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# Crowthorne Chess Club

A friendly and competitive chess club for all standards

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- [Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge at Crowthorne Chess Club](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/delancey-uk-schools-chess-challenge-at-crowthorne-chess-club/) - Over recent weeks a Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge tournament has been run at Crowthorne Chess Club. This is a seven round Swiss with each game scoring 3 points for a win, 2 for a draw and 1 for a loss. Some players entered when the tournament was already in progress, so not all players
- [4NCL Roundup](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-roundup/) - Crowthorne Chess Club had two teams in the 4 Nations Chess League (4NCL) in the 2022/23 season. The A team played in Division 3 East and the B Team played in Division 4. In the 4NCL, 11 matches are played over five weekends in the year with Divisions 3 being an all-play-all and Division 4
- [4NCL 2025/26 Season](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-2025-26-season/) - The 4NCL finished last month, with the two Crowthorne Teams having varying fortunes.Crowthorne A, which struggled to get its strongest team out consistently, was relegated from the strong Division 2 (four teams out of 12 are relegated - it is not so easy to stay in Div 2!). Still, the team remained competitive with 7
- [Khyber Cup 2026](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/khyber-cup-2026/) - The Khyber Cup 2026 was held on Saturday 27th June, hosted by yours truly (Jonathan), with lunch at the Crooked Billet.The Khyber Cup is always hostage to the unpredictable English summer weather. In most years this has us tracking whether a rainy day is forecast, which would force a postponement, or on the day looking
- [Venue for the 2025/26 Season](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/new-venue-for-the-2025-26-season/) - Crowthorne Chess Club has a new venue for matches and junior chess on Wednesdays. As from September 2025 we play in the Morgan Centre, which is located in Wellington Road just off Crowthorne High Street. Full location details and directions are in the About Us page.Social chess continues as normal in the Pinewood Cafe on
- [Club Championship Final](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/club-championship-final/) - We have a new club champion! Congratulations to Peter Tart on becoming champion after his win in the Final against Harvey Duckers on Wednesday.Peter has kindly provided annotations to the game:
- [Nulan wins the Autumn Junior Tournament!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/nulan-wins-the-autumn-junior-tournament/) - Congratulations to Nulan Aluthwaththa for winning the club's internal Junior Autumn Rapidplay Tournament. He scored an impressive 7 points from his 7 games, 3 points ahead of his nearest rival Oniesh Raje.Well done to everyone who played in tournament, which was played in a good competitive and friendly spirit.The tournament table can be found in
- [Christmas Speed Handicap 2025 - As it Happened](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/christmas-speed-handicap-2025-as-it-happened/) - It hardly seems necessary to write up what happened at last night's Speed Handicap, since the majority of the adult membership were present. But, for the benefit of those who couldn't make it and for posterity:The 38th Speed Handicap was held on Friday 12th December in the Pinewood Centre Bar & Cafe. For several weeks
- [Success for Vickie and David at the Hampshire Junior Open](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/success-for-vickie-and-david-at-the-hampshire-junior-open/) - Congratulations to Crowthorne Chess Club members Vickie Lin and David Purle for their performances at the Hampshire Junior Open!The event was held last Sunday, 16th November, in Winchester. Vickie won the U18 section scoring 5 out of 6 and beat two others with the same score on tie-break. This result is all the more remarkable
- [First Club night at the Morgan Centre](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/first-club-night-at-the-morgan-centre/) - Crowthorne Chess Club kicked off the new season, and their first use of the Morgan Centre as a venue, with the Junior Club as usual, followed by an ad-hoc rapid mini-tournament for the club members present.An interesting feature of the tournament was that the software used to generate the pairings was developed on the night
- [Khyber Cup 2025](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/khyber-cup-2025/) - The 2025 Khyber Cup was held on Sunday (20th July) in Harriet's parents' beautiful home and garden, filled with exotic plants. Despite the torrential downpour the previous day and the threat of more rain in the morning, the weather gods smiled on us. We had just a few light showers, but the games were unaffected,
- [Moving to Whitecairn in Wellington College](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/moving-to-whitecairn-in-wellington-college/) - Starting from April 23 2025, Crowthorne Chess Club has a new location within Wellington College.Extensive works in the vicinity of the Shooting Hut mean that it is no longer available for use, and we are grateful to Wellington College for making Whitecairn available to us.Full details on how to get there, and a map, are
- [Berkshire and Border League Web Sites are no longer accessible](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/berkshire-and-border-league-web-sites-are-no-longer-accessible/) - As many of you will have noticed, the LMS (League Management System) web sites for the Berkshire Chess League and the Surrey Border Chess League are no longer available.These have served us well for over 20(!) years but changes to their underlying software mean that they are no longer viable.As a result, both leagues have
- [Crowthorne wins their Group in the Online 4NCL!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/crowthorne-wins-their-group-in-the-online-4ncl/) - Congratulations to our Online 4NCL Team, who have won their group in the 11th season of the event (click the table below for a larger image): We were in Division 3 of 5, which was split into two all play all groups. We won our group which earned us promotion to Division 2 next season.
- [Delancey UK Chess Challenge at Crowthorne Chess Club - Completed!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/delancey-uk-chess-challenge-at-crowthorne-chess-club-completed/) - Well done to all the juniors who competed in the Delancey UK Chess Challenge tournament. The tournament has been run over the last few weeks, with the final round taking place last Wednesday (2nd April). Many thanks to John Upham for organising and running the tournament.The tournament was won by Vickie, who scored an impressive
- [Delancey UK Chess Challenge](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/delancey-uk-chess-challenge/) - The next and final round of the Delancey UK Chess Challenge will take place next Wednesday (2nd April) at Wellington College. This is a junior rapidplay tournament, with opportunities to progress to the next stages of the UK Chess Challenge. All games are rated.So far the tournament has brought six rounds of well-fought chess, all
- [Junior 4NCL Online Season 11 summary](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/junior-4ncl-online-season-11-summary/) - Once again George Green captained Crowthorne Chess Club's team in the Junior Online 4NCL, for the recently completed 11th Season. He has sent us this summary:We played our final match of the season yesterday evening and won it 8-0 !!We finished 7th in Division 3 (last season we were 6th), with 5 wins, 0 draws, 2
- [Delancey UK Chess Challenge tournament](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4191-2/) - We are kicking-off the Delancey UK Chess Challenge tournament this coming Wednesday (12th March) to run for the next four weeks.There will be seven rounds of ECF rated rapidplay with a 10’ + 5” time control.Entry is FREE. There will be amazing prizes galore! Please let John Upham know if your child will be taking
- [Christmas Speed Handicap 2024](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/christmas-speed-handicap-2024/) - The annual Christmas Speed Handicap was held on Friday 13th December in the function room of the Pinewood Bar & Café and reached a new height of attendance with 29 players, one more than last year’s 28 players. Included in the mix were most of the club stalwarts, and also a handful of juniors and
- [Rated Blitz for Final Junior Club Night of 2024](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/rated-blitz-for-final-junior-club-night/) - Wednesday, December 18th will be the final club night of 2024 and with no league matches scheduled we are running an extended junior club night running until 8.30pm. Our ECF arbiter, John Upham, will run an ECF rated blitz event using a 3" + 2' time control over at least six rounds.Details may be found
- [Vickie wins First Junior Blitz Tournament of 2024/25!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/vickie-wins-first-junior-blitz-tournament-of-2024-25/) - Vickie Lin has won the first junior blitz tournament of the 2024/25 season, which was held on three club nights in November. Vickie scored an impressive 8 points out of nine to win outright, with David Purle in second place with 7.5 points.The tournament was organised by ECF Arbiter and club member John Upham, and
- [First Junior Blitz Tournament of 2024/25](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/first-junior-blitz-tournament-of-2024-25/) - The first rated junior blitz tournament of the season started this week. It is a nine round blitz (each player gets 5 minutes total for the game) that will take place over three or four Wednesday sessions. Many thanks to John Upham for organising this.Full details of the tournament, including results, pairings, standing and so
- [No Club Meeting/Junior Club September 4th](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/no-club-meeting-junior-club-september-4th/) - Unfortunately we do not have access to the Monro Pavilion this week so unfortunately we have to postpone our first meeting of the new season until next week. Please refer to emails from Jonathan for further information.
- [Khyber Cup 2024](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/khyber-cup-2024/) - The Khyber Cup took place Saturday, 13th July, 40 years since the first Khyber Cup in 1984, which makes it older than many club members (though not all).We were hosted this year by John Upham, in his recently refurbished house and super garden, and had an excellent turnout with 18 players. The weather was sufficiently
- [Richard's final round win from Bournemouth](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/3821-2/) - Many thanks to Richard for providing an annotated game from his recent success at the Dorset Centenary Congress in Bournemouth. This is his final round game. Richard equalised comfortably out of the opening and was slightly better around move 15. Then White made the mistake of exchanging off his best minor pieces (his knights). This
- [Richard Webb jointly wins Dorset Centenary Open!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/crowthorne-player-jointly-wins-dorset-centenary-open/) - Several Crowthorne Chess Club members played in the Dorset Congress in Bournemouth last weekend (19-21 April) and Richard Webb came equal first in the open!Here is a position from his Round 2 win. Richard's opponent has unwisely just played 18 ...Bd7, 18 ...Rg8 was a better try, but his position would already be very difficult
- [Online 4NCL Summary](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-summary/) - After 5 rounds of the current Online 4NCL season Crowthorne has won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1. We are in eighth place (out of 33) in Division 5, with two rounds to go.Crowthorne won the latest match 3-1
- [Success for Crowthorne Players at Swindon Rapidplay](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/success-for-crowthorne-players-at-swindon-rapidplay/) - Two Crowthorne players were successful at the Swindon 2024 Rapidplay, held on Saturday 2nd March.In the U1900s, Ashton Grimmett scored 4.5 out of 6, and won the section on tiebreak. An excellent result, especially given his current rapidplay rating of 1729. Richard Webb won the Open outright, scoring 5/6. Win or otherwise, the events at
- [Junior Online 4NCL](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/junior-online-4ncl/) - 4nclresults.co.uk/2023-24/media/kids/9th/prog-div4.html(opens in a new tab) Crowthorne Chess Club has a team in Division 4 of the Junior Online 4NCL competition.In this format, teams play in a seven round Swiss, with each player playing two games against the same opponent. The time rate is 10 minutes for the game, plus 5 seconds increment each move.Crowthorne Juniors
- [4NCL Online season 8 summary](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-online-season-8-summary/) - Season 8 of the Online 4NCL Tournament has finished and we finished 7th out of 32 teams in Division 5. We were helped by 4 defaults by our opponents, but, we did share the games a round the squad rather than always pick the strongest team.More details can be found at the 4NCL Web Site
- [OTB 4NCL weekend 2 2023/2024](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/otb-4ncl-weekend-2-2023-2024/) - Rounds 3-4 of the over-the-board 4NCL have completed, with Crowthorne Chess Club's two teams competing over the last two weekends. The B team played over 6-7 January and the A team on Jan 13-14.Both teams won their Saturday matches, but then followed with losses on Sunday. This was particularly unfortunate for the A Team who
- [Online 4NCL Round 1](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-round-1/) - Round 1 of the 9th Season of the 4NCL took place on Tuesday, and Crowthorne started with a win against the Colchester JFF B team. We outrated our opponents, but a good start to the season nonetheless. All results, tables etc can be found at the 4ncl website.
