apply for colours and grading differential/time control. The winners will […]
DCL Div 3 – Poole B team Wednesday 2nd October
September 25, 2019 by mainadmin
I’m looking for 3 team players for our match at Wimborne (playing their D team) next Wednesday 2nd October, I propose to put myself on board 4 using 91 points, so I have 409 points left for 3 players. Any volunteers out there please? Transport is available should you want it. The Press Gang are […]
Dorset League: Ringwood – Poole A 2-2
September 24, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
Ringwood – Poole A 2-2 P Anderson – M Duggan 0.5-0.5 K Harman – M Machacek 1-0 J Forster – J Weatherlake 0.5-0.5 M Clancy – C Stanciu 0-1 The first game of the new season in the top division of the Dorset League saw our A team travelling to Ringwood to play […]
19Sep19: Poole B v Southbourne A
September 20, 2019 by David Fuller
So to the start of a new season and, on a personal note, a strengthened Poole A squad has allowed me to take up my old spot next to Chip, arguing who is the better player and therefore who should be on Board 1. Ah, just like the old days. On a broader level, this […]
Poole A secure their first win of the season at Wimborne
September 19, 2019 by mainadmin
With a slightly under strength team and playing the current champions Wimborne away was not the ideal first fixture of the season. However with Richard Allis marking his club debut and Richie standing in for Mike Duggan our team stood water tight to score a narrow win. Martin playing on Bd 2 gained a comfortable […]
Poole D Winning Ways begin here
September 16, 2019 by Michael Rutter
First match of the season and we already need reserves! However, the very pleasant surrounding had us all in a good mood and ready to do business. On paper this could be an easy win for us but nobody had told them and battle ensued. Eric ground out a draw, Tony enjoyed a good win […]
Start of the New Season with 4 matches and our social chess night
September 16, 2019 by mainadmin
So with the pre-season matches of the Two Towns (finished 2nd) and the Dorchester Jamboree where we retained the plate completed, the season starts off with a bang this week. Four of our five B & DCL teams are in action with our D team (Div 4) playing at Purbeck tonight. Team of Mike R/Tony/Mike Minvalla […]
Dorchester jumboree 2019 winners
September 14, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
Dorchester Jamboree 2019 C Stanciu – J Forster 0-1 M Littleton – J Weatherlake 0.5-0.5 R Smith – M Steevens 1-0 D Aldwinckle – S Patterson 0.5-0.5 T Alsop – E Sachs 0-1 C Roberts – R Quinn 1-0 A great start to the season for Poole Chess club for retaining their title in […]
Summer Cup – Knock Out Draw
September 11, 2019 by mainadmin
And the draw for the knock out stage quarter final is: Chip vs Tony Joe vs Graham Mike Minvalla vs Tarik John vs Dragi The usual Summer cup rules apply for colours and grading differential/time control. The winners will be drawn again for the semi-final (FA Cup style) Good luck to all players and the […]
Poole Chess Club Christmas Dinner
September 9, 2019 by mainadmin
This years Poole Chess Club Christmas Dinner has been booked for 12th December, again in the Stour Suite at the Elstead Hotel, where we had a very enjoyable meal/evening last year. Menu:- cost £24.95 per person. All arrangements for seating and food orders need to been finalised ASAP so if you are interested in attending, […]
Revised ECF grades issued 31/8/19
September 1, 2019 by mainadmin
The ECF have revised and updated the grades to include adjustments from the previous season. Please look at www.ecf grading/ for you your up to date grade. The grades shown will be now the ones used for the 19/20 season.
Pal Benko R.I.P.
August 26, 2019 by mainadmin
Benko finished in first place (or tied for first place) in eight U.S. Open Chess Championships, a record. His titles were: 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1975. He won the 1964 Canadian Open Chess Championship. He represented Hungary at the 1957 Student Olympiad in Reykjavík on board one, scoring 7½/12, and Hungary […]
Thursday 5th September Two Town Match
August 23, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
This is just a reminder that the traditional Two Town Match between Bournemouth and Poole will take place on Thursday 5th September at Poole Chess Club. Thank you to those of you that have let Ciprian Stanciu (Poole captain for this match) know that you are available to play. If you haven’t, there is still […]
Digital Chess Clock DGT 2010
August 23, 2019 by mainadmin
Hi Guys, just a question for all our members, has anyone borrowed one of our new Digital clocks, the brown type – DGT 2010? we have an empty box in the cupboard, we should have 7, but now we only have 6.
17Aug19: Report – The David Lockwood Memorial Blitz
August 19, 2019 by David Fuller
David Lockwood had been a stalwart of the Bournemouth and Dorset Chess scene for more than fifty years. Many players from local clubs remember David and it was therefore no surprise when this inaugural event secured 37 entrants last Saturday morning. I am sure he would have been touched by the number of old friends […]
Chess Room Tuesday 27th August
August 14, 2019 by mainadmin
Just FYI, should anybody be thinking of using the chess room on Tuesday 27th August, it will not be available, as there is a RBL meeting in there that night. We have been given the green light to use the room whenever as long as nothing else is booked, that information can be obtained from […]
**This Saturday (17th Aug) is the Dave Lockwood Memorial Chess Event**
August 12, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
We hope to see as many of you as possible at the Dave Lockwood Memorial Chess Event that we are holding, at the club, on Saturday. Thank you to those of you who have already confirmed that you are participating. Please let Ciprian (cyfanu@yahoo.com) know if you are intending to come along. We look forward […]
Grading for 19/10 – Gremlins in the ECF system
August 8, 2019 by mainadmin
Thanks to Graham for advising details and narrative of the ECF Grading system. Further to this I thought it would be useful to advise the effect of the ‘gremlins’ in the system. ECF have doubled up on league BDCL league fixture results from September to December 2018 and these will need to be reversed. It […]
Grading ‘Letters’ explained
August 8, 2019 by mainadmin
What does that letter after your grading figure signify? Well if you are on doubt and interested in knowing, here’s what the ECF site says :- Category definitions: A – Grade based on at least 30 games, all played in the latest 12 months B – Grade based on the 30 most recent games, […]
Summer Cup Updates and 8 games to complete the league stage
August 7, 2019 by mainadmin
Congratulations to Tarik and Graham whom are the initial qualifiers from the league stage. All other 6 players are up for grabs over the remaining groups so all to play for . We need to move on the competition so can the remaining players please arrange to play their games in the next couple of […]
A reminder for the Chess Clinic to be held at the club on the 8/8
August 2, 2019 by mainadmin
Just to remind all club members John Weatherlake and Mike Duggan have kindly agreed to present an evening of chess tactics at the club. We all know chess is infinite and there is always scope for reviewing our moves, games, style of openings, transformation from openings to middle games, end games, pawn structures, and so […]
New Members
July 26, 2019 by mainadmin
Richard has re-located from Yorkshire. Dave Burt rejoins us after a long absence and wants to get back into playing regular chess for the club. Good luck to both players in the coming season.
17th August David Lockwood Memorial Chess Event
July 24, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
DAVID LOCKWOOD MEMORIAL EVENT BRITISH LEGION CHESS CLUB – RECEPTION ROOM BY THE BAR SATURDAY 17TH AUGUST 2019 Registration at 10:30am Games begin at 11:00am Event finishes 4:00pm (latest) OPEN TO ALL (members / guests / visitors / local chess players) The competition consists of 6 rounds of chess. Each player will have 10 minutes […]
New Gradings released
July 23, 2019 by mainadmin
View our ‘Members’ page to see the latest grading results (where applicable) for Poole Chess Club players for the 2019/2020 season as issued by ECF July 2019.
Chess clinic at the club on 8th August, 2019
July 21, 2019 by mainadmin
John (Weatherlake) and Mike (Duggan) have kindly offered to give a chess clinic at the club on the 8/8/19 starting at 7.30pm. This will be open to all junior and club members and it would be good to see a good turnout for this occasion. It will be held on the 1st floor room of […]
Junior end of season competition at Bournemouth Library
July 21, 2019 by mainadmin
To mark the end of the term/season we held a 6 round competition at the Library where 20 juniors competed. It was fun, enthusiastic, some 60 games played to conclusion, and some great chess including a few end games. All the juniors that took part were winners and were given attendance and performance certificates, winners […]
The Junior Library Chess Ladder
July 13, 2019 by mainadmin
Great to see so many youngsters enjoying the challenge of the ‘Ladder’ competition, using clocks with 10 mins each, both fun and very serious chess was played over a number of weeks. Winners were announced as season comes almost to an end, on 13th July we closed the Ladder tournament and presented the winners with […]
POOLE AGM HELD 4 JULY 2019
July 11, 2019 by mainadmin
All good from the AGM meeting held last week 4/7/19. The minutes have been issued now and all details are including so here is a brief summary. It was good to see so many members attending on the only non-chess night of the year. One sad moment was the mention of David Lockwood who passed […]
Georg Rotlewi vs Akiba Rubinstein’s Imortal Game
July 10, 2019 by mainadmin
In 1907 faced off against fellow Polish Chess Master, Georg Rotlewi. The result was Rubinstein’s Immortal Game where he brilliantly displayed his attacking prowess and ended up with an incredible finish.
Anish Giri vs Magnus Carlsen
July 7, 2019 by mainadmin
The Croatia Grand Chess Tour event takes place in Zagreb 26th June to 8th July 2019. 12 players 11 rounds. Players: Carlsen, Caruana, Ding, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave, Nepomniachtchi, Mamedyarov, Anand, Nakamura, So, Aronian and Karjakin. This game is from round 1 of the tournament 26th June 2019
Summer Cup latest results
June 30, 2019 by mainadmin
View the latest Summer Cup results, fixtures and tables found in the menu bar.
Improve your game – Chess Endgame Fundamentals: by John Bartholomew.
June 30, 2019 by mainadmin
Very instructive videos by IM John Bartholomew on end game techniques. These endgames are really instructive, no one explains better than John does in my opinion, they will improve your game!
Benjamin Gledura [2645] VS Awonder Liang [2600]
June 25, 2019 by mainadmin
A game from the Junior Speed Chess Championship. ChessKid is the official sponsor of the 2019 Junior Speed Chess Championship. ChessKid is the world’s number one site for kids to learn and play chess! Broadcast and streaming: All 2019 Junior Speed Chess Championship matches will be broadcast live with full chess-master commentary on Chess.com/TV and […]
Open Junior Evening 2019
June 24, 2019 by mainadmin
20/6/2019 Open Junior Evening 2019 Introducing the second year of our open junior evening at Poole Chess Club, which will take place on Thursday 11th July at 7:15. It is our intention to give juniors/students the opportunity to play chess in a local chess club away from a school environment with and against club members […]
Jorden van Foreest v Aryan Tari – Caro-Kann Defence
June 23, 2019 by mainadmin
An opening lesson for the Juniors on Saturday morning, explained by John Weatherlake and Bryan Lose. Van Foreest started with a quick win, using an offbeat line against the Caro-Kann, which is sort of a speciality for him. It allows an early queen trade, which Tari would try next. View it in the GAMES menu. […]
Poole-Wau Paratnership Charitable Trust – Sudanese refugees in Kenya – CLIPS project
June 21, 2019 by mainadmin
Paratnership Charitable Trust Sudanese refugees in Kenya – CLIPS project. Please thank all Poole members and other chess colleagues especially Martin Clancy and Mike Jay for contributing to this worthwhile and chess cause, very much appreciated. Richard Tazewell Thank you letter:-
Club Championship – Final results
June 21, 2019 by mainadmin
At the club last night two club championship finals were played to conclusion. In the Major Final Chip triumphed by overcoming Mike Duggan last year’s winner in a tense and hard fought game. Chip let people know Mike had previously been his nemesis but on this night the tables were turned and Mike graciously said […]
Summer Competition 2019
June 14, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
On Thursday 13th June, the draw was made, at the club, for the Summer Competition. We have 20 participants that are in five groups of four. The ratings that are being used are the ones that were given at the start of the 2018-19 season. The results of these games will have no effect on […]
New Member – Joe Wood
June 14, 2019 by mainadmin
On behalf of the Poole Chess club I’d like to give a warm welcome our new member Joe Wood. A promising chess player who I’m sure will strengthen the club’s playing ability. Joe will be officially registered as a Poole player so we hope he’ll play in the B&DCL for us next season, in the […]
Juniors – Library Chess Ladder
June 12, 2019 by mainadmin
Good to see all of the youngsters getting involved in the tournament, it’s very competitive but still early days, with new members being added each week. We now have a number of chess clocks and where they are used, a time setting of 10 minutes each is given. Latest positions on the Ladder(s) after Saturday […]
Club Championship and other news
June 11, 2019 by mainadmin
Congratulations to Richie whom is our first winner of the season in the Intermediate section of the club championship. Richie who won the Minor section last season this time around beat Adam, Mike Rutter, and Simon Patterson to take the trophy – major players watch out next season! This coming Thursday 13/6 Graham is playing […]
Dates for Annual General Meetings – (AGM’s)
May 31, 2019 by mainadmin
Please note dates for the local chess AGM’s have been set. Bournemouth & District Chess League – Venue, Southbourne Club – 19/6 at 7.30pm All are welcome Dorset County Chess League – Venue, Poole Chess Club – 26/6 at 7.30pm All are welcome Poole Chess Club – Venue, Poole Chess Club – 4/7 at 7.30pm. […]
Poole C 3 – 1 Wimborne C
May 23, 2019 by Tarik
With Dragi no longer available it left us with 4 players with very similar grades. To save thinking we drew lots for board order. Simon P drew board 1 and was tasked with a mammoth task against Graham, it was mostly defence and trying to find counterplay after the loss of a pawn. A bishop […]
What might have been
May 23, 2019 by Michael Rutter
Tonight’s draw against Ringwood B means that we are currently second in the league but Southbourne are still to play their last match. if they win, which is likely, we will end up in third place. Nothing wrong with a podium finish. Well done to all.
