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Long Road to Sheffield
The photographs included in the Sheffield article and of Amy Hoare are by Brendan O’Gorman - thanks, Brendan. You can see more of
Brendan’s work here - https://picasaweb.google.com/105059642136123716017
For me, the 2011 British Championships started with a bang. Or more pre-
cisely, a rather loud clunk.
Sunday, 24th July, 6.32 p.m.
The Worcestershire Open Congress – a tournament so wonderful that
only an event as grand and important as the British Championships dare follow it – was over for
another year. Everything seemed to have gone smoothly and I had helped my fellow organisers clear
up and was in my car leaving the University of Worcester campus. Crossing a speed bump at what
I thought was a suitably sedate pace, I heard the said clunk and saw in my rear view mirror the sorry-
looking remains of my antique Astra’s exhaust. Backing up to collect the debris, I was passed by a
taxi, the driver of which completed my humiliation with a cheery, “Is that yours, mate?”
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by the ECF’s own Andrew Farthing ...
at the ECF AGM on 15th October 2011
President
CJ de Mooi*
Chief Executive
Andrew Farthing*
Non-Executive Chairman
Mike Gunn*
Director of Finance
Gareth Caller*
CANDIDATES for ELECTION
ECF News
(nominated by the Chairman of the Governance
Committee)
* denotes an incumbent director, FIDE Delegate or
Chairman of a Standing Committee seeking re-election to
the same post.
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Members of the Governance Committee
Richard Haddrell and Andrew Leadbetter
ECF Awards
Congress of the Year 2011
This year we have selected the
2nd London Chess
Classic
held in December 2010 for the award. Held at
Olympia and the brainchild of Malcolm Pein, this
event’s line up included some of the world’s best
Grandmasters, as well as the World Champion,
Viswanathan Anand. Probably the best event in Britain
in 2010 – this was a well deserved award
Website of the Year 2011
Once again we received several nominations and we
were impressed with the high standard of the entries.
The Award Committee were agreed that the award
should go to the
Witney Chess Club site
http://www.witneychess.co.uk/
The webmaster is Steve Connor and he has agreed that
the award should be made to the Club
President’s Awards 2011
Mike Colebrook, Mike Truran, Kevin Thurlow,
Syd Cassidy, Dave Thomas
(full citations on the ECF website)
Mike Colebrook – Record of Achievement
Grimsby Chess Club
Club Secretary 1964 to 1967 & 1990 to 1993
Club Treasurer 1971 to 1972
Club President 1973 to 1984
Club Champion 1978/79 & 1979/80
Responsible for moving the club to Cherry Valley
Canteen in 1986 where it stayed until 1998, this move
laid the playing and financial foundation that the club
is built on today.
Mike was awarded Life Membership in recognition of
all the valuable work for Grimsby Chess Club.
Lincolnshire Chess Association
League Secretary 1971 to 1972, 1976 to 1977, 1991 to
1994 & 1996 to 2010.
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(nominated by the Chief Executive and by the Director of
Marketing)
(nominated by the Director of Home Chess and by the
London Chess Classic)
2 Non-Executive Directors
John Wickham* and Jack Rudd*
Director of Home Chess
Adam Raoof*
Director of International Chess
Lawrence Cooper*
Director of Junior Chess and Education
Phil Ehr
Sabrina Chevannes
(nominated by the Director of International Chess)
(nominated by the Director of Marketing and by the Chief
Executive)
Director of Marketing
Tim Woolgar
(nominated by the Chairman of the Governance
Committee)
FIDE Delegate
Nigel Short*
Chairman of the Finance Committee
No candidate
Members of the Finance Committee
Ray Clark and Ian Reynolds
John Philpott
Chairman of the Governance Committee
John Philpott*
(nominated by the Chief Executive)
(nominated by the Bronowski Trophy, by the Chess
Endgame Study Circle, by the Essex Chess Association, by
the Insurance Chess Club and by the North Essex Chess
League)
Long Road to Sheffield -
FC, 6
ECF News - 2
Awards - 2
Uxbridge/Amy Hoare - 11
Junior - 13
Grand Prix - 15
CONTENTS
International - 17
Results - 17
National Club - 20
BOTY shortlist - 21
ChEx Bookshelf - 22
Book Reviews - 24
Batsford - 25
Calendar - 26
First Team match captain 1973 to 1974
MCCU Delegate 1973 to 1983
Secretary 1974 to 1991 & 2002 to 2010
Grading Officer 1974 to 1981
Treasurer 1981 to 1990
Newsletter Editor 1981 to 1983, 1987 to 1989, 1992 to
1995 & 1998 to 1999
Second Team match captain 1992 to 1993
President 1993 to 2001
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and his serious illness a few years ago have been such
a benefit to so many players. He is respected by many
for his contributions to the chess community for a
period of over forty years.
