NEW SEASON IS NOW UNDERWAY
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NEWS HEADLINES
SEPTEMBER 12: Bognor lost their challenge match against Chichester Chess Club 0-5 - but one or two games could have easily gone the other way. This was the first time the two clubs had faced each other since 2007 and could now be revived as an annual event.
SEPTEMBER 10: The Club Championship is now underway - a chart can be found here with players' colours. SEPTEMBER 4: The club has started another new season and had a surprise visitor on the opening night - holidaymaker Maurice Staples, who was club champion in 1968 before moving away. He popped it to see how his old club was doing. SEPTEMBER 2: The new club season starts this Friday, September 4, following a summer break. New members always welcome. Starting grades for new season: Grades The following week, Bognor take on Chichester in an inter-club match at Bognor. 
JULY 10: Many congratulations to Sidhanth Pai, with an amazing performance at the British Chess Championships in Coventry. Sidhanth is a double British champion after winning the Under 14s and Under 14s rapid. He improved on his grade of 1996 with a tournament rating of 2269! Results/pgns
JULY 4: Congratulations to Jaimie Wilson, who came joint second in the Portsmouth Individual Championship, played in rapid format at Emsworth Chess Club. The runaway winner with 6/6 was Roland Bezuidenhout (Fareham), leading the field by two clear points and retaining the trophy. Second was shared by Keith Gregory (Fareham) , Tony Corkett (Fareham) and Jaimie. JULY 1: The latest grades are published here: Grades 
JUNE 9: Jaimie Wilson was presented with the club's Championship trophy after the annual meeting. A blitz tournament followed, which was won by Mick Plumb with 5/5, followed by Jaimie, second, with 4/5 and third, Keith Davies and Martyn Gillmor, with 3/5. The club now has its summer break and will resume on Friday, September 4. The evening stirred memories for former champion Steve Smith. More
JUNE 1: Members’ grades have now been updated to take into account games played up until the end of May. Grades MAY 18: Congratulations to Jaimie Wilson, who has held on to his Championship title for another season, with a highly impressive score of 13/14. Runner-up was Peter Christmas with a no less impressive 10.5/12.
MAY 18: Sidhanth Pai was joint winner of the U18 Major Sussex junior grand prix in Worthing on Saturday with 4.5/6. MAY 7: Members’ grades have now been updated to take into account games played up until the end of April. Grades MAY 4: The release of updated grades has been delayed due to a global security incident which affected the ECF grading database. Several critical security patches were applied by the hosting provider and the site was reset to backups of April 23. This meant latest results were unavailable and had to be re-entered. Thanks to Jaimie Wilson for all the work he does on uploading members' games every week as well as, in this case, having to do it twice! Club grades will be available here Grades when updated. APRIL 27: The club holds its annual meeting on Friday, June 5, before the summer recess. Following the AGM, there will be the presentation of the season's trophies, after which a blitz tournament will be held. APRIL 1: Members’ grades have been updated to take into account games played up until the end of March. Grades MARCH 31: Bognor blowed out of the Paul Watson Trophy against a strong East Grinstead side. Results: 1) Dan Rosen 1/2 - 1/2 Jaimie Wilson 2) Robert Wall 1 - 0 Peter Christmas 3) Asanka Amarasinghe 1/2 - 1/2 Mick Plumb 4) Adrian Waldock 1 - 0 Warwick Turner. Final result: 3-1. Average ratings were 1815 (EG) and 1725. 
MARCH 1: Former chairman Bill Partridge has passed away, after contracting pneumonia. Bill was a significant figure in the club’s recent history, being its former treasurer and chairman for many years and one of the club’s strongest players.
MARCH 1: Members’ grades have been updated to take into account games played up until the end of February. Grades FEBRUARY 13: The club had an excellent result in its Paul Watson trophy semi-final v Sussex University, winning 2.5-1.5, and now play the winner of the Horsham v East Grinstead match scheduled for March 3 in the final. Result: 1: Jaimie Wilson 1/2 - 1/2 H. Honarvarmahalati (w); 2: Sidhanth Pai 1 - 0 A. Gupta; 3: Peter Christmas 1 - 0 J. Peel; 4. Martyn Gillmor 0 - 1 T. Wylie. FEBRUARY 1: Members’ grades have been updated to take into account games played up until the end of January Grades JANUARY 31: The draw for the second round of the club's Knockout tournament has been made - games to be played by March 20. JANUARY 14: Our round 2 Paul Watson trophy match with Sussex University will be at the Bognor Club on February 13. JANUARY 1: Members’ grades have been updated to take into account games played up until the end of last year Grades |
Club's cafe culture
Keith Davies and Jaimie Wilson enjoy a friendly game at Bonitos during the summer
Chess players of all ability and age are welcome
Bognor's chess players enjoy some of the best chess-playing conditions in the country. Accommodation is within the splendid Bognor Club in Sudley Road. There is ample free on-road parking.
More information Enjoying the life of RileyBognor member Joe Riley is enjoying life as a YouTube celebrity. You can watch his short film, entitled How to not suck at chess - Grandad’s guide for wood pushers, here. Grand-daughter Solenne has made a short video about our club which can be seen here.
Town council support
We are extremely grateful to Bognor Town Council for their support to the chess club
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