Club Championship 2023-24
(History of earlier Club Championships is
here)
(Club Championship A2 Division information is
here)
(Club Championship B Division information is
here)
(Summer Series information is
here)
Standings
| Pos | Name | Rating | Total |
| 1st | Francis Batchelor | 2047 | 5½ |
| 2nd | Chris Swales | 1665 | 4½ |
| = | James Urwin | 1572 | 4½ |
| = | Joseph Machin | 1490 | 4½ |
| 5th | Mike Creaney | 1606 | 4 |
| = | Pete Townson | 1524 | 4 |
| = | Stephen Ollis | 1476 | 4 |
| = | Ajay Selvan | 1450 | 4 |
| = | Vardhan Bunga | 1437 | 4 |
| 10th | Nick Tadd | 1150 | 3½ |
| 11th | Joe McGinnis | 1603 | 3 |
| = | Iain Mellis | 1503 | 3 |
| = | Toefl Lankapura | 1499 | 3 |
| = | Geoff Mann | 1460 | 3 |
| = | Alan Stockley | 1426 | 3 |
| = | Richard Stevenson | 1181 | 3 |
| = | Tashil Lankapura | 1177 | 3 |
| 18th | David Pizzi | 1456 | 2½ |
| = | Tim Hind | 1289 | 2½ |
| 20th | Ollie Walton | 1375 | 2 |
| = | Malcolm Goldspink | 1351 | 2 |
| = | Sam Stevenson | 1270 | 2 |
| = | James Mann | 1238 | 2 |
| = | Tristan Green | 1170 | 2 |
| 25th | Andy Austen | 1072 | 1½ |
| 26th | Wes Park | 1576 | 1 |
| = | Manuel Lopez | 1300 | 1 |
| = | Wasim Alwakeel | 1200 | 1 |
| = | Janos Mehes | 1156 | 1 |
| = | Jake Lopez | 1050 | 1 |
| = | Laura Holdforth | 824 | 1 |
| 32nd | Mehmet Isci | 1300 | 0 |
| = | Karam Alwakeel | 1000 | 0 |
Results
Round 1 (by 26th September)
Malcolm Goldspink 0-1 Francis Batchelor
Chris Swales 1-0 Manuel Lopez
Mehmet Isci 0-1 Mike Creaney
Joe McGinnis 1-0 Tim Hind
Sam Stevenson 0-1 Wes Park
James Urwin ½-½ James Mann
Wasim Alwakeel 0-1 Pete Townson
Iain Mellis 1-0 Richard Stevenson
Tristan Green 0-1 Toefl Lankapura
Joseph Machin 1-0 Tashil Lankapura
Janos Mehes 0-1 Geoff Mann
David Pizzi ½-½ Nick Tadd
Andy Austen ½-½ Ajay Selvan
Alan Stockley 1-0 Jake Lopez
Karam Alwakeel 0-1 Vardhan Bunga
Ollie Walton 1-0 Laura Holdforth
Round 2 (by 28th November)
Francis Batchelor 1-0 Iain Mellis
Toefl Lankapura 0-1 Chris Swales
Mike Creaney ½-½ Joseph Machin
Geoff Mann 0-1 Joe McGinnis
Stephen Ollis 1-0 Alan Stockley
Pete Townson 1-0 Ollie Walton
Vardhan Bunga 0-1 James Urwin
James Mann ½-½ David Pizzi
Ajay Selvan 1-0 Nick Tadd
Manuel Lopez 1-0 Andy Austen
Tashil Lankapura 0-1 Malcolm Goldspink
Jake Lopez Bye-0 Mehmet Isci
Tim Hind 1-0 Tristan Green
Laura Holdforth 0-1 Sam Stevenson
Richard Stevenson 1-0 Wasim Alwakeel
Karam Alwakeel 0-1 Janos Mehes
Round 3 (by 30th January)
Joe McGinnis 0-1 Francis Batchelor
Chris Swales 1-0 Pete Townson
James Urwin 1-0 Mike Creaney
Joseph Machin 0-1 Iain Mellis
Malcolm Goldspink 0-1 Toefl Lankapura
Manuel Lopez 0-Bye Stephen Ollis
Mehmet Isci 0-Bye Geoff Mann
David Pizzi ½-½ Tim Hind
Sam Stevenson 0-1 Ajay Selvan
Vardhan Bunga 1-0 James Mann
Richard Stevenson 0-1 Alan Stockley
Ollie Walton 1-0 Janos Mehes
Nick Tadd 0-1 Andy Austen
Wasim Alwakeel Bye-0 Jake Lopez
Tashil Lankapura Bye-0 Karam Alwakeel