- [UK Chess Challenge at Crowthorne Chess Club](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/uk-chess-challenge-at-crowthorne-chess-club/) - Once again, John Upham is organising a UK Chess Challenge (UKCC) competition for juniors at Crowthorne Chess Club. In case you don't know, the UKCC is a series of competitions for juniors, starting with qualifying tournaments and then going on to Megafinals, Gigafinals and Terafinals. More details can be found on the Delancey UKCC web
- [Christmas Handicap Results](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/christmas-handicap-results/) - We held the annual Crowthorne Christmas Speed Handicap last Friday (15th December), in the Pinewood bar & café using the function room at the back, which proved to be a perfectly suitable room for us. We set a new record for attendance – 28 players, including seven juniors, two parents and two newcomers.Given the number
- [Reminder - Christmas Handicap on Friday and chess this week](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/reminder-christmas-handicap-on-friday-and-chess-this-week/) - This (13th December) is the last Wednesday this term in the Monro Pavilion for juniors and matches. We resume again on Wednesday 10th January.We thought three consecutive nights of chess would be a bit much, so there is no Pinewood social chess meeting this Thursday. We should be ok to meet again next Thursday, 21st
- [No meeting on Wednesday 29th](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/no-meeting-on-wednesday-29th/) - On Wednesday 29th November we will not have access to the Monro Pavilion. This is the last Wednesday we don’t have access to the building this season (i.e. until the summer holidays). We will be meeting there again as normal on Wednesday, 6th December.
- [OTB 4NCL Weekend 1](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/otb-4ncl-weekend-1/) - Both Crowthorne teams had solid starts in this season's over-the-board 4NCL. Crowthorne A played its first weekend (Rounds 1&2) over Nov 11-12, and the B team played this weekend (18-19).Crowthorne A drew their first match 3-3 against Poole Patzers and followed up with a good 4.5-1.5 win against Surbiton in round 2. This puts us
- [4NCL 2023/2024](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-2023-2024/) - The over-the-board 4NCL season is nearly upon us, with Crowthorne A playing its first two rounds this coming weekend (Nov 11-12) and the B team the weekend after that.However, the on-line 4NCL team has already been active, having played five rounds in Season 8 of the competition. Team Captain, George, has been rotating the players
- [Christmas Handicap 2023](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/christmas-handicap-2023/) - Our annual Christmas Speed Handicap has been booked for Friday the 15th December. This is in the Pinewood Centre, like last year, but this year we have the rear function room booked, which will make it a little quieter and more private. A buffet will be provided. Jonathan has promised to send frequent reminders about
- [Keith Richardson Memorial Tournament](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/keith-richardson-memorial-tournament-2/) - On Saturday, September 30th, our friends at Camberley Chess Club held their annual Keith Richardson Memorial Rapidplay tournament. This year's tournament was the first to be held at their new venue at the Heatherside Community Centre.Keith Richardson was a member of Camberley Chess Club, who was very well liked and respected in the club and
- [Success for Crowthorne Players at Witney Rapidplay](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/success-for-crowthorne-players-at-witney-rapidplay/) - On Sunday (24th September) two Crowthorne players emerged as prize winners in the Witney Rapidplay. This is a very pleasant tournament, which is held in the excellent venue of Cokethorpe School in Oxfordshire.FM Richard Webb won the Open, scoring 5.5 out of 6. Richard won in the final round against fellow Crowthorne member FM Ian
- [Border League Fixtures are out!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/border-league-fixtures-are-out/) - The Surrey Border League has just published the fixtures for the 2023/24 season. Please check the Useful Links page for links to the fixtures for the various divisions and for Crowthorne Teams.Note that fixtures are occasionally rearranged by team captains, so it is best to check the site from time to time.
- [A new league season is starting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/a-new-league-season-is-starting/) - The league and club AGMs have finished, and Wellington College is again available after the summer break. What does this mean for Crowthorne Chess Club? In many ways, it's business as normal, although we have increased the number of teams we are entering in the Border and Berkshire Leagues.We will continue to meet for social
- [Khyber Cup - as it happened](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/khyber-cup-as-it-happened/) - This year’s Khyber Cup, held on Saturday, had all the elements needed for a perfect Khyber Cup event.We were hosted by Harriet who kindly opened up her house to the throng of players, and the play took place to the luxurious backdrop of the spacious and glorious garden which she shares with her neighbours.Even the
- [Khyber Cup 2023!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/khyber-cup-2023/) - This year’s Khyber Cup is being held on Saturday the 29th July, kindly hosted by Harriet Haslehurst.Please see Jonathan’s email for the address and other details.Could you aim to arrive for a 10am chess start.Lunch: There are plenty of eating choices on the High Street and still more within easy walking distance. We can decide which suits us best
- [First Evening at the New Venue](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/first-evening-at-the-new-venue/) - Crowthorne Chess Club's first evening at the new venue (the Monro Pavilion at Wellington College) proved very successful, and seemed popular with all the players. It is easier to get get to, and is closer to important facilities (such as the coffee shop/bar at the nearby sports centre) than our previous location. Some pictures: The
- [Directions to Monro Pavilion Available](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/directions-to-monro-pavilion-available/) - Just a quick update to point out that the About Us page has been updated with the directions to our new home, the Monro Pavilion.
- [Christmas Handicap](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/christmas-handicap-4/) - The SECOND Christmas Handicap of 2022 took place last Friday, 9th December, the first having been delayed from last year into this due to Covid. And we are getting back to pre-pandemic attendee numbers with a very healthy 21 competitors. The event was played in the Pinewood Centre Bar & Cafe in our usual Thursday
- [New Location within Wellington College](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/new-location-within-wellington-college/) - As from Wednesday 19th April, we have a new location within Wellington College! We are moving to the Monro Pavilion near the Wellington Health & Fitness Centre. This will be our regular venue on Wednesdays for the junior club (6:30pm) and for matches (7:30pm). More detailed information and directions will appear shortly in the “About
- [Happy New Year](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/happy-new-year/) - We wish all Crowthorne Chess Club members a Happy New Year!We will be meeting as usual at Pinewood on Thursday (Jan 5th). See you there!
- [Christmas Handicap 2022](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/christmas-handicap-2022/) - Many thanks to Jonathan for organising this year's Christmas Handicap:This year’s Christmas Speed Handicap is to be held on Friday the 9th December. It will be in the Pinewood Centre, where we meet on Thursday nights, but in the Gym there, which is a couple of blocks to the right (when facing the buildings) of
- [Club Championship Round 2](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/club-championship-round-2/) - All the results for round 2 are now in, and can be seen on the ECF LMS page. The crosstable for the tournament can also be seen there ("Standings" tab) or on our club championship pageInterestingly, this round saw a clean sweep for the black pieces which won all five games.
- [Club Championship 2022/23](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/club-championship-2022-23/) - For the first time in recent history Crowthorne Chess Club is running a club championship. It is being run as an all-play-all with the nine rounds being played one game a month with a time rate of 80 minutes + 10 second increment for the game.The table below shows the situation now that Round 1
- [Derek wins the Khyber Cup](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/derek-wins-the-khyber-cup/) - A belated write-up for our traditional summer tournament (the webmaster claims he was otherwise engaged in August), which was played on July 30th. Thanks to Jonathan for the details and photos. The sun always shines on the Khyber Cup and we were fortunate enough, as so often, to be able to hold the event outdoors
- [Back to Wednesday evenings at Wellington College](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/back-to-wednesday-evenings-at-wellington-college/) - We have returned to the Maths block on Wednesdays, both for junior chess and for matches. We will continue to meet on Thursdays for casual chess.
- [Wednesday club nights suspended for the summer break](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/wednesday-club-nights-suspended-for-the-summer-break/) - We will be pausing the Wellington College Wednesday sessions from this week. The classroom was going to be unavailable anyway, and the bar closed from end-July, but with school holidays already started for many the junior club was exceptionally quiet this week, so we’ve brought forward our summer break. Pinewood will continue on Thursdays, and
- [4NCL Final Round - Critical Game](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-final-round-critical-game/) - Crowthorne A's final round match in the 4NCL Division 3 South against Cambridge University 2 was a potentially critical game for the entire season, given that a number of teams were bunched closely together so that a win would mean second place, and a loss would mean somewhere in mid-table.Paul's game, despite a rather quiet
- [4NCL Online Season 5 Review](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-online-season-5-review/) - Thanks to all of you for playing. We had a squad of 10 players for 8 boards, but based on some availability comments I felt that we wouldn't be able to fill both teams for all matches. But then, when an 11th player joined us and I discovered that 4NCL only allowed a squad of 8 per
- [4NCL Online Round 7 Results](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-round-7-results/) - Crowthorne A won, helped by 2 defaults. Harvey and James scored 1½/2, so we were doing well anyway.Crowthorne B had tough opposition!
- [4NCL Online Round 6 results](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-online-round-6-results/) - The Crowthorne teams had varying results in round 6 in the 4NCL Online season, played on April 5. The A Team lost 4-0, despite marginally out-rating their opponents, but the B Team drew 2-2. This leaves the A team in 6th place out of 8 in Division 2, and the B Team is in 13th
- [Christmas Speed Handicap Results](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/christmas-speed-handicap-results/) - We finally held the thirty fourth Crowthorne Christmas speed handicap tournament last night (Saturday 2nd April) shortly before Easter, having postponed the event on its original date, shortly before Christmas, due to Covid restrictions. Nonetheless, a number of people thoughtfully entered into the spirit of the occasion by wearing their Christmas jumpers, and Scott even
- [Tactics in the Benoni](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/tactics-in-the-benoni/) - In a recent match against Basingstoke, Derek played the Benoni defence, and both players conspired to create a tactical melee. (Click on a move below to open a board window.) Both players navigating through the complications very well.
- [4NCL Online Round 4 results](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-online-round-4-results/) - Crowthorne had good results in their latest 4NCL Online matches last Tuesday, with the A team winning their match 4-0, and the B team winning theirs 2-1.5 (a half point penalty is awarded in the event of a default). Full results, pairings, tables etc can be found on the 4NCL website (Crowthorne A is in
- [Back in Wellington College!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/back-in-wellington-college/) - Good news: Wellington College have removed their restriction on external events, so Crowthorne is now able to play home matches and have regular club nights again.The Junior club returned to the college yesterday, and we will have a first full meet up at the College next Wednesday (2nd March). We will continue to meet on
- [4NCL Rounds 3 and 4](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-rounds-3-and-4/) - The two Crowthorne Chess Club teams were playing in rounds 3 & 4 of the 4NCL this weekend (12-13 Feb).Crowthorne A had good results, winning both their matches 4-2, leaving them equal first on match points, but 4th on tiebreak.Crowthorne B had a weekend of two halves, losing their Saturday match 6-0 but winning on
- [Christmas Handicap - CANCELLED](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/christmas-handicap-cancelled/) - Owing to the increased risk of transmission posed by the omicron variant, Wellington College has made the (entirely understandable) decision to close the bar until further notice.As a result, the Christmas Handicap will NOT take place this Saturday (18th December).("Cancelled" may be a bit strong, as we are considering alternative ways of holding the tournament
- [Christmas Handicap](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/christmas-handicap-3/) - This year's Christmas Handicap will take place on December 18th at the Napoleon's Retreat bar in Wellington College.Club members are requested to let Jonathan know if they plan to take part.