Queen Victoria v Paul Morphy
May 23, 2019 by mainadmin
Queen Victoria, Born at Kensington Palace 24th May 1819 – 200 yrs ago Probably the only Queen to beat a world class Chess player. Maybe also the only Queen to have swapped sides!
Club Championship
May 19, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
Club Championship fixtures: Major : Mike D – Dragi John – Chip Intermediate : Richie – Mike R Simon P – Alan Minor : Tony – Graham (the winner to play Christine in the final). The semi-finals needs to be played by 31st of May, and the finals by 15th of […]
Poole B 2.5 – 1.5 Wimborne B
May 19, 2019 by Tarik
When does a win feel like a loss? A few weeks ago I looked at the table and we were one from bottom. Looking at the maths I noticed something bizarre. Despite only having 2 draws, due to how close all the teams were and the fact we had a rescheduled match, if we got […]
Poole Knights 1 – 3 Bournemouth
May 19, 2019 by Tarik
The last game of the season has now come and gone, and a bow must be taken by all players across the two Bacchus teams. Poole Knights largely comprised of Lytchett Minster students, and the Poole Bishops team mainly comprised of Poole Grammar students. Highcliffe were the stand out team with 6 wins and only […]
ECF conversion to FIDE ELO
May 13, 2019 by mainadmin
In case anybody’s interested in what their grading would be in the “Universal chess world” and not our stubborn English archaic system, here’s a simple formula to find out. Conversion to ELO ratings Although the ECF grading system is mechanically very different from the Elo rating system, the ECF publishes a formulae that can be […]
Poole A – Ringwood 2-2
May 13, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole A – Ringwood 2-2 M Duggan – P Anderson 0-1 J Weatherlake – B Jenks 1-0 C Stanciu – M Clancy 0.5-0.5 T Miller – R Davenport 0.5-0.5 The last game of the season, in the top division of the Dorset League, took place on Thursday evening. Our A team met a […]
Inter Schools Final – 20/5/19 – Highcliffe vs Poole Grammar School – Elstead Hotel – 4pm
May 11, 2019 by mainadmin
Highcliffe are the proud and present holders of the competition having wrestled it from Bournemouth Grammar school for Boys last year for the first time, they will be giving all to retain the trophy and Poole Grammar school have reached the Final for the 1st time. They Poole team are made up of year 8 […]
Proposed Rule Changes
May 11, 2019 by mainadmin
TO ALL MEMBERS SEE BELOW PROPOSED RULE CHANGES Please review the below and give any opinions to Chip before the 22/5 so that they can be included in information prior to the AGM in June. TO ALL CLUB SECRETARIES – PROPOSED RULE CHANGES In accordance with Rule 5 of the B&DCL Constitution and Rules […]
Bournemouth Library Juniors Chess Ladder
May 10, 2019 by mainadmin
We now have a good number of youngsters playing a reasonable level of chess and as competitive chess always brings the best out of them, we are introducing a “chess ladder” competition during our Saturday morning classes. Two ladders, one for the more experienced – the “Bishops” and another for the beginners – the “Knights” […]
Dorchester D 1 – 3 Poole B
May 9, 2019 by Tarik
The hike was worth it as Poole gathered in Dorchester for the Dorset league div 3 penultimate game of the season. A mixed season so far, but possibilities. The match saw a blatant display of favouritism under the guise of maths as Richie and Dragi get another game, and Paul gets another game – all […]
The season ends on the 23/5, 9 Poole club matches to go!
May 7, 2019 by mainadmin
With just 2 weeks to go to the end of the season the matches come thick and fast – 9 in total home and away. Firstly, well done the B team who survived in the 1st Division on Friday night for another season – target achieved and especially congratulations to Chip who held it all […]
Southbourne A – Poole B 2.5-1.5
May 6, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
Southbourne A – Poole B 2.5-1.5 G Sawicki – O Garcia 0-1 B Jenks – C Stanciu 1-0 B Curran – D Popovic 1-0 L Laker – T Miller 0.5-0.5 Last game of the season for Poole B, who “travelled” to Southbourne in a strong formation. Our friend Oscar made his debut for […]
59th Year Anniversary of World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal
May 6, 2019 by mainadmin
Mikhail Tal beats Mikhail Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship On 7th May 1960, at the age of 23, Tal thoroughly defeated the relatively staid and strategic Mikhail Botvinnik in a World Championship match, held in Moscow, by 12½–8½ (six wins, two losses, and thirteen draws), making him the youngest-ever World Champion (a record later […]
Mikhail Tal vs Vasily Smyslov
April 27, 2019 by mainadmin
Another short sharp game by Tal. Did Smyslov loose the game after 10. … Qa5? (following 11. … b5 minor mistake). But Tal, playing 12.Bd2 give Smyslov chance for 3-rep draw, which Smyslov didn’t see (18. … Bc7 or 18. … Bf6 lead to repetition possibility).If consider neither Tal nor Smyslov see this deep tactical […]
Move on up
April 26, 2019 by Michael Rutter
Poole D took on the might of the current league leaders, Southbourne C. With our two highest grades not being available we called upon the services of the ever reliable Krzysztof and after much searching for a fourth, the club stalwart Graham Morris filled our number 4 slot. To say the least we were outpointed […]
New member Mike Minvalla
April 24, 2019 by mainadmin
On behalf of the Poole Chess club I’d like to welcome our new member Mike Minvalla. A seasoned chess player who I’m sure will strengthen the club’s playing ability. He has now been officially registered as a Poole player.
Poole B – Southbourne B 1.5-2.5
April 19, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole B – Southbourne B 1.5-2.5 C Stanciu – M Simons 0.5-0.5 S Calauz – J Forster 0-1 T Miller – R Pegg 0-1 D Popovic – M Litchfield 1-0 Two games to go in a division where only two teams are safe, and four are trying their best to stay up. Our […]
Poole B – Purbeck B
April 19, 2019 by Tarik
A heavily lopsided team appeared for the home side with 175 taking the majority of the available grading points. It’s a team where you expect top board to win and then salvage the points on other boards to make up the win. John had about 30 grading points on his opponent and was showing his […]
New Milton 3 – 1 Poole C
April 17, 2019 by Tarik
Rock bottom of the table, and playing title challenging New Milton, it was always going to be tough, but a win by Bournemouth meant that we needed to get something out of this game. All we got out of it was a confirmation of relegation. Dragi had a sliding doors moment and avoided the route […]
Oleg Papayan vs Alireza Firouzja
April 14, 2019 by mainadmin
A new star in the chess firmament: Alireza Firouzja He is Iranian and has rocketed up 20 places to #57 in the world and, at 15, he is 3 years younger than anybody else in the top 100. His style of play is reminiscent of Tal and here is a beautiful queen sacrifice played this […]
Poole Bishops on the road tonight
April 9, 2019 by mainadmin
Poole Bishops Bacchus team are playing at Bournemouth tonight where our Junior team will play the team currently next to them in the league. Our team of Jamie/Josh/Felix and Jack all gaining match experience this season and I understand the Bournemouth team will be a team of fairly new recruits. We have an even record […]
2019 JUNIOR SCHOOLS/TEAM CHESS CHALLENGE FINAL
April 4, 2019 by mainadmin
2019 JUNIOR SCHOOLS/TEAM CHESS CHALLENGE FINAL 2ND APRIL – VENUE BOURNEMOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY PARK SCHOOL VS BOURNMEOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY TEAM The sun was shining in the large, spacious, Central Library’s conference room and all was quiet as the team were preparing for the Junior Chess Team Challenge, whilst 22 excited kids were waiting outside […]
Jon & Mike’s – Jurassic Coast 100km Ultra Challenge!
April 4, 2019 by mainadmin
Mike & Jon are walking 100km over 2 days for Dorset Blind Association because it is a fantastic charity to support. Highlight the link below and right click, then left click on “open link” to view full details. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jonathan-peirce1?utm_campaign=pfp-tweet&utm_content=JONATHAN-PEIRCE1&utm_medium=fundraisingpage&utm_source=Twitter&utm_term=bbqARWPBR
03Apr19: PooleA v HighcliffeA (BDCL League 1)
April 4, 2019 by David Fuller
A highly significant match for both teams in the run up to glory or otherwise: PooleA hoping for a slip up by Wimborne in their match on the same night to take the season to the final match; Highcliffe needing vital points to force PooleB to find similar in their remaining two games. Highcliffe must […]
Puzzle Page 4th April
April 4, 2019 by mainadmin
Capablanca v Rossolimo 1938, White to move and win Queen v Queen, White to move and win Answers to last weeks puzzles:- 27/3 a) Kasparov v West 1977 White to move and win 1) Nxe6 Qb6 2)Nc7+ QxN 3)exd6+ discovered check winning the Black Queen 27/3 b) Vallejo Pons v Pereishteyn 1999 White to […]
Bacchus: Wimborne 1.5 vs 2.5 Poole Knights
March 28, 2019 by Tarik
We turned up to Merley with the match room to ourselves, the juniors taking centre stage with a combined age of 60. Below the age of Wimborne’s board 1! All the games got underway with some solid chess on display. Then I look over at Zack on board to and it looks like he just […]
Puzzle Page 27th March
March 27, 2019 by mainadmin
Clocks go forward this weekend Don’t play Chess early Sunday morning, you might loose on time! 27/3 a) Kasparov v West 1977 White to move and win 27/3 b) Vallejo Pons v Pereishteyn 1999 White to move and win Last weeks solutions:- 19/03a White to move and win 1. Qg8+ RxQ 2.Nf7 mate 19/03b […]
Success in the Rapid play and 3 Fixtures this week
March 25, 2019 by mainadmin
Congratulations to Mike Duggan who shared 1st prize at the Ringwood Rapidplay with 5/6 and the Poole team of John W 3/6, Christine 2/6 and young Jamie Doyle 2.5/6, well done team. Fair results last week when both the Dorset league A team and our D team both secured home draws with Weymouth and Hoghcliffe […]
Dorset Rapidplay 2019
March 25, 2019 by mainadmin
Poole Chess Club was represented at the Dorset Rapidplay tournament held in Ringwood Sunday 24th March by 4 members, Mike Duggan, John Weatherlake, Chris Roberts and our rising JUNIOR STAR Jamie Doyle, who took home more money than most in the tournament! Well done to Mike on being equal first, Jamie for best Junior and […]
Poole A – Dorchester A 2-2
March 23, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole A – Dorchester A 2-2 M Duggan – A Pleasants 0.5-0.5 C Stanciu – F Pittman 0.5-0.5 J Weatherlake – C Leeson 0.5-0.5 D Popovic – S Blake 0.5.0.5 Thursday saw, four draws in a very close encounter against Weymouth. We couldn’t take advantage of the fact that we outgraded […]
Poole D v Highcliffe B
March 22, 2019 by Michael Rutter
With Poole D sitting just in the top half of the table, we could do with a few more points to cement our position. We also needed to try and compensate for our loss to Highcliffe earlier in the season, mainly brought about by a disasterous time error by yours truly. However, Highcliffe are a […]
Janusz Szukszta Vs Mikhail Tal
March 21, 2019 by mainadmin
Tal, the king of chess, the game is pure entertainment! See the whole game under our GAMES section Nc6 is not a mistake, its a clearance sacrifice the point of which is seen on Tal’s 20 …Re8+. The fact the QR comes in with check wins it for black. Amazing game! Did he really had […]
Chess Puzzles 19th March
March 19, 2019 by mainadmin
19/03a White to move and win 19/03b White to move and force checkmate Last weeks Puzzles 11/3aWhite to move and win 1.Bc5 Re8 2.Rd5 (threat of BxN+ winning black Q) 11/3b End game excercise, White to move and promote the pawn 1.Bf7 Bh7 2.Kg5 Ke7 3.Kh6 KxB 4.KxB and queens the pawn
8-year-old living in homeless shelter wins New York chess championship
March 19, 2019 by mainadmin
8-year-old living in homeless shelter wins New York chess championship: ‘I want to be the youngest grandmaster’ Ashley May USA TODAY Published 10:26 PM EDT Mar 18, 2019 An 8-year-old living in a homeless shelter has won the New York State chess championship for his age bracket. “I want to be the youngest grandmaster,” Tanitoluwa […]
Poole league matches and diary updates
March 18, 2019 by mainadmin
Last week’s results were quite mixed but the highlight was our B team’s win at Highcliffe on Monday was against all odds which was crucial in our bid to avoid relegation. The Junior Bishops had a poor night at the office losing 0-4 also at Monday night at Highcliffe but the games were closer than […]
Traxler’s answer to the Fried Liver Attack
March 13, 2019 by mainadmin
I’ve noticed some of our Juniors, especially at Bournemouth Library, have tried the Fried Liver Attack with great success, surprising the unsuspecting, who have no knowledge about it. Karel Traxler had an answer for it, which may help those of you who are Black and find yourself under attack. I have listed 3 games in […]
Highcliffe A – Poole B 1.5-2.5
March 12, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
Highcliffe A – Poole B 1.5-2.5 P Kemp – C Stanciu 0.5-0.5 C Westrap – M Malamatenakis 1-0 K Smith – T Miller 0-1 R Halse – D Popovic 0-1 In a game of all or nothing, playing our last chance to stay in the top division, Dragi kindly came to replace […]
Dorset Rapidplay – Sunday, 24th March
March 12, 2019 by mainadmin
A reminder to all Poole Chess players, this event is only a couple of weeks away now, we have only one representative at the moment in young Jamie Doyle, so extract your digit and join in the fun at this excellent tournament. Full details and how to apply at https://www.dorsetchess.co.uk/rapidplay-2019/ A quick summary from the […]
Roman Toran Albero vs Mikhail Tal
March 11, 2019 by mainadmin
Román Torán Albero was born in Gijón. He was Spanish champion in 1951 and 1953, and awarded the IM title in 1954. He was FIDE vice president from 1982 until 1990. Born: 8 October 1931, Gijón, Spain Died: 1 October 2005, Madrid, Spain
Puzzle Post 11th March
March 11, 2019 by mainadmin
Two more teasers to think about 11/3aWhite to move and win 11/3b End game excercise, White to move and promote the pawn Answers to last Puzzle Post 7/03a Rivera v Fischer 1962 Black to move and win 1………Qc6 2.f3 Qb5 3.Ba4 QxBb2 7/03b Areshchenko v Rogovsky 2003 Black to move and win 1…….. Nb6+ 2.pxN […]
Sam E Collins Vs Timothy Spanton
March 11, 2019 by mainadmin
An Irish theme this week Sam E. Collins (born 5 September 1982) is a top Irish chess player. He was awarded the title International Master by FIDE in 2004 with a best rating of 2495. He has written books and DVD’s on the following topics:- Ruy Lopez: Attacking with the Schliemann by Sam Collins Karpov: […]
Club Championship Latest
March 9, 2019 by mainadmin
We have added ‘ Club Championship Latest’ in the Menu bar of our site showing a table of results and progress during the competition. This should be easier from a visual view point to view progress and matches that need to be played. This should be another incentive to get the matches played on time […]
Club Championship Updates and latest scores
March 8, 2019 by mainadmin
The competition has started slowly but has started to gain momentum with three matches played last night so overall 5 played overall. Congratulations to Christine/Tony/Seth /Chip and Mike in progressing to the next round, good luck to them. Many thanks to the losers for taking part and remember there will always be next year – […]
06Mar19: Poole v Ringwood (BDCL Handicap KO)
March 7, 2019 by David Fuller
We at Poole CC are very proud of our recent record in this excellent competition organised by Martin Simons. The handicapping mechanism really does a really good job of leveling the playing field, or playing board, or whatever, and I think that many of the recent Poole wins have been knife edge matches all the […]
Puzzle Page 7th March
March 7, 2019 by mainadmin
7/03a Rivera v Fischer 1962 Black to move and win 7/03b Areshchenko v Rogovsky 2003 Black to move and win Answers next time 4th March Puzzle Page answers 04/03a 1.Bxf7+ KxB 2. Nxe5+ Ke8 3. NxB 04/03b 1.Qf5+ is the key, all routes lead to a quick mate if 1………Kh8 2. RxR+ RxR 3. QxR+ […]
Donald Byrne vs Robert James Fischer 1956
March 7, 2019 by mainadmin
Another brilliant game by the great Bobby Fischer to celebrate his birthday week Gruenfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation. Hungarian Attack
Wolfgang Unzicker vs Robert James Fischer
March 6, 2019 by mainadmin
“Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chess heavens.” Mikhail Tal Visit the Games Page
Useful tips for Juniors and Beginners
March 6, 2019 by mainadmin
Two simple words to help you improve your game:- TRIP & COT To find out more go to the Juniors and Beginners page.
