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Club Competitions 2026-27Autumn General Meeting and Club Champion's Simultaneous Display, Tuesday 22 September 2026The following trophies were awarded at the meeting: Club Championship Open Section 2025-26: Jason
Rihel, Bernfield Trophy Congratulations to all our winners !
In the Simul, Jason took on 17 opponents, a larger number than in recent years. Scores were:
The McGovern Trophy for best game was awarded to Tim Pelling.
Shapson Lightning Tournament, Tuesday 8 September 202610 seconds per move using Bronstein delay timings, 6-round single section all-play-all or Swiss, depending on entries, start 6.45pm. Open to all players; entry fees: £5 for GLCC members and LPSCL players, £10 for non-members. Entries taken on the night from 6.30pm, or in advance by email to glcctournaments@gmail.com. 40% of entry fees returned as prizes, remainder to club funds. Unrated. Congratulations to Fedor on winning the Shapson this season:
Details of our club tournaments are now on a separate Tournaments page. Here you will find details of the Club Championships, TJ Rated Games (formerly LMS) and club rapidplays through the season.
Summer Rapidplay, Saturday 11 July 202628 players took part. Crosstables and full results available below. All games submitted for ECF and FIDE rating in the August 2026 lists.
June Gorton Summer Tournament, Tuesday 23 June 2026Five round club rapidplay, 15 minutes per player per game. Congratulations to Giulio Rossi, on winning the tournament on tiebreak from Nigel Blades, both finishing with 4/5. Giulio will hold the June Gorton Trophy fo the year, to be presented at the autumn general meeting in September. Standings
Place Name Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-2 Rossi, Giulio 1571 4 9.0 14.5 14.0
Blades, Nigel 1979 4 8.0 13.0 11.0
3-5 Crisanto Roth, Feargus 1768 3.5 10.5 14.5 11.0
Packham, Tony 1760 3.5 6.5 11.0 10.0
Chantrell, Paul 1787 3.5 6.5 11.0 9.0
6 Walton, Paul 1819 3 7.5 12.5 12.0
7-8 Brown, Michael 1938 2.5 9.0 13.0 7.5
Robinson, James 1800 2.5 8.5 13.0 9.0
9-11 Bennett, Delroy 1292 2 9.0 13.0 5.0
Scott, Martin 1467 2 6.5 11.5 5.0
Fleming, Tom 1354 2 6.5 10.0 3.0
12 D'Orey, Ruy 1557 1.5 7.5 11.5 3.5
13-14 Lopez, Nicholas 1450 1 9.0 15.0 5.0
Menseitov, Alikhan 1752 1 0.5 0.5 1.0
15 Holden, John 1394 0 6.5 11.5 0.0
Cross TableNo Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 1 Rossi, Giulio 1571 4 7:W 12:W 3:W 6:W 2:L 2 Blades, Nigel 1979 4 9:W 3:L 13:W 7:W 1:W 3 Crisanto Roth, Feargus 1768 3.5 15:W 2:W 1:L 5:D 6:W 4 Packham, Tony 1760 3.5 11:W 8:D 7:L 9:W 10:W 5 Chantrell, Paul 1787 3.5 13:L 11:W 9:W 3:D 8:W 6 Walton, Paul 1819 3 12:W 13:W 8:W 1:L 3:L 7 Brown, Michael 1938 2.5 1:L 15:W 4:W 2:L 12:D 8 Robinson, James 1800 2.5 10:W 4:D 6:L 13:W 5:L 9 Bennett, Delroy 1292 2 2:L 10:W 5:L 4:L 15:W 10 Scott, Martin 1467 2 8:L 9:L 11:W 12:W 4:L 11 Fleming, Tom 1354 2 4:L 5:L 10:L 15:W 13:W 12 D'Orey, Ruy 1557 1.5 6:L 1:L 15:W 10:L 7:D 13 Lopez, Nicholas 1450 1 5:W 6:L 2:L 8:L 11:L 14 Menseitov, Alikhan 1752 1 0:W 0: 0: 0: 0: 15 Holden, John 1394 0 3:L 7:L 12:L 11:L 9:L by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
LPSCL Team Blitz Tournament, Tuesday 20 May 2026GLCC did very well, winning both the Open and U-1850 sections: The Open was run as a two-team Scheveningen event (everyone in a team plays everyone else in the team), with GLCC defeating DHSS 1 23-9. Our individual scores were impressive: Jason Rihel (7.5/8), Fedor Demidovich 6/8), Justinas Stojanas (5/8) and Roman Ismailov (4.5/8). In the U-1850 there were four teams: DHSS 2, HMRC, GLCC 2 and Pimlico. In a triple-round all-play-all GLCC scored five match wins and three draws to win with 6.5 points from nearest rivals Pimlico with 5.5 match points/ 23 game points. Thank you to Tony Packham for this report and to Gary Cook of DHSS for running the event.