- [Daniel Shek is victorious at the 4NCL](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/daniel-shek-is-victorious-at-the-4ncl/) - Talented junior Daniel Shek played a nice game for Crowthorne against a strong opponent at the recent 4NCL. Many thanks to John Upham and British Chess News for the annotations. (Click on a move in the game to display a board.)
- [Online 4NCL – Season 4 Round 6](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-season-4-round-6/) - A little belatedly, here are Crowthorne's results from our Online 4NCL matches played last Tuesday: These results mean that Crowthorne 1 has 6 match points out of a possible 12 (in Division 3), and Crowthorne 2 has 5 points (in Division 5). Full tables: Division 3 and Division 5
- [Online 4NCL – Season 4 Final Round Results](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-season-4-final-round-results/) - Here are the results of Round 7 of the Online 4NCL, the final round of season 4. As can be seen, the results were in line with the significant rating difference seen in both matches.
- [Online 4NCL - Season 4 Roundup](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-season-4-roundup/) - Many thanks to our Online Team Captain, George Green, for providing the latest season's roundup. Crowthorne had a squad of 14 players (initially 13, then Ben Coates joined us with 2 rounds to go) for our 2 teams of 4. Plenty you might think, but, as the season went on, fewer people were available, meaning
- [Wednesdays and Thursdays](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/wednesdays-and-thursdays/) - For the time being (at least) we will continue to meet up both on Thursdays at the Pinewood Centre, and on Wednesdays at Wellington College. Home matches are at Wellington College, and we also have access to the staff bar for social chess. The Thursday sessions at the Pinewood Centre are for social chess only.
- [Online 4NCL – Season 4 Round 5](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-season-4-round-5/) - Crowthorne Chess Club's two teams in the Online 4NCL played yesterday, and were both victorious against slightly higher-rated opposition. As can be seen Crowthorne 1 won a close match against local rivals Farnham, while Crowthorne 2 had an impressive 4-0 win against War & Piece Banner
- [Online 4NCL - Season 4 begins!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-season-4-begins/) - Season 4 of the online 4NCL (The Four Nations Chess League) started on Tuesday, and Crowthorne Chess Club has two teams playing - Crowthorne 1 in Division 3 and Crowthorne 2 in Division 5. Crowthorne 1's start to the new season was rather inauspicious, as they went down 1.5 - 2.5 despite significantly out-rating their
- [Online 4NCL - Season 4 Round 2](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-season-4-round-2/) - Here are Crowthorne's results for the second round of the online 4NCL: As can be seen, both teams went down to substantially higher rated opposition.However, there was one highlight, and that was Mark's sparkling win in his game. In the position shown, White has a forced sequence that leads to a winning attack:
- [Online 4NCL - Season 4 Round 4](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-season-4-round-4/) - Here are Crowthorne's results in yesterday's Round 4 matches in the Online 4NCL. A welcome first win for Crowthorne 1, and Crowthorne 2 did very well against much higher-rated opposition. Derek played a fine attacking game on the black side of a Benoni Defence:
- [Back to Wellington College from Nov 3](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/back-to-wellington-college-from-nov-3/) - After a Covid-enforced absence from our regular venue, we are grateful to Wellington College for welcoming us back so that we can meet up on Wednesdays starting from November 3rd. Until then, we will continue meeting on Thursday evenings at the Pinewood Centre. For those unfamiliar with Wellington College, detailed directions and a map can
- [Derek Johnson wins the Khyber Cup!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/derek-johnson-wins-the-khyber-cup/) - Our friendly summer mini-tournament, the Khyber Cup was held last Sunday, and for the first time we held it in the spacious function room of the Pinewood Centre Bar & Café. This worked out well for us, we didn’t have to travel anywhere for lunch as hot food was available on site, allowing us to
- [Daniel Shek wins the Northumbria Major!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/daniel-shek-wins-the-northumbria-major/) - Congratulations to Daniel Shek - one of Crowthorne Chess Club's junior members - who has won the Major section of the Northumbria Masters Congress.The Congress was a nine round tournament held (over the board) over the recent Bank Holiday weekend (26th-30th August) with the Major section being open to players with a rating less than
- [Khyber Cup - in Real Life](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/khyber-cup-in-real-life/) - The infamous Crowthorne Chess Club summer mini-tournament, the KHYBER CUP, will be next Sunday, the 29th August. This will be at the Bar & Café in the Pinewood Centre off New Wokingham Road/Peacock Lane in Crowthorne. Doors open at 10am and play will start not long after that, once we’ve set everything up. We aim
- [A real meet up!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/a-real-meet-up/) - In addition to our regular Wednesday evening meeting on Zoom, we will meet in the real world on Thursday this week (June 10th). We will meet at the Pinewood Cafe and Bar at the Pinewood Centre in Crowthorne from 8pm. See the map below, and Jonathan's email for more detailed directions.
- [No Zoom call this Wednesday (7th July)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/no-zoom-call-this-wednesday-7th-july/) - In view of a conflict with another sporting event, we will not be having our weekly Zoom call on Wednesday. We will be meeting on Thursday in our now regular meet up at the Pinewood Cafe.
- [Online 4NCL Season 3 Roundup](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-season-3-roundup/) - Our Online 4NCL Team Captain George Green has provided the following summary of Crowthorne's season. The 4NCL season 3 has now finished for Crowthorne. Our 1st team didn't gain automatic qualification to Division3, finishing 3rd in their group. Out 2nd team finished 59th out of 72 teams in Division 5.We had a squad of 13 players,
- [Online 4NCL Round 4](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-round-4/) - Good results for both Crowthorne teams yesterday (9th March), both winning 4-0. Well done everybody!As can be seen Crowthorne 1 substantially out-rated their opponents. It's obviously still a good result, which puts us equal first in our group in division 4. Crowthorne 2's match was much closer on rating, and the result was the first
- [Online 4NCL Round 5](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-round-5/) - Crowthorne Chess Club had another good round in the online 4NCL yesterday, with the first team just winning their match against St Albans 2, and the second team drawing against RCSI Team 2: (Derek's opponent was actually C. Pines due to a late change) This leaves the first team in second place (1st equal on
- [Online 4NCL Round 6](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-round-6/) - Crowthorne played in Round 6 on Tuesday 6h April (with apologies for the belated update). Despite substantially outgrading their opponents Crowthorne 1 drew their match against Rugeley Rangers. This is a bit of a slip (in more than one sense of the word as a mouse-slip played a crucial part in one of the games!)
- [Online 4NCL Round 7](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-round-7/) - Crowthorne's last matches in Season 3 of the Online 4NCL took place yesterday, with the following results: Other results in the round meant that if Crowthorne 1 had won their match, they would have achieved automatic promotion, but unfortunately we finished just short of this goal.
- [Online 4NCL Round 3](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-round-3/) - A good result for our 1st team. Unfortunately Derek's opponent didn't turn up, so the match is actually scored -0.5 - 4.0 in Crowthorne's favour. After three rounds, this leaves Crowthorne 1 on 4 match points out of a possible 6 in their eight-team group in Division 4. This puts us in equal second but
- [Online 4NCL Round 2](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-4ncl-round-2/) - On Tuesday Crowthorne 1 won their 4NCL match against Harrow 3: This leaves them in fifth place, out of eight, in their pool in division 4.In Division 7, Crowthorne 2 narrowly lost their match against KJCS 2: Full match results and tables can be found on the 4NCL web site.
- [February on-line blitz tournament](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/february-on-line-blitz-tournament/) - Congratulations to Mark Taylor for winning the club's February tournament, which was played yesterday as part of the usual club meeting.The tournament was played in the Arena format on www.chess.com, where players are automatically paired against an opponent as soon as they have finished a game.The medal positions were:1st Mark Taylor with 6 points (six
- [On-line Club Tournament this Wednesday](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/on-line-club-tournament-this-wednesday/) - On this Wednesday’s club night we will have a mini tournament using a relatively fast time control. We will default to use 5m+5s, unless there is a clear preference for something else. We’ll be using chess.com instead of our usual lichess, for the benefit of those who prefer chess.com.Other than that, there will be time
- [Christmas Handicap](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/christmas-handicap-2/) - Jonathan Welton organised this year's Christmas Handicap, which was played yesterday (Wednesday 6th) and he has provided the following report: The first online Christmas Time Handicap was expected to be a chaotic affair, and it exceeded expectations. We had a generous 16 players, a good mix of adult and juniors, all briefed with the knowledge
- [British On-line Chess Champion (Over 65)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/british-on-line-chess-champion-over-65/) - The British Chess Championships had to go on-line this year due to the Covid pandemonium. One of our members entered the Over 65 section, which comprised 7 rounds over 10 days (with a 3 day gap for Christmas).Here is the final crosstable: Here is George’s game from the final round. A draw would have sufficed
- [Christmas Handicap](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/christmas-handicap/) - This year's Christmas Handicap will take place on January 6th, using Zoom and Lichess (which allows different time limits for White/Black). The prize, as usual, is the coveted Harvey-Ironside Shield. For previous winners of this prestigious trophy, please see the Honours Board
- [On-line Wednesday meeting going ahead](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/on-line-wednesday-meeting-going-ahead/) - Just a reminder that Crowthorne Chess Club's weekly Zoom meeting will go ahead this Wednesday (23rd), and we are planning to have one in the following week too (28th).
- [4NCL on-line season 2 summary](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-on-line-season-2-summary/) - Many thanks to George Green, Crowthorne Chess CLub's 4NCL on-line captain, for providing this summary. 4NCL OTB has been going for over 25 years, which has given all of the teams time to find their way into the correct divisions for their strength. But this was only the 2nd season of 4NCL on-line. Furthermore there
- [Crowthorne 1 win 4NCL Online group after 7 rounds](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/crowthorne-1-win-4ncl-online-group-after-7-rounds/) - Following their win against Bishop Knights on Tuesday, Crowthorne 1 emerged top of Group D in Division 5, finishing just ahead of local rivals Farnham. Promotion (or otherwise) will now be determined by subsequent playoff matches against other group winners. The table is as follows: Full results and table can be found on the 4NCL
- [Crowthorne Online 4NCL Results Round 5](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/crowthorne-online-4ncl-results-round-5/) - Here are the results from Round 5 of the Online 4NCL competition, played yesterday (October 20th).Crowthorne 1 beat the 2nd strongest team in the division, so we remain clearly in 1st place in Division 5.Crowthorne 2 had a harder time of it, and lost their match 0.5 - 3.5Full results and tables can be found
- [Keith Richardson Memorial Tournament](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/keith-richardson-memorial-tournament/) - Our friends at Camberley Chess Club have set Sunday November 1st as the date for this year's Keith Richardson Memorial. It is a one day rapidplay tournament which will be held online at lichess.org. For more details please visit the Camberley Chess Club page.
