All levels are welcome! 

Sign up your child by sending an email to meriko35@gmail.com and pay the entry fee on the day!

Date: 5th Dec 2009

Time: 11am - 1pm 

Where: Chiswick Town Hall, Committee Room

Entry fee: £10

Time control: each player gets 10 minutes on the clock

Prizes: medals for the best 3 in two/three age groups and badges for the rest, plus Christmas crackers!

This is the final meeting of the autumn term and we will be back on 30th  of January 2010.

The Junior Club run by Meri Grigoryan will be restarting on Saturday 19th September at 11 pm at Chiswick Town Hall

The World Chess blog will now be taken over by Mark Lyell! I am currently aiming to report on several tournaments at home and abroad in which I will be playing in an effort to get IM norms and increase my rating.  The first of these will be First Saturday tournament in Budapest starting August 1st

The club's AGM will be held on the 22nd of July at 7.15 pm in The Committee Room, Chiswick Town Hall, Heathfield Terrace, Chiswick, London W4. Particular topics for discussion should be raised in advance by e-mail to Mark Lyell.

After the success of our initial 'Chess Workshop' in May, we are following it up with a second one to be held on the 1^st of July. The purpose of this workshop is to give useful chess information to club level chess players and will be of particular benefit to aspiring intermediate players. The session will be conducted by Mark Lyell starting around 7:15 PM at Chiswick Town Hall. The cost will be £7 (£5 for club members).

On the 8^th July there will be a simultaneous exhibition match against Grand Master Alexander Cherniaev also starting at 7.15pm. The price is £10 for members £12 non-members and £7 for juniors.

Please contact Mark Lyell mlyell@gmail.com if you are interested in participating in either event.

FIDE Master Mark Lyell will be holding a chess analysis workshop on the 20th May, starting at 7.30 pm. The session will be at least two hours in length and the first part of the session will cover submitted games on the demonstration board. In the second part of the session, Mark will be analysing ad-hoc game submissions on an individual basis. If there is time, he will cover illustrative games or endgame theory.

The cost is £5 for members and £7 for non-members. If you are interested, please contact Mark Lyell.

Running up to Christmas, there were only 7 participants, so the prizes had to be revised. The winners were as follows:

• 1st, with 5 points - Russ Campbell - £18
• 2nd, with 4½ points - Przemek Majcherczak - £12
• 3rd, with 4 points - Raghu Kamath - £10

We will resume rapidplays in the Spring/Summer.

We are holding another Rapidplay tournament to be played over two Wednesday sessions on the 3^rd and 10^th of December. The details are as follows:

• Fixtures: Two Wednesday sessions, the 3^rd and 10^th of December at Chiswick Town Hall, starting at 7:30pm.
• Format: 6 rounds at 25 minutes per side (unrated). Pairing will be done by computer according to FIDE/swiss tournament rules.
• Entry fee: £10 with £5 concessions for non-workers.
• Results will go up somewhere on this Web site.
• Prize money is dependent on the number of players, but the following is guaranteed:
  • 1st place - £20
  • 2nd place - £15
  • Best under 150 - £15
  • Best under 120 - £15

It is open to members and non-members alike, so if you are interested, please send an e-mail to webmaster@westlondonchess.com

• The Team captain reports show we had another successful season, with teams promoted into Middlesex League Division 2 and London League Division 2.
• A new 8-person team has been entered into London League Division 4, replacing the 4-person team in the "Fun" Division.
• Mark Lyell won the Henderson Cup for best Middlesex Division 1 performance, Raghu Kamath won the Sir George Thomas Cup for best London League Performance and Richard Matzko won the Spires Trophy for or best Middlesex Team 2 performance.
• Most of the existing officers we re-elected. Mark Lyell replaces Meri as the Equipment Officer and Ed Tandi is the captain for the new Division 4 team.
• The date for the AGM has been brought forward to July.

The club's AGM will be held on the 19th at 7.15 pm in the Tabard Public House, near Turnham Green Tube station at 1 Bath Road, W4 1LN. Particular topics for discussion should be raised in advance by e-mail to Mark Lyell.