3 matches for Poole teams this week
March 5, 2019 by mainadmin
On Wednesday 6th March we start our defence of the Handicap Knock out trophy at Ringwood. This year Dragi has kindly offered to organise and captain the team which is a match over 6 boards on a formulated handicap system that evens out the grades and its an excellent system of making all the matches […]
Leonard Laker VS David Fuller
March 4, 2019 by mainadmin
David has published his game he played last week on board 4 against Len Laker of Southbourne A team, with excellent comments throughout. Well done David on a magnificent win. Please check it out on our Games page.
Puzzle Time Again
March 4, 2019 by mainadmin
Chess Puzzles of The Day Trap in the King’s Gambit Declined 04/03a) White to move and win NEXT:- 04/03b) White to move and win. Answers next time! Answers to last weeks Puzzles:- 26/2a – White has just played pxc6, threatening mate along the back row, what’s Blacks best play? 26/2a 1…….g3+ if 2.Kh3 Qg4 mate […]
01Mar19: Poole A vs Southbourne A
March 2, 2019 by David Fuller
With the evenings getting lighter and warmer and the chess season coming into its final sprint, both teams were keen to grab two points to keep the pressure on that Wimborne lot. The Southbourne club members are always very welcoming and this evening was no exception. The team line-ups were the same as earlier in […]
Mikhail Tal vs Lozov
March 1, 2019 by mainadmin
An uneven but very enjoyable game. Black’s disorganized defense is no match for Tal’s masterfully coordinated attack. The role of the white bishops is especially interesting since, although Black has castled kingside, they attack the queenside. But as Tal destroys the badly defended kingside, the black King is forced to escape to the queenside and […]
Poole C 1.5 vs 2.5 Ringwood A
February 28, 2019 by Tarik
Thank you to Ringwood for a good game. Some strong graded players made things slightly daunting. Dragi saw a very bad move, decided not to do it, looked for other moves, then forgot about the really bad move until half a second after he made it.. Unfortunately when you’re playing someone graded 50 points above […]
Puzzle Post 26/2a
February 26, 2019 by mainadmin
Let’s test the grey matter on this bright sunny day with a couple of chess puzzles. 26/2a – White has just played pxc6, threatening mate along the back row, what’s Blacks best play? 26/2b – White played f5, Black to play and win a piece Answers will be given on next puzzle post.
Poole matches coming thick and fast this week
February 26, 2019 by mainadmin
After a quiet period of 2 weeks we have 4 matches this week for Poole teams. Last night at Purbeck in Division 3 of the Dorset League our B team of Richie/Simon Patterson/Yours truly/ and Paul Trowbridge went down 1-3 to a Purbeck team that played much stronger than their grades suggest. On the night […]
Come on you irons.
February 21, 2019 by Michael Rutter
So we are all anxiously awaiting the match tomorrow night against Fulham.. Sorry wrong site. Many thx to Kyrstoff for standing in for Stephen Chappell who had a cold. Unfortunately it rubbed off on us, with a good opening by Phil Wallace of Wimborne bringing the game on board 4 to a speedy end. Simon […]
Club News and D Match at Wimborne on 20/2
February 18, 2019 by mainadmin
I have collected the David Lockwood chess legacy of about 30 books which are now stored in our cupboard. All of these books are a donation to the club so when you visit the club next time please feel free to go through the books and choose one personally of your choice. Any donations you […]
Mikhail Tal vs Alexander Koblents
February 18, 2019 by mainadmin
Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal was born in Riga, Latvia (annexed by the USSR in 1940). At six, he learned chess from his father, a medical doctor. Tal won his first Latvian Championship in 1953, and earned the title of Soviet Master the following year. In 1957, aged twenty, he became the youngest-ever Soviet Champion. In 1960 […]
Valentine ‘s night match
February 15, 2019 by mainadmin
You have seen the cartoon of the Bishops knocking out the Knights with a score of 4.5/1.5 which was by coincidence a complete reverse of the first match score in January so overall all honours even. This win take the Bishops to the top of the Bacchus league with 6 points having played a game […]
Poole Bishops vs Poole Knights
February 15, 2019 by mainadmin
Poole Bishops were triumphant in their return match with Poole Knights who were on the ropes for most of the night, finally getting a close up view of the canvas. A full report to follow shortly, but well done for those who stepped into the ring for the first time.
Mikhail Tal vs NN
February 14, 2019 by mainadmin
Mikhail Tal Widely regarded as a creative genius and one of the best attacking players of all time, Tal played in a daring, combinatorial style.[2][3] His play was known above all for improvisation and unpredictability. Every game, he once said, was as inimitable and invaluable as a poem.[4] He was often called “Misha”, a […]
Dorset Junior Championship
February 14, 2019 by mainadmin
Reporting on the Dorset Junior Championship on the 9/2/19 Venue – Bournemouth Grammar School for Girls For full report and results refer to the Junior & Beginners page.
Valentines night re match when the Junior teams meet again
February 13, 2019 by mainadmin
In the re match of the Knights vs Bishops the Juniors are unfazed by Valentine’s night as we are scheduled to play 6 boards. The first match result was 4.5/1.5 Knights in January although I was told the games were a much closer than the final score indicates. So with Steve heading up the Bishops […]
Encouraging results last week for Poole teams
February 13, 2019 by mainadmin
Last week was a good week for our teams where our results were W2, D1, L1, well done to all the players that played and gave all. The A team had a narrow win against Southbourne B on Wednesday 2.5/1.5. The C team escaped with a really good draw having recovered from 0-2 to fight […]
Dorset Junior Championships – 9 February 2019
February 7, 2019 by mainadmin
The Dorset Junior championships will be held this Saturday at the same venue as last year at the Bournemouth School for Girls Grammar school, Castle Gate Close, BH 8 9 UJ. To date we have received 53 entries which covers age groups from year 3 to year 12. The event will be the biggest gathering […]
06Feb19: Poole A vs Southbourne B
February 7, 2019 by David Fuller
With Wimborne A apparently rampaging away to the league title, it is possibly true to say that the rest of us are languishing in ‘mid table obscurity’. Nevertheless, many of us have not forgotten of the travesty of the Dorset League 1 last year (Wimborne pinching it from us, blah blah) and so hope springs […]
Bournemouth A 2-2 Poole C
February 5, 2019 by Tarik
Some good moments, and some good grief moments. Dragi was in a strong position, but took with the wrong piece and the position fell apart like something that falls apart. It’s late. I’m tired. My similes are now like….something unimaginative. Simon was looking good for a draw in a Rook & Bishop vs Rook & […]
Busy busy week as we have 4 matches for Poole players
February 4, 2019 by mainadmin
So, starting on Tuesday 5 February our C team take on Bournemouth A at their venue at Pelhams. This will be a tough match where our 3rd team take on their 1st team but with Captain Tarik, Richie, Simon Patterson and Dragi we will give all to achieve a good result. The following night both […]
Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre – 90 years on ??
February 4, 2019 by mainadmin
Bacchus League “Match of the Day” coming soon! Poole Bishops vs Poole Knights – 14th February – the rematch! Poole Bishops are looking for revenge after a series of knockout punches in the last round. The judges scores were 4 1/2 – 1 1/2 to the Knights The Bishops Manager was reportedly kicking water bottles […]
Mikhail Tal vs Alexey Suetin
January 30, 2019 by mainadmin
Another short game, which will be discussed with the Juniors on Saturday, interesting though, take a look. On the “Games” page as normal.
2019 Club Competition
January 26, 2019 by Ciprian Stanciu
The 2019 Individual Tournament is now under-way with 8 people in the major category, 8 people in the intermediate category and 8 in the minor. This annual tournament is competing for 3 trophies, which will be presented at the AGM, and is split based on grade. The draw was done on Thursday 24th January, at […]
Karjakin vs Malinin
January 25, 2019 by mainadmin
A short brilliancy by Karjakin, played in Sudak UKR, 7th August 2002 As usual, the game can be followed in the GAMES page. Chess Engine recommendations given where question marks appear. ———————————————————————————————————– Malinin Karjakin
Top of the table
January 22, 2019 by Michael Rutter
Poole D v Bournemouth B second match in a week. Everyone seemed to get off to a good start and gradually we began to move ahead. In my own match I went 2 pawns down but still had a strong position and was slowly getting back into the game, but all around me we were […]
Poole Knights 4.5 – 1.5 Poole Bishops: The kids hog the limelight
January 17, 2019 by Tarik
7:15 and the scene is set at Poole. 4 Bournemouth B players, and 6 Poole Knights players. They looked at each other menacingly gearing up for a great fight. Then Poole D arrived to play Bournemouth B and Poole Bishops arrived to play Poole Knights. I’m sure you’ve all read the report of the 4 […]
All Square
January 17, 2019 by Michael Rutter
with half the team unavailable for our game against Bournemouth B, we were likely to lose this match. But excellent work by Chris Ambrose and Kyrstoff filling in the gaps, meant that we kept getting offers of draws throughout the evening. Eventually every game ended in a draw and it was honours even. We were […]
An interesting Candidate game to look at!