There can be no one more deserving of an ECF
President’s Award than Kevin J Thurlow.
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Syd Cassidy - citation by Dave Cole et al
On behalf of Cumbria Chess Association and the
NCCU, I would like to nominate Syd Cassidy of
Austin Friars/Carlisle chess club for the ECF
President’s award.
Syd is retiring from teaching at the end of the summer
term and is returning to Ireland , where he has his
home. Syd has been outstanding in his service to chess
over 20 years in Cumbria . I am sure the list below is
only the tip of the iceberg in terms of chess organisa-
tion that Syd has been involved in. Syd is an inspira-
tional coach, mentor and organiser and a League con-
troller that has had fewer disputes than any of his
predecessors. This is testament to his gracious good
nature and no doubt Irish sense of humour, which
invariably will quell any dissent. In other words, Syd
gets on with everyone and I don’t know of a single
person who has a bad word for Syd or a bad experi-
ence at his events.
He started the Austin Friars school chess club in
Carlisle over 20 years ago and encouraged hundreds of
Juniors to join and play in the club over the years.
Indeed, many still play and are members of the ECF.
Following on from this he entered the club into the
Cumbria Chess Association and many adults have sub-
sequently joined. In recent years as Carlisle club has
diminished, Austin Friars has flourished to such a
point that Carlisle effectively ceased to exist. But given
Syd’s tact, he re-badged Austin Friars as ‘ Carlisle ‘ and
the club is in good health.
Junior participation and junior events is Syd’s passion
and was rewarded in 1997 when Austin Friars was
awarded the NCCU Schools Award for outstanding
achievement. Syd has run countless Junior events such
as the Cumbria Junior Championships, the NCCU
Junior championships and various junior jamborees.
He is a close collaborator with Paul Bielby and jointly
they have hosted events every year for Juniors in the
North. Syd has also been very generous not only with
his time and commitment, but also has on many an
occasion dipped into his own pocket to help out finan-
cially, such as taking Juniors to Mega-Finals.
Syd, set up and still runs the Cumbria Chess website,
which is one of the clearest and informative in the UK
Mike Truran - citation by David Sedgwick
Mike Truran has a longstanding involvement in chess
organisation in Oxfordshire and in the West of
England, but he is best known for his association with
the 4NCL throughout the eighteen years of its exis-
tence. His first involvement was as a team captain, but
he soon became one of the most important members
of its Board.
When the 4NCL was founded, there were many who
said that it would not last, not least because of the dif-
ficulty of finding satisfactory hotel venues and making
suitable arrangements with them. Mike has worked
tirelessly at that demanding task. Today over 400 play-
ers participate at each 4NCL weekend.
Mike has also been responsible for agreeing the
4NCL’s arrangements with the BCF/ ECF. Those of
us who have been on the other side of these discus-
sions know him to be a forceful but very fair negotia-
tor.
Mike also served with distinction as one of the first
Non-Executive Directors of the ECF.
