Intro Match 02/12/11

Our Intro Team played a match away against Medway B on Friday night. This was a very close match that ended in a 2-2 draw, another great win from Richard and a very solid game from Neil when he was 2 pawns up but unfortunately the opposite colour bishops left him having to settle for a draw,Pete had an epic battle with Doug Smith which could have gone either way but an in form Doug came out on top,I was outplayed by Tyrone but luckily found some last minute threats to score a draw.This was a great effort from all 4 boards and keeps us unbeaten in the Intro cup.

Team Captain Nick Allen.

Tyrone Jefferies 116 1/2 - 1/2 Nick Allen 121

Doug Smith 113 1 - 0 Peter Hickey 115

Alan Evans 97 1/2 - 1/2 Neil Miners 77

John Hanman 45 0 - 1 Richard Mallery 45

Intro Team

The Snodland Intro Team continues to set the pace with a second win,this time against Medway A.Thanks to David for being Captain,

A great team effort well done to everyone, with special mention to Neil for his great win against a strong opponent,

Harvey Cup match 19/11/11

Today saw the Harvey Cup team maintain their winning start to the season with a 3rd successive victory, this time away to Hastings.

The final result was 4-2.

Nick was 1st to finish with a draw (opposite coloured bishops ending). Pete and Rob won very convincingly against similarly graded opponents to put us in a strong position. I accepted a draw in an unclear position while Neil had a comfortable position for most of the game but ran out of steam against an experienced opponent. George was always winning and duly picked up the final point. All in all a very satisfactory team performance.

We now wait until the New Year for our next fixture when the 10 players who have represented the Club in the matches so far will strive to continue our good form...

Club Championship Round Two Results

Len Hammond Memorial match

From left to right, Ian Watson (Maidstone) seen receiving the shield from Bob Fenn (Chairman of Snodland Chess Club).
Maidstone triumphed in this year's Len Hammond Memorial Match, winning 3-2. The annual match, contested between Snodland and Maidstone in honour of Len's contribution to both clubs, was held at the cricket pavilion on 25 August.

After suffering heavy defeats in 2009 and 2010, the 2011 match was a much closer affair. Despite being heavily out-graded on all of the five boards, George, David Lettington, Pete and Neil all came away with draws, but Maidstone clinched the match with a win on board 1, where Matt Bunn lost to Ian Watson.

Len was a longstanding member of both Snodland and Maidstone chess clubs. He joined Snodland shortly after we formed in 2005 and was a solid supporter of the club in those early days.

KCCA Finals Day - Dartford

Snodland - 2011 Winners of Stevenson Cup

Snodland add their name to the long list of winners of the
Stevenson Cup in the Kent League Championships by
beating Phoenix from Gravesend 3.5 - 2.5 in the final.

Excellent wins by Zibby Koncki and Matt Bunn, combined
with draws by Ben Spink, Chris Marshall, and David Fowler
secured Snodlands win in their second year playing in the
Stevenson League.

In an incredible run from mid March 2011 Snodland won
their last five matches to lift the trophy. By early February
2011 the team had played four matches, winning 1, drawing
two, and losing one.  The road to Dartford and glory was as follows:

14 Oct 10   Rainham       Home     Won  4.5 - 1.5
04 Nov 10  Sevenoaks   Home      Draw   3-3
14 Dec 10   Folkestone  Home      Draw   3-3
09 Feb 11   Tonbridge   Away       Lost  4.5 - 1.5
15 Mar 11   Sitt'bourne  Home      Won  4.5 - 1.5
17 Mar 11   Maidstone  Home      Won  3.5 - 2.5
26 Mar 11   Hastings     Away      Won  1.5 - 4.5
17 Apr 11   Lewisham   Away      Won    1- 5   (S-F)
15 May 11  Phoenix                      Won  3.5-2.5  (F)

Players who appeared for the team during the course of
the  2010/11 campaign were:

Ben Spink
Zibby Koncki
Matt Bunn
Chris Marshall
David Fowler
Tyrone Jefferies
Rob Thompson
Pete Turner
David Lettington
David Nicholls
James Hart-Dyke
Pete Hickey

Thanks to all in playing their part in this historical
win for the Club.

