Find the right Solution

The Caterham Congress 2008 was held last weekend (24th/25th/26th of October). One member of Snodland (Matthew Bunn) entered the Major section and scored well with 3 out of 5! In one of his games against Nigel Colter he completely dominates the game but fails to find the right continuation on move 26 to finish the game off. In the end a draw was agreed but can you find the right continuation after 25...g5??



White to move, how can white continue?

This is the full game below. Matt plays 26.Qd2 which is weak

A League so far...

The A-league has got off to a kicking start with interesting games and plenty of opportunity. Here are the standings after 6 weeks:

A LEAGUE P W D L Pts
1= Tyrone Jefferies 4 2 1 1 2.5
1= David Fowler 3 2 1 0 2.5
3= Chris Marshall 4 1 2 1 2
3= Matthew Bunn 2 2 0 0 2
3= David Lettington 4 1 2 1 2
6= Nick Allen 3 1 1 1 1.5
6= Len Hammond 2 1 1 0 1.5
8 Doug Smith 3 1 0 1 1
9= Matt Gazes 2 0 1 1 0.5
9= Bob Fenn 2 0 1 1 0.5
11= John Simons 3 0 0 3 0
11= Henry Williams 0 0 0 0 0


So with plenty of games to go Tyrone and David Fowler lead the A league with games and points adrift.

Matts Minder

A few months ago I played in the Thanet Congress (major section) and gained valuable experience for the rest of the season. I learned a lot just by playing people of higher standard and one of the main things I have learned from that tournament which has held me in good stead for the rest of the season is that position is more than power!




Matt

Snodland named Small Club of the Year second year running!

Snodland Chess Club have been named the English Chess Federation's Small Club of the Year for the second year running.

This is the first time that any chess club had been awarded this national title twice.

More details to follow..

1st Snodland Rapidplay Chess Congress

The 1st Snodland Rapidplay Chess Congress was a great success, with four players tied for first place on 5/6.

FM Martin Taylor managed to beat IM Jovanka Houska, FM Martin Walker and Ian Snape on tie-break, earning the title of Kent Individual Rapidplay Champion 2008 in the process.

More details can be found on:

http://www.snodlandcongress.blogspot.com/

Snodland win National Title

Snodland Chess Club have won their section of the National Chess Club Championship, beating Forest of Dean 4-0 in the Final...more details will follow.

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.