Southport Chess Club News

Geoff Sage won the summer competition with an excellent score of 6/7, and is therefore the Club Champion for 2024. The results of Round 7, the final round, were as follows: Danny Green 0.5-0.5 Geoff Sage Chris Kaye 1-0 James Foy Simon Johnson 1-0 Harry Baybutt-Thompson Jack Lenart 0-1 Jane Reece Ken Payne 0-1 Phil Ramsey Nathan Duffy 0-1 Iain Smith Alex Langley 0-1 Nick Wiggett Jack Vernon 1-0 James Redman Tony Yih 0-1 Tom Kinsella John Grady and Andy Williams had 0.5pt byes. The final standings were: 1 Goff Sage 6/7 2 Simon Johnson 5.5 3 Danny Green 5 4 James Foy 4.5    Chris Kaye 4.5    Jane Reece 4.5 7 Phil Ramsey 4    Harry Baybutt-Thompson 4    Andy Williams 4 10 Iain Smith 3.5    Jack Lenart 3.5    Nick Wiggett 3.5 13 John Grady 3    Tom Kinsella 3 15 Ken Payne 2.5    Jack Vernon 2.5    Alex Langley 2.5 18 Nathan Duffy 2    James Redman 2 20 Tony Yih 1.5 Thank you to everyone who pl...

  The Round 5 results were: The current standings are: The draw for Round 6 is below.  The games will be played this Wed (14th Aug) at the Gables Bridge Club.  The first player listed will be white.  Please let me know if you can't play.

There will be no junior or senior chess club on Wed 31st July, due to possible unrest in the town.  Both clubs will resume next week (Wed 7th Aug) at the Gables Bridge Club at the usual times.   Phil

  Round 4 Results: James F 0.5 Simon 0.5 Phil 0 Geoff 1 Chris 1 Ken 0 Tom def 0 Iain def 1 Nick 0.5 Jack L 0.5 Andy 0 Nathan 1 Alex 0.5 James R 0.5 John, Tony, Danny, Jack V, Jane and Harry took 0.5pt byes. Round 5 Draw.  Games to be played on Wed 7th Aug at the Gables Bridge Club.  The first player is white. Geoff Sage (3.5) vs Simon Johnson (3.5) Chris Kaye (3) vs James Foy (3.5) Iain Smith (2.5) vs Danny Green (2.5) Jane Reece (2.5) vs John Grady (2.5) Harry Baybutt-Thompson (2) vs Phil Ramsey (2) Nathan Duffy (2) vs Tom Kinsella (1.5) Ken Payne (1.5) vs Nick Wiggett (1.5) Jack Lenart (1.5) vs Jack Vernon (1.5) James Redman (1) vs Andy Williams (1.5) Tony Yih (1.5) vs Alex Langley (0.5)

I have re-drawn the bottom few boards of Round 4 because Jack Vernon is away.  Round 4 on Wed 24th July at Gables Bridge Club will now be as follows: James F vs Simon Phil vs John Chris vs Jane Harry vs Ken Tom vs Iain Nick vs Jack L Andy vs Nathan Alex vs James R Geoff, Tony, Danny and Jack V are taking 0.5pt byes.

Round 3 Results: Danny 0-1 James F Simon 1-0 Iain John 1-0 Tom Nathan 0-1 Phil Jack L 0-1 Chris Jane 1-0 Nick Andy 0.5-0.5 Harry Ken 1-0 James R Jack V 1-0 Alex Round 4 will be played on Wed 24th July at our new venue, The Gables Bridge Club, 21 Queens Road.  The first player listed will be white. James Foy (3) vs Simon Johnson (3) Phil Ramsey (2) vs John Grady (2) Chris Kaye (2) vs Jane Reece (2) Harry Baybutt-Thompson (1.5) vs Ken Payne (1.5) Tom Kinsella (1.5) vs Iain Smith (1.5) Nick Wiggett (1) vs Jack Lenart (1) Nathan Duffy (1) vs Jack Vernon (1) James Redman (0.5) vs Andy Williams (1) Alex Langley (0) 1pt bye Geoff Sage (2.5), Danny Green (2) and Tony Yih (1) are taking 0.5pt byes.

