• CLACTON Chess Club

          Venue:   Holland Public Hall, Frinton Road, Holland on Sea, Clacton on Sea, Essex.
          Postcode:   CO15 5UR             Tel:   01255 814317
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          Website:   http://clactonchess.org.uk (opens in new window/tab)
          Club Nights:   Tuesday       Club normally closes mid-July through August

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    Club is open for 2021/22 season
    Due to Covid the kitchen is not available
    so we are unable to offer refreshments.

    In our last active season:-

    Bob Stephens won the 2019 Club Shield
    Jason Help won the 2019 Club Grading Award
    Melvin Steele won the 2019 Bullwinkle Ladder
    Clacton retained the SCCA Under 125 Cup

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  •  2021/2022 - Clacton Calendar - Fixtures and Results

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    Date Event Div
    /Rnd
    Teams   Score  
     Tue 21-Sep-2021  SCCA  U1650   Felixstowe v Clacton   1 - 3 
     Tue 05-Oct-2021  SCCA  U1650   Clacton v Ipswich   2½ - 1½ 
     Wed 24-Nov-2021 
      League   3 BRAINTREE B   v   CLACTON 3½ - ½
     Tue 07-Dec-2021 
      League   3 CLACTON   v   COLCHESTER C 4 - 0
     Thu 09-Dec-2021  SCCA  U1650   Bury v Clacton    1 - 3 
     Mon 28-Feb-2022 
      League   3 CHELMSFORD C   v   CLACTON 1 - 3
     Tue 15-Mar-2022  SCCA  U1650   Clacton v Felixstowe   3½ - ½ 
     Wed 23-Mar-2022 
      League   3 COLCHESTER C   v   CLACTON 3 - 1
     Tue 05-Apr-2022 
      League   3 CLACTON   v   CHELMSFORD C 1 - 3
     Tue 19-Apr-2022 
      League   3 CLACTON   v   BRAINTREE B 1½ - 2½
     Tue 19-Apr-2022  SCCA  U1650   Ipswich v Clacton   ½ - 3½ 
     Tue 03-May-2022  SCCA  U1650   Clacton v Bury   2 - 2 
     Tue 10-May-2022 
      League   3 CLACTON   v   BRENTWOOD B 1½ - 2½
     Tue 31-May-2022 
      League   3 BRENTWOOD B   v   CLACTON 3 - 1
  • (click here to show seperate NECL/other tables for Clacton club)

     

  •  2021/2022 - Clacton Players
  • (ordered by Jul 2021 SP grade)

    Name SP Grade
    from
      Jul 2021  
    SP Grade
    from
      Jun 2022  
    RP Grade
    from
      Jul 2021  
    RP Grade
    from
      Jun 2022  
    ECF
    Grading
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    SPio
    3
     Robbie Wright 1975 EXP 1975 EXP 1728 EXP 1728 EXP   267495G    E 13531 
     Andrew Salmon 1833 D 1835 K 1795 EXP 1795 K   118426L   League quota
    reached (3/3)
    Club quota
    reached (3/3)
    38
    * Nathan Barnes 1810 C 1835 K 1870 E 1870 K   140673F    S 10989  2
     Robert Stephens 1788 A 1773 K 1773 D 1815 K   128639A    P 013524  24
     George Lunn 1645 E 1645 K 1585 EST 1585 EST   164447G  
     Kyriakos Chovardas 1645 EXP 1648 K 1630 EXP 1630 K   287658K   11
     Marek Ciorga 1615 C 1620 K 1563 EXP 1563 K   307019A    B 9653  1136
     Melvin Steele 1608 C 1600 K 1668 A 1668 K   122031H    B 10342  2616
     Gary Dawkes 1600 C 1600 K 1540 D 1540 K   317477D  
     Doug Mothershaw 1600 F 1600 K 1533 E 1533 K   282514E  
     Danny Hardman 1593 D 1593 K 1660 B 1660 K   256285G  
     Martin Alvin 1578 EXP 1578 EXP 1675 EXP 1675 EXP   257873G   Club quota
    reached (3/3)
    6
     John Lambert 1563 C 1565 K 1488 A 1488 K   170345G    B 7540  3403
     Michael Coughtrey 1525 C 1507 K 1428 C 1428 K   108933L    S 10665  137
     Andrew Todd 1488 C 1506 K 1413 C 1413 K   250045A    B 1236  114
     Warwick Estlea 1480 C 1490 K 1488 A 1488 K   300366J    B 16191  6642
     Nigel Lake 1465 C 1475 K 1360 C 1360 K   174838F    B 11360  3• 511
     Clive Hill 1428 D 1413 K 1398 D 1398 K   213670D    B 003076  58
     John Rowe 1188 EST 1188 EST 1188 EXP 1188 K   317479H  
     Richard O Brien 1135 EST 1135 EST 1173 E 1173 K   314875A  
     Alex O Brien 1075 EST 1075 EST 1135 EXP 1135 EXP   297014E  
     Jason Help 1000 EST 1000 EST 910 EXP 910 EXP   317478F   3
     Lincoln Hogan 1000 EST 1000 EST 1000 EST 1000 EST    
     Alan Methven 888 EST 888 EST 888 EST 888 EST   253178B   Club quota
    reached (3/3)
    9
     Aaron Smith   1200 EST   1200 EST     Club quota
    reached (3/3)
    8
     Felix Todd   1654 P   1600 EST   340392A    B 25956  224
     Josh Day   1000 EST   1000 EST     4
     Vince Chung   1226 P   952 A   330644G    G 24169  181

