Southport Chess Club News

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).