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Kevin J Thurlow - citation by Ian Pheby
Kevin, who is 57, learned to play chess when he was
four years old. Since then, Kevin has had an outstand-
ing career in both the organisation of and playing
chess to a high level at Club, National and
International levels. He is a Candidate Master and an
ECF Arbiter. He has actively promoted chess for
everyone at local, National and International level
since 1969 which has included his work as an arbiter,
coaching juniors and adults, running his local Club
(Redhill), organising and running events, columnist
and publisher, etc. You will see from his record below
that Kevin has held many posts simultaneously carry-
ing out the duties of each post to a very high standard.
His dedication and unfailing energy to chess despite
the pressures of a difficult and time consuming job
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chess community. Check it out athttp://www.cumbri-
achess.org.uk
As well as promoting chess in England, Syd has been
successful in organising cross-border matches with
Clubs such as Dumfries and encouraged Scottish play-
ers to take part in Cumbrian events as well as inter-
County matches with the setting up of the South Tyne
League, with Cumbrian and Northumbrian clubs tak-
ing part.
Although junior events are his prime target, he has
been active in a number of roles in the County.
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The Harrow Club meets at Victoria Hall, Sheepcote
Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 2JE, on Thursday
nights from 7.30pm – 10.30pm, with coaching of
Juniors from 6.00pm – 7.15pm. Our season runs con-
tinuously from the first Thursday in September until
the second in July, with the exception of dates imme-
diately adjacent to Christmas and New Year.
Adult members
Harrow membership has continued to grow, this sea-
son the club had eight adult teams and two junior
teams competing in three league competitions. There
have been issues with fixture congestion running ten
teams, with as many as four home matches being held
on a single evening. Steps will be taken next year to
provide more space to accommodate the Junior coach-
ing and home league matches.
The most notable achievement in 2010-11 was that the
Hillingdon league A team won both the Division 1 title
and the Knock-out trophy for the third consecutive
year, a unique achievement. The team beat local rivals
Hayes 4-1 in the final to complete the hat-trick. There
were three other adult teams entered in the lower two
divisions of the Hillingdon league.
The Thames Valley A team finished second in Division
1, which is a great performance in their first season
back in the top flight. The newly promoted Thames
Valley B team finished mid-table in Division 2.
The Harrow Middlesex first and second adult teams
finished mid-table in Divisions 2 and 3 respectively.
Junior members
Harrow members have put in a lot of hard work again
this season developing the Junior section of the club.
The Juniors are coached by Harrow club member IM
Colin Crouch. Two Harrow junior teams were entered
in the Hillingdon league again this season. The Juniors
have been encouraged to enter the Middlesex Mega-
Finals again this year, as part of the English Chess
Federation’s National Competition.
Support for external chess organisations
The Harrow members have links to external chess
organisations. Two Harrow members serve on the
Thames Valley league committee, one of whom holds
the post of league secretary. Furthermore, two Harrow
members serve on the Hillingdon league committee,
holding the posts of league secretary and league con-
troller.
Harrow internal tournaments and special events
Harrow ran the Club Championship Swiss, Quick-play,
Lightning and Handicap internal tournaments again
this year and they proved to be popular as ever. A total
Dave Thomas - citation by John Wickham
The ECF Board unanimously agreed to make this
award to Dave in recognition of his many years of
devoted service to chess both in the Birmingham
League and as a member of the BCF Management
Board.
Dave is also extremely active as an ECF Senior Arbiter
being involved in the running of Congresses and in
assisting at the British Championships.
In addition he has assisted the ECF in many areas
including IT and Grading.
This short resume just highlights the work Dave has
done for chess. The award is a well deserved honour.
Club of the Year 2011
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Harrow Chess Club
(citation by Ian Cross)
Harrow’s History
Harrow Chess Club was founded by Mr A A Sainsbury
on 14th January 1907. Harrow Chess Club celebrated
its centenary on 14th January 2007. During its long his-
tory the club has competed in the Middlesex, Thames
Valley, London and Hillingdon leagues and the English
National Club Championship.
