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Chess
Moves
January/February 2010
international chess congress
85
th
hastings
NEWSLETTER OF THE ENGLISH CHESS FEDERATION
£1.50
Romain Edouard (Fra), David Howell , The Mayor, Mark Hebden, Isratescu (Rou) and the Golombek Trophy
The 85th Hastings International Chess Congress drew to a close on 5th January at Horntye Park
Sports Complex, Hastings. The closing ceremony was attended by Cllr. Maureen Charlesworth, the
Right Worshipful Mayor of Hastings, Cllr. Peter Pragnell, Leader of Hastings Borough Council and
prospective Conservative candidate Amber Rudd.
The Congress attracted players from 23 countries - including a Masters player from Iraq. The number
of entries was similar to last year at 452. Organisers were pleased to see a number of new faces, who
all expressed their hope to return for the 86th Congress
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editorial
Well, global warming certainly arrived in
the South East of England. On the 4th of
January, when the office reopened after
the Christmas break, the staff struggled in
through 6-8 inches of snow, only to find
that there was no heating for the entire
building. After a couple of hours we had
to give in and make the return journey
home – hours instead of the usual 20 mins.
The next day we did it all again, but this
time carrying shovels and heaters (never
say die). The following week I spent three
hours with a colleague on the station
platform before being told that all trains
had been cancelled, then had to walk
home because the roads were closed.
Who says we Southerners are soft? Happy
New Year to all!
Cynthia Gurney, Editor
grades
January (half Year) rapidplay
ECF News
These are now available on the Grading Database website (http://grading.
bcfservices.org.uk) - bringing in Rapidplay games played up to January 2010
ecF vacancies
manager of chess for schools
Reports to Director of Junior Chess & Education Has overall responsibility for
supervising the ECF element of the national Chess for Schools scheme.
This includes -
• Supporting the sponsors Holloid Plastics in the delivery of the chess sets
to the schools. This will require that the Manager ensures that the ECF is
represented at approximately 15 events held throughout the country at which
the representative will be required to speak on behalf of the ECF.
• Development and sale of follow-up support packages to schools
• Establishment of a national network of affiliated chess academies.
• Responsibility for identification and implementation of any other measures
necessary to ensure the success of the Chess for Schools scheme.
• Responsibility for the work of any officers who may be appointed with
agreement of the ECF Board to support the initiative.
• Liaison with any other ECF officers who are supporting the scheme and in
particular the Chief Executive, Director of Marketing, the Manager of Coaching,
and the ECF Office.
Notes:
CRB Enhanced Disclosure is required. The Manager is required to respond with
due diligence to communications from members of the ECF Board, members
of the Federation and the general public. An honorarium will be payable to a
suitably qualified officer. Reasonable expenses will be reimbursed.
The ideal candidate will:
• Have a successful track record in project management;
• Be a good public speaker;
• Have experience in junior organisation.
ecF Batsford
competition
Winner novemBer-DecemBer
John Doidge
from newton abbot
The correct Answer is 1.Ke5
This issue’s problem
The Problemist, 1975
David J Shire
White to play and mate in 2
Please send your answer (just the first move is sufficient)
on a postcard to the
ECF Office,
The Watch Oak, Chain Lane, Battle, East Sussex TN33 0YD
The first correct entry drawn on the 10th March 2010 will
win a Batsford voucher for any book on their current list
ecF awards 2009
President’s awards for services to chess 2010
Nominations are invited for the ECF Presidents Awards. The awards are made
annually for services to the game of chess.
Previous winners include B H Wood, The BBC, the late IM Bob Wade and a host
of players and organisers. The recipient of the award will receive a plaque.
Nominations, with a short citation, should be sent (by 17 April 2010) to:
John Wickham, 55 Shakespeare Way, Taverham, Norwich NR8 6SL or email
j.r.wickham@btinternet.com
Winners of the award will be announced on the ECF website and at the ECF
AGM in October.
Hastings ICC ...............................................FC, 5-7
ECF News ...........................................................2-3
British Rapidplay ...................................................3
Chess for Schools .................................................4
International News................................................8
Junior News .......................................................8-9
Puzzle .....................................................................9
Book Reviews ......................................................10
Obituary...............................................................11
4NCL ...............................................................12-13
Results.............................................................14-17
Gib Telecom ...................................................18-19
ECF Grand Prix ...................................................19
Calendar .............................................................BC
contents
copy Deadline
10th march 2010
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club of the Year & small club of the Year 2010
The ECF is looking for submissions from Chess clubs for these two awards. We are
seeking details of clubs that stand out from the rest and clubs that their members
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feel proud to belong to. It’s time to get recognition of your
club by becoming recipients of the award from the ECF.
