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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.

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


Thursday, 9 September 2010

Club Championship results - week 1


There were lots of games played to kick off the Club Championship this week:

Group A
Steve Giddins (198) 1 vs 0 Jason Boyes (14)
Bob Fenn (133) 1 vs 0 John Simons (89)
Matt Gazes (125) 0.5 vs 0.5 Nick Allen (118)

Group B
David Lettington (132) 1 vs 0 Tyrone Jefferies (117)

Group C
Zibby Koncki (170) 1 vs 0 William Patch (52)
David Fowler (136) 0 vs 1 Hugh Broadbent (99)

Group D
Ben Spink (191) 1 vs 0 Richard Mallery (34)
George Hollands (133) 1 vs 0 Neil Miners (85)
Douglas Smith (126) 0.5 vs 0.5 John Brown (110)

Congratulations to Hugh Broadbent who not only beat a much higher graded player but has now won eight games in a row at the club.

The position shown above occurred in one of the games in this week's club championship.

Here, black played the innocent looking 1....Nc4, but white then plays 2. Be6! Ne3 3. Rxf7! Rxf7 4. Rxf7 Rb1+ 5. Rf1+ black resigns.

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