Notable visitors to the club include:
- F D Yates, 6 times British Champion, who gave
simultaneous displays at the club in 1931 and 1932
- G Koltanowski, the Belgian Master, who gave a
blindfold simultaneous display at the club in 1937
- B H Wood, who gave a simultaneous display at the
club in 1940
- Leonard Barden, who made three visits to the club
during the 1960s and 1970s
- GM Tony Miles, who gave a simultaneous display at
the club in 1982
- GM Simon Williams, who gave a 42 board simultane-
ous display at the club in 2010.
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of forty six players have contested the Club
Championship this season.
This season special events included the annual club trip
to the Bourne End congress with fourteen club mem-
bers competing. A thirty board simultaneous display by
GM Stuart Conquest against Harrow club members is
scheduled for June 9th at the Club’s premises. For the
second successive year Harrow will be play a 20 board
friendly match against St Albans at their venue on June
20th.
Harrow local community links
A chess demonstration was held by Harrow chess club
in the Gayton Library on Sunday 28 November 2010
to give people who visit the library an opportunity to
have a game of chess and meet club members. This
event has been organised annually by Harrow club for
many years and brings chess into the local community.
Website and Club magazine
A full history of the club and this season’s results can
be viewed at the club’s website: www.harrowchess-
club.org.uk
The club magazine ‘Harrow Chess Pieces’ marked its
200th edition in May 2010. The first edition was pro-
duced in September 1971 and has completed 39 years
of continuous publication under the sole editorship of
Roy Maddock, who next season celebrates his 50th
year as a club member. The magazine includes chess
puzzles and cartoons, feature articles, details of club
events, plus match and club tournament results.
Small Club of the Year - Sedgemoor Chess Club
(citation by Chris McKinley)
I would like to enter our club, Sedgemoor, based in
Bridgwater in Somerset, in the President’s Awards2010
for the Small Club of the Year.
We are a small friendly club; we welcome everyone at
our club by offering free tea and coffee and a few
games of chess. We have about 12 members with an
age range between about 12 to over 80. Our oldest
member has been playing competitive chess for over
60 years. At the other end of the age range we have
been lucky to have helped develop some good junior
players over the years. Joe Jervis played for the
England juniors and Ben Edgell became county cap-
tain and in 2008/09 season led the team to the west of
England county championship, undefeated.
Two of our current junior players attend a local sec-
ondary school which holds an after school chess club.
I have recently contacted the school suggesting that
the club would be happy to help with the school chess
club. We are waiting for this to be organised and are
hoping to attract more players to our friendly club by
assisting with more junior development.
The club actively supports county chess both in
administration and with players in the team. I am the
current Somerset county president and have acted as
stand in county captain. Sedgemoor regularly have
3/or 4 players in the county team. Until some of tal-
ented junior went to university last autumn we could
have as many as 8 players in the county team.
The club is active in the local leagues, having one team
in all 3 divisions. We have been successful over the
years having won all divisions and the KO cup over the
last few years. This season we have are the second divi-
sion champions. We try to encourage our lower grad-
ed players and our juniors to play leagues matches, as
we feel that this helps to develop their chess.
We only have one disabled player (he is in a wheel
chair) the club encourages him to play the all home 3
division matches. He is unable to travel to away match-
es.
We are fortunate to have a very good club room, with
a fairly low rent. This enables us to keep annual sub-
scription low, even so anyone who is not working or on
low income, we are happy to reduce or even not charge
any subs.
Club members regularly support local congresses and
rapid plays by taking part in their events.
Once every year we place a display in the local library
promoting our club and chess, this has attracted some
new players to the club and been a worthwhile exercise
.A couple of times of the last few years we have tried
to raise the profile of our club by inviting well know
international players to give simultaneous displays. We
gave a donation to Jovanka Houska to assist her in her
to play in the world championships and she very gen-
erously came to our club to give us a simultaneous dis-
play. This was a great success with everyone really
enjoying the evening.
The club has been going for several years and we hope
to continue enjoying and promoting chess in the area
for many years to come.
NOTE- the above was submitted for 2010 and the follow-
ing updates to 2011. The only difference this year is that we
have lost a couple of players to work commitments. This
means that we have only entered teams in the first and third
divisions. Everything else is as per last year’s entry.
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