Category: Match Report

Our 5th team recently turned out a superb performance in Division 3 of the Sussex Chess League, winning 4.5 to 0.5 against Horsham 5, on Friday 15 December 2023. Peter Holdstock played black on board 1. His opponent was Thomas Williams, who played the English. After a quiet opening,...

Our 5th team played at home against a strong Hastings 3rd team on Friday 10thNovember 2023, when, despite valiant efforts by all, the team lost 0.5 – 3.5. On board 1, John Wright played black against Marc Bryant and had a similar performance to the match against Haywards Heath...

Our closest neighbours and friends at Bexhill Chess Club played host to our 4th team on Friday 17th November, for a Division 3 match against Bexhill 4. Played at their lovely new venue of Little Common Community Centre, adjacent to St Mark’s Church, the match-up seemed close on paper;...

16th November. Another Thursday, another road trip to the lovely setting of The Bookshop in East Grinstead. After our 4th team’s success there a fortnight ago, this outing saw our 3rd take on their 1st in Division 2. It is always a pleasure to play at The Bookshop, surrounded...

Thursday 2nd November, 2023. This was a day of extreme weather, with heavy rainfall and exceptionally high winds battering the south coast. Captain Pete Finch did a superb job getting our 5th team to Haywards Heath and back safely through the terrible storm and floods. The match was equally...

On Thursday 19th October, Eastbourne 4 travelled through a thunderstorm to take on East Grinstead Bookshop’s 2nd team. The journey was worth it, as the team played very well, defeating the home side 0-4, with both Tadeusz Tompsett and Colin Clark beating opponents with significantly higher ratings. Tadeusz’s game...

The new Sussex Chess League season began on October 13th, with two Eastbourne vs Eastbourne matches being played simultaneously at the club. League rules stipulate that teams from the same club in the same division must play each other first, so we saw Eastbourne 1 vs Eastbourne 2 in...