January 17, 2019 by mainadmin
Event – FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin 2018.03.12 White “Aronian, Levon” Black “Kramnik, Vladimir” [Result 0-1 WhiteTitle “GM” BlackTitle “GM” WhiteElo “2794” BlackElo “2800” Opening “Ruy Lopez” Variation “Berlin defence”
17Jan19 – Poole B vs Poole A
January 17, 2019 by David Fuller
So to the return Poole ‘City vs United’ match of the BDCL Division One season. Of course, we in the A-Team like to think of ourselves as more City than United, but that is quite another discussion area requiring a beer or two to conclude. The first match had been hard fought, as earlier reported […]
Paravyan vs Golubov
January 10, 2019 by mainadmin
Game of the Day! Paravyan vs Golubov Korchnoy Memorial -2018
Rapidplay 2019
January 7, 2019 by mainadmin
Can I Please have your attention!!! The 24th Dorset County Chess Association Rapidplay will be played on Sunday, 24 March 2019 at Ringwood. Entries are now possible, but be quick! as there are limited numbers at this very popular annual congress. Full details available @ www.dorsetchess.co.uk/rapidplay-2019/
Sreeshwan vs Ivanchuk
January 4, 2019 by mainadmin
The Great Upset! Sreeshwan Maralakshitari vs Ivanchuk Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2018 Opening: Benoni Defence
Junior Chess Competition held at Bournemouth Library
December 25, 2018 by mainadmin
Junior competition at Bournemouth library held last Saturday 22/12/18. Winners and runners up of the Major & Minor are from the left Yash, Souyara, Jamie, Jake and overall Champion Larissa Cubert. 22 juniors took part in a hugely enjoyable event over 5 rounds. Larissa scored 5/5 and is progressing with promise as she continues developing […]
Mikhail Tal v Vasily Smyslov
December 19, 2018 by mainadmin
Smyslov Hoped This Game Wouldn’t Become Famous Tal Had Other Plans
Xmas 2018 Party and Dates of Club Opening Times
December 16, 2018 by mainadmin
This Thursday 20 th December we are having the Poole chess club Xmas dinner at the Elstead Hotel at 7pm with the clocks starting at 7,30pm. All arrangements for seating and food orders have been finalised for the 19 members coming, it should be good night and I look forward to seeing you all there. […]
Paul Morphy v Thomas Inglis Hampton
December 13, 2018 by mainadmin
One for the Juniors on Saturday morning, a swashbuckling Evans Gambit from yesteryear. Short and sweet as per 19th Century
Puzzle Time
December 13, 2018 by mainadmin
Junior category perhaps but have a go! All with White to move, these positions occured in a club game recently, easier to see now. no more than 2 mins each! 1) to win a piece 2) To win 3) To win at least one black pawn and the game?
Bournemouth 3 – 1 Poole Knights
December 12, 2018 by Tarik
A crew of youngsters ventured to Bournemouth. 3 juniors and Graham heading the line up. There were some excellent games, but unfortunately the results didn’t go our way. Harry had a default as his opponent didn’t turn up. Graham gambitted a pawn in the Queens Gambit and his opponent managed to hold onto it well […]
Ringwood 3 – 1 Poole C
December 11, 2018 by Tarik
Ringwood, always a lovely place to visit. We rock up and instead of 64 squares we’re presented with 6 pockets. Fresh from watching the UK snooker championship we’re tempted to the change of sport, but I quickly realise my limitations – mainly that I struggle to reach the table. Instead we are intercepted by our […]
5 Matches for Poole teams this week
December 10, 2018 by mainadmin
So as Xmas approaches it equally busy in the league chess scene with 5 matches across the board for our teams this week, think this is an all time record. C team vs Ringwood A tonight – Division 2 F team vs Highcliffe tonight – Division 5 Knights team in the Bacchus league vs Bournemouth […]
Junior Poole Bishops move on and upwards
December 7, 2018 by mainadmin
For the 2nd match this term our Poole Bishops fielded a complete Junior team, with average age of 14 and the opposition were Highcliffe currently at the top the Bacchus League. Before you could say watch this space Felix playing on Bd 2 had swamped the opposing position and the boys were leading 1-0. […]
Poole A record their first win of the season against Poole B
December 6, 2018 by mainadmin
In a hard fought match our A team recorded a 3-1 victory against our club colleagues from our B team. The B team were heavily out graded and fielded Alan Davies playing his first game and Michael Malamatenakis playing his 2nd. In the match first to show signs of progress was Mike Duggan who won […]
David Lockwood Funeral Arrangements
December 6, 2018 by mainadmin
David’s funeral will be held at Bournemouth Crematorium next Thursday 13th December at 2.45 pm. Everyone that knew David including friends/colleagues who would like to pay their respects are welcome to attend. There will be donations and the club will present a wreath from Poole Chess Club.
Division 1 – 30/11/18 – A team draw at Southbourne B
December 2, 2018 by mainadmin
On the last day of naughty November our A team drew 2-2 against Southbourne B on Friday night. We had out- graded the home team considerably but as I keep saying …. what do grades mean? Anyway that’s another subject. The evening started well when Mike on Bd 2 playing Russell (Pegg) got an immediate […]
Upcoming matches this week and club news
November 27, 2018 by mainadmin
And so the matches roll on and last night we were so unfortunate in that we had three team players unavailable and then had to default a board at a few hours notice when our E team played at Highcliffe in Division 4 last night. Our team did so well by achieving a draw over […]
Poole D 1.5/2.5 Wimborne D – Div 3, 22/11/18
November 25, 2018 by mainadmin
Our D team faced a strong Wimborne D team that out graded us on all boards and had strangely not started the season too well. Krzyzstof (many thanks K) stood in for Simon Fox as a late replacement on Bd 4 and all our players moved up one place. The match was fiercely contested and […]
Dark Wednesday at Wimborne 21/11/18 for Poole
November 23, 2018 by mainadmin
Not our best night at the Merley Sport Club as both our teams went down to the home teams. Our A team were trying to get on the winning trail but we knew it was going to be very tough against an very strong Wimborne team that had consolidated their A/B teams for this season. […]
David Lockwood
November 23, 2018 by mainadmin
It with sadness that I need to report that David passed away this Wednesday, 21st November 2018. As we know David was suffering with his health and we want our pass on our condolences to his closest relative James and their family. David was a long standing member of Poole chess club for over 25 […]
It’s a Girl!
November 23, 2018 by mainadmin
An enjoyable game to kick start my season, especially as I won. I know there’s lots of ???on the moves but here it is…… listed in the GAMES page.
Three Hail Marys
November 22, 2018 by mainadmin
Three Hail Marys (not that I’m a Cat -o -holic) – I won my first game for the club, is it all down hill from here though? This interesting position was arrived at Black’s move 27………Qf7 blocking the check White to move, how would you have finished off the Black king? Answers on a postcard […]
Poole Knights 2.5 – 1.5 Wimborne
November 22, 2018 by Tarik
Nice to see an eager Wimborne team coming down to visit us in Poole. We had e-mailed saying we couldn’t find a 4th player so could we play 3 v 3, however Wimborne had players who wanted matches so asked if we could field someone slightly over 100 grade to make up the numbers so […]
Big games this week – not Carlsen/Caruana – 4 matches locally
November 19, 2018 by mainadmin
And so with the World Championship locked at 4-4 at the time of writing (Monday 19.30) we have 4 matches to focus on this week. On Wednesday we have 2 teams at Wimborne. Our A team resume their campaign with a match vs Wimborne A which will be tough but we have an excellent team […]
Poole Bishops 2 – 2 Bournemouth
November 15, 2018 by Tarik
This time it was down to the youngsters to impress with Steve stepping down and Teo stepping in. Bournemouth brought along a team of fresh faces to the league, unfortunately they were one short due to a car breakdown. This meant Jack didn’t get a proper game, but Simon Errington was nice enough to sit […]
Weymouth A – Poole A 1.5-2.5
November 14, 2018 by Ciprian Stanciu
Weymouth A – Poole A 1.5-2.5 A Pleasants – M Machacek 1-0 C Johns – M Duggan 0-1 C Leeson – J Weatherlake 0.5-0.5 M Stevens – C Stanciu 0-1 A very important win for us to keep close to the leaders (Ringwood). We had a very strong team in Weymouth and we […]
Latest news from Poole chess club
November 12, 2018 by mainadmin
As I am writing our Dorset League A team are taking the boards against Weymouth in darkest Dorset. We have sent a strong team of Martin, Mike, John and Captain Chip and they will give their best come win, draw or lose. On Thursday night our Poole Bishops team are playing in the 2nd Bacchus […]
Poole B – Wimborne A 1-3
November 10, 2018 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole B – Wimborne A 1-3 C Stanciu (168) – I Clark (191) 0.5-0.5 T Miller (151) – A Pleasants (190) 0-1 R Smith (137) – M Littleton (181) 0-1 T Reghif (132) – G Willetts (165) 0.5-0.5 It was 19:20 on Thursday when I looked at the score card just before the […]
Puzzle Time
November 8, 2018 by mainadmin
White to Play This position is from a puzzle by William Lewis published in 1838. How can White exploit the vulnerable situation of the black king with a clever tactical thrust.
World Chess Championship 2018: Carlsen-Caruana
November 6, 2018 by mainadmin
World Chess Championship 2018: Carlsen-Caruana On November 9, the World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana will start in London. Schedule Day Date Activity Thursday November 8 Press conference & Opening Ceremony Friday November 9 Game 1 Saturday November 10 Game 2 Sunday November 11 – Monday November 12 Game 3 Tuesday November […]
Poole players selected for 4NCL Wessex team
November 5, 2018 by mainadmin
Congratulations to both Mike Duggan ( Fide 2055) and John Weatherlake ( Fide 2013) in being the first players from Poole to represent Wessex A team in the 2nd Divison South of the National Chess League. The matches consist of 2 matches over each of 5 weekends between the 10/11 November and 4/6 May 2019. […]
Friday’s fireworks at Southbourne as our E team record their 1st win of the season
November 3, 2018 by mainadmin
On a quiet night at Southbourne our electic E team recorded an excellent win to get their season moving. In a re arranged line up with Christine and Seth unavailable evergreen Chris A and Ted Paul (14 years old) stepped in to partner Krzysztof and Tony to form a team that originated from far afield […]
Poole F go down to a strong Southbourne team in their first game of the season
November 2, 2018 by mainadmin
On a quiet night at the Poole chess club our F team started their season with a semi depleted team through absence without leave and injuries on the bench. No subs allowed here during the full 90 minutes! The match started in earnest and Captain Steve had to wait for his opponent arriving 20 minutes […]
Dorset League: Wimborne C v Poole B
October 31, 2018 by Tarik
Once more unto Merley, my friends, once more. Or close the A341 with our plastic dead. In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility: But when the tick of chess clocks blow in our ears, then imitate the action of Nigel Short, stiffen the spirit, summon up the blood, disguise […]
A Knight at the Opera
October 31, 2018 by mainadmin
This game will be analysed with the Juniors on Saturday morning by Eric and Bryan Lose, but it’s a classic encounter so all members are encouraged to view it. Paul Morphy was 21 years old when visiting Paris in 1858, he was invited by the Duke of Brunswick to see the Opera “Norma” But whilst […]
Chess in Kakuma Refugee Camp in NW Kenya Appeal
October 31, 2018 by mainadmin
PROJECT PROPOSAL — CHESS AS A MECHANISM FOR PROMOTING COMMUNITY COHESIVENESS “Building the culture of brotherhood” PROJECT DESCRIPTION This is a Project to consolidate and develop the playing of chess in Kakuma Refugee Camp in NW Kenya as a means of promoting peace and reconciliation between the different ethnic and political groups among South Sudanese […]
October 30, 2018 by mainadmin
Winning Move Black to play. This position is from Petenyi v Petrov, Porto Carras 2018. Black is a piece up with a huge passed pawn but his king is in considerable difficulty. [if White to move, 1) Qh7+ ..Kg4 2)Qh3 ++] Can you spot the clever tactics that alleviated the danger?
