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Snodland Chess Club welcomes players of all ages and abilities from complete beginner to Grandmaster.

We are a friendly, welcoming club and we can provide free coaching to take you from beginner to winner! We particularly welcome junior members.

You can e-mail
david_lettington@hotmail.com for more details or just turn up at the club any Thursday evening.

We have teams in Kent County Chess Association and English Chess Federation competitions.


Sunday 23 September 2007

Results from Crowborough Rapidplay

Three Snodland players competed in the Crowborough Rapidplay tournament on Sunday 23rd September. Games were limited to 30 minutes per player for the whole game, making a maximum of one hour's play per game; with six games in the day. Matt Bunn scored 3 out of 6, employing lots of experimental opening play against higher graded opponents. Bob Fenn scored an excellent win in the first round, forking his opponent's King and Queen. David Lettington scored 3.5 out of 6, including a win against a much higher graded opponent, which is given below.

White's twelfth move, e4, is a mistake, he seems to have missed the possibility of Ba6 after the exchanges. It is necessary to play 12.cxb5 or Re1 to maintain an equal game.


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