Welcome!

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 17 April 2011

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

Friday 8 April 2011

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

Saturday 2 April 2011

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