- [Crowthorne Online 4NCL Results Round 3](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/crowthorne-online-4ncl-results-round-3/) - Crowthorne 1 again won their match 4-0 in the 3rd round of the 4NCL Online League. Our next match in 2 weeks' time is against Bude Surfers, who had John Nunn on board 1 this week! Crowthorne 2 managed their first draw this time: Full results for the current online season (Season 2) can be
- [Crowthorne Online 4NCL Results](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/crowthorne-online-4ncl-results/) - The 2nd round of the 4NCL On-line tournament took place this week. Once again the Crowthorne 1 team won 4-0. We lead our section. Our key match will be against the other strong team in our section (Farnham A) on October 20th. It is probable that the winner of that match will go through to the
- [Richard Webb wins the Khyber Cup](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/richard-webb-wins-the-khyber-cup/) - Congratulations to Richard for winning the Khyber Cup this year. This year the event was held online, using a slightly faster time control of 10m+5s for the entire game rather than the traditional 20m+10s used for the over the board event. Thanks are due to Jonathan Welton, who organised the event using lichess.org as the
- [Khyber Cup 2020](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/khyber-cup-2020/) - The Khyber Cup is back! This year's Khyber Cup will take place on Saturday 5th September, 14:00.This is a 5 round Swiss, with 10m+5s time control and a couple of minutes between rounds for a breathing space. There is a Zoom session available for those who want to talk between rounds. Note that you should
- [Crowthorne enters teams in 4NCL Online](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/crowthorne-enters-teams-in-4ncl-online/) - The 4NCL (Four Nations Chess League) has created on-line chess leagues (and tournaments) in the absence of over the board chess. George Green, our new 4NCL Captain, has kindly provided this update:Crowthorne entered two teams in the 2nd 4NCL Online tournament, which started on Tuesday this week (Aug 25th). There are seven rounds, ending on
- [AGM 29th July](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/agm-29th-july/) - We will use part of the regular Zoom session next week (July 29th) to hold the AGM. Please let Jonathan know any items you wish to raise. At the moment we have only one, which is to capture opinions on the format of league matches next season, ideally with the aim of forming a club
- [Honours Board](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/honours-board/) - The Honours Board page has been updated to include Crowthorne's successes in the Berkshire Chess League competitions. The equivalent for the Surrey Border League will follow shortly.
- [From the Crowthorne Vaults – Part 10](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/from-the-crowthorne-vaults-part-10/) - This is a Border League game by Derek Johnson from 2018. It's a powerful attacking game against a promising junior, Alex Golding, whose ECF grade was 213 at the time.Thanks to Mark Taylor for providing the annotations.
- [From the Crowthorne Vaults - Part 14](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/from-the-crowthorne-vaults-part-14/) - In the following position, played in the Berkshire League in 2018, Mark has a nice attacking position. But can you find the forcing sequence of moves that leads either to mate or a large win of material?White to play and win.
- [Online meeting Wednesday (July 1st)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-meeting-wednesday-july-1st/) - We will be having our usual Zoom meeting this Wednesday.It’s a “bring and show” week again this week. Bring a game, position, puzzle or study of interest to show and/or watch other people’s items. Seems to work – we’ve not run out of material so far.
- [From the Crowthorne Vaults - Part 13](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/from-the-crowthorne-vaults-part-13/) - In the following position, taken from a 2018 Surrey Border League game played by Mark against Helen Frostick, White has a not-so-obvious way of removing one of Black's key defenders.Can you find White's forced win?
- [From the Crowthorne Vaults - Part 12](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/from-the-crowthorne-vaults-part-12/) - In this position, from a Berkshire League match played in 2016, White has sacrificed a piece for this attacking position, and there is now only one move to win. Can you find it?
- [Crowthorne online - this week's meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/crowthorne-online-this-weeks-meeting/) - As usual, we will be meeting online this week (Wednesday 27th), please see Jonathan's email for details.The format will be similar to last week's, where everyone is invited to bring an interesting game or position to show. Jonathan has promised to show "amazing game to show which should provoke some interesting comments and analysis".
- [From the Crowthorne Vaults - Part 11](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/from-the-crowthorne-vaults-part-11/) - Here is a variation from a game of game of Mark's played in 2012. There are two or three moves with which Mark, playing with the black pieces, would keep the advantage, but there is one which clearly wins. Can you find it? Black to play and win.
- [And the winner is ...](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/and-the-winner-is-2/) - Congratulations to Harvey Duckers for winning the second Crowthorne online blitz tournament, held yesterday on chess.comThis was another 5-minute "Arena" tournament, although this time not themed by opening. More doubtless to follow, as playing over-the-board chess still looks to be some way off in the future.
- [Meeting online Wednesday night - mini-tournament](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/meeting-online-tonight-mini-tournament/) - This Wednesday (May 13th at 8pm) we plan to have a mini tournament, just a plain tournament this time with no fixed opening, and we will try using chess.com this time. It will be possible to play in the tournament simply by being logged on in chess.com - and being a member of the Crowthorne
- [Themed mini-tournament](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/themed-mini-tournament/) - A reminder we have a Crowthorne Chess online Club night tonight (April 29), and we will be having a fixed opening mini rapid tournament on chess.com. If you don’t have a chess.com account you’ll need to have one in order to join in. If you have to sign up, please consider doing so nicely in
- [And the winner is ...](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/and-the-winner-is/) - Congratulations to Peter Tart for winning Crowthorne Chess Club's first online tournament.It was a 5-minute event in the "Arena" format hosted on lichess, with the first few opening moves being predetermined (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3).As the lockdown continues, we expect to have similar events from time to time.
- [Crowthorne 4NCL Team Update](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-team/) - This season, Crowthorne entered a team in the 4NCL (4 Nations Chess League), our first entry into this competition. With weekend three just finished, we are just over halfway through the season. Crowthorne is vying for promotion and we are currently well-placed with 10 match points, just one point behind the leaders Oxford 3 and
- [From the Crowthorne Vaults – Part 9](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/from-the-crowthorne-vaults-part-9/) - This position is from a game of Mark's played in the Berkshire League against a (young) James Adair of Reading Chess Club.White to play and win:
- [From the Crowthorne Vaults – Part 8](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/from-the-crowthorne-vaults-part-8/) - Another snappy finish, this one is of 2005 vintage. White is better here - black is somewhat cramped and his king is short of defenders - but can you spot the quickest and prettiest finish?Click the "?" below the diagram to check your answer, or just to play through the variations.White to play and win.
- [Online meeting tomorrow](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/online-meeting-tomorrow/) - Don't forget that Crowthorne Chess Club will be meeting online again tomorrow (15th April), as usual in these unusual times. Please see Jonathan's email, sent today, for the meeting details (which change from week to week).
- [This one is really nice](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/this-one-is-really-nice/) - A quick break from the Crowthorne vaults to show a nice finish by world champion Magnus Carlsen which was played on Tuesday. In the following position, Black has a nice combination which either wins a ton of material, or forces mate. Can you spot the continuation? Have a go, and click the "?" or one
- [From the Crowthorne Vaults – Part 7](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/from-the-crowthorne-vaults-part-7/) - This time it was the turn of a Crowthorne player to be on the receiving end of a smart tactic. In the following position, from a match against Sandhurst, white has a pleasant advantage with his passed d-pawn and active pieces. He also has a move which wins outright - can you see it?White to
- [From the Crowthorne Vaults - Part 6](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/from-the-crowthorne-vaults-part-6/) - In this game, from one of Colin's in 2018, there is one move which forces a win - can you find it?White to play and win.
- [From the Crowthorne Vaults - Part 4](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/from-the-crowthorne-vaults-part-4/) - Here's another quick finish by Mark. In the following position Black has Bishop+Knight for Rook+2 pawns. White's King is a little more open than perhaps he would have wished, but it is not obvious that he is in great danger yet.Mark found the only line to force a win - can you? Click the buttons
- [From the Crowthorne Vaults – Part 5](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/from-the-crowthorne-vaults-part-5/) - Black is a pawn down but can pick up the exchange at will. It's unclear if that results in a winning position, but if it does Black will certainly have to work hard to convert. There's a much cleaner line which wins on the spot.Black to play and win.
- [From the Crowthorne Vaults - Part 3](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/from-the-crowthorne-vaults-part-3/) - Colin has also been rummaging around the vaults, and he has found this position. it arose in his game against Sarah Hegarty in a match Crowthorne v Sandhurst, played in 2011.White was rather outplayed in the opening, and is an exchange and pawn down. He does have some compensation in that Black is missing her
- [From the Crowthorne Vaults](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/from-the-crowthorne-vault/) - In the absence of over-the-board chess, Mark Taylor has been looking over past games and has found a few nice tactics which he has shared with us. We will present these as puzzles for you to solve.The first is from the game Mark Taylor - Ken Norman that was played in a Crowthorne A vs
- [From the Crowthorne Vaults - Part 2](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/from-the-crowthorne-vaults-part-2/) - The following position arose in one of Mark's games against Camberley in the Berkshire League. As Mark's notes indicate, Black can play for a win simply by retreating the queen and keeping an extra piece, but what is the quickest route to victory?Again, just click on the buttons below the board to see the solution
- [Crowthorne Online Chess Club](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/crowthorne-online-chess-club/) - As the possibilities for over-the-board chess have disappeared, we are investigating the possibilities for club activity online. We are still feeling our way around and how best to use the internet for club purposes will develop over time with experience.Jonathan has created Crowthorne Chess Club on chess.com, and on lichess.org. Search under connect/clubs on chess.com,
- [Local Chess Leagues Suspended](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/local-chess-leagues-suspended/) - The two leagues in which Crowthorne Chess Club play, namely the Surrey Border League and the Berkshire League, have both decided to suspend all matches until further notice.What this means for the remaining fixtures is an open question which the leagues will review as events surrounding the coronavirus unfold.
