The last Chess evening is Tuesday 12th December.
The club is not open on Tuesday 19th or 26th December.
We re-open on Tuesday 2nd January 2024 at 19:30
Enjoy the break
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Taunton Chess Club announces its next Rapid Tournament
Taunton Chess Club Rapid Tournament
Saturday 20 January 2024
Play will commence at 9:30 and finish by 16:45
Prize giving and photos 17:00 to 17:30
Fee: £5 for each entrant
Payment & completed forms to be received by Saturday 13 January 2024
Completed entry form to be handed to Roger Newton
or emailed to tauntonchessclub@gmail.com
NO late entries or entries on the day will be accepted
Payment can be made by electronic bank transfer or cash.
Name: Taunton Chess Club
Sort Code: 30-90-90
Account Number: 44813260
Please use your full name as a reference on the payment.
There will be 8 rounds. Each player has 15 mins on the clock, no increments.
Non Cash Prizes:
1st Overall; 2nd Overall; 3rd Overall;
1st Under 1500; 2nd Under 1500;
1st Junior, Under 16’s
1st Senior over 65
Please note that this tournament is not eligible for ECF grading and games are therefore unrated.
Sandwiches and drinks will be available to purchase.
Please download the application form here
2023/24 Somerset Chess League Fixtures
| Div 2 West | Div 3 West | |||
| Taunton v Wellington | Tues 3rd Oct | |||
| Sedgemoor v Taunton | Mon 16th Oct | |||
| Taunton v Weston | Tues 31st Oct | Sedgemoor v Taunton | Mon 30th Oct | |
| Taunton v Wellington | Tues 7th Nov | |||
| Glastonbury v Taunton | Mon 13th Nov | |||
| Taunton v Wells | Tues 28th Nov | |||
| Yeovil v Taunton | Wed 6th Dec | |||
| Taunton v Weston | Tues 12th Dec | |||
| Taunton v Yeovil | Tues 9th Jan 2024 | |||
| Wellington v Taunton | Wed 24th Jan | |||
| Taunton v Sedgemoor ** | Tues 30th Jan 2024 | |||
| Taunton v Sedgemoor | Tues 6th Feb | |||
| Taunton v Yeovil | Tues 13th Feb | |||
| Weston v Taunton | Thurs 22nd Feb | |||
| Wellington v Taunton | Wed 28th Feb | |||
| Taunton v Glastonbury | Tues 5th Mar | |||
| Yeovil v Taunton | Wed 20th Mar | |||
| Weston v Taunton | Thurs 28th Mar | |||
| Wells v Taunton | Thurs 11th Apr | |||
| ** may need re-arranging because of KO cup semi-finals | ||||
Somerset Knockout Competition
| Yeovil v Taunton | Wed 22nd Nov |
| CUP SEMI FINALS Week of 29 Jan 2024 |
Taunton Chess Club clothing available online
We are live!
We now have a Taunton Chess Club online shop to order t-shirts, polo shirts, hoodies and caps with the Taunton Chess Logo. Junior and adult sizes available.
A big thank you to our club member / logo designer, Sophia Wainwright and to Stud Sports / Macron SW for helping us create the online shop.
Items can be bought online for delivery to your home and you can even personalise them for an additional price. Head over to the menu tab “club clothing” to place your order.
Junior Monthly Sessions CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
When:
CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Where:
St Michaels Church
Pitts Close
Galmington
Taunton
TA1 4TP
Cost:
£2 per session to help with additional costs.
(This charge still applies if you are a club member)
The sessions will be led by Chris & Niall who are both DBS checked, and Niall is the clubs safeguarding officer.
All equipment will be provided just bring yourself along and maybe a notebook and pen if you want to make a note of any tips you may pick up!
Can we also ask you to fill out the form below and return to either tauntonchessclub@gmail.com or hand to Chris and Niall on Tuesday.
Taunton Chess Club junior form
We look forward to seeing you there.
First 2022/23 Match
The first match of the 2022/23 season on Tuesday 11th Oct starred the Taunton Knights against visitors Yeovil.
The gradings suggested that Taunton would win 2 ½ to 1 ½ but you will have to read on to discover the actual result.
Ioannis on Board 1 unexpectedly lost following a slight miscalculation (blunder?), whilst Richard on Board 2 duly won against his lower graded opponent. Even though you outrank your opponent you still have to play well to win. Well done, Richard.
On Board 4 Mike Ward was easily beaten by an opponent who outgraded him quite significantly so no real shame in losing that one Mike.
On Board 3, Phil who was playing with the Black pieces made a poor start but recovered to finish in an end game with a Rook and Bishop versus White’s Rook.
At one point there seemed to be loads of pawns but the next time I looked they had all gone. I thought this was going to be a draw and we would lose but he played very well and his opponent resigned before an inevitable mate.
2-2 was the final result. Well done everyone. It is great to be back playing OTB matches against other clubs.
And good luck to our Bishops who visit Weston Super Mare on Thursday.
Beware decommissioned oil rigs!
Simultaneous Match
On Tuesday the 27th of September we held a simultaneous round at the club. We had 15 members who were brave enough to come up against Hugo Fowler, a 2000 rated player who kindly volunteered his time to do this for us.
It also gave our Junior players some experience of playing against a very high graded player; teaching them patience as it took 15 minutes for Hugo’s rotation to complete.
Ultimately Hugo was able to keep his street cred in order and ended up winning 10 games and 5 draws. Unfortunately for the club we had no victors but it was enjoyable to see the whole club participate.
This is the first time the club has held a simultaneous event and although we were short on time I think it was very successful and we hope to invite another high rated player to do it again in the future. Other activities to look forward to are a rapid tournaments and dobble chess. See you at the next event!
SCCA League – Division 3 West
Fixtures for the SCCA League Division 3 West have now been posted for 2022/23 at the following link:
Our team captains, David and Chris are currently arranging the teams and will be in touch soon. A smaller version of the fixtures will also be made available on the club notice board so you can stick it to your fridge at home and never miss a game!
2022/2023 – Division 3 Fixtures / Results
Click here to download a copy of the fixtures for yourselves.
Click (awaiting link) to see Somerset League Division 3 results so far.
BISHOPS TEAM FIXTURES:
(Captain – David Graham)
| DATE | DAY | HOME | AWAY | RESULT | |
| 13 Oct 22 | Thurs | Weston-S-M | v | Taunton Bishops | 1½ – 2½ |
| 25 Oct 22 | Tues | Taunton Bishops | v | Sedgemoor | match postponed |
| 08 Nov 22 | Tues | Taunton Knights | v | Taunton Bishops | ½ – 3½ |
| 23 Nov 22 | Wed | Wellington | v | Taunton Bishops | 2 – 2 |
| 07 Dec 22 | Wed | Yeovil | v | Taunton Bishops | 1½ – 2½ |
| 09 Jan 23 | Mon | Sedgemoor | v | Taunton Bishops | 1½ – 2½ |
| 24 Jan 23 | Tues | Taunton Bishops | v | Weston-S-M | 2½ – 1½ |
| 07 Feb 23 | Tues | Taunton Bishops | v | Yeovil | |
| 21 Feb 23 | Tues | Taunton Bishops | v | Taunton Knights | |
| 07 Mar 23 | Wed | Taunton Bishops | v | Wellington |
KNIGHTS TEAM FIXTURES:
(Captain – Chris Greenaway)
2022/23 – Team Captains
Division Three – Taunton Bishops – David Graham
Division Three – Taunton Knights – Chris Greenaway