MEETINGS AND CLUB LOCATION

SOUTHBOURNE CHESS CLUB
Meets on Friday evenings, 6.30 -10.30 pm at
Tuckton Social Club, 222 Tuckton Road, BOURNEMOUTH, Dorset, BH6 3AA.

LUDO LOUNGE CHESS  
Meets on Tuesday afternoons 2.30-5.00 pm at
Ludo Lounge is at 34 Southbourne Grove, Bournemouth BH6 3RA.  

We have five teams in the Bournemouth and  one team in the B&DCL Team Handicap Knockout Cup and are specially keen to welcome new members, particularly beginners including those wishing to learn the game.
We also cater for juniors (accompanied by a parent). 
So do come and join us, your first week is free!
For more information please contact John Harris (01202) 427523 or email southbournechessclub@yahoo.co.uk if you wish to discuss further.
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The ECF has issued guidance relating to COVID-19.   Details of these and previous ECF and Government statements  can be found here.
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SOUTHBOURNE CHESS CLUB CHRISTMAS FUN HANDICAP TOURNAMENT - 17TH DECEMBER 2021
As is traditional, the Southbourne Christmas Fun Handicap Tournament was held on the last available Friday before Christmas. Last year for the first time in almost 30 years it was not held and this year we chose not to organise it on Christmas Eve as we understand Santa might be very busy!

We were not sure how many people would attend given the recent surge in Covid cases but we took every precaution we could including ensuring windows and doors were wide open, masks worn at all times (except when drinking and eating) and asking players to maintain good social distancing. In the end, given these considerations,we had an appropriate number, approximately 30 including parents and 10 juniors. We were very pleased that there was a good mix of players including many players from other clubs, past Southbourne players, and other family members of our chess players.
We chose to split the tournament into two sections. This covered a main tournament where 20 players took part plus a junior tournament (see below) for the less experienced Southbourne juniors. We are pleased that three juniors had the confidence to take part in the main event and two of them came in the top 10!
Due to the time handicap some of the higher rated players only had 1.5 minutes for their whole game whilst their opponents had 18.5 minutes - this made for some very interesting blitz chess! Indeed, we understand there were a few 'take the kings' (which was allowed in our rules!). In addition, some games lasted more than the allocated 20 minutes as some clocks were somehow set incorrectly! We blame the new ECF rating system where the difference in ratings proved very hard for the time handicap to be calculated!
The most pleasing thing was that everyone appeared to enjoy themselves with everything on offer which included lots of Christmas pressies (two each for every player!), a chess book sale, Christmas music, Bucks Fizz, tea, coffee, mince pies and biscuits.
There was a real festive buzz!
And here are all the presents on display together with the book sale!
Adam Ursell (Highcliffe) came 3rd with 4.5 points
Nathaniel Cleland (Wimborne) & Steve Pollyn (Wimborne) came equal 4th with 4 points.

We are so giving as a club that we let our visitors win the top prizes! 😁
Our top Southbourne players were (from left to right in the photo below) Jon Catchpole, Len Laker, Florence Spirling & Finn Schell who came equal 6th with 3.5 points. Especially well done to both juniors, Florence & Finn. However, has Florence grabbed only one present?
Other photos of (mainly) Southbourne players and their family members with their pressies!
Dan Ursell and Thomas Trach with Russ Pegg sharing 10th place.
John Harris and Peter Austin (ex-Southbourne) sharing 13th place
Savanna Forster (Nikki Forster's daughter) sharing 15th place. Alan Dufall missed the photo opportunity as he had the last bus to catch!
Arthur Spirling (Florence's grandad) in 17th place.
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Jan Lucas and Penny Stokes sharing 18th place..
Even Nikki Forster won a prize for organising the Junior Fun Tournament!
Santa also arrived just in time to distribute the pressies, but shhhh, please don't tell anyone, he is not the real one!
In the separate Junior Christmas Chess Tournament expertly organised by Nikki Forster our Club Secretary, Cyrus Piao was outstanding coming 1st with a score of 4 points, Krushmiga Jeyasiri and Smyan Sripirasanna came equal 2nd with 2.5 points. Other scores were Theo Toma with 2 points,  Sharvika Jeyasiri with 1 point and Thuran Kumar who enjoyed the matches.
So lots of fun was had by all!
Martin Simons - Chairman
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Winter Club Championship Swiss 2021-2022