Tristan Green 1-0 Laura Holdforth
Round 4 (by 26th March)
Francis Batchelor 1-0 Chris Swales
Pete Townson 0-1 James Urwin
Ajay Selvan 1-0 Joe McGinnis
Iain Mellis 0-1 David Pizzi
Toefl Lankapura 0-1 Vardhan Bunga
Stephen Ollis 1-0 Ollie Walton
Geoff Mann 1-0 Alan Stockley
Andy Austen 0-1 Mike Creaney
Tim Hind 0-1 Joseph Machin
Janos Mehes 0-1 Malcolm Goldspink
Nick Tadd Bye-0 Manuel Lopez-Lopez
James Mann 1-0 Sam Stevenson
Wasim Alwakeel 0-Bye Tashil Lankapura
Tristan Green 0-1 Richard Stevenson
Laura Holdforth Bye-0 Karam Alwakeel
Round 5 (by 28th May)
James Urwin ½-½ Francis Batchelor
Ajay Selvan 0-1 Chris Swales
Geoff Mann 0-Bye Stephen Ollis
Mike Creaney 1-0 Vardhan Bunga
David Pizzi 0-Bye Joseph Machin
Joe McGinnis Bye-0 Ollie Walton
Malcolm Goldspink 0-1 Pete Townson
Iain Mellis 1-0 James Mann
Richard Stevenson 0-1 Toefl Lankapura
Alan Stockley 0-1 Tashil Lankapura
Nick Tadd 1-0 Tim Hind
Andy Austen 0-1 Sam Stevenson
Manuel Lopez-Lopez 0-1 Tristan Green
Laura Holdforth scr Janos Mehes
Round 6 (by 25th June)
Francis Batchelor 1-0 Stephen Ollis
Chris Swales ½-½ James Urwin
Mike Creaney ½-½ Ajay Selvan
Joseph Machin 1-0 Joe McGinnis
Pete Townson Bye-0 Geoff Mann
Vardhan Bunga 1-0 Iain Mellis
Toefl Lankapura scr Tashil Lankapura
Alan Stockley Bye-0 David Pizzi
Ollie Walton 0-Bye Richard Stevenson
James Mann scr Malcolm Goldspink
Janos Mehes scr Manuel Lopez
Sam Stevenson scr Tristan Green
Nick Tadd 1-0 Laura Holdforth
Tim Hind Bye-0 Andy Austen
Due to the record entry of 32 players, the competition will be a Swiss system this year. Like last season, each round will have a deadline, but I will also be giving each match a suggested date based on when teams are playing. If you can't play on the suggested date, it will be up to you to arrange an alternative or forfeit the match. Any issues with finding dates, I can give a bit of leaway, but I do expect dates to be sorted out at the start of the allowed period rather than finding there isn't one where both players are free at the end of it! Also, people who are regularly away for long periods will get some leaway on the deadline dates and assumed results for these games will be used to draw the next round if necessary.
If you are having problems arranging a game, or if you have to call off an arranged game (eg due to illness), please let me (and your opponent) know as soon as possible. If I don't have a result by the deadline, and nobody has told me why, the game will be defaulted and both players will score 0. If one player has been trying to make arrangements and the other has not responded, the first player will be awarded the game. Any player missing 2 rounds in a row will be removed from the event.
For ECF grading purposes, games should be played over the board and not online. The time limit is slightly less than for Cleveland league matches (1h30 for each player for all moves).