The submissions should detail the clubs participation in
local leagues and competitions, but also cover such items
as how the club encourages membership among groups
under-represented in the general chess population, the
contribution made to chess locally and nationally, the
activities organised for juniors and comment on how the
club interacts with schools and the local community.
The club(s) selected for the awards will receive a scroll, an
engraved plaque and digital clock.
Send your submissions by 29 May 2010 to: John Wickham,
55 Shakespeare Way, Taverham, Norwich NR8 6SL or email
j.r.wickham@btinternet.com
Eligible Congresses/Events are asked to submit a citation,
with copies of the entry forms, to John Wickham, 55
Shakespeare Way, Taverham, Norwich NR8 6SL or email
j.r.wickham@btinternet.com
British chess educational trust awards
With funds provided by the generosity of the late Sir
George Thomas (now administered by the British Chess
Educational Trust) the English Chess Federation annually
awards shields to schools which have shown outstanding
achievements or enthusiasm in chess. Since 1982, inscribed
chess boards have been substituted for shields.
Recommendations for awards should be forwarded, via
the appropriate Union (if in England) or via the national
organisations for Scotland or Wales, to the ECF Office at
Battle by 31st May 2010
magazine of the Year 2010
Nominations are invited for the ECF Chess Magazine of
the Year award. We are looking for nominations from either
readers or editors of Chess magazines that are produced
by volunteers.
The editor of the magazine selected will receive a scroll and
a copy of the ECF Chess Book of the Year (any alternative
to this is at the discretion of the Awards committee).
Send your nominations by 10 April 2010 to: John Wickham,
55 Shakespeare Way, Taverham, Norwich NR8 6SL or email
j.r.wickham@btinternet.com
British Rapidplay
Joint winners
at the British Open Rapidplay 2009!
David Howell Gm and Mark Hebden Gm - score 9/11
3rd - Peter Wells Gm - 8.5/9
4th - Richard Palliser Gm - 8/11
major
Equal 1st - Kevin Yeomans and Rhys Cumming -
8.5/11
intermediate
- Andrew Harris - 9 /11
minor -
Equal 1st - Brian Yarker and Rod Burroughs 8.5/11
sunday one-Day event
Joint winners - Phil Watson, Guy Batchelor, Stephen
Burke
Junior
Under 12 - Harry Li - 5/5
Under 16 - Edward Chiu - 4.5/5
Under 10 - Zheming Zhang - 4/5
Under 14 - Miles Edward-Wright - 4/5
Website of the Year 2010
ECF are seeking nominations for the ECF Chess Website of
the Year award. We are looking for nominations from either
users or the webmasters of Chess Websites that are run by
volunteers.
The webmaster of the site selected will receive a scroll and
a copy of the ECF Book of the Year (any alternative to this
is at the discretion of the awards committee).
Nominations with the website address should be sent by
30 April 2010 to: John Wickham at j.r.wickham@btinternet.
com
congress of the Year 2010
Open to Congresses/Events that are affiliated to the ECF,
either individually or through another body, and held in the
period 1st July 2009 to 30th June 2010.
The Judges will assess the Congress/Event over a range
of factors to include accessibility to all groups, quality of
the venue and facilities offered, type and range of events
offered, the skill/ability of the organisers, the entry form
and the publicising of the event, value for money etc. In
addition the judges may seek the views of the players who
entered the Congress/Event.
The winners will receive a certificate and will be able to
offer a free entry to the 2011 British Championships to
those entering their Congress/Event, as well as the title of
“ECF Congress of the Year 2010”. The Awards committee
will contact the winners after the judging is completed and
then will announce the winner on the ECF website as well
as at the ECF AGM in October 2010.
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A very good Sunday with a very good finish in the
Open and some exciting late-round games. In the
Juniors, the Under 10 section was combined with the
Under 12 and the Under 14 section was combined with
the Under 16
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Chess for schools takes to island life
chess For schools
Andrew Turner, MP for IoW, at Gatten & Lake Primary School in Shanklin, IOW
The Chess for Schools project continues to build
momentum across the UK with the announcement that
the national education initiative has moved onto the
Isle of Wight. Schools across the entire island have now
received their free chess sets. To mark the occasion,
Andrew Turner MP for IoW personally delivered a box of
10 chess sets to Gatten & Lake Primary School in Shanklin.
Chess for Schools is a nationwide charitable initiative that
aims to deliver 10 free chess sets to every one of England’s
25,000 schools, in an effort to promote strategic thinking,
brain games and the creation of school chess clubs and
inter-school chess tournaments.