Round 2 Results: Chris Kaye 0 - 1 Geoff Sage Phil Ramsey 0 - 1 Danny Green Jane Reece  -  + default. James Foy Simon Johnson 1 - 0 John Grady Tom Kinsella 1 - 0 Andy Williams Ken Payne 0 - 1 Jack Lenart Harry Baybutt-Thompson 1 - 0 Jack Vernon Alex Langley 0 - 1 Nathan Duffy Nick Wiggett 1 - 0 Tony Yih Iain Smith and James Redman 0.5 pt byes Round 3 Draw.  Games to be played at the Central Club next Tuesday (16th July) at 7:30 pm.  If you can’t play, please let me know asap.  If anyone drops out of this Round 3 I will redraw the round.  The first player listed will play white. Danny Green (2) vs James Foy (2) Simon Johnson (2) vs Iain Smith (1.5) John Grady (1) vs Tom Kinsella (1.5) Nathan Duffy (1) vs Phil Ramsey (1) Jack Lenart (1) vs Chris Kaye (1) Jane Reece (1) vs Nick Wiggett (1) Andy Williams (0.5) vs Harry Baybutt-Thompson (1) Ken Payne (0.5) vs James Redman (0.5) Jack Vernon (0) vs Alex Langley (0) Tony Yih 1 pt bye Geoff Sage 0.5 pt bye

Round 1 Results: Geoff Sage 1-0 Harry Baybutt-Thompson Jack Lenart 0-1 Phil Ramsey Nathan Duffy 0-1 Simon Johnson Danny Green 1-0 Nick Wiggett Jack Vernon 0-1 Chris Kaye John Grady 1-0 Alex Langley Andy Williams 0.5-0.5 Ken Payne Iain Smith 1-0 Tony Yih James Redman 0-1 Jane Reece James Foy 1 bye Tom Kinsella 0.5 bye Round 2 Draw: (first player will play white) Chris Kaye vs Geoff Sage Phil Ramsey vs John Grady Jane Reece vs James Foy Simon Johnson vs Iain Smith Ken Payne vs Danny Green Tom Kinsella vs Andy Williams Harry Baybutt-Thompson vs Jack Vernon Alex Langley vs Jack Lenart Tony Yih vs Nathan Duffy Nick Wiggett vs James Redman

Summer Comp Round 1 - to be played at Central Club on Tues 2nd July at 7:30pm.  First player names plays white. 1 Geoff Sage vs Harry Baybutt-Thompson 2 Jack Lenart vs Phil Ramsey 3 James Foy vs Tom Kinsella 4 Nathan Duffy vs Simon Johnson 5 Danny Green vs Nick Wiggett 6 Jack Vernon vs Chris Kaye 7 John Grady vs Alex Langley 8 Andy Williams vs Ken Payne 9 Iain Smith vs Tony Yih 10 James Redman vs Jane Reece

The club held a blitz competition on Tues 2nd May.  We had a great turnout with 25 players, half of which were juniors.   Carl Kennedy was the well deserved winner with 4.5 out of 5.  There were also particularly good performances by two of our juniors, Harry and Oliver.  Following the success of this event, we intend to run similar competitions on the first Tuesday of each month during the summer. The final scores were: Carl  4.5 Harry B, Geoff  4 Chris, Oliver, Andy  3.5 Joe, Charlie F, Ged, Charlie P, Nicky, Jacob  3 Alex  2.5 Jake, Kevin, Barry, Page, Nathan  2 Tony, Andre  1.5 Nick, James, Matt  1 Harris *  0.5 Ben *  0 *  had to leave before the end

  Southport 2nd team got the same number of match points as the runners-up Aigburth 3, but had half a point more board points.  So every single win and draw were a vital contribution for the title.  This is a particularly good result as Southport hasn't had a  2nd team for a few years and it has only been possible to reinstate the team this season because of the new members who joined us after the Covid lockdowns.

The club blitz competition was played on Tuesday 20th Dec. Congratulations to Geoff Sage who won with a perfect score of 5 out of 5. Thanks to Charlie for bringing his wife’s excellent lemon drizzle cake. The results were: Geoff Sage 5 / 5 Phil Ramsey 4 Ken Payne 3 Charlie Fletcher, Iain Smith, Chris Kaye / Harry Pollock 2 Andy Williams, Danny Holmes 1 Thanks to all who played.  Have a good Xmas, see you next year.  Phil.