Bush Time Handicap Rapidplay, Tuesday 17 March 2026Tournament details and how to enter in the flyer here. Results below. Congratulations to Feargus Crisanto Roth on winnning the Bush Trophy this year with a perfect 5/5. Standings
Place Name Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Crisanto Roth, Feargus 1802 5 9.5 15.5 15.0
2 Robinson, James 1796 4 8.5 14.5 10.0
3-6 Reddy, Avinash 1934 3.5 8.5 15.0 12.0
Ellison, Scot 1594 3.5 8.5 13.0 11.5
Demidovich, Fedor 1861 3.5 8.0 12.5 11.0
Packham, Tony 1771 3.5 7.0 12.5 9.5
7-9 Walton, Paul 1835 3 10.0 17.0 12.0
Menseitov, Alikhan 1752 3 8.5 15.5 10.0
Chantrell, Paul 1790 3 8.5 14.5 8.0
10-11 Scott, Martin 1484 2.5 7.0 11.5 7.5
D'Orey, Ruy 1561 2.5 6.0 10.0 6.5
12-16 Sloan, Cecil 1575 2 8.5 12.0 7.0
Clarkson, Roger 1486 2 8.0 12.5 3.0
Tuncer, Coskun 1782 2 7.5 13.5 6.0
Holden, John 1400 2 7.0 11.0 6.0
Rossi, Giulio 1541 2 5.5 9.0 4.0
17 Blades, Nigel 1995 1.5 7.5 13.0 6.5
18-19 Almond, Caspar 1600 1 7.5 11.0 5.0
Gordon, Robert 1318 1 6.5 10.5 2.0
20-21 Kent, Andrew 1584 0 5.0 8.5 0.0
Naglieri, Giuseppe 1702 0 3.0 3.0 0.0
Cross TableNo Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 1 Crisanto Roth, Feargus 1802 5 2:W 14:W 8:W 7:W 3:W 2 Robinson, James 1796 4 1:L 19:W 9:W 11:W 7:W 3 Reddy, Avinash 1934 3.5 13:W 5:D 17:W 8:W 1:L 4 Ellison, Scot 1594 3.5 12:W 18:W 7:L 5:W 6:D 5 Demidovich, Fedor 1861 3.5 16:W 3:D 18:W 4:L 10:W 6 Packham, Tony 1771 3.5 9:L 13:W 14:W 12:W 4:D 7 Walton, Paul 1835 3 15:W 10:W 4:W 1:L 2:L 8 Menseitov, Alikhan 1752 3 21:W 9:W 1:L 3:L 12:W 9 Chantrell, Paul 1790 3 6:W 8:L 2:L 14:W 15:W 10 Scott, Martin 1484 2.5 11:D 7:L 19:W 17:W 5:L 11 D'Orey, Ruy 1561 2.5 10:D 17:L 13:W 2:L 20:W 12 Sloan, Cecil 1575 2 4:L 20:W 15:W 6:L 8:L 13 Clarkson, Roger 1486 2 3:L 6:L 11:L 16:W 19:W 14 Tuncer, Coskun 1782 2 19:W 1:L 6:L 9:L 18:W 15 Holden, John 1400 2 7:L 16:W 12:L 18:W 9:L 16 Rossi, Giulio 1541 2 5:L 15:L 20:W 13:L 17:W 17 Blades, Nigel 1995 1.5 0:D 11:W 3:L 10:L 16:L 18 Almond, Caspar 1600 1 20:W 4:L 5:L 15:L 14:L 19 Gordon, Robert 1318 1 14:L 2:L 10:L 20:W 13:L 20 Kent, Andrew 1584 0 18:L 12:L 16:L 19:L 11:L 21 Naglieri, Giuseppe 1702 0 8:L 0: 0: 0: 0: by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