“I am very pleased to support the Chess for Schools
initiative,” commented Mr Turner. “I learned to play chess
as a child and it is an enjoyable way to encourage strategic
thinking and problem solving. Once learned it is a lifelong
skill, whatever level you play at. I do hope that these free
chess sets will encourage youngsters on the island to take
up the game and, who knows, we may even have a future
Chess Grand Master here on the Isle of Wight.”
Mrs Karen Bartlett, Head Teacher of Gatten & Lake Primary
School, was delighted with the positive effects this project
will bring:
“The children are already recognising the benefits of
playing chess and are teaching other children how to play
the game. We are looking forward to setting up a school
chess tournament which will not only impact the pupils’
enjoyment of the game but their overall achievement in
school.”
The Chess for Schools boxes, which each contain 10 free
chess sets, were distributed to schools across the island
with help from the IoW’s County Council and Lloyds
TSB who sponsored delivery of the chess sets from the
manufacturers, Holloid Plastics, in Basingstoke.
Chess for Schools is an ongoing programme with nearly
8,000 schools signed up to the first phase. Distribution is
being handled in a phased national roll out programme.
In addition to the Isle of Wight, schools across Surrey,
Hampshire and Oxfordshire have also received sets.
Holloid Plastics, one of the country’s leading plastic
injection moulding specialists, has teamed up with the
English Chess Federation (ECF) to create Chess for Schools.
Holloid is making and distributing all of the 250,000 chess
sets needed.
For further information on Chess for Schools, please
download the Resource Pack from:
www.holloid-plastics.co.uk.
Or contact:
Press enquiries:
Ronan Cloud
SE10
Tel: +44 (0) 207 107 2008
cloud@se10.com
general enquiries
Kirstie Lapworth
English Chess Federation
Tel: 07805 515 732
kirstie@englishchess.org.uk
About Holloid Plastics
Holloid Plastics is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of custom
designed injection molded plastic components. Serving the UK
market since 1953, Holloid has invested in the latest robotics and
production techniques, helping maintain an established customer
base that includes some of the best known and respected global
brands. Working in batches to order, the company produces a vast
array of components, in terms of both volume and complexity. In
a competitive landscape, Holloid has built a reputation for both
quality and cost effective output. The company’s capabilities
include tool design, project management and manufacture
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hastings icc
continued from front page
The Masters Tournament was a strong event and
provided some interesting play, watched by a daily
audience attending to listen to grandmaster Chris
Ward’s live commentary. Games were also followed
by an international audience via the internet - nine
games were broadcast daily.
The Christmas and New Year events provided an
opportunity for unrated players to enjoy competitive chess,
some for the first time. The 27th Weekend Congress was
won by Hastings’ Ambassador for Sport, International
Master Thomas Rendle. Thomas’ family home remains in
Hastings although he is away much of the time studying
and pursuing his chess career.
Thanks must, once again, go to Hastings Borough Council
for their continuing support without which the
Congress would not continue. Invaluable additional
sponsorship was given by the White Rock Hotel who
provided accommodation for leading players. The Congress
also wishes to thank The Pig in Paradise, Gwalia Resources,
Deutsch UK and KC Computers for their support.
The Congress ran without incident and, luckily, without
snow. The venue at Horntye Park is ideal, having adequate
space to accommodate all tournaments, commentary and
catering under one roof. A large-screen TV broadcasting
cricket (from South Africa) and other international sports
provided light relief for the players between games!
Luckily, most players left Hastings immediately after the
prize-giving on 5th January, but snow hampered a quick
getaway for those leaving on 6th - many of whom were
Alan Hustwayte
with personal
presentation
of prize – a
silver chess
set – for Best
Performance
against Rating,
won by Peter
Williams
travelling by road and rail to the North of England and
Scotland, and overseas by air.
It is hoped that the 86th Hastings International Chess
Congress will take place at the end of December 2010.
No definite decision can be taken until after HBC Budget
decisions are taken in the Spring. Meanwhile organisers
continue their search for a major commercial sponsor
Final standings
1st = 7/9
GM Romain Edouard (FRA); GM Mark Hebden (ENG); GM
David Howell (ENG); GM Andrei Istratescu (ROU) Joint
Holders of Golombek Trophy + £1113 each
5th= 6.5/9
GM Yuri Drozdovskij (UKR); GM Daniel Gormally (ENG);
The opening ceremony involving International arbiter David Sedgwick who made the formal speech, the MP for Hastings and Rye Michael
Foster, chairman of the International Congress committee Paul Smith and Councillor Maureen Charlesworth the Mayor of Hastings
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