    28 players listed, 13 are NECL registered for 2021/2022 (non-registered names in italic), 13 are ECF members

    *   not primary NECL membership
    •   excludes games won by default

          Clacton NECL Account, Nominations & Registrations

     

  •   2021/2022 - Clacton Competitions

    • Ladder

      The rules for this competition are explained here.

      Final Play-off
      On the last day the winner will be selected from a play-off of the 3 players with the most qualifying points at that stage and present on that day.
      If more than one player have the same third highest points, elimination ladder games will be played until only 3 players qualify for the play-off.
      Play rate will be 30 mins per player and the first pairing will be from a random draw.
      The winner then changes colour to play the 3rd player in the second game.
      If the first game is drawn the black player will stay on and play as white against the third player.
      The third game will be between the two players who have not yet played each other in the play-off, with players reversing their previous colours.
      The revised ladder will show the winner who will be presented with the Bullwinkle Trophy Board to keep for one year.
      Ties will be resolved by the results of direct encounters - or title shared if that is a draw.
      A 3-way unresolved tie will require a further day to repeat this play-off with a shorter time control of 10 minutes on each players clock.

      Start Date: 07-Sep-2021
      Finish Date: 05-Jul-2022
      Rate: All
      Minimum Games to qualify: 8
      Common Startscore: 50
      Method: Increment by Day
      Event Tag: ladder

      126 games played from Tue 14-Sep-2021 to Tue 31-May-2022
      (3 Standard Play and 123 Rapid Play)

            Ladder table ordered by points

      Player#
       Games 
       Points 
       Warwick Estlea  5889
       Marek Ciorga  988
       Melvin Steele  5367
       John Lambert  3449
       Clive Hill  449
       Andrew Todd  848
       Michael Coughtrey  3346
       Alan Methven  242
       Nigel Lake  4526
       Josh Day  426
       Felix Todd  220

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    •   Clacton Club Shield

      The annual event for the award of the Peter Keffler Shield is being held as an 8 round Swiss competition.
      Time controls are 40 minutes per player. A full point bye will be given to non-paired players and count as a played game.
      Half point byes, to a maximum of 2 rounds, may be awarded to absent players prior to the last day of play.
      Half point byes for the last day of play are not allowed unless requested before the start of the competition.
      The outright winner on points will be presented with the Peter Keffler Shield to keep for one year and be "Club Champion".
      Ties will be resolved by the results of direct encounters. If that does not provide a winner the trophy will be shared.

      A Grading Award will be presented for the best player performance relative to their grade, to keep for one year.

      No player can win both trophies.

      Players need 6 played games to qualify.
      Score system: Std. (1,½,0)

      Start Date: 07-Jun-2022
      Finish Date: 28-Jun-2022

      44 Rapid Play Games played from Tue 07-Jun-2022 to Tue 28-Jun-2022

            Players x Rounds Cross Table, ordered by points (click here to see players x players format)

      #NamePoints RoundsPerf Perf
      minus
      Grade
      12345678
      1 Andrew Salmon (1795) 6½+w11+b3+w12+b2=w6+b7+w9-b417972
      2 Martin Alvin (1675) 5½=BYE=BYE+b7-w1=b3+w13+b6+w81671-3
      3 John Lambert (1488) 5½+b7-w1=BYE=BYE=w2+b6+b10+w9152436
      4 Robert Stephens (1815) 4½=BYE=BYE+b5=w6+b15+w118205
      5 Marek Ciorga (1563) 4+w13+b15-w4+b12=BYE=BYE15674
      6 Andrew Todd (1413) 4=BYE=BYE+w15=b4=b1-w3-w2+b13142310
      7 Vince Chung (952) 4-w3+b9-w2+b14+w12-w1-b8+w10101563
      8 Michael Coughtrey (1428) 3½=BYE=BYE+w9=b12+w7-b2143911
      9 Melvin Steele (1668) 3-b12-w7+b13+w10-b8+w15-b1-b31600-67
      10 Warwick Estlea (1488) 3-w15+b13+w14-b9=BYE=BYE-w3-b71437-50
      11 Clive Hill (1398) 3-b1-w12=BYE=BYE+b13+w151390-7
      12 Nigel Lake (1360) 2½+w9+b11-b1-w5-b7=w813666
      13 Aaron Smith (1200) 2-b5-w10-w9+b15+w14-b2-w11-w61188-11
      14 Jason Help (910) 2=BYE=BYE-b10-w7-b13+BYE896-13
      15 Alan Methven (888) 2+b10-w5-b6-w13+BYE-b9-w4-b1190214

