Submitted by Alex Taylor on 3 July, 2025 - 13:17
This summer Horsham Chess Club is hosting a series of tournaments and events given below. To enter you simply need to turn up on the night. The tournaments are casual tournaments so if you wish to leave part-way through that is no problem.
8th July - Racing Kings Tournament. Racing Kings is a variant where you aim to get your King to the other side, checks are not allowed. Please see the image for the starting position of this exciting and slightly crazy variant.
Submitted by Alex Taylor on 3 July, 2025 - 12:58
This Tuesday (1st July) saw the club hosting a King-of-the-Hill Blitz Tournament. The tournament took place over 5 double rounds using the unusual McMahon-Swiss pairing system.
From the start top seed Mark showed his brilliance to run away with the tournament, winning 9 games, drawing 1, and losing 0. In my own games against Mark it felt like the rest of us were still playing chess whilst Mark had already mastered King-of-the-Hill. A thoroughly deserved winner!
