The first competitive match of the season...

Snodland's KCCA Fixtures 2012-13

Snodland has entered 4 KCCA competitions this year. Our fixture list is published below:

Snodland go National!

Snodland Chess Club have entered the Four Nations Chess League  (4NCL) Rapidplay competition for the first time ever.

The event will see Snodland compete with the best in the UK for a prize fund of £1000.

Five club members, Matt Bunn, George Hollands, David Lettington, Rob Thompson and Matt Gazes make up the squad for the competition which occurs on 29th September in Milton Keynes.

Four players will play in each round, with one player sitting out. There are seven rounds in total and, in each game, each player will have 10 minutes on the clock, with an additional 10 seconds per move, which is added automatically by the digital timer.

Good luck to the team!

Club Championship to start

The Snodland Club Championship is about to start. We look set to have fifteen players competing for the title of Club Champion (known as the A-league Champion) this year, with the top seed being Matthew Bunn.

The club will also award titles to the Most Improved Player, the B-league Champion, C-league Champion and Speed Chess Champion. Once the season draws to a close we also hold our popular knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.

Good luck to everyone taking part!

4th Len Hammond Memorial Match

Snodland Chess Club will kick off the new season with a friendly match against local rivals Maidstone on Wednesday 19th September. The match will be held in honour of Len Hammond who played for both clubs. Maidstone have managed to win all three of the previous encounters, so hopefully it will be our turn this year!

Kent County Chess Association website

The KCCA have moved their website to: www.kentchess.org.uk

The Caro-Kann Crusher

It's good to play games face to face, but a little practice on the internet at fast time limits can sharpen up your skills too! This game was played with 15 minutes each on the clock.

Below is a game played earlier this week, where white crushes the Caro-Kann opening after black nabs all of the material on offer without any regard for white's attacking possiblities.

Look out for a pawn sacrifice on move 10, a bishop sac on move 14 and a rook sac on move 22!