KENT QUICKPLAY 2011

Beckenham & Bromley beat Charlton 9-7 last night to win the KQP Championships. This was a reversal of the result in last year's final and made it 3 wins in 4 years for the club.

KENT QUICKPLAY 2011

Beckenham & Bromley beat Rainham in the semi final of the above last night and will now play Charlton 1 in the final on 13 October. The match will be at home, starting at 7.30pm. Spectators welcome.

Teams for New Season

You've probably already seen the announcement by email from Malcolm Mourant, but in case not, here are the teams for 2011 - 12.

London Leagues

Everyone can play for either of the two teams. The second team has a 145 grading limit and is captained by Richard Putman. The first team, which we run jointly with Charlton, is run by Andy Heard and John Lewin.  Speak to any of these gentlemen for fixtures, selection etc.  Games are played in Central London, usually at 7pm.

Kent League

The first team, playing in the Open section, comprises Ian Snape (Cap.), Michael Prizant, Nick Briggs, John Duggan, Andrew Ponting and Richard Selway.

The 2nd Team, playing in the Lewis Cup, is run by John Duggan, and his normal team includes Ian Snape, Alan Sands, Duncan Bell, John Lewin, and Raunak Rao. On the bench are John Alderson and Doug Vleeshhouwer.

Malcolm Mourant is running the En Passant team and has in his squad Gautham Reddiar, Stephen Cousins, Jon Griffiths, and Fred Wellings.

For the Harvey Cup, Chris Bernard's starting team are Jon Griffiths, Chris Bernard, Fred Wellings, Paul Andrews, Richard Putman, and Justin Brown.  Alexander Selway is the backup.

Mike Spencer has control of the Tom Fuller and Intro teams and will choose from Howard Walden, James Kinsella and Alan Fraser in the former; and Geoff Kelsey, Mike Smee and Stephen Roberts.  Jason Kevan can also expect some games for this team as well, I'm sure.

Croydon League

• Nick Briggs captains the first team and has available John Duggan, Ian Snape, Richard Selway and Duncan Bell.
• John Lewin is running the second team, who are Raunak Rao, John Alderson, Malcolm Mourant, and Stephen Cousins.
• Howard Walden has the third team, and his selection is everyone not mentioned above!

Hope there's no mistakes there, and let's bring home some trophies!

Andy Heard

Annual Handicap Quickplay Competition

The Handicap Quickplay Competition for the Rosebowl Cup took place at the club on 2nd June. There were 14 players and, as usual, the competition was fought over two rounds. The eventual winner was Ian Sanpe, followed by Nick Briggs and Jon Griffiths.

Third in Division Two of London League

With David Sandham finally overcoming his Wimbledon opponent after two adjournments, the match is drawn 5-5. We finished third in the league, just missing out on the second promotion place by a handful of game points. Full details here.

Bromley v Beckenham Annual Match 2011

Twenty club members turned out last night for the annual Bromley v Beckenham match. In a closely fought contest, a five-all result was finally achieved when Alan Sands (borrowed for the night by Beckenham) offered John Lewin a draw with only minutes left on the clock.

As they say, an enjoyable evening was had by one and all.

Thanks to match captains John Lewin and James Kinsella.

Fred Wellings

	Bromley		Result		Beckenham
1	Ian Snape	204	0	1	Nick Briggs	185
2	John Lewin	157	½	½	Alan Sands	166
3	John Alderson	154	½	½	Ranuk Rao	144
4	Geoff Kelsey	140	½	½	Chris Barnard	127
5	Malcolm Mouant	140	½	½	Fred Wellings	124
6	Gautham Reddiar	135	½	½	Richard Putman	123
7	Paul Andrews	126	½	½	Mike Smee	124
8	Alan Fraser	113	1	0	James Kinsella	109
9	Howard Walden	105	1	0	Mike Spencer	102
10	Jason Kevan	27	0	1	Steven Roberts	40e
	Average	130	5	5		124

Clean Sweep by West Wickham in the Croydon League

Howard Walden reports that West Wickham [that's Beckenham and Bromley's nom de guerre in South London. Ed.] teams have won all three divisions of the Croydon League this year.  Well done to everyone who took part in the teams this year.

West Wickham A won Division 3 for the second year running which means this team have been champions three times and runners up once in the last four years!!!

COUNTY CUP FINAL: Beckenham 1 v Charlton 1

The result in the final was a 4½-1½ loss as follows:

Ian Snape ½-½ Philip Morris
Nick Briggs 0-1 Alan Hanreck
John Duggan 0-1 Tony Stebbings
Michael Prizant 0-1 Philip Gregory
Kevin Bailey 1-0 Conor Murphy
Alan Sands 0-1 Renee DuToit

However, that doesn’t reflect the full story. My game was the first to finish. I had a minute temporary advantage through control of the e file which Morris set about neutralising and the game ended in threefold repetition. Kevin played a storming game to beat Conor Murphy. Next to finish was Nick with a loss having looked uncomfortable from the opening. John was very cramped but had some hopes of drawing but it was not to be. This left us 2½-1½ down with two to play and (on account of board count) needing two wins. However, this looked more than possible as Michael was won and Alan was having an up and down game. Not much later Alan dropped a rook and it was all over. The final calamity befell Michael when he lost a won ending.

