Club News:
Steve Gibbs wins the 2009 Summer Tournament
Created:24 Sep 2009 by:With eleven and a half points Steve won Ealing's Summer championship by a handsome margin and only defending titleholder, Simon Healeas got anywhere near to the victor's score.
1. Steve Gibbs 11.5
2.Simon Healeas 9
3. Pierre Davis, David Ebbett and John Quinn 5
..moreEaling Fixtures 2009-10 Latest
Created:18 Sep 2009 by:Below are the Middlesex, Thames Valley and Hillingdon league fixtures for the coming season.
As last year we are entering seven teams into three leagues in the coming season. Our policy is to encourage members to play in a team whatever their current standard in the belief that competitive chess will improve their game. All club members will be selected for a league team if this is their wish.
Captains will be: David Ebbett (Middlesex 1), Simon Randall (Thames Valley 1), David Reichenberg (Hillingdon 1), Chris Greenshields (Middlesex 2), Alastair Johnstone (Thames Valley 2), Jerry Ball/Gerry Blick (Hillingdon 2), Geoff Richards (Thames Valley 3).
..moreJohn Quinn wins the 104th Ealing Chess Championship
Created:18 Sep 2009 by:Tonight John was victorious over Martin Smith's Tchigorin Defence in the 104th final. Congratulations to John and commiserations to Martin.
The sharper-eyed among you will have noticed that the 105th championship (2009) has already been won by Chris Greenshields but it is good news that our club championship is officially up-to-date.
We expect to feature both championship finals in the upcoming edition of Chess Knight, Ealing's sixty plus pages magazine.
..moreThe 14th Ealing Lightning Championship
Created:28 Aug 2009 by:Adrian Ociepka triumphed in yesterday's annual lightning tournament with 9 points. Raj Jhooti and Anuurai Sainbayar were also crowned as champions in the under 155 and under 125 grading brackets respectively.
Read a detailed report of this great event below.
..moreThe President's Simultaneous
Created:14 Aug 2009 by:Tonight John Quinn gave another of his very successful simultaneous displays at the club and one again achieved a tremendous result but not before being tested to the limit on a sultry evening by Ealing's seasoned members. As so often in these events it was the challengers who...
..more2009 Ealing Championship
Created:14 Aug 2009 by:Chris Greenshields is the 2009 Ealing Chess Club champion. Congratulations to Chris and commiserations to Mark Winterbotham, his opponent in the final.
Great sportsmanship was the ultimate victor on a busy night at the club.
..more2009 Grades
Created:11 Aug 2009 by: Alastair Johnstone 2009 Grades are published today! ..moreThe 105th Ealing Club Championship
Created:03 Aug 2009 by: Just like buses after a long wait, two come along in a row. The 105th championship has the great merit of being a genuine 2009 event and Mark Winterbotham and Chris Greenshields are contesting the final. ..moreI could've been a contender
Created:03 Aug 2009 by:The movie buffs among you will recognise the line as one of Marlon Brando's from On the Waterfront.
Sadly we at Ealing chess club missed our chance to be on TV tonight in the BBC 4 programme Only Connect. Back in February I was contacted by Gogglebox Entertainment with an offer for individual members to try out for a prospective programme not directly based on chess. The notice was very short and none of us was able to go to Hammersmith for the selection process.
This evening presided over by the excellent Victoria Coren, the team of Chessmen did our game proud winning with 36 points against the Puzzle Writers who achieved only 14 points. To a first time viewer the questions which were partly knowledge and partly logic seemed pretty hard. Would the inclusion of an Ealing member have approved the Chessmen's score. Of course!
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