DORSET COUNTY JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018
October 29, 2018 by mainadmin
Full details of our DORSET COUNTY JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 can be viewed in the “Juniors and Beginners” menu. SATURDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2019 BOURNEMOUTH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS CASTLE GATE CLOSE BOURNEMOUTH BH8 9UJ
Another week for our teams in a busy schedule
October 29, 2018 by mainadmin
So the games roll on and it was great to see our DL A team win last Thursday after defeats last Monday for our D team at Highcliffe (see Mike’s report) and defeat for our E team within the dark castle walls that surround Purbeck. On the night we defaulted one board – shock, horror […]
Our Dorset League A team secure their first win of the season
October 29, 2018 by mainadmin
On a busy night at the club last Thursday 27/10 where we also hosted a Purbeck/Highcliffe match our D League A team beat Dorchester A 2.5/1.5 to gain their first point of the season (1/2 matches now). In a match where the overall grades were close however it felt quite a comfortable victory in that […]
Black King seeks Parley with White King
October 28, 2018 by mainadmin
But ends up beheaded in the Tower! (Just a bit of fun this one)
Gawain Jones v D. Gukesh
October 24, 2018 by mainadmin
That last game between Martin P Burrows v Vincent Keymer at least created a talking point, move 28……..Qf6???? or should it read Qf5?, maybe the PGN is wrong?? Moving on, this game between Gawain Jones v D. Gukesh will be discussed with the Juniors on Saturday morning, take a look it’s interesting, bearing in mind […]
Vincent Keymer
October 23, 2018 by mainadmin
The Game this week is from the 2018 Isle of Man Masters played recently on 20th October featuring the young German Vincent Keymer. Martin Burrows [2121] VS Vincent Keymer [2491] Opening Sicilian, Variation – Najdorf, Adams attack In the game, playing admittedly a much weaker opponent, can anyone explain how Vincent manages to offer […]
Highcliffe B v Poole D
October 22, 2018 by Michael Rutter
after the international break and with a good start to the season we were ready to add another scalp to our collection. On paper it should be a good result for us. I deployed the 1-1-2 formation and away we go. then things stop looking so good and Highcliffe are playing well. After an hour […]
Matches coming thick and fast with another 2 matches tonight
October 22, 2018 by mainadmin
The busy period continues after mixed results last week that started well but continued with defeats for the A team on Wednesday night against Southbourne A, the B team against Highcliffe A and also the C team vs New Milton. Details of these and all matches are on www.dorset chess through the LMS (League Management […]
View from the Terraces for all things Poole
October 17, 2018 by mainadmin
And so the matches are coming thick and fast, here are the latest overall updates. Carrying on from the A team’s first match draw at Highcliffe our C team went to Wimborne on the 10/10 and won their second match of the season 2.5/1.5. Wins for Dragi and Tarik with a draw from Simon Patterson […]
Bacchus: Highcliffe vs Poole Knights
October 17, 2018 by Tarik
Thank you to our hosts for an excellent opportunity for our young players to sample life in the league in such a hospitable club. Zack was black against John who played the lethal King’s Gambit. It proved to be very lethal but in the wrong way. Taking the bait of a Knight left a hole […]
The Original Immortal Game
October 15, 2018 by mainadmin
Another game by Adolf Anderssen from 1851 called the Original Immortal game, it illustrates how Chess was played in that era. I play like this, giving pieces away, but unfortunately not going on to win the game! If any of you club members think you’ve got a “great” game that you’ve played and would like […]
Poole B v Dorchester D
October 14, 2018 by Michael Rutter
First of all. Complaints. 1. Captain Tarik left shortly after the match started using some excuse about getting married on Saturday. 2. We lost the match 1.5 to 2.5 3. Chris Ambrose does not like the fact that the gap between his age and his grade is getting smaller. Secondly. Congratulation to Dorchester for a […]
Baptism of Fire
October 12, 2018 by mainadmin
My first competitive game for the club, I was all set to play the friendly Phil Holden (he offered me a sweet) score sheet filled in ready to play, shook hands, then at the last minute, their board 1 defaulted, well, he turned up but saw Seth Rider on our board 1 and thought […]
Wimborne C vs Poole C
October 10, 2018 by Tarik
Dragi won. Richie didn’t. Simon P drew. I won. Wimborne 1.5 – 2.5 Poole C. Div 2. 1 match. 1 win. Nuff said.
The Evergreen Game
October 9, 2018 by mainadmin
A classic game played in 1852 between Anderson v Dufresne, given the title of “The Evergreen Game” It has a stunning finish! Apologies if you know the game, but it’s worth another look. Check it out in the ‘Games’ menu.
Highcliffe A 2 Poole A 2 – Division 1 – 8/10/18
October 9, 2018 by mainadmin
The up and coming Highcliffe A team justified their early season promise when they gave our A team and early season fright and a very tough match. Grades what grades? we out graded them considerably on all boards but we found our selves on the back foot for most of the evening. John playing Board […]
Match update and Poole team news for this week’s games
October 8, 2018 by mainadmin
After 7 matches in all competitions we have started very well by winning 4 matches drawing 2 and losing 1 match, great start by all players in the first couple of weeks of the season. 84 matches scheduled in all leagues, only 77 to go! This week the fixtures continue at great pace. Our A […]
Baccus League and Junior Chess – October 6th 2018
October 6, 2018 by mainadmin
A brief summary of Baccus League results and Junior Chess held on Saturday mornings Baccus League kicked off on Thursday 4th October with the Poole Bishops, introducing 3 young players, achieved a well earned 2 – 2 draw against senior members from Wimborne Chess club. An encouraging result to start the season. Man of […]
Southbourne B – Poole B 1.5-2.5
October 6, 2018 by Ciprian Stanciu
Southbourne B – Poole B 1.5-2.5 M Simons (185) – C Stanciu (168) 0.5-0.5 R Pegg (172) – M Malamatenakis (167) 1-0 J Catchpole (154) – C Sergio (159) 0-1 M Litchfield (139) – R Smith (137) 0-1 Poole B travelled to Southbourne with high levels of confidence after an excellent win in […]
Poole D 3 vs 1 Southbourne C – Divison 3 – 4/10/18
October 5, 2018 by mainadmin
Simon Fox took over business on board one against Michael Litchfield, with a grading of 139 he had to be shown some respect. The game got off to a typical d4 passive opening and to be honest things didn’t really get much better. Michael tried an early threat with his queen but this was […]
Poole Website Updates
October 2, 2018 by mainadmin
We have updated some of our pages on the website with additional pages for Juniors and Bacchus League. Our Trophies and Honours Pages have all been updated to show presentations and all from the AGM. Note the club photo now has names added to the photo so no hiding place! Please have a look and […]
New 2018 -19 season under way with 4 matches played in the first 10 days
October 2, 2018 by mainadmin
As the new season rolls in to week 2 in we have played 4 matches to date. I was amazed to see we will be playing 84 matches in total covering our 10 teams we are fielding on all leagues. This does not include the Knock out Handicap trophy and the other two pre season […]
Dorset League Vs Wimborne
September 30, 2018 by Tarik
And suddenly the season is upon us. Quick phone calls to Dragi, Simon P, Chris R and Tony showed they were all sitting on a beach in the Caribbean sipping cocktails and making the most of the summer break. Upon hearing the season was back they jumped on their jet skis and shot across to […]
Ringwood v Poole A (2.5 – 1.5)
September 30, 2018 by Ciprian Stanciu
Ringwood v Poole A (2.5 – 1.5) M. Simons v M. Machacek 1 – 0 B. Jenks v M. Duggan 0.5 – 0.5 M. Clancy v J. Weatherlake 0.5 – 0.5 R. Perrin v C. Stanciu 0.5 – 0.5 After losing the title in the last game of the 2017-18 season, Poole A (playing in […]
Poole B – Southbourne A 3.5-0.5
September 23, 2018 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole B – Southbourne A 3.5-0.5 Ciprian S (168) – G Sawicki (175) 1-0 Sergio C (159) – B Jenks (174) 1-0 Toby M (151) – B Curran (155) 0.5-0.5 Richie S (137) – L Laker (144) 1-0 A great start to the season for Poole B as they won their opening game […]
Poole win the the Two Towns match vs Bournemouth for the first time in 4 years
September 14, 2018 by mainadmin
On another successful night for the club with a little help from players from Wimborne and Martin Clancey from Ringwood we had a great night to win the Two Towns Trophy by a convincing score of 17-12. This amazing run means we have collected 7 trophies in the last few months with both the Dorchester […]
2018 Dorchester Jamboree champions
September 8, 2018 by Ciprian Stanciu
A great start of the season for Poole Chess Club in Dorchester, winning their pre-season Jamboree. 7 teams took part (Dorchester, Purbeck, Weymouth, Yeovil, Ringwood, Wimborne, Poole), resulting in 21 games being played in a very friendly environment. Our team scored 5 points out of 6 games, winning the competition by 1 point ahead of […]
Junior Chess and Chess for Beginners
September 3, 2018 by mainadmin
Chess for Beginners Chess is a beautiful “Game”, it’s not easily mastered, even experienced players can still learn more, but you don’t have to be an expert to enjoy playing Chess. Over the following weeks, we will guide beginners through the basics and more, hopefully you’ll discover the enjoyment that Chess can give you. The […]
Poole Chess Club at Flirt Café
August 13, 2018 by mainadmin
Poole chess club are continuing to enjoy chess at Flirt café every Wednesday from 2.30 – 5.30 pm. We have been going for over 8 years now and have enjoyed many good times and have some great chess being played there by all over the period. We continue to encourage all chess players from the […]
Bournemouth Echo article on Poole Chess success printed on 1st August 2018
August 5, 2018 by mainadmin
Christine Roberts kindly arranged to publish this in the Echo —- POOLE Chess Club is celebrating one of its best season’s ever, having won an unprecedented five trophies in just eight months Members won three of the four Bournemouth and District League Divisions which they entered, and the Handicap Team Knock-out Cup. They also clinched […]
Steve Bailey Report and Pictures of VI Cricket Tour of West Indies
August 5, 2018 by mainadmin
uk woman visually impaired cricket team Barbados tour 5th – 15th July 2018 18 visually impaired women with an age group range of 15-70 and 4 visually impaired coaches of which Steve Bailey (Dorset Dolphins coach and captain) was the head coach. It was an early start on the Thursday morning at […]
Two Towns Match Poole vs Bournemouth 12/9/18
August 5, 2018 by mainadmin
The date for the season curtain raiser has been agreed and will be played at our home venue in the Reception (Grd Floor) at the Legion starting at 7.15 pm. Last season the match was tied at 14/14 and so the trophy remains with Martin Simons and the Bournemouth team. It would be really great […]
Southbourne chess evening on the 13/7/2018
July 9, 2018 by mainadmin
SOUTHBOURNE CHESS CLUB SUMMER FUN OPEN BLITZ TOURNAMENT 7.15pm to 10.30pm, Friday 13th July 2018 Tuckton Social Club, 222 Tuckton Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth BH6 3AA * 6 round swiss – One section. * Time control of 5 minutes + 5 second time increments. * FREE tea and biscuits at the tea break after 3 rounds. […]
Successful and Enjoyable Open Junior Night at Poole Chess Club
July 9, 2018 by mainadmin
So, in between World Cup football games we held a fun open Junior night at the club on the 5th July. Students and Juniors came from Poole Grammar School/Lytchett Minster School/Bournemouth Library and one student came from Dorchester, We played one serious game each between club members and juniors with some tuition thrown in to […]
Junior Night This Thursday 5/7/18
July 1, 2018 by mainadmin
A reminder to all club members we have an Open Junior evening this Thursday which will be in the Reception room (Ground Floor) starting at 7.15pm. The purpose of the evening is to open the club to active junior chess players who either play at their school clubs or attend other local junior chess sessions. […]
Successful Steve Bailey night on the 28/6/18
July 1, 2018 by mainadmin
We had an enjoyable and successful send off night for Steve who is going to the West Indies to assist a visually disabled cricket team on the first tour. This event was well supported and we had 14 players participating in a chess 960 event. Over £70 was collected and many thanks to all and […]
Steve Bailey Good Luck Evening 28 June
June 22, 2018 by mainadmin
We would play a fun 960 doubles knockout tournament for the purpose of collecting a bit of extra money for Steve before he leaves for West Indies. Rules 1. General 960 Fisher chess rules https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess960 2. The game is played by teams consisting of two players (example : tennis doubles) 3. Teams are put together by […]
Poole Club Championships – Final Results
June 19, 2018 by mainadmin
The 2018 Club Championship have now been completed with the Final of the Minor section played last week. Congratulations to Richie Smith for winning the Minor section and successful against Derek Chapman, Tony Pritchard, Adam Jaggard and David Lockwood in the Final, this caps off an excellent season for Richie who also won the Boardman […]
Dates for your diary and Summer Cup
June 5, 2018 by mainadmin
A reminder that the Bournemouth & District League AGM takes place next Tuesday 12/6 at Southbourne Club starting at 7.15pm. This should be a special night for the club as we will be receiving 4 trophies/shields which is an all time record. It would be really good to see as many club members present as […]
Club Championship Update end May 2018
May 30, 2018 by mainadmin
Congratulations to Mike Duggan in his first season at the club in winning the Major section during May. He needed all his guile and know how to out wit Chip in the Final. It was a good and very tight game. In the Minor section Richie having beaten Adam to reach the final – (congratulations) […]
D team success makes it 5 trophies for Poole Chess Club
May 30, 2018 by mainadmin
Last week in the their Final match of the season against Wimborne E our D team came through a tense evening to win 3-1. Details of the match and all to be posted shortly by Chris Ambrose. This win secured the 4th Division Title which makes it 5 Titles for the 17/18 season. The is […]
BDCL Handicap KO Final – Poole vs Wimborne
May 24, 2018 by David Fuller
Now I don’t know about you but all this tension in the closing games of this season has not been good for my constitution. If I wasn’t as young, fit and good looking as I am then I might well have not survived intact. Recent matches against the auld enemy, Wimborne, had resulted in one […]
Southbourne C vs Poole C
May 19, 2018 by Tarik
Going into this week everyone was full of nerves, the table showed that we needed a point from Southbourne, but as you no doubt read elsewhere results went our way. This meant this pressure was off so we could enjoy the game and not worry about our poor hearts with the stress. More on that […]
Date set for the AGM – 26th July 2018
May 17, 2018 by mainadmin
Just to advise the date of our AGM will be Thursday 26th July starting at 7.30. Last year we had an attendance of 18 which is very encouraging and as there are one or two prizes to award please add a little more time to join in the Celebrations. It is the only time in […]
C Team win the 3rd Division Title last night
May 17, 2018 by mainadmin
On a night off without playing or some would say on the beach our C team won the 3rd Division title and became Champions. This is because Wimborne D needed to win their final match vs Highcliffe C but the match ended in a 2-2 draw. In all the euphoria of the A team’s success […]
Comfortable win for Poole D at Wimborne in Division 4
May 17, 2018 by mainadmin
So, the penultimate game of the season for Poole D. Considering the importance of this game, the team arrived in good spirits against Wimborne F, led by the effervescent Mike Davison. Our D team needed to win to maintain their challenge for the League Title in what looks a three way competition to become Champions. […]
Our Poole A team beat Wimborne B to win the League Title
May 17, 2018 by mainadmin
In the Final match of the season Poole A came through a very difficult evening and reach the magic target of 2.5/1.5 to beat relegated Wimborne B to win the 1st Division League title for the second time in 4 years. So the scene was set after a defeat just two days ago to Wimborne […]
A team go for the 1st Division at home tonight at the Legion
May 14, 2018 by mainadmin
We welcome all members and guests to the club tonight to watch which could be a title decider between our A team and Wimborne A team. The league position is Wimborne have 10 points from 9 games, we have 11 points from 8 games. So a draw or better will secure the title, a defeat […]
Win for Wimborne in the Final match of the season
May 11, 2018 by mainadmin
So the scene was all set with our visitors Wimborne who had been chasing us all season to play the Final match of the season which would decide who would become Dorset County Champions and Runners -up. It was tense, very tense as the teams sat down especially when on the adjoining boards there was […]
Dorset League Div 3 Poole B v Dorchester D
May 10, 2018 by Tarik
Today we have the title decider. With Wimborne 1 point ahead and Poole B with a superior board difference, a draw or better will decide the whole season. Dragi on board 1, Simon P playing white on board 2, Richie on 3 and Adam on board 4. It seems to be the day for Queens […]
Dorset League matches come to conclusion tomorrow night at the club – Winners take all
May 9, 2018 by mainadmin
Tomorrow night 10/5 at the club our Dorset League A and C teams have their final matches in what should be an exciting end to the season. Opposition is Wimborne A & Dorchester D respectively and we are top of each league by 1 point and so tomorrow 1st plays the 2nd team for the […]
Poole F and Poole B complete their season
May 9, 2018 by mainadmin
Poole F completed their season with a narrow 1.5/2.5 defeat at Highcliffe C on 30/4. Captain Steve Bailey said the team had done very well since the turn of the year and the introduction of Kyrzstoff Itrich and really helped the team. Also a special mention of Paul Trowbridge who has played in nearly all […]
Division 1 – 4/5/18 – Southbourne A 3.5 – 0.5 Poole A –
May 8, 2018 by mainadmin
‘Twas a sunny summers Friday night and Poole ‘B’ travelled to Tuckton Social Club for their final match of the season. Realistically this was looking like a battle for 4th in the league. Unfortunately we knew that we might be up against it as we were missing Sergiu and were out graded on every board. […]
Dorset League – Dorchester B 2 – 2 Poole A
May 8, 2018 by mainadmin
‘Poole A’ travelled to the Colliton club last week knowing that a point could be crucial in helping them towards their title aspirations. Only a convincing 4-0 win would have helped further. This scenario however always looked unlikely as we were playing without Oscar and were up against a team who have performed consistently well […]
Latest news and current league status end April
April 30, 2018 by mainadmin
As we approach the end of the season I thought it would be useful to have an overview of how are teams are doing across leagues and Handicap competitions. Most players might only be aware of the teams they are competing in so enjoy sharing the below with me. The current status is changing all […]
Dorset League – Southbourne v Poole B
April 27, 2018 by Tarik
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen and welcome to the post match show. We have a cracker for you this evening with drama, blunders, promotions and pawn pushes. Southbourne is at home to a travelling Poole B Dorset League team who are coming off the back of defeats individually and as a team and today we […]
B&DCL: Poole C v Wimborne D
April 27, 2018 by Tarik
The top of the table clash. The season defining match. Top two from the league go head to head in the penultimate game of the season. Wimborne came into the game slightly ahead on board difference, but both of us clear of the pack and knowing that this match could be telling. A loss would […]
D L Div 3 game vs Southbourne this Friday 27/4 and Adios Oscar
April 24, 2018 by mainadmin
We have an important DL Div 3 game this Friday which will be as tough as always when visiting Southbourne. At a crucial time in the league we are 1 point ahead of Wimborne C with 2 games left with the final game vs Dorchester D on the 10/5, good luck to the team of […]
Our teams marching on as we approach the final games of the season.