- [Club Nights Suspended (coronavirus policy)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/club-suspended-coronavirus-policy/) - Wellington College has updated its coronavirus/COVID-19 policy so that it will now "operate a ‘core business only’ policy focussing on lessons and internal activities".As a result, Crowthorne Chess Club will no longer be able to meet at the College until further notice. The policy will be reviewed according to events, but the restriction can safely
- [Wellington College coronavirus policy](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/wellington-college-coronavirus-policy/) - Our host, Wellington College, has a Coronavirus (COVID-19) policy in force. The full policy can be found by clicking here: https://www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk/novel-coronavirus/ The policy is updated from time to time as circumstances change. Currently it reads:Wellington College is asking for the support of all of those who visit the College’s grounds or buildings in minimising the
- [4NCL Third Weekend Review](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-third-weekend-review/) - Rounds 5 and 6 took place over the weekend of 8-9 February, with Crowthorne first and second teams playing.On Saturday, Crowthorne 1 (Division 3) suffered their first reverse of the season, going down 3.5-2.5 against Wessex B, who fully deserved the victory. Crowthorne 2 (Division 4) also went down against the much higher rated Sussex
- [4NCL Second Weekend Review](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-second-weekend-review/) - Rounds 3 and 4 of the 4 Nations Chess League took place over the weekend (11-12 Jan) and once again Crowthorne Chess Club was in action.The first team, playing in Division 3, drew a tight match on Saturday, and won on Sunday, leaving themselves in clear first place after four rounds (still a long way
- [Interesting game in the Border League](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/exciting-game-played-in-the-border-league/) - On Wednesday's (29 Jan) match against Guildford A, Ken Coates played an attacking game against Alan Punnett - who responded with a strong counterattack that produced tremendous complications for both players to solve. The game follows, and it is fun to play through and try to work out the variations: This win helped Crowthorne to
- [Christmas Handicap Review](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/christmas-handicap-review/) - The 32nd annual Crowthorne Chess club Christmas Speed Handicap Tournament Party was held on Friday night (20th), and gave us the nerve-wracking exciting chess we’ve come to expect from the speed handicap format. I saw at least three games where the winner delivered mate with three seconds left on the clock, and there were an
- [Khyber Cup Report](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/khyber-cup-report/) - Jonathan has provided the following report on this year's Khyber Cup, which was held on Sunday (!st July): The annual Crowthorne Chess Club Khyber Cup was held today, in glorious sunshine. We had a good attendance with fourteen players, and a very high average standard of ability. There were joint winners this year: Colin Purdon
- [Khyber Cup Photos](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/khyber-cup-photos/) - Here is a selection of photos from this year's Khyber Cup. Host John Upham also acted as the official photographer: If the images do not display (they require Flash to be enabled in your browser) you can view them directly on John's smugmug site
- [Christmas Handicap - The Results!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/xmas-handicap-2018-results/) - The speed handicap tournament is a Crowthorne chess club Christmas tradition, with this year being its thirty first year. We had an amazing 29 players this year, which I believe is a new record. Because of the large number of entrants, the group stage was split into 4 groups of 7 or 8 players, the
- [Khyber Cup 2019](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/khyber-cup-2019/) - The Khyber Cup, which was held on Sunday June 16 fulfilled all the traditional Khyber cup elements: good natured but closely fought games in a friendly environment, and weather going from imminent rain to a lovely summer’s day. Even the traditional winner, Richard Webb, won the event, adding his name to the shield for the
- [Summer Mini Blitz Tournament](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/summer-mini-blitz-tournament/) - As part of our summer events Crowthorne Chess Club held a blitz tournament in the club room on Wednesday 10th July. With 10 club members playing, it was an all-play-all with a time rate of 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move. The results were recorded using state-of-the-art technology (a whiteboard - see the
- [Summer event: Mini Rapid Trompowsky Tournament](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/summer-event-mini-rapid-trompowsky-tournament/) - Yesterday the club held a themed blitz tournament where all the games started with the position arising after the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4This took most players off the beaten track and into very varied and unknown territory, and as a result many interesting games ensued. Twelve members participated, and the event
- [Summer event: Random Opening Rapidplay Tournament](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/summer-event-random-opening-rapidplay-tournament/) - To complement the fixed opening rapidplay held earlier in the summer, Crowthorne Chess Club held a random opening rapidplay, with a different opening in each round. The results of the tournament, held yesterday evening with eight members playing were:1st Harvey Duckers with 6 points (out of 7)2nd Mark Taylor with 53rd Jonathan Welton with 4.5
- [Christmas Events](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/christmas-events/) - It's that time of year again, and there are two social events for Crowthorne Chess Club members to put in their calendar!A message from Jonathan, our club secretary:The time has come for you to let me know if you’re planning to attend the Crowthorne Christmas Handicap tournament, also known as our Christmas party. I need
- [Christmas Meal Timings](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/christmas-meal-timings/) - Camberley and Crowthorne Chess Clubs Christmas meal is tomorrow (Friday 13th). The timings are:Meet first at the Dog & Partridge Public House from 7pm onwardsAt 8.30pm cross over the road for our club Christmas Meal at La Galleria Italian Restaurant in Yateley Industries, Mill Lane, Yateley GU46 7TFThe menus are at http://www.lagalleria-restaurant.co.uk/menu.html
- [4NCL First Weekend Report (Nov 2019)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-first-weekend-report-nov-2019/) - Once again Crowthorne has two teams competing in the 4NCL (Four Nations Chess League), the UK's national team championship. We have one team in Division 4, and one team in Division 3, having gained promotion last year.The first 2 rounds have just taken place this weekend (9-10 November).The B team narrowly lost 2½ - 3½
- [Berkshire League Fixtures are out too!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/berkshire-league-fixtures-are-out-too/) - Fixtures are now available on the Berkshire Chess League website. Crowthorne Chess Club's fixture can be found here (these links are also available in the Useful Links page). Please remember that fixtures are occasionally subject to rearrangement, and that the Surrey Border and Berkshire League's websites should be checked just in case fixture dates have
- [SBL Fixtures are out!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/sbl-fixtures-are-out/) - The Surrey Border League's fixtures for the 2019/2020 season are now available on the SBL website. The Berkshire League's fixtures will become available some time in September. Crowthorne Chess Club's SBL fixtures can be found here.
- [Back to Permanent Location](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/back-to-permanent-location/) - From next Wednesday (21 Aug), we will be meeting at our usual location in the Maths Dept, and no longer at our summer lodgings in PE1. Please click the image below for a detailed map, or go to the About Us page for detailed directions.
- [New ECF Grades are out!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/new-ecf-grades-are-out/) - The ECF has just published its July 2019 list, as usual timed to be just before the start of the British Championships.Grades of Crowthorne Chess Club players can be found here
- [Summer talk: Chess Puzzles](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/summer-talk-chess-puzzles/) - Yesterday Richard Webb gave a very entertaining talk, going through a number of endgame puzzles. The puzzles were all spectacular, often humorous and, of course, difficult to solve.As a taster, here is one of the puzzles that Richard presented, a 1922 composition by Kubbel. White to play and win. Expand the "Spoiler" below to see
- [New Summer Location](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/new-summer-location/) - We will be in a different room within Wellington College over the summer, in PE1 in Combermere. It is the same room we were in last summer. In the attached map it is arrowed in red (our current rooms are arrowed in blue). If leaving the current playing rooms turn left on the main road
- [4NCL Fifth and Final Weekend Report](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-fifth-and-final-weekend-report/) - Ken Coates, our 4NCL captain, has provided the following report on Crowthorne's 2018/19 season Firstly I would like to thank everyone who took part in this year’s 4NCL campaign in division 4S. Crowthorne 1 ran out the division 4 winners with 21 points from a possible 22 points with 10 match wins and one draw
- [4NCL Round 7 Highlights](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-round-7-highlights/) - Paul Cooksey scored 2/2 on the 4th weekend, with the Black pieces on both days. Here is Paul's Saturday (Round 7) game against Watford 1. Paul won a pawn out of the opening, and pressed home the advantage with a nice exchange sacrifice which gave him a number of positional pluses. A smooth performance by
- [4NCL Round 5 Highlights](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-round-5-highlights/) - Andrew Kirby had a nice win for Crowthorne 2 on Saturday game, in the match against All Anands on Deck. He played the active Scandinavian Defence, and produced a fine temporary pawn sacrifice in order to activate his pieces:
- [4NCL Fourth Weekend Report](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-fourth-weekend-report/) - Crowthorne went into Weekend four of the 4NCL season, played over 13-14 April, with a weakened team because of holidays and clashes with other events. The first team was missing Ken and Richard, and unfortunately it was not possible to raise a second for the weekend - the 4NCL was notified well in advance of
- [4NCL Third Weekend Report](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-third-weekend-report/) - Many thanks to Ken Coates, the Crowthorne 4NCL squad captain, for providing the following report on this season's weekend 3. With 6 rounds completed and 5 remaining Crowthorne 1 head the table following 2 wins at the weekend. On Saturday Crowthorne eased to a 4½-1½ win against Warwickshire Select 2 setting up a top of
- [Second 2018/2019 4NCL Weekend](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/second-2018-2019-4ncl-weekend/) - Rounds 3 and 4 of the 4NCL took place over the weekend of 12-13 January in Bedford, with the two Crowthorne teams in action in Division 4s. Crowthorne 1 got off to a shaky start, drawing 3-3 against Throw in the Tal despite outgrading them by an average of 180 Elo (around 25 ECF) per
- [4NCL Second weekend highlights](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4ncl-second-weekend-highlights/) - In addition to Richard's game seen in the previous post, there were a number of interesting games and positions from the recent 4NCL weekend. Here are two examples, starting with Panos' nice combinational win with the Black pieces in Round 4: Also in Round 4, Harvey (with Black) found a nice finish:
- [Christmas Schedule](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/christmas-schedule/) - Crowthorne chess club will be running as normal on Wednesday (December 19th), though in a festive mood, but we will be closed on Wednesdays the 26th December and 2nd January, and resume in the new year on Wednesday the 9th January.Also, a reminder, the Christmas Handicap event is on Friday 21st December. If you’ve not already
- [Crowthorne players at the Olympiad](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/crowthorne-players-at-the-olympiad/) - The 43rd Chess Olympiad is currently in full swing at Batumi in Georgia. There are currently two Crowthorne players representing England at the Olympiad - GM Nick Pert is playing in the Open tournament, and WFM Louise Head is in the Women's tournament. Click the links to follow the progress of all the teams on
- [Berkshire League Fixtures are up!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/berkshire-league-fixtures-are-up/) - The Berkshire League website has been updated for the 2018/2019 season, including fixtures, divisions, match captains and so on. You can check the details by going to the website directly, or by using the links in the Useful Links page. Now the fixtures/tables etc are available for both the Berkshire and Surrey Border Leagues.
- [Back Home!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/back-home/) - From 01 September 2018 the Chess Club will meet in its original location in the newly-refurbished maths block. This is the venue that we used prior to the 2017/2018 season. Please see the About Us page for detailed instructions and map.
- [Border League Fixtures are up!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/border-league-fixtures-are-up/) - The Surrey Border League website has been updated for the 2018/2019 season, including fixtures, divisions, match captains and so on. You can check the details by going to the website directly, or by using the links in the Useful Links page.
- [Crowthorne players at the Berks and Bucks](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/crowthorne-players-at-the-berks-and-bucks/) - The 54th Berks and Bucks Congress was held over the Bank Holiday weekend (25-27 August), with various Crowthorne players participating. The star performer was George Green, who scored 4/6 to take equal 2nd in the Reserves A. In the Challengers, Andrew Kirby scored 3.5/6 with a performance rating of around 1670 - considerably higher than
- [Andrew Kirby at the British Championships](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/andrew-kirby-at-the-british-championships/) - Crowthorne's Andrew Kirby had an excellent tournament in the U12 section of the 2018 British Championships, held in Hull 27th July - 5th August. Andrew scored 5/7, finishing 4th equal and achieving a tournament performance rating of 1724 (his starting rating was 1437). Full details here. Well done, Andrew!
- [Mayhem in the Colle](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/mayhem-in-the-colle/) - The recent match between Crowthorne's all-junior C team and Godalming D saw a fascinating struggle between James Love (Crowthorne) and David Archer. Playing the White pieces, David played a speculative Greek Gift piece sacrifice which gave him lasting compensation in the form of Black's exposed king, and which also produced a tremendously complicated position for
- [Louise Head at the Czech Open](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/louise-head-at-the-czech-open/) - Louise had a superb tournament at the recent Czech Open, held in Pardubice in the last two weeks in July. Playing in the top section, she scored 5/9 including a draw against a GM and wins against a WIM and an FM. Her performance rating for the event is an impressive 2382! Here is one of
- [4NCL 2017/2018 Season Summary](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/4cl-2017-2018-season-summary/) - Ken Coates has provided a summary of the season's 4NCL performance: Firstly I want to thank everyone who played in the matches for Crowthorne in this seasons 4NCL. It was a privilege and honour to captain the team. I have just seen the final positions and can confirm we will not be promoted having come
- [Crowthorne Win the Premier Precision Cup!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/crowthorne-win-the-premier-precision-cup/) - The Premier Precision Cup is the Berkshire Chess Association grade handicapped knockout competition, in which the grading difference between the two sides is used to determine the score required to win the match. The final between Maidenhead and Crowthorne took place on June 18th, and the grading difference meant that Crowthorne needed to win by
- [Temporary Summer Location - Room PE 1](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/temporary-summer-location-room-pe-1/) - Wellington College have broken up for the summer now, and the New Maths Block we have been in for 9 months will be closed for building work. So we will move to another room over summer, and in September we will hopefully move back into the old maths block. The new room is PE1, which
- [Crowthorne Runners-Up in the Haslemere Trophy](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/crowthorne-runners-up-in-the-haslemere-trophy/) - On Wednesday (23rd May) Crowthorne played Farnham in the final of the Haslemere Trophy, the Surrey Border League's team handicap competition. In this tournament, 5-board teams play two rapidplay games with colours reversed and the handicapping system bases the winning score on the difference between the average grade between the two teams. The final was
- [Crowthorne A wins the Berkshire League!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/crowthorne-a-wins-the-berkshire-league/) - The Crowthorne A team has won the Berkshire League, with a score of 6.5 out of 8 matches played (6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss to Reading B - see crosstable). Congratulations to the team, and to the captain Ken Coates.
