Due to increased membership in 2016, there are now three main club tournaments, Divison 1, Division 2 and Division 3 and a less formal Open competition. The time control for Divisions 1, 2 and 3 will be the same as the Beds League (this is changing but we will know what it is following next weeks league meeting). The time control for the Open should be the same if possible but may be shorter as long as it is as least 61 minutes per player.
The various recent rule clarifications made over recent seasons (including the new amendment regarding how to deal with additional division 1 places) may be found here. This includes the new time control.
In July, various light-hearted events are held, the exact format of which are decided upon nearer the time.
Sonneborn-Berger scores for Divisions 1 to 3 will be displayed once at least half the games of a given competition have been played.
Recent updates appear in blue.
Championships, Promotions and Relegations are shown as they become evident.
A ‘?’ indicates that it is believed that the game has been played but the result is unknown.
Any mistakes or updates, please reply below or let Joe or me know – Ed.
| Division One | MB | QK | GN | RB | PH | SL | GV | MO | AT | ns | Ʃ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Botteley | 1 | 1D | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 14.50 | 5 | ||
| Qais Karimi | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 10.75 | 3½ | ||
| Gerry Nolan | 0D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0D | 0.00 | 0 | R | |
| Richard Bodily | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 16.00 | 5 | ||
| Paul Habershon | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22.00 | 6½ | C | |
| Steve Ledger | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 21.50 | 6½ | ||
| Giuseppe Valerio | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.75 | 1½ | R | |
| Marc Obi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 11.75 | 4½ | ||
| Alex Taylor | ½ | ½ | 1D | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.25 | 3½ |
Playing schedule:-
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OCT(1)
Paul Habershon v Joe Valerio
Alex Taylor v Qais Karimi
Steve Ledger v Marc Obi
Richard Bodily v Gerry Nolan
JAN(4)
Alex Taylor v Richard Bodily
Gerry Nolan v Giuseppe Valerio
Steve Ledger v Mike Botteley
Paul Habershon v Qais Karimi
APR(7)
Gerry Nolan v Qais Karimi
Paul Habershon v Richard Bodily
Marc Obi v Mike Botteley
Giuseppe Valerio v Alex Taylor
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NOV(2)
Mike Botteley v Alex Taylor
Marc Obi v Paul Habershon
Qais Karimi v Richard Bodily
Steve Ledger v Gerry Nolan
FEB(5)
Marc Obi v Gerry Nolan
Alex Taylor v Steve Ledger
Giuseppe Valerio v Qais Karimi
Mike Botteley v Paul Habershon
MAY(8)
Steve Ledger v Paul Habershon
Mike Botteley v Gerry Nolan
Giuseppe Valerio v Richard Bodily
Alex Taylor v Marc Obi
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DEC(3)
Marc Obi v Giuseppe Valerio
Richard Bodily v Mike Botteley
Gerry Nolan v Paul Habershon
Qais Karimi v Steve Ledger
MAR(6)
Richard Bodily v Steve Ledger
Qais Karimi v Marc Obi
Paul Habershon v Alex Taylor
Mike Botteley v Giuseppe Valerio
JUN(9)
Qais Karimi v Mike Botteley
Giuseppe Valerio v Steve Ledger
Gerry Nolan v Alex Taylor
Richard Bodily v Marc Obi
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| Division Two | JH | BP | PG | NC | CH | PH | SP | NS | MJ | ns | Ʃ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Harbour | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 12.50 | 4 | ||
| Ben Pike | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.75 | 1 | R | |
| Peter Gill | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 14.25 | 4½ | ||
| Nick Collacott | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23.75 | 6½ | C | |
| Chris Hill | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 14.75 | 4½ | ||
| Peter Housden | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0D | 4.50 | 1½ | R | |
| Steve Pike | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 17.50 | 5½ | P | |
| Nigel Staddon | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 13.25 | 3½ | ||
| Michael Joseph | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1D | ½ | 1 | 15.25 | 5 |
Playing schedule:-
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Nigel Staddon v Chris Hill
John Harbour v Steve Pike
Ben Pike v Peter Housden
Michael Joseph v Nick Collacott
JAN(4)
John Harbour v Chris Hill
Ben Pike v Nigel Staddon
Peter Housden v Peter Gill
Steve Pike v Michael Joseph
APR(7)
John Harbour v Peter Gill
Chris Hill v Nick Collacott
Peter Housden v Nigel Staddon
Michael Joseph v Ben Pike
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NOV(2)
Nick Collacott v Peter Gill
Steve Pike v Ben Pike
Nigel Staddon v John Harbour
Michael Joseph v Peter Housden
FEB(5)
Ben Pike v John Harbour
Nigel Staddon v Peter Gill
Steve Pike v Nick Collacott
Chris Hill v Michael Joseph
MAY(8)
Nigel Staddon v Steve Pike
Peter Housden v Chris Hill
Nick Collacott v John Harbour
Peter Gill v Ben Pike
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DEC(3)
Nick Collacott v Peter Housden
Peter Gill v Steve Pike
Chris Hill v Ben Pike
Michael Joseph v Nigel Staddon
MAR(6)
Steve Pike v Peter Housden
Nick Collacott v Nigel Staddon
Peter Gill v Chris Hill
John Harbour v Michael Joseph
JUN(9)
Ben Pike v Nick Collacott
Peter Housden v John Harbour
Chris Hill v Steve Pike
Peter Gill v Michael Joseph
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| Division Three | NW | DC | DM | RW | MM | JB | TL | BC | ns | Ʃ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigel Walker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | 4 | ||
| David Cox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | ||
| Diego Merino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.50 | 3 | ||
| Robert Walker | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18.00 | 6 | C | |
| Mac McKenzie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 7.25 | 2½ | ||
| Jeremy Burrows | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.50 | 4 | ||
| Tony Lawrence | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 3 | ||
