Soriah wins B-league.

Soriah Williams has the won the club's B-league competition for 2006-07. Well played Soriah!

Soriah is currently on a perfect score in the B-league and cannot be caught by any of her competitors, with everyone having one or two games to play. This is a brilliant performance and means that Soriah is likely to be in the A-league next year. Soriah is the youngest competitor in club competitions and she beaten all of the older (and more experienced) players in the B-league that she has played.

Junior Coaching Session

The next junior coaching session will be on Thursday 5th April from 6.30pm to 7.30pm.

Anyone can come along, it is free of charge and you don't have to be a club member.

All abilities, including complete beginners, are welcome!

A-league Results

There were 3 A-league games played this week:
Len Hammond 0-1 Bob Fenn
Nick Allen 1-0 John Morgan
Neil Miners 1-0 Ben Stokes

Well done Bob, for maintaining your 100% record!

Bob leads the league with 8 out of 8. Matt Bunn is not too far behind, with 6½ out of 7. Matt and Bob are yet to play each other, so the title is all to play for.

Speed Chess Championship

The club Speed Chess Championship (5 minutes per player for the whole game) will take place on Thursday 5th April, starting at 7.45pm. Matt Bunn won the competition last year with a perfect 12 out of 12. It's very annoying that he seems to be even better at speed chess this year!

The draw for the Challenge Cup (our knockout cup competition) will take place on the same evening.

A-league Results

There were two games played in the A-league competition this week:

Matt Bunn (111) 0.5-0.5 Henry Williams (130)
David Lettington (112) 1-0 Soriah Williams (46)

Coaching Event on Tuesday 20th March

On Tuesday 20th March, there will be two coaching events at the Cricket Pavilion.

From 6.30pm to 7.30pm, there will be junior coaching.

From 8.00pm to 9.30pm, for more experienced players there will be a session called "How Chess Players Think". This will be followed by a showing of "American Gambit" (if we can get the technology to work!).

Snodland reaches National Club Championship Semi-Final

Congratulations to the team in the National Club Championship U100 section, who defeated Rainham Chess Club by the narrow margin of 2.5 - 1.5 in the Quarter-Final match.

The match was played over four boards (player ECF grades in brackets), Snodland had the white pieces on odd numbered boards:

Snodland vs Rainham
1. Matt Bunn (111) 0 - 1 Robert Springett (118)
2. David Lettington (112) 1 - 0 Barry Roles (91)
3. Nick Allen (93) 0.5 - 0.5 Bert Clemons (58)
4. Soriah Williams (50) 1-0 D. Sibborn (57)

Matt Bunn's game was an exciting affair that could have gone either way, but Matt made a slip towards the end that allowed his opponent back in the game.

David Lettington scored a quick win after his opponent missed a tactical blow on move 6 which allowed his King to be opened up to a strong attack. Game below:

Nick Allen took a draw when Snodland were already two-nil up, thus giving us a win. Nick had the advantage throughout the game and probably had a win in the final position.

Soriah Williams played brilliantly and never let her opponent into the game. This was Soriah's first win in competitive play for the club and she used the open diagonals and files to create pressure which her opponent could not withstand.

Snodland are to play Magdalen College School in the Semi-Final, the date is yet to be set.