- [Mixed results in 4CNL Rounds 7 & 8](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/mixed-results-in-4cnl-rounds-7-8/) - Crowthorne's 4NCL team had mixed results in this weekend's (24-25 March) matches in Division 4 South. We started well on Saturday, beating Oxford 3 with a score of 4-2, but came a cropper on Sunday, managing to lose 3.3-2.5 to Iceni 2 - despite outgrading them by an average of 224 points (Elo, about 30

## Pages

- [Honours Board](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/honours-board/) - Crowthorne Chess Club holds three regular annual tournaments: the Christmas Handicap, the Khyber Cup and, reintroduced in the 2022/23 season, the Club Championship.The Club Championship in the inaugural season was held as a 10-player all-play-all competition, in future years the format may vary depending on the number of entries.In the Christmas Handicap each game lasts
- [Useful Links](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/useful-links/) - Crowthorne Club Home Page on ECF LMSCrowthorne Chess Club (including all fixtures) Berkshire Chess Association LinksMain Web SiteDivision 1 TableDivision 2 TableDivision 3 Table Surrey Border Chess League LinksMain Web SiteDivision 1 TableDivision 2 TableDivision 3 TableDivision 4 TableDivision 5 TableDivision 6 TableRapidPlay Division 1 TableRapidPlay Division 2 Table Other LinksCrowthorne Chess Club on Facebook
- [Club Championship](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/club-championship-5/) - This page shows the current status of the Crowthorne Chess Club Championship in the 2025/2026 season.As for last season, this year's championship comprises three Groups, which will be followed by a knockout stage to determine the champion. Colours for unplayed games (colours were determined by the ECF LMS) can be seen by the "W" or
- [Junior Club](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/junior-club/) - Crowthorne Chess Club welcomes junior players to the club, and over the years many juniors have played successfully for all the Crowthorne teams in the local leagues. We also have a junior section, which offers training by club members, some of whom are ECF certified arbiters and trainers. The junior sessions, which run from 6:15-7:15pm
- [About Us](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/about-us/) - The chess club is a friendly and competitive club for all standards of player, located in Crowthorne (near Wokingham), Berkshire
- [Home](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/home/) - Crowthorne Chess Club is a friendly and competitive club that plays in the Berkshire and Surrey Border leagues.
- [Privacy Policy](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/cookie-policy/) - CookiesThis site uses cookies for the following purposes:- to enable password access to the "Members pages" section of the website ;- to remember acceptance, where given, of the cookie policy ;- to facilitate the "World Top 10" widget seen, for example, in the "Useful links" page.Cookies are also used by embedded youtube content (as seen,
- [Club Championship 2024/25](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/club-championship-4/) - This page shows the current status of the Crowthorne Chess Club Championship in the 2024/2025 season.The Club Championship is under way! This season, the championship comprises three Groups, which will be followed by a knockout stage to determine the champion. Complete tournament details may be seen on the ECF LMS page (to see a different
- [History](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/history/) - Early Beginnings The first known founder (and organiser) of Crowthorne Chess Club was JMO (John Michael Osbourne) Curtis known as Mike to his friends. He was a teacher of History and Classics at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire. Indeed, as a member myself in the early 1970s we would meet on Monday evenings in one of
- [Club Championship 2023/24](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/club-championship-3/) - This page shows the final table of the Crowthorne Chess Club Championship in the current season (2023/24).Congratulations to George Green for becoming Crowthorne Chess Club Champion! Crowthorne CC tournaments from previous years can be found on the ECF LMS here
- [Contact Us](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/contact-us/) - For all queries about Crowthorne Chess Club, please contact the Club Secretary:Jonathan WeltonEmail: crowthornechess@outlook.comPhone: 07810 636694
- [Club Olds](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/club-news/) - News has moved! This page is the old "Club News" page which has been superseded by the blog here. Pre-2018 events can be seen here, please see blog posts for more recent news. This page will no longer be updated. Christmas Handicap Final Here is video action of the Christmas Handicap final, between James New
- [Club Championship 2022/23](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/club-championship-2/) - This page shows the final table of the Crowthorne Chess Club Championship in the 2022/23 season. Congratulations to Harvey for winning the tournament! This table, along with many other details about the tournament, may be seen on the ECF LMS page.
- [Elo Calculator](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/elo-calculator/) - Enter the ratings of the players and the K factor in the form below in order to calculate the rating change.If you do not know the relevant K factor, look at the player's page on www.fide.com and check the individual calculations for the most recent month for which you can see results.
- [Old News  (pre-Summer 2015)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/club-news/old-news-pre-summer-2015/) - End of 2014/2015 Season Summary There were mixed results for Crowthorne in the various leagues and cups in the team tournaments it plays in (the Surrey Border League and the Berkshire Chess Association). The final positions for the various teams in the 2014/2015 season are as follows: Surrey Border League Division 1 A Team 2nd

## Tournaments

- [Club Championship 2026 KO](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/?stb-tournament=club-championship-2026-ko)
- [Club Championship 2026 Plate](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/?stb-tournament=club-championship-2025-plate-2)
- [Club Championship 2025 Knockout Group 1](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/?stb-tournament=club-championship-2025-knockout-group-1)
- [Club Championship 2025 Plate](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/?stb-tournament=club-championship-2025-plate)
- [Club Championship 2025 Knockout Group 2](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/?stb-tournament=club-championship-2025-knockout-group-2)

## Events

- [AGM](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/agm-3/) - Crowthorne Chess Club's AGM this year will be on Wednesday 12th July in the Monro Pavilion, starting at 8pm. Please see Jonathan's email for the the agenda and more details.
- [AGM 2026](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/agm-2026/) - This years AGM will take place on Wednesday the 8th July at the Morgan Centre. Jonathan has circulated the Agenda via email.
- [Christmas Time Handicap](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/christmas-time-handicap/) - Doors open at 7pm, rules explained sometime about 7:30, play starts shortly after that. Buffet laid on. And by popular demand we're back where we were last year, in the function room at the rear of the Bar&Cafe in the Pinewood Centre.
- [First Meeting at the Morgan Centre!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/first-meeting-at-the-morgan-centre/) - The opening night in the new venue, the Morgan Centre, is on Wednesday 3rd September. We will kick off with a tour of the place and a mini rapidplay event for club members (from 7:30). The junior club will meet from 6:15pm.
- [Delancey UK Chess Challenge Week 1](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/delancey-uk-chess-challenge-week-1/) - We are kicking-off the Delancey UK Chess Challenge tournament this coming Wednesday (12th March) to run for the next four weeks.There will be seven rounds of ECF rated rapidplay with a 10’ + 5” time control. Entry is FREE. There will be amazing prizes galore! Please let John Upham know if your child will be
- [Christmas Junior Blitz](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/christmas-junior-blitz/) - Wednesday, December 18th will be the final club night of 2024 and with no league matches scheduled we are running an extended junior club night running until 8.30pm. Our ECF arbiter, John Upham, will run an ECF rated blitz event using a 3″ + 2′ time control over at least six rounds. Details may be
- [Chirstmas Handicap 2024!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/chirstmas-handicap-2024/) - The holiday season is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than with a thrilling chess tournament! We are excited to invite you to the annual Crowthorne Christmas Speed Handicap on Friday the 13th December. This is your chance to showcase your strategic prowess, enjoy some festive cheer, and maybe even walk away with
- [Junior Blitz Tournament resumes](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/junior-blitz-tournament-resumes/) - The junior blitz tournament resumes, having has a pause last week for half-term. Details about the tournament can be found here: https://chess-results.com/tnr1040398.aspx?lan=1&art=0&turdet=YES
- [Khyber Cup 2024](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/khyber-cup-2024/) - We’re pleased to announce this year’s Khyber Cup is to be held on Saturday the 13th July, and we’re returning to the familiar venue of John Upham’s house in Prospect Road, Cove. Should be the usual memorable and fun games.
- [AGM](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/agm-4/) - This year's AGM will take place in our usual Wellington College venue at the Monro Pavilion. All the usual incisive debate, thrilling rhetoric and decisive decision making will be on display. If you have any topics or suggestions for discussion let Jonathan know.
- [4NCL Weekend 5 2023/24 Season (Crowthorne A and B)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-weekend-5-2023-24-season-crowthorne-a-and-b/) - The fifth and final 4NCL weekend for Crowthorne is on May 4-6. The A and B teams are playing on the same weekend and in the same location for these final rounds. Please refer to the 4NCL Site for more information.
- [4NCL Weekend 4 2023/24 Season (Crowthorne B)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-weekend-4-2023-24-season-crowthorne-b/) - The fourth 4NCL weekend for Crowthorne B is on March 9-10. Note that the A and B teams play in different locations and on different dates for rounds 3-4. Please refer to the 4NCL Site for more information.
- [4NCL Weekend 4 2023/24 Season (Crowthorne A)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-weekend-4-2023-24-season-crowthorne-a/) - The fourth 4NCL weekend for Crowthorne A is on March 16-17. Note that the A and B teams play in different locations and on different dates for rounds 7-8. Please refer to the 4NCL Site for more information.
- [4NCL Weekend 3 2023/24 Season (Crowthorne A and B)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-weekend-2-2023-24-season-crowthorne-a-and-b/) - The third 4NCL weekend for Crowthorne is on February 10-11. Though the A and B teams are playing on the same weekend, they are in different locations. Please refer to the 4NCL Site for more information.
- [4NCL Weekend 2 2023/24 Season (Crowthorne A)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-weekend-2-2023-24-season-crowthorne-a/) - The second 4NCL weekend for Crowthorne A is on January 13-14. Note that the A and B teams play in different locations and on different dates for rounds 3-4. Please refer to the 4NCL Site for more information.
- [4NCL Weekend 1 2023/24 Season (Crowthorne B)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-weekend-1-2023-24-season-crowthorne-b/) - The first 4NCL weekend for Crowthorne B is on November 18-19. Note that the A and B teams play in different locations and on different dates for rounds 1-2. Please refer to the 4NCL Site for more information.
