Horsham Chess Club

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The new grades are out, check how you have fared...

A record turnout of Horsham club members took part this year, with some excellent success stories...

This popular local congress is not far off...

Money for nothing...and Chess for free...

Those very nice people at Chess Magazine have provided the club with a number of free copies and I will be handing them out this Tuesday to anyone who would like one.

Free Chess Magazines??? Honestly ??? Yes - absolutely no catch at all :)

Congratulations to Mike Forster who snatched the title in a tense final game having drawn at first with James Mansson. Paul Taylor came third with Chris Heath fourth...more to follow tomorrow...

There were a total of 32 players and we all had some fun. Like others I managed to blunder a rook and end up drawing a position three pawns up!

Thanks for everyone for making a special effort to get their earlier than usual and I hope you all had the opportunity to play some different people.

We have an impressive turnout for Tuesday night with 33 players already confirmed. In view of this I would be grateful if you can make every effort to arrive around 7.30pm so we can start at the earliest opportunity following the draw.

There will be four groups and we will draw from four similarly graded players so that the groups are of equal strength. The winner of each group will play in the final stages with the players seeded according to their performance in the group stage.