Club Rapidplay, Tuesday 17 February 2026Five rounds, 15 minutes per player per game. 15 players took part in this GLCC Grand Prix event. Standings
Place Name Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-3 Crisanto Roth, Fergus 1770 4 11.0 16.5 14.0
Walton, Paul 1826 4 8.5 14.5 12.0
Demidovich, Fedor 1783 4 8.0 13.0 11.0
4-5 Blades, Nigel 2008 3.5 9.5 16.5 12.5
Gordon, Jamie 1832 3.5 8.5 13.5 10.5
6-8 Packham, Tony 1792 3 7.5 13.0 9.0
Chantrell, Paul 1793 3 7.5 12.5 10.0
Mott, Thomas 1600 3 6.0 10.5 6.0
9-10 Anguile, Andre 1700 2.5 7.0 11.0 6.5
Devoy, Orlando 1600 2.5 6.5 11.5 7.5
11-16 Kent, Andrew 1300 2 8.5 13.0 7.0
Holden, John 1409 2 8.0 13.0 7.0
Bennett, Delroy 1304 2 7.5 12.5 3.0
Scott, Martin 1476 2 6.5 11.5 5.0
D'Orey, Ruy 1584 2 6.0 10.5 5.0
Fritschi-Cussens, Zephyr 1000 2 5.5 9.5 4.0
17-20 Clarkson, Roger 1475 1 7.5 12.5 4.0
O'Brien, Niall 1200 1 7.5 12.5 4.0
Fleming, Tom 1338 1 5.5 10.5 2.0
Hingorani, Tanmay 1600 1 1.5 1.5 1.0
21 Jauad, Munila 1000 0 2.0 5.5 0.0
Cross TableNo Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 1 Crisanto Roth, Fergus 1770 4 13:W 5:W 2:W 4:W 3:L 2 Walton, Paul 1826 4 14:W 3:W 1:L 12:W 10:W 3 Demidovich, Fedor 1783 4 19:W 2:L 18:W 7:W 1:W 4 Blades, Nigel 2008 3.5 8:W 6:W 7:W 1:L 5:D 5 Gordon, Jamie 1832 3.5 15:W 1:L 17:W 6:W 4:D 6 Packham, Tony 1792 3 12:W 4:L 11:W 5:L 14:W 7 Chantrell, Paul 1793 3 17:W 11:W 4:L 3:L 12:W 8 Mott, Thomas 1600 3 4:L 18:L 13:W 9:W 11:W 9 Anguile, Andre 1700 2.5 0: 14:W 10:D 8:L 17:W 10 Devoy, Orlando 1600 2.5 11:L 19:W 9:D 15:W 2:L 11 Kent, Andrew 1300 2 10:W 7:L 6:L 16:W 8:L 12 Holden, John 1409 2 6:L 21:W 15:W 2:L 7:L 13 Bennett, Delroy 1304 2 1:L 15:L 8:L 0:W 19:W 14 Scott, Martin 1476 2 2:L 9:L 21:W 17:W 6:L 15 D'Orey, Ruy 1584 2 5:L 13:W 12:L 10:L 18:W 16 Fritschi-Cussens, Zephyr 1000 2 20:L 17:L 19:W 11:L 0:W 17 Clarkson, Roger 1475 1 7:L 16:W 5:L 14:L 9:L 18 O'Brien, Niall 1200 1 0: 8:W 3:L 19:L 15:L 19 Fleming, Tom 1338 1 3:L 10:L 16:L 18:W 13:L 20 Hingorani, Tanmay 1600 1 16:W 0: 0: 0: 0: 21 Jauad, Munila 1000 0 0: 12:L 14:L 0: 0: by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
New Year Blitz, Tuesday 6 January 2026Open to club members and non-members. Single section 9-round Open
Tournament ECF and FIDE rated.
