Fixture List

The first draft fixtures list is available here.  With thanks to Malcolm.

BECKENHAM FIDE RATED CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012/3

The first round of the 7 round APA tournament will be held on 11 October and the draw is:

Nick Briggs (1979) v Ian Snape (2245)
John Duggan (2174) v Andrew Ponting (1904)
Richard Selway (-) v Michael Prizant (2076)
Stephen Lowe (-) v Graeme Plato (-)

Club Tournament 2012/13

The Tournament this year is being run by John White.

To enable the competition to get off to a speedy start, utilising the quiet period before the leagues begin,
we have produced a preliminary list of players for the two groups. If anybody knows that they will not be
playing, will they please strike their name off the list. Please check that the telephone number given is your
preferred one.

Unless they played last year, we have not included juniors as school commitments and league matches limit
the amount of time available.. However, if any juniors wish to play, again, please let John know by email.

The playing rules will be exactly the same as last year – a two hour handicap. The handicap is one minute of
time for each grading point. For example, if a 120 plays a 150 there is a 30 point difference and therefore a 30 minute difference: thus, 45 minutes plays 75 minutes. Players will toss for colours. As last year, players will be split into two groups; the top two from each group will play a semi-final (the winner of group A plays the runner-up in group B) to produce the two finalists.

To prevent anomalies at the extremes of the grading range, there are two qualifications to the handicap
calculation:

• No player shall have less than 15 minutes time
• A minimum grading of 50 will be used

Anybody who has not played a minimum of two games by Christmas will be removed from the competition
and their results will be ignored. Results sheets will be pinned to the red clipboard.

John Lewin

London League Fixtures

The London League fixtures are here and can be imported (I think!) into your favourite calendar application by clicking here.