Bumper KCC Presence at the British Championships

The British Championships kick off in Torquay today, with what must surely be a record participation by KCC members - beating the numbers who played when the Championships were on our doorstep at Warwick University in 2015. Anyone would think we were enthusiastic about chess! Check back with me when we have an away match at Banbury in December to see if that still holds true!

We aren't represented in the British Champion ship itself, but we are just about everywhere else! As far as I can tell, the list of current, past and almost KCC members playing at times over the next ten days comprises:-

Current Members

Roy - U1750 (5 rds) + U120 (5 rds) + Weekend Yates (5 rds)
Joshua - Major Open (9 rds) + Morning Open (5 rds)
Bruce - U100 (5 rds) + Rapidplay (9 rds)
Ben - U2050 (5 rds) + U1900 (5 rds)
Andy W - Major Open (9 rds)
The Club Organiser - 65+ Champs (7 rds)
Bernard C - 65+ Champs (7 rds)
Jude - U9 Champs (6 rds)
Billy - U8 Champs (6 rds)

Watching Brief

Paul - coach extraordinaire

Thursday Nighters

Vassily Sagyaman - U8 Champs (6 rds) + U9 Champs (6 rds)
David Phillips - U16 Champs (7 rds)

Ex KCC

Nigel Morris -  U1750 (5 rds) + U120 (5 rds) + Weekend Yates (5 rds)
Ed Goodwin - 65+ Champs (7 rds)

Apologies for any errors/omissions from this list.

Roy wins the misplaced enthusiasm prize, with an intended 15 games in three separate tournaments, though this is of course rather pathetic compared to the 43 games Joshua managed in 2015, albeit with a very different tournament schedule which extended over nearly two weeks. As a consequence, no-one is going to match the 23 points he notched up. No pressure on Jude or Billy, but I can't help feel they are the only KCC members who stand any chance of a high placing. I hope I am wrong and that a few others might cause a pleasant surprise - but I'm not holding my breath!

There could well be some KCC head to heads, but I'm sure we'll all still be friends whatever happens in those encounters! Unless I lose to Bernard, in which case he will be off my Xmas Card list before he even gets on it.

Pressure is being brought to bear on the Webmaster to repeat his daily blogging marathon of 2015, so hopefully you will be reading of our many (small) triumphs here over the next ten days.  Torquay here we come!