Critical and amusing  moments of the season.

The Sittingbourne match where each team travelled
to each other's venue on 3rd February 2011.
Match was later postponed to 15 March 2011.

Tyrone (C) travelling to Snodland by bus after 6.00pm.
reorganizing the team on his mobile for the home match
against Sittingbourne that evening due to train delays
preventing Matt from reaching Snodland in time.
Tyrone managed to get Pete H to play at last minute.
Good job it was a home match and Pete lives so close.
The team then went on to punish Sittingbourne.

David F's dramatic draw against Maidstone to clinch
a very close match.

The away match against Hastings was sweet revenge
due to the losses incurred against Hastings in the Lewis Cup
paving the way for a semi-final match.

The semi-final away match against Lewisham was by far
the best performance of the season up to the final.  The
team beating the previously unbeaten Lewisham club 5-1
to  book their place in the Dartford Finals.
*** 

KCCA Finals Day 15 May 2011 Update

Our Stevenson Team will play
Phoenix in next week-ends Final.

Stevenson Cup Semi-Final

Snodland triumph in South London, beating Lewisham 5-1 and will
be at Kent Finals Day on Sunday 15th May 2011.

The match score sheet confirms an overwhelming performance

Lewisham 3 Snodland 2

162 Peter Wood 0-1 Ben Spink 191
160 Syd Jacob 0-1 Zibby Koncki 170
156 Rod Wigbout 0-1 Matt Bunn 160
146 Chris Brown 0.5-0.5 Chris Marshall 148
144 Dave Helsby 0-1 David Fowler 136
137 Mike Wood 0.5-0.5 Tyrone Jefferies 117
1-5

An exciting Sicilian scrap...

The game below was played in the B-League this week, an exciting affair with a nice finish.

Snodland Club Championship

Below are the latest positions in the Snodland Club Championship 2010-11.

Snodland Most Improved Player Award

The top five players in the running for Snodland's Most Improved Player Award are below.
The table is based on the difference between the average grading performance during the Club Championship and the players actual grade, taken in percentage terms.

Mid / East Kent Chess Leagues - Final positions

Lewis Cup Maidstone 2 v Snodland 1 (played 30th March 2011)

            Maidstone 2    v                    Snodland 1
184  Chris Howell        0.5 - 0.5  Ben Spink  (W)    191
169  David Munford    0.5 - 0.5  Zibby Koncki       170
162  David Heath          0  -   1   David Nicholls      165
162  John Allan             1  -   0   Chris Marshall       148
139  Robert Lane        0.5 - 0.5  David Fowler        136
133  George Hollands   1   -  0   David Lettington    132
                                   3.5-2.5

Snodland completed their final match in the Lewis Cup with a
disappointing third consecutive loss to Maidstone to finish fourth in their first
season playing in this league scoring an overall performance of  W3; D1; L4.

Lewis Cup Final League Positions
                                                 P  W  D  L     GP   MP
Rainham 1                                 8   5   2  1      26      6
Hastings 1                                 8   5   0  3    25.5     5
Maidstone 2                              8  4   0  4      24       4
Snodland 1                               8  3   1  4    23.5    3.5
Tun Wells  1                              8  1  1   6    19.5    1.5

2010 / 2011 Results
20/10/10   Rainham      (A) W     2-4
15/11/10   T Wells       (A)  L  3.5 - 2.5
13/01/11   T Wells       (H)  W 3.5 - 2.5
24/02/11   Rainham      (H)  D     3 - 3
03/03/11   Maidstone   (H) W    3 - 2
11/03/11   Hastings      (H)  L    2.5 - 3.5
18/03/11   Hastings      (A)  L    3.5 - 2.5
30/03/11   Maidstone   (A)  L    3.5- 2.5

Club Championship Results

Results from tonight's games played

                            A League

148  Chris Marshall      0-1    George Hollands 133
  99  Hugh Broadbent   0-1    Ben Spink           191

                           B League

117  Tyrone Jefferies    0.5-0.5 Bob Fenn        133
130  Robert Thompson    1-0    Nick Allen      118

Kent League Intro-Cup Semi-Final Snodland v Sidcup 9th April 2011

Kent League Intro Cup

The first of the Club's semi-final matches in the
Kent Leagues will be played on Saturday 9th April
2011 at home against Sidcup starting at 2.30pm.