The 5th and final round of the Club Championship will be held on Tues 6th Dec.  The draw is: Ken Payne (2) vs Geoff Sage (3.5) Phil Ramsey (3) vs Danny Green (3) Charlie Fletcher (2) vs Jane Reece (2) Chris Kaye (1.5) vs Harry Pollock (2) Andy Williams (2) vs Iain Smith (1.5) Tony Yih (1.5) vs Barry Pursall (0.5) Louis Burt (2.5), Kevin Walsh (2) and Harry Baybutt (1.5) are unavailable and will have half-point byes. I hope you can all make it next week for an exciting conclusion and crowning of the Club Champion!

The results of Round 4, played on Tues 29th Nov were: Louis Burt 0-1 Phil Ramsey Danny Green 1-0 Charlie Fletcher Iain Smith 0-1 Ken Payne Jane Reece 0-1 Kevin Walsh Tony Yih 0-1 Andy Williams The other players received half-point byes. The standings after 4 rounds are: Geoff Sage 3.5 Phil Ramsey, Danny Green 3 Louis Burt 2.5 Ken Payne, Charlie Fletcher, Jane Reece, Andy Williams, Harry Pollock, Kevin Walsh 2 Chris Kaye, Iain Smith, Harry Baybutt, Tony Yih 1.5 Harris Khalid 1 Barry Pursall 0.5 The 5th and final round will be played next Tues (6th Dec).

  We have two teams in the Merseyside leagues.   Southport 1 play in Div 2.  The division is very competitive and we have done well to be mid-table so far with 2 wins and 2 losses.   Southport 2 has been re-born this season in Div 4 after a couple of years without a 2nd team.  Our new members have performed really well and we are currently top of the league with 4 wins and 1 loss!   Both teams have one more league match before we reach the Xmas break, the midway point of the season. All the detailed results, fixtures and league tables can be found on the MCA website which can be accessed from the ‘Leagues’ tab.

The results of the 3rd round games played on Tues 25th Oct are below.  Round 4 won’t be played until Tues 22nd Nov due to Merseyside league matches. Geoff Sage 1-0 Phil Ramsey Ken Payne 0-1 Louis Burt Chris Kaye 0-1 Danny Green Kevin Walsh 0-1 Jane Reece Harry Baybutt 0-1 Iain Smith Barry Pursall 0-1 Tony Yih 0.5-pt byes for Charlie Fletcher, Andy Williams, Harris Khalid and Harry Pollock. The scores after 3 rounds are: 3: Geoff Sage 2.5: Louis Burt 2: Phil Ramsey, Danny Green, Charlie Fletcher, Jane Reece, Harry Pollock 1.5: Iain Smith, Tony Yih 1: Chris Kaye, Ken Payne, Harry Baybutt, Andy Williams, Kevin Walsh 0.5: Harris Khalid 0: Barry Pursall Cheers, Phil

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The draw for the 3rd round, to be played on Tues 25th Oct, is as follows: Geoff Sage (2) vs Phil Ramsey (2) Harry Pollock (1.5) vs Louis Burt (1.5) Chris Kaye (1) vs Ged Varney (1) Ken Payne (1) vs Jane Reece (1) Harry Baybutt (1) vs Danny Green (1) Iain Smith (0.5) vs Tony Yih (0.5) Barry Pursall (0) vs Harris Khalid (0) Charlie Fletcher 0.5-pt bye Andy Williams 0.5-pt bye Any problems, please let Phil know.

The results of the games played on Tues 18th Oct were as follows: Danny Green (1) 0-1 Geoff Sage (1) Phil Ramsey (1) 1-0 Ken Payne (1) Louis Burt (1) 0.5-0.5 Chris Kaye (0.5) Andy Williams (0.5) 0-1 Harry Pollock (0.5) Tony Yih (0.5) 0-1 Charlie Fletcher (0.5) Jane Reece (0) 1-0 Barry Pursall (0) Harry Baybutt (0) 1-0 Harris Khalid (0) Iain Smith (0) 0.5-pt bye Ged Varney (0.5) 0.5-pt bye

2nd round to be played on Tues 18th Oct at 7.45pm Danny Green (1) vs Geoff Sage (1) Phil Ramsey (1) vs Ken Payne (1) Louis Burt (1) vs Chris Kaye (0.5) Andy Williams (0.5) vs Ged Varney (0.5) Tony Yih (0.5) vs Charlie Fletcher (0.5) Jane Reece (0) vs Barry Pursall (0) Harry Baybutt (0) vs Harris (0) Iain Smith 0.5-pt bye Any problems please let me know. Phil