Club Championship 2025-26
Now open for entries - full information, tournament rules, entry form and online payment link available at the Club Championships page. The tournaments start from November 2025. All games to be completed by 30 June 2026. Rate of play: 75 minutes + 15 second increment. If incrementing clocks not available, 30 moves in 75 minutes + 15 minutes quickplay finish. Starting numbers have been determined by random draw. The Trophy in each section will be awarded to the player with the highest point score. Please note that points scored against players completing fewer than half their games are ineligble for determining placings, though all games played will be rated. In case of a tie, the Sonneborn-Berger system will be used for tiebreaking. Ratings are taken from the November 2025 ECF list. Player numbers has been drawn randomly. Colours for each game denoted 'w' or 'b'. Results - please report all game results promptly using the Google Results Form. Games will be submitted for ECF rating on a weekly basis.
Bernfield Trophy
Foley Cup
Ashelford Trophy
All games played submitted for ECF rating.
Martin Trophy 2025-26The Martin Trophy is awarded for the best individual performance in inter-club matches over the season (July 2025 - June 2026). Players must play at least ten games in league, cup or friendly matches for their score to count. Statistics are calculated for everyone who has played a match for the club. Below is the leaderboard to 24 June 2026, for players with at least ten games completed. With only two match fixtures remaining no one can catch first-placed Avinash Reddy. Congratulations to Avinash on winning the Martin Trophy two years running.
Christmas Tournament, Tuesday 16 December 2025Our traditional Christmas tournament with buffet and drinks. Full details in the Tournament Flyer. Fourteen players took part. Congratulations to Michael Brown, winner with a straight 5/5. Cross TableNo Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 1 Brown, Michael 1918 5 10:W 12:W 7:W 2:W 4:W 2 Demidovich, Fedor 1789 4 6:W 3:W 8:W 1:L 7:W 3 Sloan, Cecil 1593 3.5 9:W 2:L 12:W 7:D 8:W 4 Hellebo, Theodore 1630 3 13:W 7:L 9:W 10:W 1:L 5 Packham, Tony 1765 3 8:D 11:L 13:W 9:D 10:W 6 Clarkson, Roger 1499 3 2:L 8:L 15:W 12:W 11:W 7 Blades, Nigel 2002 2.5 15:W 4:W 1:L 3:D 2:L 8 Hellebo, Arthur 1432 2.5 5:D 6:W 2:L 13:W 3:L 9 Bennett, Delroy 1291 2.5 3:L 13:W 4:L 5:D 12:W 10 Mammone, Tonino 1500 2 1:L 15:W 11:W 4:L 5:L 11 Pelling, Tim 2076 2 12:L 5:W 10:L 15:W 6:L 12 D'Orey, Ruy 1589 1 11:W 1:L 3:L 6:L 9:L 13 Holden, John 1381 1 4:L 9:L 5:L 8:L 15:W 14 Santos, Michael 1509 1 0:W 0: 0: 0: 0: 15 Pelling, Naomi 500 0 7:L 10:L 6:L 11:L 13:L Standings
Place Name Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Brown, Michael 1918 5 7.5 12.5 15.0
2 Demidovich, Fedor 1789 4 9.0 16.5 13.0
3 Sloan, Cecil 1593 3.5 7.5 12.5 10.0
4-6 Hellebo, Theodore 1630 3 7.0 13.0 10.0
Packham, Tony 1765 3 6.5 10.0 7.5
Clarkson, Roger 1499 3 5.5 9.5 6.0
7-9 Blades, Nigel 2002 2.5 10.5 15.5 10.0
Hellebo, Arthur 1432 2.5 9.5 14.5 8.5
Bennett, Delroy 1291 2.5 7.0 11.5 6.0
10-11 Mammone, Tonino 1500 2 8.0 13.0 7.0
Pelling, Tim 2076 2 6.0 9.0 6.0
12-14 D'Orey, Ruy 1589 1 9.0 16.0 5.0
Holden, John 1381 1 8.0 11.0 1.0
Santos, Michael 1509 1 0.5 0.5 1.0
15 Pelling, Naomi 500 0 6.5 10.5 0.0
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Club Rapidplay Tuesday 21 October 2025Five rounds, 15 minutes per player per game. 15 players took part in this GLCC Grand Prix event.
