Junior Congress 26 Nov – Pl click on “Junior Chess”

2016

Nov

Junior Congress 26 Nov – Pl click on “Junior Chess”

Harewood College

51st Dorset Open, Cross Tables uploaded – Please click here

2016

Dec

51st Dorset Open, Cross Tables uploaded – Please click here

Ocean View Hotel, Bournemouth

Rapidplay – Sun 12 Mar ’17 – 17 entered at 21 Dec

2017

Mar

Rapidplay – Sun 12 Mar ’17 – 17 entered at 21 Dec

Greyfriars, Ringwood

2018

Nov

Junior Chess Team Challenge 2017

Bournemouth

2017

Jan

Junior Chess Sessions Saturday mornings, Bournemouth Library

At 10:00 am

Bournemouth Library

2018

Nov

Gabor Horvath wins Rapidplay outright

At 10:00 am

Greyfriars, Ringwood

Fareham Weekend Chess Congress – 29 Sept to 1 Oct (pl click)

2017

Sep

Fareham Weekend Chess Congress – 29 Sept to 1 Oct (pl click)

At 7:30 pm

Lysses Hotel, Fareham

24th Dorset Rapidplay Sun 17 Mar ’19 – long range weather forecast not yet available!

2019

Mar

24th Dorset Rapidplay Sun 17 Mar ’19 – long range weather forecast not yet available!

Greyfriars Community Centre, Ringwood BH24 1DW

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CHURCH APPEAL TO SUPPORT CHESS AT A KENYAN REFUGEE CAMP & HELP PROMOTE PEACE

Eric Sachs, the Poole Chess Club Chairman has drawn attention to an appeal to support chess at a Kenyan refugee camp to promote peace & conciliation between groups (CLIP)
Eric has been meeting with the Poole based organisers of a project to buy chess equipment for a refugee camp in NW Kenya. This is a church based initiative known as “CLIP”. Those living on the camp have so little, but making chess possible is seen to have so many plusses, including helping the different groups interact and get on together.
So this is an appeal aimed at raising funds to buy chess sets and boards for Africans at a refugee camp desperate for help. To read more please click on this link:

http://poolechessclub.org.uk/chess-in-kakuma-refugee-camp-in-nw-kenya-appeal/

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Weds 12 Sept '18 On a most enjoyable night as the season commenced with the traditional curtain raiser, Poole beat Bournemouth 17-12 to win the trophy for the first time in 4 years. Quote from the losing captain Martin Simons "it was a great night, great venue, great spirit and some great chess and very well done to Poole". Martin complimented his team on arriving by 7.15pm for the match and he had no withdrawals. His actual words...."proud and impressed".

Winning captain Eric Sachs commented ' I am so proud of our team where 18 Poole club members took part and were supported ably by Wimborne and Ringwood players. It was a night when all the players came together, but it is lot of work arranging. Martin did much to bring all his players to the match and was very gracious in stepping down to even up the pairings on the top board. It's nice to win at the time, and disappointing to lose on the night, but the overall success of the event and the spirit of 58 local players giving their best, playing chess, is the real winner. Special thanks to the helpers Steve Bailey, John Weatherlake, Adam Jaggard and Graham Morris for managing the bookstall etc and anyone else I have forgotten who supported the evening".

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See the Poole Chess website for the fascinating story behind Steve Bailey's visually impaired Barbados cricket tour during July '18. The Poole club ran fund raising activities to enable Steve to take part as Head Coach. The tour was a huge success!

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Event list

Junior Congress 26 Nov – Pl click on “Junior Chess”

51st Dorset Open, Cross Tables uploaded – Please click here

Rapidplay – Sun 12 Mar ’17 – 17 entered at 21 Dec

Junior Chess Team Challenge 2017

Junior Chess Sessions Saturday mornings, Bournemouth Library

Gabor Horvath wins Rapidplay outright

Fareham Weekend Chess Congress – 29 Sept to 1 Oct (pl click)

24th Dorset Rapidplay Sun 17 Mar ’19 – long range weather forecast not yet available!

4NCL (Four Nations Chess League)

Chess Events

World Chess Championship – play started 9 Nov ’18; Eric suggests chess.com link

Wimborne F v Poole F B&D 5 now 21 Nov ’18; Purbeck A v Dorchester B, Cnty 2 now 26 Nov

Wimborne B v Poole C, B&D 2, 7 Nov – now 3 April ’19

“George’s Knight rode into battle with bravery and gusto…!” (witnessed at Merley)

Bacchus – Information and Fixtures @ 30 Oct ’18 – Updated fixture list at foot of this item – new dates Poole Bishops v Bournemouth

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