Ben wins B-league title.

Ben Stokes produced a brilliant winning streak to win the B-league title on tie-break over his dad, Malcolm.

Ben's triumph came after he beat Malcolm, who until then had looked unstoppable, and then managed to beat all his remaining opponents, leaving both Ben and Malcolm on 8/10 with 8 wins and 2 losses each.

Ben Stokes, B-league champion.

Bob collects another trophy!

Bob Fenn beat David Lettington in a very exciting final of Challenge Cup. The opening was quite cagey and tense until Bob missed a trick and allowed David to win the exchange.

However, Bob went on the offensive straight away and didn't allow David to get his pieces into the action and the game soon swung towards Bob.

After defending for many moves, David couldn't hold off the attack and soon ended up in a losing position. It was the first time that David had ever been beaten in the Challenge Cup, his unbeaten run lasting nearly 3 years.

Bob's win in the Challenge Cup this year came on top of his win in the A-league last year, so he has a different trophy on the mantlepiece now!

Bob collects the Challenge Cup from Councillor Chris Smith, the Mayor of Tonbridge & Malling.

Henry collects A-league title

Henry Williams beat David Lettington in their individual game and so took the A-league title for 2008 with a score of 9/10, making an unbeaten run of 8 wins and 2 draws.

This means that there has been a different winner every year of the club's most prestigious title.

Above, Henry collects the A-league title from Chris Smith, the Mayor of Tonbridge & Malling.

Snodland win Kent Cup!!

The Snodland 1st team scored the narrowest possible victory in the Final of the Kent "Harvey Cup".

The match against Weald of Kent was drawn 3-3, with Snodland winning 10-11 using the "board count" tie-break method. The result was incredible, considering that Snodland were 3-0 down after the first three games were finished. An amazing comeback!

This is a superb achievement in what is only Snodland's second season of competitive chess.

The overall match result was:
Snodland 1 vs Weald of Kent 2
1. David Nicholls 1-0 James Hart-Dyke
2. Matt Bunn 0-1 Albert Brown
3. David Fowler 1-0 David Warrick
4. Nick Allen 0-1 Mark Horner
5. Neil Miners 0-1 Mike Scott
6. Matthew Gazes 1-0 Dominic Oram

Well....you can't win them all!

Snodland teams reached the Semi-Finals of the Kent "Tom Fuller Cup" and "Intro Cup", but on these occasions we were not able to win, losing to 2.5-1.5 against Beckenham and 3-1 against Charlton.

Praise goes to Mark Buffey and James Mateo for winning their individual games.

Jovanka scores well in Europe

Club honorary president IM Jovanka Houska is scoring incredibly well in the European Individual Championship, held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

After 7 rounds, Jovanka is on 5 points, just half a point off the lead. Yesterday she scored an excellent win over IM Monika Socko, who is rated more than 100 Elo points higher than Jovanka. There are 4 more rounds to go.

The games can be followed on www.eicc2008.com/en

Challenge Cup Quarter Finals

All the games in the Challenge Cup First Round were fairly clear cut.

The Quarter Final draw is:

David Lettington vs Tyrone Jefferies

Douglas Smith vs Matt Bunn

Neil Miners vs Bob Fenn

Matt Gazes vs David Fowler

The games are due to be played on 8th May.