Herts Chess Association, 61st Annual Congress

News comes to us of the Hertfordshire Annual Congress, which is now held on the weekend of 2nd - 3rd February, to avoid clashing with the London Chess Classic. Details from www.hertschesscongress.com

The venus is the County Suite, County Hall, Hertford, SG13 8DQ.

In addition to the Open there are graded sections for U175, U150 and U120. Prizes totalling £1600 including 2 grading prizes in each Tournament.

BECKENHAM FIDE RATED CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

The results last night in the third round were:

Ian Snape ½-½ Michael Prizant
Stephen Lowe 1-0 John Duggan
Nick Briggs ½-½ Graeme Plato

Richard Selway (1½) v Andrew Ponting (0) – postponed to 13 December

This leaves the table as:

2 Ian Snape
1½ Richard Selway+, John Duggan, Nick Briggs and Graeme Plato
1 Michael Prizant+ and Stephen Lowe+
0 Andrew Ponting+

COUNTY CUP

Not exactly the best start to our County Cup season last week as we began with two losses, 1½-4½ to Charlton and 2½-3½ to Maidstone:

Away to Charlton on 20 November

217 Philip Morris ½-½ Ian Snape 208
204 Tony Stebbings 1-0 John Duggan 190
202 Alan Hanreck ½-½ Michael Prizant 187
179 Philip Gregory 1-0 Graeme Plato 182
178 David Morris 1-0 Rohan Shiatis 176
173 Conor Murphy ½-½ Richard Selway 173

Home to Maidstone on 22 November

208 Ian Snape ½-½ Martin Taylor 218
190 John Duggan 0-1 Cliff Chandler 210
187 Michael Prizant ½-½ Andrew Mayhew 207
177 Nick Briggs ½-½ Ian Watson 193
176 Rohan Shiatis ½-½ Bob Lane 159
173 Richard Selway ½-½ David Heath 156

BECKENHAM FIDE RATED CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

The results of the second round, played last night, were:

John Duggan (2174) ½-½ Ian Snape (2245)
Andrew Ponting (1904) 0-1 Nick Briggs (1979)
Graeme Plato (-) 0-1 Richard Selway (-)

Michael Prizant (2076) v Stephen Lowe (-) was postponed by Michael - ill

KENT QUICKPLAY FINAL

Rainham were at home to Beckenham in the final of the Kent Quickplay last night.  Beckenham won 10-6 to retain the trophy.  Many thanks to Alex Selway who stepped in as a replacement at a few hours notice and scored a critical 2/4.

BECKENHAM FIDE RATED CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

The second round of the 7 round APA tournament will be held on 8 November and the pairings are:

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