     

  •   2021/2022 - Non-fixture SP games by Clacton players

    (club internals, daytime, other leagues & tournaments)

    click "Rate" to toggle through all/SP/RP
    Date Event Rnd
    /Div
    Rate BrdWhiteResultBlack
     Tue 21-Sep-2021 
     SCCA, Felixstowe v Clacton  U1650 SP 1 Marek Ciorga (1615) ½ - ½  Gary Hemsworth (1645) 
     Tue 21-Sep-2021 
     SCCA, Felixstowe v Clacton  U1650 SP 2  David Robertson (1443) ½ - ½ Melvin Steele (1608) 
     Tue 21-Sep-2021 
     SCCA, Felixstowe v Clacton  U1650 SP 3 John Lambert (1563) 1 - 0  Henry May (1293) 
     Tue 21-Sep-2021 
     SCCA, Felixstowe v Clacton  U1650 SP 4  John Barty (1285) 0 - 1 Felix Todd (1600) 
     Tue 05-Oct-2021 
     SCCA, Clacton v Ipswich  U1650 SP 1  Simon Riley (1703) 1 - 0 Marek Ciorga (1616) 
     Tue 05-Oct-2021 
     SCCA, Clacton v Ipswich  U1650 SP 2 Melvin Steele (1604) 1 - 0  Ken Lunn (1503) 
     Tue 05-Oct-2021 
     SCCA, Clacton v Ipswich  U1650 SP 3  Adam Wilson (1465) 0 - 1 Felix Todd (1600) 
     Tue 05-Oct-2021 
     SCCA, Clacton v Ipswich  U1650 SP 4 Warwick Estlea (1480) ½ - ½  Roger N Smith (1390) 
     Tue 19-Oct-2021 
     Clacton Club Ladder   SP  Michael Coughtrey (1525) 0 - 1 Warwick Estlea (1480) 
     Tue 02-Nov-2021 
     Clacton Club Ladder   SP  Melvin Steele (1612) 1 - 0 Nigel Lake (1465) 
     Thu 09-Dec-2021 
     SCCA, Bury v Clacton  U1650 SP 1 Melvin Steele (1612) 1 - 0  Hugo Smith (1468) 
     Thu 09-Dec-2021 
     SCCA, Bury v Clacton  U1650 SP 2  Lawrence Garside (1500) 0 - 1 Marek Ciorga (1608) 
     Thu 09-Dec-2021 
     SCCA, Bury v Clacton  U1650 SP 3 John Lambert (1566) 0 - 1  Craig Bradshaw (1354) 
     Thu 09-Dec-2021 
     SCCA, Bury v Clacton  U1650 SP 4  Jake Williamson (1116) 0 - 1 Nigel Lake (1470) 
     Tue 14-Dec-2021 
     Clacton Club Ladder   SP  Nigel Lake (1470) 0 - 1 Melvin Steele (1612) 
     Tue 15-Mar-2022 
     SCCA, Clacton v Felixstowe  U1650 SP 1  Gary Hemsworth (1645) ½ - ½ Kyriakos Chovardas (1649) 
     Tue 15-Mar-2022 
     SCCA, Clacton v Felixstowe  U1650 SP 2 Melvin Steele (1618) 1 - 0  David Robertson (1443) 
     Tue 15-Mar-2022 
     SCCA, Clacton v Felixstowe  U1650 SP 3  Trevor Wright (1321) 0 - 1 Marek Ciorga (1617) 
     Tue 15-Mar-2022 
     SCCA, Clacton v Felixstowe  U1650 SP 4 Felix Todd (1600) 1 - 0  John Barty (1285) 
     Tue 19-Apr-2022 
     SCCA, Ipswich v Clacton  U1650 SP 1 John Lambert (1567) ½ - ½  Piotr Dolewka (1548) 
     Tue 19-Apr-2022 
     SCCA, Ipswich v Clacton  U1650 SP 2  Ken Lunn (1503) 0 - 1 Marek Ciorga (1620) 
     Tue 19-Apr-2022 
     SCCA, Ipswich v Clacton  U1650 SP 3 Melvin Steele (1615) 1 - 0  Adam Wilson (1465) 
     Tue 19-Apr-2022 
     SCCA, Ipswich v Clacton  U1650 SP 4  Roger N Smith (1390) 0 - 1 Felix Todd (1600) 
     Tue 03-May-2022 
     SCCA, Clacton v Bury  U1650 SP 1  Rowan Kent (1582) 1 - 0 Marek Ciorga (1632) 
     Tue 03-May-2022 
     SCCA, Clacton v Bury  U1650 SP 2 Melvin Steele (1615) 0 - 1  Hugo Smith (1468) 
     Tue 03-May-2022 
     SCCA, Clacton v Bury  U1650 SP 3  Craig Bradshaw (1354) 0 - 1 Warwick Estlea (1482) 
     Tue 03-May-2022 
     SCCA, Clacton v Bury  U1650 SP 4 Vince Chung (1100) 1 - 0  Mark Webb (1365) 

    27 SP games listed

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