Club News:
The President's Simultaneous
Created:02 Sep 2010 by: David EbbettJohn Quinn, our president and a former British under 21 champion takes on challengers on Thursday September 9th starting at 7.45pm. Yes, it is mainly for Ealing club members but traditionally we have accepted outsiders who might be thinking about joining us or newcomers just looking for a good game at a chess club.
As always at Ealing it is a free event and a great opportunity to gain experience facing a strong player.
..moreEaling Lightning Tournament Results
Created:27 Aug 2010 by: David EbbettOn August 26th 2010 Veljko Stanisic claimed his fifth win in our annual lightning tournament. Jason Obihara was the champion in the under 160 graded category and Alastair Johnstone and George Zusin were joint champions in the under 130 gradings.
The winners received trophies and the runners-up and third place finishers were given certificates honouring their achievement. Full report and results attached...
..moreCaptains Make Clubs!
Created:16 Aug 2010 by: David Ebbett
We decided at our 2010 Annual General Meeting that if we could find the captains we would field another team in the Hillingdon League bringing our number of teams to eight. Remarkable progress because only six years ago we had only four teams and wondering if we could justify keeping all of them. Ealing has seven captains lined up for the coming season and hopes to recruit an eighth. Our captains are...
September 2010 Programme
Created:15 Aug 2010 by: David EbbettEaling has two special and highly recommended events in September 2010:
9th September 7.45pm - The President's Simultaneous. John Quinn takes on all-comers (no grandmasters please!) at the Harvester.
23rd September 7.45pm - Peter Sowray gives another of his very popular talks at the club.
..moreLightning Tournament - 26th August
Created:15 Aug 2010 by: David EbbettOur Annual Lightning Tournament takes place at the Harvester on Thursday 26th August. Players in our lightning version have ten minutes each and play as many games as they can fit into the evening. Speed around the room is as important as speed at the board!
..more2010 Grades published
Created:26 Jul 2010 by: Alastair JonstoneThe new grades for 2010 are now available. For Ealing player grades follow the link below.
..moreEaling B avoid the drop
Created:12 May 2010 by: Alastair JonstoneI am reliably (I hope) informed that Ealing B have narrowly avoided a rapid return to Div.3 of the Thames Valley League.
..moreAnand retains his world championship
Created:11 May 2010 by: David EbbettToday Viswanathan Anand won the twelfth and final classical time limits game in Sofia with a tremendous victory with the black pieces over the challenger, Veselin Topalov.
..moreAnand misses a great chance in game nine
Created:07 May 2010 by: David EbbettEvery game in this world championship match has been a genuine contest and following the games on the Internet has been very worthwhile
..moreEaling 1 v Hackney 2 Result 8-0
Created:07 May 2010 by: David EbbettHackney 2 defaulted all eight boards at the Harvester tonight. They made no telephone call, email or any other kind of communication to us prior to the match. In lieu of an explanation from Hackney we have asked for default penalties on all boards. A sad evening.
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