| Ben Cox | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 12.25 | 4½ | P |
Playing schedule:-
[ezcol_1third]OCT(1)
Ben Cox v Mac McKenzie
Nigel Walker v Tony Lawrence
David Cox v Jeremy Burrows
JAN(4)
Nigel Walker v Mac McKenzie
David Cox v Ben Cox
Jeremy Burrows v Diego Merino
APR(7)
Nigel Walker v Diego Merino
Mac McKenzie v Robert Walker
Jeremy Burrows v Ben Cox
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NOV(2)
Robert Walker v Diego Merino
Tony Lawrence v David Cox
Ben Cox v Nigel Walker
FEB(5)
David Cox v Nigel Walker
Ben Cox v Diego Merino
Tony Lawrence v Robert Walker
MAY(8)
Ben Cox v Tony Lawrence
Jeremy Burrows v Mac McKenzie
Robert Walker v Nigel Walker
Diego Merino v David Cox
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DEC(3)
Robert Walker v Jeremy Burrows
Diego Merino v Tony Lawrence
Mac McKenzie v David Cox
MAR(6)
Tony Lawrence v Jeremy Burrows
Robert Walker v Ben Cox
Diego Merino v Mac McKenzie
JUN(9)
David Cox v Robert Walker
Jeremy Burrows v Nigel Walker
Mac McKenzie v Tony Lawrence
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| Open | PH | JH | GV | NS | TL | MM | BC | QK | GN | RW | DC | NW | DM | RP | TC | MJ | JB | DW | Ʃ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.Housden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6½ | |||||||
| J Harbour | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| G Valerio | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| N.Staddon | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| T.Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1½ | ||||||||||||
| M.McKenzie | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 2½ | |||||||||||||
| Ben Cox | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 2½ | |||||||||||||
| Q Karimi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| G Nolan | ½ | 1 | 1½ | ||||||||||||||||
| R Walker | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4½ | ||||||||||
| D Cox | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2½ | ||||||||||||
| N Walker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| D Merino | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| R Pound | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Toby Cox | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 3½ | |||||||||||||
| M Joseph | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| J Burrows | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| D Waker | 1 | 1 |
In the Open, any member of the club may challenge another – new entrants, simply add your name to the table to find out what colours you should play. Games are graded provided the time control affords at least 61 minutes for each player although the same control as the three divisions is encouraged.
Recent rule clarifications for division 1, 2 and 3
- (2014)
Provided BOTH players agree, the time control will be 75 minutes for the first 35 moves (as previously) followed by 15 minutes for the rest of the game (as previously) with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move 36.Alternatively, the 30 second increment phase may start when one player’s clock completes the first 75 minutes.If either option is taken, a full score MUST be kept during the second period, even during the last 5 minutes on the clock.(superseded – see 8 below) - (2014) All players MUST play at least two games in their division by the end of the calendar year. Note (2015), as far as possible, these should be actual games, not byes or defaults.
- (2015) Should a player complete less than half of their games during the season, they will be removed from the tournament and any games played will be scratched as far as the tournament is concerned (but will still count for grading) – for clarity, this may happen during the season if it is clear to the tournament controller that this is inevitable.
- (2015) Should a player complete at least half of their games during the season, their games will stand but any unplayed games will (at the discretion of the tournament controller) be scored as losses.
- (2015) In particular, if a division 1 player is removed from the tournament for playing none or less than half of their games, they will take one of the relegation places.
- (2015) Should players tie for points at the end of the season, the relative Sonneborn-Berger (or more accurately Neustadtl) scores will determine places for the purpose of promotion, relegation and titles.
- (2016) Once the 2 demotion and promotion places are settled, if because of withdrawal a further place or places arises, the place(s) will be filled by further promotion(s) from Div 2 of the next placed player(s) not by saving Div 1 players from demotion.
- (2016) The incremental time limit (35 moves in 70 minutes + 10 minutes for remaining moves, with 10 second increment from move 1) will be used, the 10 minutes will be programmed to be added when one of the clocks first reaches zero (i.e. after 70 minutes). This will be mandatory in Division 1, 2 and 3 and encouraged in the Open. Instructions for setup on the clubs clocks are as follows:-
- If you scroll to Mode 21 you should see each clock showing 1:10 (= 1h 10m, but there is actually a 10 second increment hidden in there as well). A further 10 second increment will be automatically added after every move you play right up to the end of the game. No action is needed after Black’s 35th move – you just need to make sure that 35 moves have been played before the first clock gets down to zero. A black ‘flag’ will temporarily appear when that happens, to cover the rare cases when you need to know who got to zero first. As soon as the first clock reaches zero, ten minutes are automatically added to each clock and you must complete the rest of the moves in your remaining time. You still get the 10-second increments. A black flag will appear again if someone loses on time.
- For the Open Tournament, Mode 21 is also encouraged but you can play a shorter form. A minimum of 61 minutes is required for grading. Mode 18 has been set to 61 minutes (1:01) (+10-second increments) for the whole game.
An amended guide to changing dgt settings may be seen here.