April 22, 2018 by mainadmin
Another very successful week where out A team beat Southbourne B in a crucial top of the table match, out C team hit the top position in the 3rd Division with a win against Wimborne C and our E team won a very difficult match against Wimborne D to move into second place in the […]
Dorset League – Poole B 1.5 – 2.5 Wimborne C
April 19, 2018 by Tarik
Way back in the depths of last week. Last Thursday to be precise. A band of adventurers came from Wimborne in a bid to derail our hopes of waltzing to a Dorset League Div championship without a single loss. Dragi, myself, Richie and Adam lined up against them. Adam managed a fairly quick win against […]
BDCL League – 1 Poole A v Southbourne B
April 19, 2018 by David Fuller
You know when football teams have rowdy supporters and they have to play a game ‘behind closed doors’? Well, this fixture felt a bit like that last night. Perhaps this was some sort of karma following shenanigans at Abdul’s on Tuesday? I don’t know. But anyway, it was curiously quiet in the clubroom. Martin turned […]
Poole B – Southbourne B (2.5 – 1.5)
April 9, 2018 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole B vs Southbourne B J. Weatherlake vs A. Grzybicki 1-0 C. Stanciu vs B. Jenks 0.5-0.5 S. Calauz vs G. Sawicki 0-1 T. Miller vs L. Laker 1-0 Thursday evening saw four very close games that resulted in a win for Poole B, whose previous two matches had been defeats. […]
Club Championship results
April 2, 2018 by mainadmin
The internal club championship marches on and is getting to the semi finals in the Major and Intermediate sections and last 4 in the Minor sections. Mike Duggan playing in his first Club Championship season beat Oscar Garcia in the semi-final. He will now play either Toby Miller or Ciprian Stanciu. Congratulations Mike. In the […]
Fixtures this week commencing 2/4
April 2, 2018 by mainadmin
There are two matches this Thursday at the club. Our B team are hosting Southbourne B who are competing with two other teams for the Championship so this will be an interesting contest. In the 5th Division Steve Bailey’s F team will be attempting to make it 4/4 from matches in 2018 when they host […]
Poole D win at Southbourne 3.1/2 – 1/2 and Poole B lose 1-3 at Wimborne A
April 2, 2018 by mainadmin
In the last 10 days our D team had an excellent win 3.5/0.5 vs Southbourne D on the 23/3 to move within 2 points of the League Leaders with a game in hand. Wins for Seth Rider, Richard Smith, Chris Ambrose and a draw for Stephen Chappell ended Southbourne’s unbeaten record. In the Division 1 […]
Poole come from behind to win The Team Handicap semi final at Dorchester
March 23, 2018 by mainadmin
So all was set in the comfortable surroundings at the Colliton Club at Dorchester last night with the average gradings on 140 vs 141 so all equal and no average grade differential required for either team. An early suprise when Seth playing on Bd 5 in a at least a comfortable and probably winning position […]
Ringwood B 1.5 vs 2.5 Poole C
March 19, 2018 by Tarik
We headed to the Original White Hart for a few casual pushes of pieces in this fine evening with the final flecks of snow dissipating. Sunday there was uncertainty about the perils of a trip to this hospitable location but all fine and the White Hart nice and cosy and the reception warm. Once all […]
Another busy week for Poole chess players
March 19, 2018 by mainadmin
With the success of the F & Dorset league A team (Match details)) to follow shortly ) in last week’s matches we have another busy week with 3 teams in action. The E team match vs Wimborne D has been postponed but the C team are playing @ Ringwood tonight. Our Handicap semi final team […]
Poole F win 2.5/1.5 at Purbeck in Division 5 – 12/3/18
March 13, 2018 by mainadmin
Another fine win by the F team to continue their fine run with 3/3 in 2018. Individual results were: Bd 1 – Richard Quinn 0 -1 Kyryzstoff Itrich Bd 2 – Paul Stanley 0.5 -0.5 David Lockwood Bd 3 – Chris Frost 0.5-0.5 Matt Ausin Bd 4 – Brian Beard 0.5-0.5 Paul Trowbridge So in […]
BDCL SouthbourneA v PooleA
March 12, 2018 by David Fuller
And so we enter the final straight of this Chess Season and so far for Poole A it has been an up and down affair. An excellent start was followed by the speed bump (x2) that was Poole B. So now some consolidation is required to ensure the ‘proper’ league winning team. Unfortunately, this critical […]
Dorset League: Purbeck B vs Poole B
March 10, 2018 by Tarik
Shored up in the shadows cast from Corfe Castle to lay siege to our next foe, Purbeck B. So far we’ve played every team once, and beaten them all! Huzzah! And now we must play the second half of the season to plunder all the riches! The buccaneers bounded up to the boards, Dragi, myself, […]
Poole B go down at Wimborne in Division 1 match – 7/3/18
March 8, 2018 by mainadmin
It was a hard night over the boards against Wimborne B last night as a narrow win on 3 boards completed their most successful night of the 17/18 campaign. The final score was 3.5/0.5 in favour of Wimborne completely belied their league position, well done Wimborne. Yours truly was drafted in for an unwell Toby […]
Poole teams on the road this week
March 5, 2018 by mainadmin
It is not often we play three away games in one week and all of these games are quite crucial in the final run in to the season’s finale. Tonight, 5/3/18, our Dorset League B team currently top of the 3rd Division are playing Purbeck. On Wednesday 7/3/18 our B team currently just 2 points […]
Poole draw Dorchester in the 2nd Round (semi-final) of the Handicap Competition
March 5, 2018 by mainadmin
Poole have drawn Dorchester in the 2nd round (semi-final) of the Handicap competition. This is a repeat of last year’s semi-final when we narrowly won though and went on to beat Purbeck in a tense and thrilling final. The match will be played at Dorchester on the 22/3/18 and it unlikely to be moved to […]
Division 3 – 26/2/18 – Poole E win away 4-0 at Highcliffe
February 27, 2018 by mainadmin
On a bitter cold night the chess at Highcliffe warmed all with the Poole connection and indeed your reporter from the terraces. Yes, indeed a convincing win and despite the overall grading differential of just 31 over the 4 boards the win was justified. Taking the mantle on Bd 1 our cool and impassive Ciaran […]
Poole Chess Club Competition – 2nd round
February 24, 2018 by Ciprian Stanciu
Congratulations to the winners of the first round matches of our internal club competition. Following the original draw, the 2nd round games will be as follows: Major Oscar v Mike D Toby v Cipri Intermediate Mike R v Eric Jurgen v Simon F Minor Richie v Tony Seth v Ciaran Adam v Christine Dave L […]
Poole C move to Joint Leaders with narrow win over Highcliffe B in Division 3
February 23, 2018 by mainadmin
After a rocky start to the season Poole C having lost the first two games have made an excellent recovery and are now joint leaders with Wimborne D with this latest win. Highcliffe B started the match with a board short and despite fighting very hard through the evening finally could not overcome this deficit. […]
Poole team progress in the B & D L Handicap 1st Round
February 21, 2018 by mainadmin
One of the highlights of the 1st round draw were the current holders – Poole playing the previous year’s winner Highcliffe. The fun of the competition is not knowing the strength of the opposition in terms of grades so we opted to share high and medium /lower grades to get the desired result. It is […]
B & D League Handicap match vs Highcliffe match next Thursday 15/2/18
February 9, 2018 by mainadmin
As current holders we will be doing our best to play well in the Handicap competition next Thursday. We have been drawn against Highcliffe in the 1st round whom were the 16/17 cup winners. This event over 6 boards in evened up by a grading differential which makes all games very close and allows all […]
Dorset League Division 3 – 8/2/18 – Poole B 4 – 0 Purbeck B
February 9, 2018 by mainadmin
Poole B coming into the game with the confidence of a winning team continued this fine run with another victory to claim the fifth win of the season. The score does not reflect the hard earned victory gained by all players and the best possible resistance from our friends from over the water from Purbeck. […]
Division 5 – 8/2/18 Poole F 2.5/1.5 Wimborne G
February 9, 2018 by mainadmin
Poole F continued their recent winning form with fine win in last night’s match. The gradings were fairly even and all was set for a good contest. The team’s newest recruit Kyzrstoff Itrich playing Sepp Wikramaratna- Clarke (was this Poole vs Wimborne?) making his debut in Bd 1 and did not disappoint. The game centred around […]
Dorset League Division 1 – 1/2/18 – Poole A 3 Weymouth A 1
February 5, 2018 by mainadmin
Poole A continued their successful run of winning games with a steady and sound win over last season’s champions Weymouth A. On Bd 3 John Weatherlake playing Chris Johns played very well and gained a clear advantage from the opening and early middle game so marched down the board to finish off in quick […]
Progress and results from the Club Championship games
February 5, 2018 by mainadmin
Games from the 17/18 Club championship are in full swing now and congratulations to Oscar,Toby, Chip, Joergen,Simon Fox, Richie, David Lockwood, Christine and Kyrstoff for reaching the 2nd Round. Commerisations to all those that have some second! There are still 7 remaining matches to be played from the 1st round and if you have not […]
Poole celebrate their 7th Year Chess Club Anniversary at Flirt Cafe
February 5, 2018 by mainadmin
On the 31/1/18 Poole Chess Club celebrated their 7th Year of playing chess at Flirt Cafe in Central Bournemouth. The initial idea of playing chess in a cafe environment for all chess players and interested parties has been enjoyable, successful and it has proven to be a hit with chess players from Southbourne, Wimborne and […]
Division 4 – Poole E 1- 3 Poole D – 25/1/18
January 26, 2018 by mainadmin
Poole E vs Poole D Two dark horses for the B&DCL Division 4 title locked horns last night, hoping to prove that they have all the credentials to win! Board 1: Richard Smith vs Ciaran Southey Play began on board one with the intention from both players of a decisive result via a […]
Dorset League 1: PooleA v DorchesterA
January 26, 2018 by David Fuller
Following an excellent showing in the mid-season grading review, led by Poole Chess Club’s favourite Hipster, John ‘191’ Weatherlake, a confident Poole A Team made its way across Dorset to the Collation Club (they have WiFi! Posh!). John turned up clean shaven: was this a nod to a new era of hard-bitten chess? Or could […]
New Milton 1.5 – 2.5 Poole C
January 23, 2018 by Tarik
Following the previous match a couple of weeks ago where Poole managed to eek out a win, we were now on their patch and they were out for blood. It was the same teams for this match and John Beasant was up against Mike R again on board 4 and after analyzing the previous match […]
Dorset League Div 3 – Poole B make it 3/3 at Wimborne
January 19, 2018 by mainadmin
Playing a good Wimborne C team with gradings about even Poole B narrowly crossed the line with a 2.5/1.5 win. The view from the terraces was obstructed from yours truly as I had to concentrate on Bd 3. So on Bd 4 Tim playing against Mike Davison had a clear material advantage but must have […]
F team record their 1st win of the season at Bournemouth
January 12, 2018 by mainadmin
Our F team recorded their 1st win of the season with a good score of 3-1 vs Bournemouth C in the 5th Division match on the 9/1/18. Captain Steve Bailey had an exciting game which could have gone either way in the heat of the battle by held his nerve by outfoxing his opponent to […]
Poole A vs Poole B (The Empire Strikes Back?)