Ian

PS Thanks to Malcolm for his support.

COUNTY CUP

A 3-3 away draw against Lewisham on 23 March, including a win by Nick Briggs against William Jones, secured us a place in the Kent County Cup Final.

This will be played on 15 May at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford starting at 2pm. The opponents are Charlton.

Needless to say, all and any support welcome.

BECKENHAM FIDE RATED CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

This turned out to be a remarkably tight affair and was won outright by Michael Prizant with just 3/5. The full ranking was:

1 Michael Prizant 3
2-5 Ian Snape, John Duggan, Robert Maguire and Andrew Ponting 2½
6 Kevin Bailey 2

Mike Spencer Reports on the Tom Fuller Cup

The B&B team in the Tom Fuller came top of their league in the Metropolitan division, and were then paired with Weald of Kent in the semi-final on Thursday 21st April.

Unfortunately we were knocked out with one win and a draw against two wins and a draw, in a match where the final deciding game was played right up to the last minute, ending in a drawn game and a lost match. A win on that board would have been a draw on both game points and board count, but a win to us on board 4 elimination, so it was quite an intense final game.

Arbiter was Derek Davis of Chislehurst club to whom we express our thanks.

Team members throughout the season were Justin Brown, Alan Fraser, James Kinsella, Jason Kevan, Richard Putman, Laurie Roberts,Raunak Rao and Mike Spencer.

COUNTY CUP: Charlton v Beckenham 1

All things come to an end. Events started badly last night when Charlton defaulted board 4 and Nick had a wasted journey.

Robert and I played badly and lost. Alan drew; although how I am not sure. This left the score at 2½-1½ to Charlton with us needing at least 1½ points from the last 2 games – John Duggan who was much better against Alan Hanreck and Michael Prizant who was level against Gregory. Michael played on trying to win his drawn game and came close but in the end it was a half point. This left John, who was still much better, needing to win. However, he was well down on the clock. Valiantly, for the sake of the team, he turned down a draw, converted to R+3P v R+2P but soon thereafter his flag fell just as he blundered on the board. An undeserved loss and a final 4-2 team loss.

Detailed results were:

Ian Snape 0-1 Philip Morris
John Duggan 0-1 Alan Hanreck
Michael Prizant ½=½ Philip Gregory
Nick Briggs 1-0 Default
Robert Maguire 0-1 Conor Murphy
Alan Sands ½-½ Du Toit

COUNTY CUP: Beckenham 1 v Charlton

Another win last night, albeit against a somewhat depleted Charlton side, leaves us very nicely placed on 3½/4. Detailed results were:

Ian Snape ½-½ Alan Hanreck
John Duggan 1-0 Philip Gregory
Nick Briggs ½-½ Conor Murphy
Kevin Bailey 1-0 Ronald Hyde
Robert Maguire ½-½ Du Toit
Alan Sands ½-½ Terry Lloyd

COUNTY CUP: Maidstone v Beckenham

16 February saw an excellent 4½-1½ win away to Maidstone. Detailed results were:

Ian Snape ½-½ Martin Taylor
John Duggan ½-½ Cliff Chandler
Michael Prizant ½-½ Duncan Harwood
Nick Briggs 1-0 David Munford
Robert Maguire 1-0 David Heath
Alan Sands 1-0 John Allen

BECKENHAM FIDE RATED CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

Round 4 was played on 10 February and was bloody. Results:

Robert Maguire 1- 0 Ian Snape
Kevin Bailey 0-1 John Duggan
Michael Prizant 1-0 Andrew Ponting

Prizant,Michael (2137) - Ponting,Andrew (1860) [B22]
Beckenham FIDE Rated Championships Worsley Bridge Road (4), 10.02.2011

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.0–0 Be7 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.a3 0–0 11.b4 Bxb4?? [11...Qc7=] 12.axb4 Qxa1 13.Qb3 a5? [Of course it is hopeless but, if Black wants to play on, giving up a knight via some sort of Na5 is mandatory. 13...Nd5 14.Bb2 Na5 15.bxa5 Qxa5 16.Nxd5+-] 14.Bb2 a4 15.Rxa1 1–0
　

COUNTY CUP: Beckenham v Lewisham

Our second County Cup match was played on 3 February and resulted in a 3½-2½ win. Details below:

Ian Snape 1-0 Victor Jones
John Duggan 0-1 William Jones
Michael Prizant 1-0 Mark Robertson
Nick Briggs ½-½ Gordon Botley
Robert Maguire ½-½ Cos Charles
Alan Sands ½-½ Syd Jacobs