Club Blitz Tournament, Tuesday 16 September 2025, incorporating the LPSCL Individual Blitz ChampionshipsNine round Swiss tournament, starting 6.45pm. Open and U-1825 sections if sufficient entries otherwise sections may be combined. Rate of play 3 minutes + 2 sec increment. FIDE Laws of Chess apply. Twenty-two players took part. Congratulations to Justinas Sojanas, first in the Open with 8/9 and winner of the Peter Bond Trophy for the highest placed LPSCL League player; and to Imran Ahmad first in the U-1825 section with 7½/9 and winner of the Roland Smith Trophy for highest placed LPSCL League player. Full results: Open and U-1825. All results submitted for ECF Blitz rating. Shapson Lightning Tournament, Tuesday 2 September 2025(10 seconds per move), single section all-play-all or Swiss, depending on entries, start 6.45pm. Open to all players; entry fees: £5 for GLCC members, £10 for non-members. Entries taken on the night from 6.30pm, or in advance by email to glcctournaments@gmail.com. 40% of entry fees returned as prizes, remainder to club funds. Online payment of the entry fee at the link below. Congratulations to Leonardo Gupta on winning the event on 5/6 and to Michael Brown, 4½/6, who retains the Shapson Trophy on tiebreak from Paul Chantrell. Standings
Place Name Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Gupta, Leonardo 1799 5 13.5 19.0 16.0
2-3 Brown, Michael 1928 4.5 13.5 20.5 17.0
Chantrell, Paul 1771 4.5 12.5 18.5 19.0
4-5 Blades, Nigel 1978 4 13.0 20.0 11.0
Penczu, Aron 1707 4 10.0 17.0 15.0
6 Yahorau, Alex 1700 3.5 9.5 14.5 10.5
7-10 Walton, Paul 1889 3 13.0 19.5 12.0
Clarkson, Roger 1462 3 12.5 18.0 7.0
Mochnacki, Marcin 1200 3 12.0 19.0 10.0
Sloan, Cecil 1587 3 9.5 14.5 8.0
11 Packham, Tony 1758 2.5 15.0 20.0 12.5
12-14 Salisbury, Phillip 1674 2 12.5 20.5 9.0
Holden, John 1403 2 12.0 16.5 7.0
D'Orey, Ruy 1600 2 9.0 13.5 5.0
15-16 Weflo, Anton 1300 1 14.0 21.0 6.0
Scott, Martin 1427 1 10.5 16.0 1.0
Cross TableNo Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Gupta, Leonardo 1799 5 4:W 12:L 15:W 9:W 5:W 3:W 2 Brown, Michael 1928 4.5 10:W 11:D 4:W 7:W 3:D 6:D 3 Chantrell, Paul 1771 4.5 8:W 15:W 12:W 11:W 2:D 1:L 4 Blades, Nigel 1978 4 1:L 8:W 2:L 13:W 12:W 7:W 5 Penczu, Aron 1707 4 13:W 7:W 11:L 12:W 1:L 14:W 6 Yahorau, Alex 1700 3.5 15:L 16:W 9:L 8:W 11:W 2:D 7 Walton, Paul 1889 3 14:W 5:L 13:W 2:L 10:W 4:L 8 Clarkson, Roger 1462 3 3:L 4:L 14:W 6:L 9:W 15:W 9 Mochnacki, Marcin 1200 3 12:L 10:W 6:W 1:L 8:L 13:W 10 Sloan, Cecil 1587 3 2:L 9:L 16:W 15:W 7:L 11:W 11 Packham, Tony 1758 2.5 16:W 2:D 5:W 3:L 6:L 10:L 12 Salisbury, Phillip 1674 2 9:W 1:W 3:L 5:L 4:L 0: 13 Holden, John 1403 2 5:L 14:W 7:L 4:L 16:W 9:L 14 D'Orey, Ruy 1600 2 7:L 13:L 8:L 16:W 15:W 5:L 15 Weflo, Anton 1300 1 6:W 3:L 1:L 10:L 14:L 8:L 16 Scott, Martin 1427 1 11:L 6:L 10:L 14:L 13:L 0:W by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
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