Brown Jack Chess Club

 04/05  Club awards & individual successes

Peter Richmond - Overall Brown Jack Player of the Year.  More details

Peter Richmond - Annual club tournament winner.

Dan Hall - Best Wiltshire League team player

Peter Richmond - Best 4NCL player

Peter Richmond - Best National Club Championship player

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 Aug 05

Dan Hall had a very busy and successful fortnight at the Isle of

Man British Championships. He impressively jointly won the

British U-16 Championship & also won the U-15 trophy. Dan also

finished 22nd in the British Championship. Josh Hall also impressed

in the Major Open finishing 20th, including a draw with the Ukranian

Master Peter Marusenko (rated 2344).

 Jul 05

Josh Hall won the Major section of the Spectrum Chess 1st Cardiff

Congress. Robbie Dams finished second.

 Apr 05

At the 1st World School Chess Championship in Halkidiki Greece,

(21st to 29th April) Dan and Toby Hall competed in the U-16 and

U-14 sections respectively. They both played in their sections a

'year early'. Dan, despite the organisers failing to seed him properly,

scored 5½/9 against strong opposition including countries such

as Azerbaijan and India. Toby also did well to get 3½/9, playing

against countries such as Ukraine and Germany.

At the U-16 National Junior Chess Squad Champs. three of the

club's junior members played in Nottingham in this strong event.

Lewis Martin and Robbie Dams both scored a hard-fought 3/6.

Dan Hall scored an unbeaten 5/6, finishing as runner-up, behind

Simon Fowler of Shropshire.

 Mar 05

At the West of England Championships Dan Hall achieved a very

good result in the Open section, finishing joint fifth on 4/7 and won

a grading prize. Josh Hall played well in the Major section, finishing

only half a point off the places with 4½/7. Toby Hall scored a

creditable 4/7 in the U-125 section.

 Mar 05

At the Blackpool Chess Congress Sarah Thomas played well to win

a grading prize.

At the East Devon Congress David Tomboline was joint winner of

the U-150 section.

 Feb 05

At the Kidlington Congress Lewis Martin was joint winner of the U-125

section with 4½/5. Nicola Thomas was joint fourth with 4/5. Josh Hall

was fourth in the U-170 section, only half a point behind the joint

winners on 4/5. He won the U-155 grading prize. Josh, Lewis, Nicola

and Sarah Thomas won the £40 team prize with 15/20. Robbie Dams

scored 1½/5 in the U-170 and Dan Hall scored 2/5 in the U-225

section.

At the Wilts. & West of England Junior Championships Lewis Martin

finished equal first in the Major section, becoming both Wiltshire and

West of England U-18, U-16 and U-14 champion. Nicola Thomas

finished Wiltshire U-18 girls champion. Robbie Dams won the

Controller's Prize.

At the Jersey Chess Festival  Josh Hall won an U-150 grading prize

in the Major section.

Jan 05

Jack Cleeves gained his second half-norm in the U-12 Major

at the London Junior Chess Congress. He has now been invited

into the National Squad (joining six other Brown Jack juniors already

in the Squad), and will represent England in Bulgaria in May. Robbie

Dams will play for an England squad in Poland in February.

 Dec 04

At the Bristol Open Chess Congress, held at Redlands Girls School,

Nicola came joint first in the Intermediate (U-125) section, scoring

4/5.

 Nov 04

At the Oxford University Rapidplay Josh Hall was joint first in the

Major (U-150) with 4½/6. Dan Hall jointly won the U-175 grading prize

in the Open with 3½/6.

At the U-15 National Youth Chess Association Event, Brown Jack

juniors were 50% of the 12-man Wiltshire U-15 team which played at

Solihull. Lewis Martin and Sarah Thomas played boards two and

seven respectively. Nicola Thomas (board three) and Toby Hall

(board five) both scored 2½/3, while Jack Cleeves (board six) and

Dan Hall (board one) both scored 3/3. The team, although particularly

young on average compared to other teams, managed to finish 6th

out of 14.

 Oct 04

At the Weymouth Congress Josh Hall won the overall junior prize with

a score of 3½/5 in the Major. He finished only half a point behind the

three joint winners.

At the Wiltshire 5-minute Championship Peter Richmond retained his

title once more at the Brown Jack. Richard Haydon finished second

with 5½/7. Dan Hall shared third place with local IM James Sherwin

on 5/7.

At the West Wales Congress in the U-112 section Toby Hall finished

2nd with 4½/5. Sarah Thomas finished joint 3rd, and also won the

U-88 grading prize.

 Sep 04

At the Leek Chess Congress in the U-110 section Nicola Thomas

finished joint 1st with 4/5 & joint winner of the 'Charlotte Atkins' ladies

prize. In the U-80 section Sarah Thomas finished 3rd with 3½/5.

Thanks to Bev Schofield and Helena Thomas for the junior news.

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