- [4NCL Weekend 1 2023/24 Season (Crowthorne A)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-weekend-1-2023-24-season-crowthorne-a/) - The first 4NCL weekend for Crowthorne A is on November 11-12. Note that the A and B teams play in different locations and on different dates for rounds 1-2. Please refer to the 4NCL Site for more information.
- [4NCL Weekend 2 2023/24 Season (Crowthorne B)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-weekend-2-2023-24-season-crowthorne-b/) - The second 4NCL weekend for Crowthorne B is on January 6-7. Note that the A and B teams play in different locations and on different dates for rounds 3-4. Please refer to the 4NCL Site for more information.
- [Christmas Speed Handicap](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/christmas-speed-handicap-2/) - Our annual Christmas Speed Handicap has been booked for Friday the 15th December. This will be in the rear function room at the Pinewood Centre.
- [Khyber Cup 2023](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/khyber-cup-2023/) - This year’s Khyber Cup is being held on Saturday the 29th July, kindly hosted by Harriet Haslehurst. Please see Jonathan's email for the address and other details. Could you aim to arrive for a 10am chess start. Lunch: There are plenty of eating choices on the High Street and still more within easy walking distance.
- [Final 4NCL Weekend 2022/23 Season](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/final-4ncl-weekend-2022-23-season/) - The fifth and final weekend takes place over the Early May Bank Holiday weekend of 29th April-1st May. The A and B teams are in different locations (Milton Keynes and Warwick respectively), please refer to the 4NCL Site for more information.
- [Move to Monro Pavilion](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/move-to-monro-pavilion/) - Wednesday 19th will be our first evening at the Monro Pavilion, our new venue in Wellington College. We will no longer be located in the Maths rooms. Directions will be added to the "About Us" page in due course.
- [Christmas Handicap 2022](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/christmas-handicap-2022/) - This year’s Christmas Speed Handicap is to be held on Friday the 9th December. It will be in the Pinewood Centre, where we meet on Thursday nights, but in the Gym there, which is a couple of blocks to the right (when facing the buildings) of the bar & café. We will set up some
- [Khyber Cup](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/khyber-cup-2/) - This year's Khyber Cup will be held at Jonathan's house. Please refer to his email for the address. The Khyber Cup is a long running Crowthorne Chess Club summer friendly tournament. It’s open to all club members, their family members, friends. It is also open to friendly rival club members. Please let Jonathan know if
- [Christmas Handicap (Over the Board) - CANCELLED](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/christmas-handicap-over-the-board/) - UPDATE: Unfortunately it has been necessary to cancel the Christmas Handicap this Saturday because the College has closed the bar until further notice (quite understandably in view of the omicron variant).
- [Club meeting at Pinewood Centre](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-meeting-at-pinewood-centre-14/) - We are continuing to meet on Thursdays at Pinewood Centre.
- [Wednesday Night Club Meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/wednesday-night-club-meeting/) - We are back in Wellington College. Club matches will take place in the Mathematics rooms as usual (check with your match captain for start times), with social chess in the bar from 8pm.
- [Back to Wellington College on Wednesdays!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/back-to-wellington-college-on-wednesdays/) - After a Covid-enforced absence from our regular venue we will be back at Wellington College (in the Maths Rooms) starting from Wednesday 3rd November. See you there! Please see the About Us page for a map and detailed directions.
- [Club meeting at Pinewood Centre](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-meeting-at-pinewood-centre-13/) - We are continuing to hold our now regular Thursday meetings at the Pinewood Cafe.
- [Club meeting at Pinewood Centre](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-meeting-at-pinewood-centre-12/) - We are continuing to hold our now regular Thursday meetings at the Pinewood Cafe.
- [Club meeting at Pinewood Centre](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-meeting-at-pinewood-centre-11/) - We are continuing to hold our now regular Thursday meetings at the Pinewood Cafe.
- [Club meeting at Pinewood Centre](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-meeting-at-pinewood-centre-10/) - We are continuing to hold our now regular Thursday meetings at the Pinewood Cafe.
- [Club meeting at Pinewood Centre](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-meeting-at-pinewood-centre-9/) - We are continuing to hold our now regular Thursday meetings at the Pinewood Cafe.
- [Club meeting at Pinewood Centre](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-meeting-at-pinewood-centre-8/) - We are continuing to hold our now regular Thursday meetings at the Pinewood Cafe.
- [Club meeting at Pinewood Centre](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-meeting-at-pinewood-centre-5/) - We are continuing to hold our now regular Thursday meetings at the Pinewood Cafe.
- [Club meeting at Pinewood Centre](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-meeting-at-pinewood-centre-6/) - We are continuing to hold our now regular Thursday meetings at the Pinewood Cafe.
- [Club meeting at Pinewood Centre](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-meeting-at-pinewood-centre-7/) - We are continuing to hold our now regular Thursday meetings at the Pinewood Cafe.
- [Khyber Cup - Over-the-Board!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/khyber-cup-over-the-board/) - The infamous Crowthorne Chess Club summer mini-tournament, the KHYBER CUP, will be next Sunday, the 29th August. This will be at the Bar & Café in the Pinewood Centre off New Wokingham Road/Peacock Lane in Crowthorne. Doors open at 10am and play will start not long after that, once we’ve set everything up. We aim
- [Club meeting at Pinewood Centre](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-meeting-at-pinewood-centre-4/) - Club meeting on Thursday evening at the Cafe and Bar in the Pinewood Centre in Crowthorne. See the blog entry for more details
- [Club meeting at Pinewood Centre](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-meeting-at-pinewood-centre-3/) - Club meeting on Thursday evening at the Cafe and Bar in the Pinewood Centre in Crowthorne. See the blog entry for more details
- [Club meeting at Pinewood Centre](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-meeting-at-pinewood-centre-2/) - Club meeting on Thursday evening at the Cafe and Bar in the Pinewood Centre in Crowthorne. See the blog entry for more details
- [Club meeting at Pinewood Centre](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-meeting-at-pinewood-centre/) - Club meeting on Thursday evening at the Cafe and Bar in the Pinewood Centre in Crowthorne. See the blog entry for more details
- [Club (real world) meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-real-world-meeting-8/) - Club meeting on Thursday evening at the Cafe and Bar in the Pinewood Centre in Crowthorne. See the blog entry or for more details.
- [Club (real world) meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-real-world-meeting-7/) - Club meeting on Thursday evening at the Cafe and Bar in the Pinewood Centre in Crowthorne. See the blog entry or for more details.
- [Club (real world) meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-real-world-meeting-6/) - Club meeting on Thursday evening at the Cafe and Bar in the Pinewood Centre in Crowthorne. See the blog entry or for more details.
- [Club (real world) meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-real-world-meeting-5/) - We will meet on Thursday at the Cafe and Bar in the Pinewood Centre in Crowthorne. See the blog entry or for more details.
- [Club (real world) meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-real-world-meeting-4/) - We will meet on Thursday at the Cafe and Bar in the Pinewood Centre in Crowthorne. See the blog entry or for more details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club weekly Zoom meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-weekly-zoom-meeting-7/) - Please see the email for the meeting details.
- [Club (real world) meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-real-world-meeting-3/) - We will meet on Thursday at the Cafe and Bar in the Pinewood Centre in Crowthorne. See the blog entry or for more details.
- [Club (real world) meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-real-world-meeting-2/) - As we did last Thursday, we will meet on Thursday 17th at the Cafe and Bar in the Pinewood Centre in Crowthorne. See the blog entry or Jonathan's emails for more details. (We are keeping Wednesday for the regular Zoom meeting which will still take place.)
- [Club (real world) meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/club-real-world-meeting/) - We willl meet up on Thursday 10th at the Cafe and Bar in the Pinewood Centre in Crowthorne. See the blog entry or Jonathan's emails for more details. (We are keeping Wednesday for the regular Zoom meeting which will still take place.)
- [Crowthorne Chess Club weekly Zoom meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-weekly-zoom-meeting-6/) - Please see Jonathan's email for details of the meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club weekly Zoom meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-weekly-zoom-meeting-5/) - Please see Jonathan's email for the details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club weekly Zoom meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-weekly-zoom-meeting-4/) - Please see Jonathan's email for details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club weekly Zoom meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-weekly-zoom-meeting-3/) - Please see Jonathan's email for details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club weekly Zoom meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-weekly-zoom-meeting-2/) - Please see Jonathan's email for details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club weekly Zoom meeting](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-weekly-zoom-meeting/) - Please see Jonathan's email for details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club – online club night](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-club-night-13/) - Please see Jonathan's email for the Zoom details of our usual Wednesday club meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club – online club night](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-club-night-12/) - Please see Jonathan's email for the Zoom details of our usual Wednesday club meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club – online club night](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-club-night-11/) - Please see Jonathan's email for the Zoom details of our usual Wednesday club meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club – online club night](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-club-night-10/) - On this Wednesday’s club night we will have a mini tournament using a relatively fast time control. We will default to use 5m+5s, unless there is a clear preference for something else. We’ll be using chess.com instead of our usual lichess, for the benefit of those who prefer chess.com. Other than that, there will be
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online club night](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-club-night-8/) - Please see Jonathan's email for details.
- [Christmas Handicap (online)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/christmas-handicap-online/) - This year we will hold the Christmas Handicap using Zoom and Lichess. The prize is the coveted Harvey-Ironside Shield . Please keep the date free ...
- [Crowthorne Chess Club – online club night](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-club-night-9/) - The online meetings will continue though the holiday period. Please see Jonathan's email for details of the Zoom meeting.
- [Keith Richardson Memorial Tournament](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/keith-richardson-memorial-tourn/) - Our friends at Camberley Chess Club have set November 1st as the date for this year's Keith Richardson Memorial. It is a one day rapidplay tournament which will be held online at lichess.org. For more details please visit https://camberleychess.co.uk/event/keith-richardson-memorial-tournament-2/ .
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online club night](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-club-night-7/) - Please see Jonathan's email for details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online club night](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-club-night-6/) - Please see Jonathan's email for details on joining the meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online club night](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-club-night-5/) - Please see Jonathan's email for details on how to join the meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online club night](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-club-night-4/) - Jonathan will send an email with the meeting details prior to the event.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online club night](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-club-night-3/) - Please refer to Jonathan's email for the Zoom meeting details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online club night](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-club-night/) - Please refer to Jonathan's email for more details
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online club night](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-club-night-2/) - Please refer to Jonathan's email for the Zoom meeting details.