January 8, 2018 by David Fuller
Well this has caused some confusion hasn’t it? Who should do the match reports for local derbys? Perhaps a report from each captain? I don’t know, but I have been asked to make a few comments. Prior to these matches there has been much debate (mostly at Eric’s excellent New Year Party) as to the […]
Poole Chess Club Competition 2018
January 5, 2018 by Ciprian Stanciu
The Individual Tournament is now under-way with 8 people in the major category, 8 people in the intermediate category and 16 in the minor. This annual tournament is competing for 3 trophies presented at the AGM, and is split based on grade. Dates: The draw took place on Thursday 4th January at the Poole Chess Club. […]
Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2017 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole Chess Club would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Poole C 3 – 1 New Milton B
December 22, 2017 by Tarik
A season defining game? Perhaps. Along with the other 9 games of the season. Looking at the league before the game shows that every team has been beaten, and every team has won. Poole C stands with a win and a draw, Wimborne head the table with 3 wins and a draw, and New Milton […]
Dorset League: Poole 2.5 – 1.5 Ringwood
December 19, 2017 by David Fuller
Another smooth ‘Arsenal win’ or was it ‘Squeeky Bum Time’? Let’s decide together dear reader. The Dorset League Fixtures have started slow this year and this was only the second match of the season in Division One. Team Boss Chip had the luxury of choosing the best (?) from the BDCL A and B Teams […]
Honours all even in the Derby match
December 11, 2017 by mainadmin
Poole B gained a moral victory as Poole A scraped a last gasp draw in the much anticipated Division 1 match vs Poole B. Being the first ever Division 1 match between our top two teams every one was aware of a special evening that was to come. Simon Patterson came in off the bench as […]
Div 4 – 30/11/17 – Poole E 2.5/1.5 Highcliffe C
December 4, 2017 by mainadmin
‘Twas’ St Andrew’s Night. All teams arrived in good time and so Poole E are already one up in my book, such is the relief of a having a complete team – 4 on the board. I was on board 3 with the black pieces. I achieved a nice position but then took a wrong […]
Dorset League: Poole B 2.5 – 1.5 Southbourne
December 3, 2017 by Tarik
This week you join us in the second round of matches where Southbourne travel to Poole to play their B team. With Dragi out for a home move Toby was drafted in for the home team to play up front in a 1-1-1-1 formation. The traveling team arrived with David Bryant leading the line up […]
PooleA v Southbourne A
November 24, 2017 by David Fuller
PooleA 2.5-1.5 SouthbourneA You may be pleased to know that, unlike my usual semi-diatribes, this will be a short sharp report for this short sharp match. The fat lady was singing by 9.30pm and so there was plenty of time for detailed analysis (?) in the bar. Poole: Oscar, Mike, myself, Dragi (consistent selection!) were […]
Division 4 – Poole D 1.5/2.5 Southbourne D
November 22, 2017 by mainadmin
There are no easy games even in Division 4 and the D team are coming into the game with confidence after a good start to the season and were leading the table. The grades are fairly even and battle commences. All games are pretty level until Seth makes a poor move on Bd 2 and […]
Division 1 – Southbourne B vs Poole A 17/11/17
November 22, 2017 by mainadmin
It is a Friday night and it is chess so it must be a visit to Southbourne. Their B team are playing very well and currently are top of League 1 being chased by Poole A whom have a game in hand, it going to be tough. David (Fuller) is unavailable so Martin Machacek (192) […]
Poole B – Wimborne A 2-2
November 18, 2017 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole B – Wimborne A 2-2 C Stanciu (169) – A Pleasants (183) 1-0 Sergio C (155) – I Clark (183) 0-1 J Weatherlake (140) – G Willets (170) 1-0 T Miller (149) – E Barker (160) 0-1 Poole B came to the match against the reigning champions feeling confident after the win against Wimborne […]
Div 3 – Wimborne E vs Poole E – 15 November 2017
November 18, 2017 by mainadmin
‘A rook lift away’ It was a cold night but we had a warm reception from the jovial crew at Wimborne. Eager to get going Ciaran on board 1 kicked off. He had a very solid game with initiative and attacking chances. At a crucial point in the game, however, he chose to double his […]
The Omen at Greyfriars – 13th November
November 14, 2017 by mainadmin
It was a dark night as we entered the car park and a stranger came up to me and mentioned it was the first time in many years there were spare car parking places in the car park, me too, that’s why we parked down the road. The front door opened and someone asked […]
Poole F go down to Purbeck 1.5/2.5 in Divison 5 match 9/11/17
November 12, 2017 by mainadmin
In an interesting match our players just failed to hold their own in a tough match against Purbeck whom were well represented on all boards. Captain Steve (67) Bd 4 had a solid game game against Brain Beard (60) where he gained an advantage with his rooks coming down on open files in between a […]
David Fuller wins the 2017 Summer Cup (Belated)
November 12, 2017 by mainadmin
Congratulations to David Fuller (166) winning the final of the Summer Cup . Details of the game have been posted separately by David. This concluded a highly successful competition which started in June/July with 24 players competing. Well done to all for taking part through an all play all league and two knock out rounds. All […]
Poole B v Wimborne B (2.5-1.5)
November 5, 2017 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole B – Wimborne B 2.5-1.5 C Stanciu (169) – M Littleton (176) 0.5-0.5 Sergio C (155) – P Wilcock (159) 1-0 T Miller (150) – S Appleby (153) 0-1 J Weatherlake (140) – J Neilsen (142) 1-0 A very important game for Poole B against a team also battling relegation. We came […]
Poole C 3.5 – 0.5 Ringwood B
November 2, 2017 by Tarik
T’was a….well….it’s November, you can guess the rest. Arriving nice and early I find 8 sets already set up ready for the two big games, Poole B vs Wimborne B and obviously more importantly Poole C vs Ringwood B. After a quick game against the organized host and board setter-upper SteveB (Albin Counter Gambit, he […]
Poole E complete the successful week for all teams
October 27, 2017 by mainadmin
Div 4 26/10 – Poole D vs Wimborne F – result 2.5/1.5 Our E team competed an excellent week for the club being the 4th successful team. Oh the Wimborne club must be getting sick of their neighbours. Cieran (Bd 1) playing like the quiet assassin moved the pieces around the board like painter exhibiting […]
Dorset League – Dorchester 1 – 3 Poole B
October 26, 2017 by Tarik
<light hearted Dorset League div 3 introduction left to readers imagination> Having succeeded in preventing his opponent from castling Chris A’s opponent responded with an attack of his own in response to Chris attempts to open the game. <Insert your own joke to wind up Chris here> In the end Chris agreed to a draw […]
BDCL League 1: WimborneA v PooleA
October 26, 2017 by David Fuller
So like Bill Murray waking up to Sonny and Cher, off we schlepp to Wimborne. I was so inspired that here is a bit of a Sonnet what I wrote.. A Bit of a Sonnet for Wimborne The A-Team chaps are keen. Who have we next? Another club? We check the Web in vain. Has […]
B&DCL Div 3: Wimborne 3 Poole 1
October 20, 2017 by Tarik
T’was a dark night with the fog rolling in. Shapes appeared in the distance, 4 confident strapping young gentlemen ready to kick some bottom and dominate on the chess board. Then the Poole team arrived. Simon P was playing on third board and despite what looked a level position, soon two of Simon’s pawns were […]
Dorset League One: Wimborne 1.5 Poole 2.5
October 12, 2017 by David Fuller
So with a heavy feeling of deja vu, off we drive to Wimborne for the first every game in Dorset League One for Poole CC (‘ever’ = since I have been playing here). Martin M is unavailable today so Oscar moves up to B1, Mike ‘Duggs’ Duggan to B2, yours truly trying B3 and Dragi […]
6/10/17 – Southborne E 3 Poole F 1
October 10, 2017 by mainadmin
In the 2nd match for Poole F we went down 3-1 having played well in the match for a good part of the evening . P.Sandy (Bd 1) 1 D.Hewson 0 – game was even but Don lost on time Ken Dixon (Bd 2) 1 M.Austin 0 – Matt had a good opening and middle […]
Southbourne B – Poole B 3-1
October 8, 2017 by Ciprian Stanciu
Southbourne B – Poole B 3-1 A Grzybicki (172) – C Stanciu (169) 1-0 B Jenks (174) – Sergio C (155) 1-0 G Sawicki (165) – T Miller (150) 1-0 B Curran (158) – J Weatherlake (140) 0-1 A great start with John taking the score 1-0 up for us although unfortunately the winning streak […]
4/10/17 – Good start to the season for Poole A
October 6, 2017 by mainadmin
Wimborne B 0-4 Poole A So the first match of this new season for the A-Team following many good results from the rest of the club; no pressure then, and off to Wimborne’s latest base we go. No more whiffy Scout Hut, but instead the nice Merely Community Centre. Leave yourself a few extra minutes […]
‘We win when we want….’
October 2, 2017 by mainadmin
Well, most of time. Poole E played away to Southbourne D. Out-graded on every board by between 13-25 points. On paper this looked like it was going to be a tough night for us. Its a testament to the attitude and style of players at Poole Chess Club that we just got on with it […]
Poole D home match vs Wimborne F – 28 September
September 30, 2017 by mainadmin
A great first result for Poole D in Division 4 of B & DL, with their win over Wimborne F. The gradings were fairly equal on each board and the two wins and two draws for Poole D augers well for a strong season. Chris Ambrose, team Captain, reports that the ‘oldies’ drew on boards […]
Poole F home match vs Highcliffe B – 21 September
September 30, 2017 by mainadmin
In Division 5 of B & DL, with one loss, one win and two draws, Poole F team drew with Highcliffe B team. Not a bad start to the season and some interesting games were played. Captain, Steve Bailey, would like to thank the team for contributing to some exciting games. In fact, on board […]
First C team for 17/18 end in defeat for Poole
September 25, 2017 by mainadmin
Poole C vs Southbourne C 21/9/17 — Division 3 result 0.5/3.5 win for Southbourne In our first match of the season we played a very strong Southbourne C team whom were relegated from Divison 2 last season and were out graded by circa 100 points over the 4 boards. Only Mike Rutter playing on board […]
Poole B – Southbourne A 2-2
September 25, 2017 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole B – Southbourne A 2-2 C Stanciu (169) – M Simons (193) 0.5-0.5 Sergio C (155) – R Pegg (176) 1-0 T Miller (150) – J Forster (169) 0-1 J Weatherlake (est 140) – J Catchpole (155) 0.5-0.5 A new season, a new division, new motivation for Poole B to prove that they are good […]
Poole Chess News Update – September 2017
September 19, 2017 by mainadmin
This is a general pre-season update for all prior to switching to our new Poole Chess website. Two Towns Match held at our club on the 13/9. Bournemouth vs Poole. where 56 players took part in the pre season curtain raiser. The match was keenly contested as always with Bournemouth having a slightly stronger team […]
Two Towns Match – Poole vs Bournemouth – Wed 13 September 2017
August 28, 2017 by mainadmin
Our annual curtain raiser Poole vs Bournemouth match will be held at The British Legion Club, Poole Road, Poole, in the large reception room at 7.15pm on Wednesday, 13 September 2017. If you’d like to register for this match, please contact Eric Sachs (07968 472596) to play for Poole or Martin Simons (07903 049725) to […]
Seth Rider wins the ‘THE BLACK KNIGHT TROPHY’ FROM CHAIRMAN ERIC SACHS
August 28, 2017 by mainadmin
Steve Bailey Charity Day at the Club 29/7/17
July 26, 2017 by mainadmin
We are hosting a Charity day in the club reception room to support Steve’s bid to travel to the West Indies in 2018.. Steve has been invited to join a team of cricket coaches for the visually impaired to take a team to the West Indies. This is part of the development of cricket for […]
Steve Bailey Charity Day at the Club 27/7/17
June 15, 2017 by mainadmin
We are hosting a Charity day in the function room to support Steve’s bid to travel to the West Indies in 2018.. Steve has been invited to join a team of cricket coaches for the visually impaired to take a team to the West Indies. This is part of the development of cricket for the […]
Forthcoming Annual General Meeting of Our Chess Club 13/7/17
June 15, 2017 by mainadmin
Our club AGM is taking place at the club on the 13th July. Although an AGM is not the most exciting event this year we have reasons to enjoy the event more this year as we will be parading three trophies won by our club this season. The 2nd Division Bournemouth & District League. The […]
Hiru/Sandu Farewell marked by Blitz event – 25/5/17
May 27, 2017 by mainadmin
14 Club members turned up to wish Hiru and Sandu farewell as they are going to Sri Lanka to complete their studies having completed 3 years at the University. A 10 minute Blitz competition was organised by yours truly.to mark the evening over the boards were 4 rounds of chess was played by all 14 […]
Final Dorset League Match of the Season vs Bridport – 18/5/17
May 19, 2017 by mainadmin
Poole 4 – 0 Bridport – a resounding win in our Final match of the season to cap off an excellent season winning Division 2 in grand style. Success breeds success and with no one looking over our shoulders this was another enjoyable evening for Poole. Richie playing on Board 4 making his debut in […]
2017 Club Championship – Current Status
May 16, 2017 by mainadmin
Major SANDU playing CHIP in the semi-final to earn the right to play TOBY in the final. Intermediate SIMON FOX playing SIMON PATERSON in their 2nd match to earn the right to play TARIK in the final. Minor Winner – ADAM who beat RICHIE in the final – congratulations to Adam in his first club […]
Division 2 – Poole B beat Bournemouth A to clinch the 2nd Division.
