BCA Team: 1. Chris Ross 2. Julian Llewellyn, playing in his first match for us. 3. Bittor Ibanez 4. Simon Highsmith 5. John Fullwood 6. Abi Baker Good luck everyone!

Game GM Anatoly Karpov (Russia) v GM Curt Hansen (Denmark), Groeningen 1995, King’s Indian N.B. This game is a long one which will take two sessions to study!  The first session went up to move 38. Scores Steve Bailey 38 Philip Doyle 23 Martin Sullivan and Voldi Gailans 21 Nene Clayton 20 Nark Noble 18 Gary…

Open Round 1 Open Round 2 Open Round 3 Open Round 4 Open Round 5 Open Final Scores Challengers Round 1 Challengers Round 2 Challengers Round 3 Challengers Round 4 Challengers Round 5 Challengers Final Scores Open Round 1 1. Paul Inglis v Bryan Wood 2. James Connors v Anthony Borg 3. Nene Clayton v…

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Final Scores Round 1 Saturday 4th July, 7pm 1 Phillips George W 0 – 1 Cole Tristram C 2 Wood Bryan 1 – 0 Wickett Gary M 3 Hague Mark R 0.5 – 0.5 Read Brandan 4 Blencowe Ian P 1…

Game GM Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) v GM Boris Spassky (Russia), Clermont-Ferrand, 1989.  QGD N.B. This game is a long one and took two sessions to get through!  These results are from the second session which started from move 42. Scores Gary Wickett 19 Bryan Wood, Irene Hampton, Philip Gordon and Voldi Gailans 18 Marilyn Bland…

Game GM Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) v GM Boris Spassky (Russia), Clermont-Ferrand, 1989.  QGD N.B. This game is a long one and took two sessions to get through!  These results are from the first session which went as far as move 41. Scores Steve Bailey 35 Bryan Wood 28 Gary Hogan and Gill Smith 27 Eamonn…

Update from Director of Remote Chess, Bill Armstrong. Our match has 30 games.  Each board is being contested twice so that each player has one game with white. Games (by agreement of the players on that board) are being played concurrently or consecutively or with a compromise default plan involving an overlap between the later…

Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 Division 1 Players: Philip Doyle, Steve Burnell, John Fullwood, Eamonn Casey. Pairings:  Doyle 0.5 – 0.5 Casey Burnell 0.5 – 0.5 Fullwood Casey 1 – 0 Fullwood Doyle 0.5 – 0.5 Burnell Burnell 0.5 – 0.5 Casey Fullwood 0.5 – 0.5 Doyle Final Scores:  Casey…

Game GM Joel Lautier (France) v GM Anatoly Karpov (Russia), Biel 1997.  Caro-Kann. Scores Steve Bailey 43, Dan Rugman 29, Stan Lovell 27, Mark Hague and Olle Engstrom 24, Bill Armstrong 23, Richard Harrington 22, Philip Doyle and Richard Hayward 21, Abi Baker and Martin Sullivan 19, Gill Smith 18, Gary Wickett 12.

Open Round 1 Open Round 2 Open Round 3 Open Round 4 Open Round 5 Open Final Scores Challengers Round 1 Challengers Round 2 Challengers Round 3 Challengers Round 4 Challengers Round 5 Challengers Final Scores   Open Round 1 Ben Fletcher-Harris 0 – 1 CM Chris Ross Tristram Cole 1 – 0 Mark Kirkham…

Open Round 1 Open Round 2 Open Round 3 Open Round 4 Open Round 5 Open Final Scores Challengers Round 1 Challengers Round 2 Challengers Round 3 Challengers Round 4 Challengers Round 5 Challengers Final Scores   Open Round 1 Paul Inglis 0 – 1 Brandan Read Stan Lovell 1 – 0 Paul Baldwin Nene…