- [Khyber Cup (Online)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/khyber-cup-online/) - Jonathan has set up the Khyber Cup for Saturday 5th September, 14:00, and has provided the followng details. Please see his email for more information. This is a 5 round Swiss, with 10m+5s time control and a couple of minutes between rounds for a breathing space. There is a Zoom session available for those who
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-21/) - As is now usual we are meeting this Wednesday at 8:00pm via a web conference. Please see Jonathan's email for the web conference details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-22/) - As is now usual we are meeting this Wednesday at 8:00pm via a web conference. Please see Jonathan's email for the web conference details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-20/) - As is now usual we are meeting this Wednesday at 8:00pm via a web conference. Please see Jonathan's email for the web conference details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-19/) - As is now usual we are meeting this Wednesday at 8:00pm via a web conference. Please see Jonathan's email for the web conference details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-18/) - As is now usual we are meeting this Wednesday at 8:00pm via a web conference. Please see Jonathan's email for the web conference details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-15/) - As is now usual we are meeting this Wednesday at 8:00pm via a web conference. Please see Jonathan's email for the web conference details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-16/) - As is now usual we are meeting this Wednesday at 8:00pm via a web conference. Please see Jonathan's email for the web conference details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-17/) - As is now usual we are meeting this Wednesday at 8:00pm via a web conference. Please see Jonathan's email for the web conference details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club – online](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-14/) - As is now usual we are meeting this Wednesday at 8:00pm via a web conference. Please see Jonathan's email for the web conference details.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club – online!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-12/) - Wednesday night is club night and we continue to meet even when circumstances mean that we can only do this online. Please refer to Jonathan’s email which contains the details on how to join the meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club – online!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-9/) - Wednesday night is club night and we continue to meet even if circumstances mean that we can only do this online. Please refer to Jonathan’s email which contains the details on how to join the meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club – online!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-13/) - Wednesday night is club night and we continue to meet even when circumstances mean that we can only do this online. Please refer to Jonathan’s email which contains the details on how to join the meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club – online!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-11/) - Wednesday night is club night and we continue to meet even when circumstances mean that we can only do this online. Please refer to Jonathan’s email which contains the details on how to join the meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club – online!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-10/) - Wednesday night is club night and we continue to meet even when circumstances mean that we can only do this online. Please refer to Jonathan’s email which contains the details on how to join the meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club – online!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-8/) - Wednesday night is club night and we continue to meet even if circumstances mean that we can only do this online. Please refer to Jonathan’s email which contains the details on how to join the meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club – online!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-7/) - Wednesday night is club night and we continue to meet even if circumstances mean that we can only do this online. Please refer to Jonathan’s email which contains the details on how to join the meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club – online!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-6/) - Wednesday night is club night and we continue to meet even if circumstances mean that we can only do this online. Please refer to Jonathan's email which contains the details on how to join the meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-3/) - Wednesday night is club night and we will continue to meet even if circumstances mean that we can only do this online. Please refer to Jonathan's email which contains the details on how to join the meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-4/) - Wednesday night is club night and we will continue to meet even if circumstances mean that we can only do this online. Please refer to Jonathan's email which contains the details on how to join the meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-5/) - Wednesday night is club night and we will continue to meet even if circumstances mean that we can only do this online. Please refer to Jonathan's email which contains the details on how to join the meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online-2/) - Wednesday night is club night and we will continue to meet even if circumstances mean that we can only do this online. Please refer to Jonathan's email which contains the details on how to join the meeting.
- [Crowthorne Chess Club - online!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/crowthorne-chess-club-online/) - Wednesday night is club night and we will continue to meet even if circumstances mean that we can only do this online. Please refer to Jonathan's email which contains the details on how to join the meeting.
- [4NCL Weekend 4 - POSTPONED](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-weekend-4/) - ***POSTPONED*** Owing to coronavirus 4NCL has postponed the fourth and fifth weekends of the 2019/2020 season. 4NCL will update teams when a new date has been set. Check the 4NCL website for latest news.
- [4NCL Weekend 5 - POSTPONED](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-weekend-5/) - ***POSTPONED*** Owing to coronavirus 4NCL has postponed the fourth and fifth weekends of the 2019/2020 season. 4NCL will update teams when a new date has been set. Check the 4NCL website for latest news.
- [Christmas Meal 2019](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/christmas-meal-2019/) - Our annual Christmas meal is shared with our friends from Camberley Chess Club at the wonderful La Galleria Italian Restaurant in Yateley Industries, Mill Lane, Yateley GU46 7TF See http://www.lagalleria-restaurant.co.uk/menu.html for details. We will meet in the Dog & Partridge Public House (across the road) beforehand. Here is the Christmas Menu :
- [2019 Christmas Handicap](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/2019-christmas-handicap/) - It’s December, nearly, and Christmas is not far off, which means our annual Christmas handicapped mini rapid play tournament is coming up. We have the Wellington social club, Napoleon’s Retreat, booked for the Friday before Christmas ,that’s Friday 20th December. You all know the format (basically it’s a speed handicapped event where anyone can win).
- [Camberley Farmer’s Market Promotion](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/1880/) - Saturday 21st September – Camberley and Crowthorne chess clubs will be appearing at Camberley Farmers Market. The aim is to try and kindle an interest in chess and recruit members. We propose to have a rota system. The stall will need to be covered between 10 and 4. Please put the date in your diary
- [Third Keith Richardson Memorial Rapidplay](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/third-keith-richardson-memorial-rapidplay/) - The committee of Camberley Chess Club is once more delighted to announce the Keith Richardson Memorial Rapidplay. This will take place on Saturday, September 14th 2019. The event is free to enter and open to any chess player. We ask that a donation is made to Keith's chosen charity which is The Parkinson Trust. We
- [Summer event: Mini Rapid Trompowsky Tournament](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/summer-event-mini-rapid-trompowsky-tournament/) - This coming Wednesday's summer event will be a restricted opening rapid tournament. The opening will be fixed with 2 moves (for each player) into the Trompowsky: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 Exciting stuff. Expect varied results. If this works as a format we could try other fixed opening mini tournaments. Interesting gambit lines have
- [Summer event: endgame studies](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/summer-event-endgame-studies/) - For the next summer event, we will have a talk from Richard going through some endgame studies, which should be both educational and entertaining.
- [Surrey Border League AGM](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/surrey-border-league-agm/) - The SBL is having its AGM at a new venue. Details of the agenda have been circulated by Trevor to club officials.
- [Berkshire Chess Association AGM](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/berkshire-chess-association-agm/) - The BCA is holding its AGM at Reading Chess Club's venue.
- [Mini Rapid Tournament](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/mini-rapid-tournament/) - Following Richard’s entertaining talk last Wednesday we plan to have a mini rapid tournament this coming Wednesday (10th July). The exact time control and format will be determined by how many people we have, but we’ll aim for all-play-all with 3+10 or 10 mins time control, and we’ll start around 7:45 when sufficient people have
- [Summer Move to Room PE1](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/summer-move-to-room-pe1/) - We are moving to PE1 for the summer. Please see the About Us or Blog page for more information.
- [4NCL Weekend 3](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-weekend-3/) - Third 4NCL weekend for the 2019/2020 season. Rounds 5 and 6 for Divisions 3 South and 4 South (these divisions are relevant for Crowthorne teams. Note that other divisions may play on other dates and/or at a different location).
- [4NCL Weekend 2](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-weekend-2/) - Second 4NCL weekend for the 2019/2020 season. Rounds 3 and 4 for Divisions 3 South and 4 South (these divisions are relevant for Crowthorne teams. Note that other divisions may play on other dates and/or at a different location).
- [4NCL Weekend 1](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-weekend-1/) - First 4NCL weekend for the 2019/2020 season. Rounds 1 and 2 for Divisions 3 South and 4 South (these divisions are relevant for Crowthorne teams. Note that other divisions may play on other dates and/or at a different location).
- [AGM](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/agm-2/) - Crowthorne Chess Club's AGM will be held at the usual club venue on Wednesday 19th June. All members are encouraged to attend. Jonathan has sent an email with the proposed agenda, if you have any other items you want discussing or have proposals to be adopted let him know and he can add them to
- [Khyber Cup 2019](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/khyber-cup-2019/) - Once again, John Upham has kindly offered to host the Khyber Cup. This friendly summer rapid play tournament is an annual event open to all club members.
- [4NCL 5th and Final Weekend (all divisions)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/1250/) - Fifth and final 4NCL weekend for the 2018/2019 season. Rounds 9-11 for all divisions (both Crowthorne teams are in Division 4 South).
- [4NCL 4th Weekend (Divisions 3 and 4 South only)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-4th-weekend-divisions-3-and-4-south-only/) - Fourth 4NCL weekend for the 2018/2019 season. Rounds 7 and 8 for divisions 3 and 4 South (both Crowthorne teams are in Division 4 South).
- [4NCL 3rd Weekend (all divisions)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-3rd-weekend-all-divisions/) - Third 4NCL weekend for the 2018/2019 season. Rounds 5 and 6 for all divisions (both Crowthorne teams are in Division 4 South).
- [4NCL Weekend 5 (all divisions)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-weekend-5-all-divisions/) - Final 4NCL weekend for the 2017/2018 season. Rounds 9-11 for all divisions (Crowthorne is in Division 4 South).
- [No Club Night!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/no-club-night-2/) - We will be closed on Wednesdays the 26th December and 2nd January, and resume in the new year on Wednesday the 9th January.
- [No Club Night!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/no-club-night-3/) - We will be closed on Wednesdays the 26th December and 2nd January, and resume in the new year on Wednesday the 9th January.
- [Christmas Meal](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/christmas-meal/) - The joint Camberley/Crowthorne chess clubs' Christmas meal is confirmed for Friday December 14th, and has been booked for Don Beni Restaurant in Crowthorne High Street, starting at 7pm.
- [Christmas Speed Handicap](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/christmas-speed-handicap/) - The annual Crowthorne speed handicap tournament, also known as the Crowthorne chess club Christmas party, will be on Friday the 21st December, from 7:30, in our usual venue of the staff bar. Do reserve the date in your diary.
- [Summer Lecture: Curious Positions and items of interest](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/summer-lecture-curious-positions-and-items-of-interest/) - This week John Upham will dip into his encyclopaedic chess knowledge to present curious positions and other items of interest. Novel for sure, educational most likely, and entertaining without doubt. All club members are invited.
- [Chess Summer Lecture: The Game of Thrills](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/chess-summer-lecture-the-game-of-thrills/) - All club members are invited to the summer lectures. This week Mark Taylor will go through one of his "interesting" games.
- [Chess Summer Lecture: Playing Bad Positions](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/chess-summer-lecture-playing-bad-positions/) - Colin will talk about playing bad positions, using the wealth of experience from his own games as examples.
- [Chess Summer Lecture: Louise Head's games in the Czech Open](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/chess-summer-lecture-louise-heads-games-in-the-czech-open/) - Congratulations to Louise Head for her stunning performance in the Czech Open over the last few weeks. Against strong opposition comprising of international masters, FIDE masters and grandmasters, Louise scored 5 out of 9 for a performance rating of 2382 ELO (224 ECF). Louise will be in the club this week to go through some
- [Keith Richardson Memorial Tournament](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/keith-richardson-memorial-tournament/) - Camberley Chess Club is holding the Keith Richardson Memorial tournament on Saturday 7th July. Crowthorne chess club members who wish to play in this one day rapidplay tournament can contact Ken or Christine for further details.
- [AGM](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/agm/)
- [4NCL Weekend 4 (Division 4 South)](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/4ncl-weekend-4-division-4-south/) - Rounds 7-8 for Divisions 3 and 4 South (Crowthorne is in Division 4 South).
- [NOT a Club Night!](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/no-club-night/) - Please note that the club will not be open on Wednesday 27th December. Normal service will be resumed on Wednesday 3rd January!
- [Christmas Handicap Tournament](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/christmas-handicap-tournament/) - All members - adults and juniors (James Love is the reigning champion!) - are invited to play in the annual Christmas Handicap tournament. Each games is 15 minutes in total, with the time apportioned according to the grading difference of the players. A food buffet will be laid on.
- [Khyber Cup](https://crowthornechess.org.uk/event/khyber-cup/) - Once again, John Upham has kindly offered to host the 2018 Khyber Cup. This friendly summer rapid play tournament is an annual event open to all club members.

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