Round 1
Len Laker                     1      v   0  Frank Hamilton Taylor  
Finn Schell                           v       Brian Curran
Michael Litchfield **              v       Alan Reid
Anton Vann                          v       Jamie Doyle
Paul Sandy                     1    v   0   Ken Dixon
Florence Spirling             0     v  1   John Harris     
Chris Lane                      1     v  0   Alan Dufall
Janet Lucas **                0     v  1   David Arorash
Time Control 35 Moves in 75 minutes, then 15 minutes to finish
Games to be played by Friday 3 December 2021
First named player's please contact your opponent to arrange when to play.
-- Arranged to play 3 December 2021

Round 2
J Harris  1                     v  L Laker  1 
B Curran 1 *                  v  P Sandy  1
D Arorash  1                 v    M Litchfield  1*
J Doyle    !*                  v    C Lane    1
F Hamilton-taylor 0        v    F Spirling  0
K Dixon    0                  v    F Schell    0*
A Reid    0*                  v    J lucas    0
A Dufall  0                   v    A Vann    0*
 * Assumed from round 1
Time Control 35 Moves in 75 minutes, then 15 minutes to finish
Games to be played by Friday 11 February 2022
First named player's please contact your opponent to arrange when to play.
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Junior Chess at Southbourne Chess Club
 
Southbourne chess club is now open on a Friday evening from 6.30pm for both juniors and adults. Southbourne is a friendly informal club so very suitable for juniors. Martin Simons, as the chairman of Southbourne Chess Club, is very supportive of junior chess. It's a very family friendly venue which makes it ideal for young players. 
  
This year, Southbourne Chess Club has seen an ever-growing number of young players coming along and, on any Friday, the club has between 5 and 10 juniors. Junior players range in age from around 7 years up to mid-teens.
 
Abilities are totally mixed from those who are complete beginners, through those with limited experience to those who are quite experienced and are playing in the local chess league teams. The club is proud to welcome all juniors (and parents) and has juniors travelling from across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and even some from further afield. 
 
Beginners’ chess at Southbourne Chess Club
 
Currently, Nikki Forster is giving informal, fun chess coaching to beginners from 6.30pm on a Friday at Southbourne for about an hour or just over. The sessions cover a range of topics from the basics of how pieces move to tactics such as forks, pins and skewers and how to checkmate. The juniors also work on chess puzzles and play against each other.
 
To help beginners become familiar with how the pieces move, the following free Chesskid.com videos are a good starting point and are highly recommended:
 
Pawn level 1 https://www.chesskid.com/lessons/view/meet-the-rook
Pawn level 2 https://www.chesskid.com/lessons/view/meet-the-bishops
Pawn level 3 https://www.chesskid.com/lessons/view/meet-the-queen
Pawn level 4 https://www.chesskid.com/lessons/view/meet-the-king
Pawn level 5 https://www.chesskid.com/lessons/view/meet-the-pawn
Pawn level 6 https://www.chesskid.com/lessons/view/meet-the-knight
 
Lots of opportunity for more experienced juniors
 
The more experienced juniors are enjoying playing each other across the board on a Friday evening and playing adult members of the chess club. There is often an opportunity for them to receive coaching from some of these other regular adult players during this time. 
 
Southbourne Chess Club also has juniors regularly playing for the club in the B&DCL league matches, representing teams at all levels from the D team up to the A team.
  
The club also has a team in the B&DCL Bacchus League which is aimed at junior and inexperienced chess players and, Southbourne, strongly encourages as many juniors as possible to play in these matches (the time control is 60 minutes per player). The club sees this as important in the junior’s chess development.
  
Dorset Junior Chess
 
Up to date information on junior chess, along with puzzles and fun stuff can be found on the junior chess page of the Dorset Chess website. Junior Chess | Dorset Chess
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HOW PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CAN HELP YOU TO PLAY CHESS BETTER?

Training your brain is just as important as training your body….It’s just like a muscle—if you’re not using it, you can lose it.” Magnus Carlsen
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If you have some time to go walking during the day, why not join the Christchurch Health Walks - They are completely FREE?
Also Wellbeing Walks - Walk a mile and get a free coffee & cake in Boscombe
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