Your support for the team will be most welcome.

26 March 2011 Stevenson Cup Hastings 2 v Snodland 2

        


Stevenson Cup Result

    Hastings 2                  v         Snodland 2

162  Paul Kelly        1-0       Ben Spink             191
149  Steve Blewitt   0-1       Zibby Koncki        170
139  Neil Ward       0-1       Chris Marshall       148
135  Mark Finch     0-1       James Hart-Dyke   145
124  Roy Webb    0.5-0.5   Tyrone Jefferies      117
  98  Robert Smart  0-1        Rob Thompson      130
                             1.5-4.5

*  Snodland White on odds


Intro Cup Result

             Hastings 5              v          Snodland 7

99   Steve Oakman     0-1            Nick Allen    118
e80  B Allum             0.5-0.5        B Stevens    e80
44   Harry Stephens    1-0            Jason Boyes  45
e40  L Steuart            0-1           William Patch  52
                               1.5-2.5

*  Hastings White on odds

Stevenson Cup  - Snodland storm into the semi-finals of the
Stevenson Cup with a superb win against Hastings.  This win
makes it three in row for Snodland who finish strongly as runners
up to winners Folkestone in this division.  The win books a semi-final
clash against the unbeaten Lewisham Club next month.

The Snodland Intro team finished their season with a fine win
against the Hastings fifth team.

Thursday 24 March 2011 Harvey Cup Snodland 4 v WOK 1

148  Chris Marshall         1-0        James Hart-Dyke  145
132  David Lettington    0.5-0.5    Henry Cove          137
130  Robert Thompson  0.5-0.5   Mike Matthews     118
125  Matthew Gazes     0.5-0.5    David Warwick     114
117  Peter Hickey            0-1       Dominic Oram       111
85    Neil Miners              0-1       Clive Oram            107
                                     2.5-3.5

*  Snodland playing White on odds

A disappointing result for the Snodland fourth team in their
final home match of the season. The only winner being
Chris Marshall maintaining a three match unbeaten run
playing for the Club.

Lewis Cup - Hastings 1 v Snodland 1

The  Lewis Cup Snodland team lost narrowly to Hastings on Sunday 20 March 2011 and will be
unable to qualify for a semi-final place, the teams were:

Hastings 1                                  Snodland 1
192 Richard Almond   1-0        Ben Spink                   191
181 Robert Elliston    0.5-0.5   Steve Giddins              198
164 Ray Brooks          0-1       Zibby Koncki              170
162 Paul Kelly            0-1       Matt Bunn                   160
155 Jim Wheeler         1-0       David Fowler              136
109 John Driver          1-0       Pete Hickey (117)       120
                                3.5-2.5

Another great win!

Snodland managed to score another win and put themselves into contention in the Stevenson Cup. A 3.5-2.5 win over nearest rivals Maidstone put is into third place (only top two qualify for the final stage) with a game in hand of the team above us. If we win the final match, we are guaranteed to get a Semi-Final spot.

Two very nice wins from Ben Spink and Chris Marshall, combined with a short draw for Zibby Koncki and long, drawn out escape from David Fowler just gave Snodland the edge.

Excellent result - Snodland vs Sittingbourne

Surely Snodland's best result of the season thanks to two excellent results from David Fowler and Chris Marshall.

Snodland player challenges Nigel Short

Snodland player George Hollands played Nigel Short in a simultaneous display at Coulsdon, things were going well for a long time..... But Nigel didn't get to become World Championship Challenger without being able to play pretty well. The game is below:

KCCA March League Tables

Match result

A very closely fought match was saved for Snodland by Zibby Koncki who scored a great win when the team was 3-2 down.

David Nicholls and Tyrone Jefferies stepped in as late replacements, for which we were very grateful. Although Snodland were slightly outgraded overall, some of the games has quite large grading discrepancies, but this only told on one of the boards.