Season-long club championship
The Club Championship is played every week at our Tuesday evening sessions. The standings shown below are following our session on 28 January 2025.
Updated: 28 January 2025
| Name | Score | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | |
| 1 | Jones, G | 91.67 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | O’Donovan, F | 83.33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Hordnes, N | 80 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Agostinelli, D | 64.29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Sawers, K | 62.5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Furnell, D | 62.5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Lynn, T | 60 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Anderson, T | 58.33 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Ediss, D | 58.33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Moore, G | 56.25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Denton, O | 50 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Hale, R | 50 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Paszkowski, K | 43.75 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Pearson, S | 43.75 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | Mitra, S | 33.33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Tilekar, K | 33.33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Zboch, K | 33.33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Taylor, J | 28.57 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | Rawlins, D | 12.5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Paul Hurn Knockout Trophy
The draw for this season’s knockout competition is below. Knockout games are normally played at a Tuesday evening club session – arrange in advance with your opponent or just agree to play if you are both there on a Tuesday evening.
Round 1
Darren Ediss vs. Karol Zboch
Simon Pearson vs. John Taylor
Gareth Jones vs. Fionn O’Donovan
Dean Rawlins vs. Martin Buckmaster
Dave Agostinelli vs. Niclas Hordnes
Byes for Kevin Sawers, Fraser McLeod, and Som Mitra
Round 2
Karol Z vs. Simon P
Kevin S vs. Gareth J
Fraser M vs. Martin B
Niclas H vs. Som M
Semi-finals
Gareth J vs Karol Z
Niclas H vs tbc
Final
Gareth J vs tbc
Knockout Cup rules
- Time control: 1 hour for 30 moves, 15 minutes quickplay finish.
- Colours: Random draw in each game
- If game is drawn: If both players agree, set a date to play another game with colours reversed and using the above time control. If both players don’t agree to the above, immediately play 5-minute games with colours reversed, until a decisive result occurs
Parsons Cup lightning trophy
Lightning tournaments are held at the start and end of the season where moves are made on a 10-second buzzer, and a blitz clock tournament (3 minutes + 2-second increment) the week before Christmas.
To determine the overall winner of the Parsons Cup, everyone’s best two performances (as a percentage score) are averaged to give a total score.
10-second buzzer tournament: 10 September 2024
| Name | Points | Percentage |
| Martin Buckmaster | 6 | 100 |
| Gareth Jones | 4 | 67 |
| Robin Lynn | 4 | 67 |
| Kevin Sawers | 4 | 67 |
| Bigjan Acharya | 3.5 | 58 |
| Niclas Hordes | 3.5 | 58 |
Blitz time control tournament: 17 December 2024
| Name | Points | Percentage |
| Chuks Okoli | 7 | 88 |
| Martin Buckmaster | 6 | 75 |
| Gareth Jones | 6 | 75 |
| Niclas Hordes | 5 | 63 |
| Robin Lynn | 4 | 50 |
| Kevin Sawers | 4 | 50 |
“Every chess master was once a beginner”
Irving Chernev