May 12, 2017 by mainadmin
In a grandstand atmosphere of clicking pieces and deadly silence our B Team clinched the Division 2 title with a 2 1/5 to 1 1/5 victory. I need to mention the build up which has been ongoing for some months when both Poole and Bournemouth managed to win home and away against all opposition to […]
Dorset League – Weymouth 1 – 3 Poole
May 10, 2017 by Tarik
After a missed train and a quick detour, a band of brigands descended on Weymouth, intent in inflicting decimation upon pawn structures and chasing Kings across 64 squares of pain. Soon after arriving to the relaxed friendly bar, hostile intentions were clearly forgotten and 4 games of chess soon began. Oscar on board 1, Toby […]
BDCL Handicap KO Final: Poole vs Purbeck
May 6, 2017 by David Fuller
And so after battling through round after round (two!) of KO action the all conquering Poole Team found itself playing the final against the auld enemy, Purbeck. Home advantage at ‘The Theatre of Dreams’ put us in a good mood (well, no need to schlepp bloody miles over to the Isle of Purbeck for a […]
Poole F 1 – 3 Wimborne F
May 5, 2017 by mainadmin
In the Final game of the season for our F team they went down 3-1 to a solid performance from Wimborne F team. This was not quite the match on the beach but it had an end of season feel to it. Ciaran playing D.Bland (123) was under pressure on the K side fought very […]
New Milton A vs Poole B 1.5 – 2.5
April 30, 2017 by Ciprian Stanciu
R Du Toit (172) v C Stanciu (163) 0.5 – 0.5 P Manning (144) v T Miller (153) 0 – 1 M Honey (137) v Hiru M (158) 0 – 1 S Disney (123) v Sandu M (149) 1 – 0 First to finish was Hiru who was 2 pawns up after 20 minutes which […]
Southbourne C – Poole B 1.5 – 2.5
April 23, 2017 by Ciprian Stanciu
Southbourne C – Poole B. 1.5-2.5 A Pitcher – C Stanciu. 0-1 K Dixon – Hiru M. 1-0 M Buse – T Miller. 0.5 – 0.5 S Payne – Sandu M. 0-1 A very frustrating evening for Poole B, we struggled to win a game against a team with an average much lower then ours, […]
Southbourne D 2.5 – 1.5 Poole D
April 22, 2017 by Tarik
Back to Southbourne, this time against the stronger team, and the grades weren’t in our favour. Dave L lost a pawn but managed to recapture one in return to make a level position and a good draw against Mike Davies 35 grading points above him. An excellent result and a good start for the team. […]
New Milton win at Poole to clinch the Division 4 title
April 21, 2017 by mainadmin
With all to play for in a league title decider New Milton win 3.5/0.5 to clinch the Divison 4 title. New Milton had an average grade advantage of 124 vs Poole E of 83 = 41 difference which was too big an advantage for the Poole team. On board – 1 Mike Honey played a […]
Poole D 2 – 2 Ringwood B
April 17, 2017 by Tarik
With such an out grading, it was fortunate for our result that board 4 for Ringwood wasn’t about to make it due to bird troubles, but would have preferred Dave L to get a game. You may notice some tributes to this absent opponent spread like droppings through this report. First to finish was Tarik […]
BDCL League One: Southbourne B v Poole A
April 9, 2017 by mainadmin
End of season, mid-table obscurity… both teams! Our opponents seemed buoyant with the news that Ringwood had lost the previous night and so removed the chance of relegation for them. Such low aspirations… not the sort of attitude that Poole Chess Club members would expect of its A-Team. We scented blood! So we sat down […]
Poole B return to the top after win against Wimborne D
April 7, 2017 by mainadmin
On another tense night it was a well deserved win for us in a very hard fought match. Although we out graded our opponents their points total at the top of the table shows their strength. Your roving reporter stood in for Toby Miller at the last minute and played on board 4 to make […]
F for Fearless team heavily out graded beat Purbeck 3-1
April 4, 2017 by mainadmin
On a very good night of chess our F team pulled out a sterling performance to win their 2nd successive match on the road. Average grades for Purbeck = 104 Average grades for Poole = 74.25 Board 1 a strong Jeremy Beling grade 130 had a comfortable opening and quickly drove into David Lockwood’s defence, […]
C team get the point they need with a draw against Ringwood B
March 31, 2017 by mainadmin
On a tense night the C team achieved a well earned and hard fought draw against a much stronger Ringwood B team to secure their place in Division 3 for next season. The orders were given and all that was needed was a draw but our friends from Ringwood arrived with a semi heavy weight […]
Dorset League Div 2 – Wimborne (Baden-Powell) vs Poole
March 29, 2017 by mainadmin
So following the excitement of our key opposition, Purbeck, being held to a draw on Monday night (see separate report ‘Purbeck WeyLaid’) off we schlepped to the damp Scout Hut which is Wimborne HQ. With the smell of fresh moan grass and woggles in our nostrils we waited for, well, anyone to arrive. Sure enough […]
Highcliffe C vs Poole F – Division 4 – win for Poole F 3-1 – 27/3/17
March 28, 2017 by mainadmin
Another good night for our F team who went to Highcliffe for the first time as an F team and came home with the points. Adam playing on Board 2 had a winning position and a rook up saw the golden lights of the winning line, flunked out by dropping his queen with no way […]
Division 4 – Poole E 4 -0 Wimborne G – 23/3/17
March 28, 2017 by mainadmin
A resounding win for the home team in a good night for our E Team. The match seemed much tighter than the score suggests but one by one the stayed strong and committed to make it a successful night. David Burt had a strong game against Jim Newman albeit being out graded and scored our […]
A team suffer defeat against the league champions elect Wimborne
March 27, 2017 by mainadmin
Our A team went down 1.5/2.5 to a strong Wimborne team last Thursday 23/3 but put a strong fight to the end in a very tense and exciting match. On Board 3 Sergiu playing Graham Willett (179) had an even position but made a vital error when losing a pawn on the H file and […]
Dorset Rapidplay – 12/3/17
March 19, 2017 by mainadmin
We had a a good entry from Poole players for this event and the every one that played did Poole proud on the day. Oscar came = 2nd with 5/6 Richie and Tim both won grading prizes with 2.5/6 and Poole won the team event with the overall individual winner in our team of Gabor […]
Handicap knockout competition
March 17, 2017 by mainadmin
Poole – Dorchester 4.5-1.5 Oscar G (180) – D Hardie (139). 1-0 David F (163) – D Aldwinckle (138). 1-0 Simon F (132) – W Woodhouse (126) 0-1 Simon P (124) – S Milburn (123). 1-0 Chris A (116) – D Martin (107). 0.5-0.5 Seth R (77) – S Jones (103). 1-0 A great night […]
Poole B – Southbourne C 4-0
March 5, 2017 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole B – Southbourne C. 4-0 C Stanciu (162) – A Pitcher (137). 1-0 Hiru M (158). – J Harris (122). 1-0 T Miller (154) – D Arorash (125). 1-0 Sandu M (149) – K Dixon (115). 1-0 A comfortable win for Poole B in a game where we outgraded our opponents at every board, […]
Southbourne E 1 vs 3 Poole D
March 5, 2017 by Tarik
With Southbourne on the bottom of the league, it was important for both Poole teams that we could get a win to keep our teams away from the threat of relegation, conversely, a win was needed for Southbourne to maintain hopes of staying in the division. Dragi was ever reliable on board 1 against […]
Dorset League Div 2 – Poole 3 Dorchester C 1
March 5, 2017 by mainadmin
A good win for the home team with a re arranged team saw Poole move into 2nd place in the league. On Board 1 David (Fuller) playing Geoff Shearing in a tight game and extracts from David quote ‘ equalised quickly in the Blacks side of a classical Dutch defence, improved to a+100 ish plus […]
Poole C 1 – 3 Poole D
March 5, 2017 by Tarik
With both of the Poole teams near the bottom, this was an important game to see which team could pull away from the threat of relegation and start looking up. Dragi (D Team) was playing Simon P (C Team) on top board, and after a tough game Dragi managed to get an edge to win […]
Handicap Knockout competition
February 28, 2017 by Ciprian Stanciu
Southbourne – Poole. 0.5 – 5.5 R Pegg (190) – M Machacek (192). 0-1 J Forster (170) – S Calauz (160). 0-1 D Arorash (125) – Hiru M (158). 0-1 F Taylor (119) – Sandu M (149). 0-1 P Sandy (109) – T Reghif (124). 0-1 M Buse (102) – S Rider (77). 0.5-0.5 Having […]
Highcliffe B 2 – 2 Poole D
February 27, 2017 by Tarik
Dragi – as usual play d the solid some say aggressive London system. Made a slight mistake in his moves orders which resulted in a pawn falling mid game. This pawn eventually was decisive as it ended up queening. Tarnishing Tarik – playing with the Black pieces. Lifted his rook prematurely and was then tormented […]
Welcome Return of Chris Roberts
February 10, 2017 by mainadmin
I am very pleased to report Chris Roberts has rejoined the club. Chris was our club secretary some 4/5 years ago moved away from the area but has since returned to live in Bournemouth. When she joined the club she was a complete beginner and in a short time she progressed to a grade of […]
Poole B – Highcliffe A
February 7, 2017 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole B – Highcliffe A. 3-1 C Stanciu (163) – R Ursell (150) 1-0 S Calauz (160) – K Smith (137). 1-0 Sandu M (149) – N Salinger (132). 0.5-0.5 Hiru M (158) – R Halse (125). 0.5-0.5 A very important win for Poole B, to keep us close to the top in a division […]
Celebrating 5 years at Flirt Cafe
January 28, 2017 by mainadmin
It gives us great pleasure to announce this milestone and special thanks to Rob and Pete for accommodating chess in the cafe. Our cafe chess is thriving more than ever with club players coming from all local clubs including Bournemouth/Southbourne and Wimborne. Every Wednesday from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm chess thrives as the Masters, […]
Division 1 – Poole A 2 Ringwood 2
January 27, 2017 by mainadmin
In a tight match where reserves were brought in at short notice for both teams the match finished 2-2 which was a fair end result considering all. Poole out graded our visitors with the exception of Board 1 as Martin Clancey played Chip. Sandu playing on Board 4 had a good and comprehensive win against […]
Poole Chess Club Tournament
January 23, 2017 by Ciprian Stanciu
2017 POOLE CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS – KNOCK OUT IN FA CUP STYLE MAJOR SECTION 1 -SERGIU VS SANDU 2 -OSCAR VS HIRU 3 -CIPRI VS DRAGI 4 -TOBY VS DAVID WINNER 1 PLAYS 3, WINNER 2 PLAYS 4 FINAL INTERMEDIATE SECTION 1 – TARIK VS STEPHEN CHAPPELL 2 – ANDRE VS SIMON PATERSON 3 – […]
Division 2 – Wimborne C 2.5/1.5 Poole B
January 19, 2017 by mainadmin
With a repeat of the previous score just 5 days ago this underrated Wimborne team had a deserved win against Poole. It is painful from the writer who was outplayed on Board 4 by John Bowley who had a very good game. Chip and Joergen Neilson had a repeat draw on board with no advantage […]
Wimborne C – Poole B
January 18, 2017 by Ciprian Stanciu
Poole B – Wimborne C. 1.5-2.5 C Stanciu (163) – J Nielsen (148). 0.5-05 S Calauz (160) – Serghei Sim (150). 0-1 T Miller (154) – S Culleton (134). 0-1 S Fox (132) – J Bowley (126). 1-0 First defeat of the season for Poole B came as a surprise in a very frustrating evening […]
A team on the march with good win at Ringwood – 3.5 vs 0.5
January 11, 2017 by mainadmin
An excellent team performance matched by the grade differential at Ringwood on Monday night at the White Hart saloon in the country, With the return of Martin Machatek after nearly 3 years (welcome back) and a full strength team turn out this was a solid performance by all with all scoring during the evening. The […]