AGM

Colchester Chess Club

A.G.M.

will be held on

Wed 17^th July

at The Belle Vue Social Club

7.30pm

Any items for inclusion on the Agenda to the undersigned by Thursday 20^st June

Clive Bellinger

Secretary

New venue

With immediate effect the club have a new venue. The new venue is the Belle Vue Social Club on Colne Bank Avenue (postcode is CO1 1UU).

We will still be meeting on Wednesdays at the normal time.

ECF 2018 rapidplay grades

The rapid play grades for Colchester players on the July ECF Grading List are:

Ref	Name	Age	Rapidplay	Previous
302172L	Voelker, Norbert		163E	170E
186371L	Stemp, Matt		159D	162E
314943C	Lee, Dominic		155E
140673F	Barnes, Nathan		154D	157E
274746H	Catabay, Michael		152E
299554C	Kjenner, Svein		152E	149D
301977A	Schnell, Felix		142F
213710A	Smith, Peter		114D	103E
117812L	Remmer, Brian		109D
227455D	Duff-Cole, John		108E	92F
293018D	Johnson, Mark		107A	113A
155695C	Daley, Phil		107E	115F
314944E	Bradshaw, Craig		102E
253530A	Johnson, Zoe	10	92D	108E
307566H	Catabay, Mae	8	76A	54A
298999C	Catabay, Asci	15	74A	51A

A number of players appear on the list (or have non-F grades) for the first time (or reappear after dropping off the list) - Dom Lee (going in with the 3rd highest rapidplay grade in the club following an unbeaten 2nd place in the Tony Locke Rapidplay and a number of wins in the NECL rapidplay league), Michael Catabay, Felix Schnell, Brian Remmer and Craig Bradshaw.

There were significant increases for Asci Catabay (+23), Mae Catabay (+22), John Duff-Cole (+15) and Pete Smith (+11).

July 2018 ECF grades

The July 2018 ECF Grading List has been published. The standard play grades for active Colchester players are:

Ref	Name	Age	Standard	Previous
316761G	Cesenek, Jan		201F
186371L	Stemp, Matt		196C	196C
302172L	Voelker, Norbert		176E	178C
139627E	Gooding, Ian		175C	170C
274746H	Catabay, Michael		169D	170E
299554C	Kjenner, Svein		164B	162B
140673F	Barnes, Nathan		161A	163A
301977A	Schnell, Felix		154C	152C
120924D	Wagstaff, Michael		147D	147C
286077G	Tihov, Emil		143E
250046C	Bellinger, Clive		135C	136C
117812L	Remmer, Brian		116C	114C
293018D	Johnson, Mark		114C	113C
155695C	Daley, Phil		110D	117D
213710A	Smith, Peter		103C	111B
227455D	Duff-Cole, John		103C	102C
253530A	Johnson, Zoe	10	82E
314944E	Bradshaw, Craig		73F
307566H	Catabay, Mae	8	66E
298999C	Catabay, Asci	15	48F

A few players have increased their grades with Ian Gooding (+5) having the most significant increase.

Zoe Johnson and Mae Catabay appear on the list for the first time; Jan Cesenek, Craig Bradshaw, Asci Catabay also get provisional F grades and appear on the list for the first time.

Emil Tihov gets his highest ever grade, his first grade as a Colchester player; slight increases for Svein Kjenner, Mark Johnson and John Duff-Cole also see them reach their highest ever standard play grade.

Colchester B round-up

Colchester B finished mid-table in NECL Division 1 with four wins, one draw and four defeats in the league. Their best results were a 2.5-1.5 win against Chelmsford A, a 4-0 win against Billericay A and a 3.5-0.5 win against Chelmsford B. The B team had a few problems getting players in some of the matches early in the season resulting in a few defaults on board 4.

The player statistics (by board) are:

Board 1 (Total 3.5/9)
Michael Catabay	1.5/4
Jan Cesenek	1/1
Nathan Barnes	1/4

Board 2 (Total 5.5/9)
Michael Catabay	1.5/3
Jan Cesenek	1/1
Nathan Barnes	1/1
Svein Kjenner	1/1
Felix Schnell	1/3

Board 3 (Total 5/9)
Clive Bellinger	2/3
Nathan Barnes	1/1
Michael Catabay	1/1
Felix Schnell	1/2
Svein Kjenner	0/1
Pete Smith	0/1

Board 4 (Total 5.5/9)
Felix Schnell	1.5/2
Nathan Barnes	1/1
Svein Kjenner	1/1
Emil Tihov	1/1
Pete Smith	1/1
Default	0/3

Colchester A round-up

Colchester A finished in 3rd place (out of 11) in NECL Division 1 with six wins, two draws and two defeats in the league. Their best result was probably a 3.5-0.5 win against Brentwood A. The A team reached the quarter-finals of the knockout where, fielding no nominated A team players, they narrowly lost to eventual winners Chelmsford A.

It was very close at the top of the table, with Writtle, Chelmsford A and Colchester A all getting 25 board points. Chelmsford and Writtle had an extra match point, with Writtle A winning the title on board count. A single extra half point could have resulted in Colchester winning the title.

The player statistics (by board) are:

Board 1 (Total 7/12)
Matt Stemp	5/9
Ian Gooding	1.5/2
Nathan Barnes	0.5/1

Board 2 (Total 7/12)
Ian Gooding	4/6
Norbert Voelker	2/3
Jan Cesenek	0.5/1
Michael Catabay	0.5/2

Board 3 (Total 7.5/12)
Jan Cesenek	2/2
Nathan Barnes	1.5/4
Norbert Voelker	1/1
Felix Schnell	1/1
Michael Catabay	1/2
Clive Bellinger	0.5/1
Svein Kjenner	0/1

Board 4 (Total 9.5/12)
Michael Catabay	4/4
Nathan Barnes	2.5/3
Emil Tihov	1/1
Svein Kjenner	1/2
Felix Schnell	1/2

Colchester C round-up

Colchester C finished in 5th place (out of 6) in NECL Division 2 with three wins, one draw and six defeats in the league. Their best results were probably a 2-2 draw against league winners Clacton A and a 3.5-0.5 win against Baddow B. The latter result took place on the same evening as a B team match making it an even more impressive result as they were not able to use the highest-graded player eligible for the C team (as they were playing for the B team).

The player statistics (by board) are:

Board 1 (Total 6/10)
Felix Schnell	3/4
Svein Kjenner	2.5/3
Clive Bellinger	0.5/2
Emil Tihov	0/1

Board 2 (Total 4.5/10)
Felix Schnell	2/2
Svein Kjenner	1/1
Mike Wagstaff	1/3
Emil Tihov	0.5/2
Clive Bellinger	0/1
Pete Smith	0/1

Board 3 (Total 3.5/10)
Emil Tihov	1.5/2
Clive Bellinger	1.5/4
Mike Wagstaff	0.5/1
Phil Daley	0/1
Brian Remmer	0/1
Pete Smith	0/1

Board 4 (Total 5/10)
Brian Remmer	1.5/2
Clive Bellinger	1/1
Emil Tihov	1/1
Pete Smith	1/3
John Duff-Cole	0.5/1
Phil Daley	0/2