Pitt Yavash Trophy 2022

Firstly thank you to everyone for turning up to play for what I think might be a record 18 vs 18 chess match in Kent. I think everyone said they had a good game so that has been the main success of the event… and gives everyone a bit of tuning before the season starts.

World Seniors Team Championships – Triple Triumph for England

As reported by the English Chess Federation on their website, England won three world titles in the World Senior Chess Teams Championships in July in Acqui Terme, Italy. England’s men won both the World Over 50 Championship and the World Over 65 Championship, the latter with a round to spare. England Women won the Women’s

Beckenham beats Bromley

In this traditional season-closure event, Beckenham overcame Bromley in a 14-board match with the final result reading 8.5-5.5. In the words of our organiser Malcolm Mourant: thank you to all those who turned up early last night and set out the tables and to those who put them away after the match. I think it

Beckenham and Bromley 5 win the Tom Fuller Cup

We led a charmed life throughout this season. We achieved just 19 points out of 32 available from the 8 matches. That, you might not expect would be enough to win the league, then the semi-final, and now, on 18th June, the final to bring the cup home to Beckenham. Beckenham 5 and 6 were both

Rosebowl: Annual Quickplay Championship 2022

17 club members turned up to this event on 25th May and so we divided into two groups. The top 3 from each group went through to the final round. The result of the final round was a tie between John Duggan and Ian Snape and so we went to a playoff which John Duggan

Ian Snape – England Seniors Over-65

We are delighted to report that our own Ian Snape finished joint first with two other players in the recent England Over-65 Championships with 5½/7. Ian was placed second on tie-break. Following this success, Ian has been selected as one of five players to represent the England Over-65 1st Team in the FIDE World Senior Team

Captain’s report: Beckenham and Bromley 5 3-1 Medway 2

The good news is we won the semi-final but not as easy as the scorecard may suggest.   Andrew Dovey lost a piece but fought back for a brilliant draw, the first game to finish. The second game to end was Anthony Barnett’s. With only 10 minutes left against his opponent’s hour, Anthony achieved a remarkable two-move

Tom Fuller Cup semi-finals

This Wednesday 11th we’ll have Beckenham and Bromley 5, captained by Martin Newman and the only team to make the Kent League semi-finals this season, playing Medway for a place in the Tom Fuller Cup final.     The match should start at 7:45pm, come along to root for our team if you can! https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/69809/efixtures

Captain’s report: Beckenham and Bromley teams promoted in their first season at 4NCL Online

It couldn’t have gone better for our debuting teams in the 4NCL Online Division 5 in its 5th season. Beckenham topped the table with six wins and a draw (13 points) and Bromley came in 8th place with +3, =2, -2 (8 points), just enough to secure the promotion to division to Division 4. Final

Captain’s report: Coulsdon B 2-2 West Wickham B

Last night we played a very strong Coulsdon team (heavily outgraded on boards 2-4) and managed a draw. Thank you Ian for playing and securing your win; didn’t see much of the game up in the rafters! But I assume you turned the screws on him from the point I saw to. He also had