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The 2012 club handicap took place on Wednesday 1st August. This event, which is one of the favourite competitions in the summer club calendar, saw a good range of player grades throwing up some very interesting contests. Essentially, the handicap system meant that those with lower grades would stand a fair chance against players with high grades as they would receive a much larger amount of clock time. Some mixed results emerged from this together with some frantic finishes! |
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| Club players were clearly taking this event very seriously as was evident from some notable pre-match preparation carried out by certain players. Both Archer and Hirst studiously put in some extra-curricular work as they began carefully preparing for the handicap tournament fully 2 hours before it began!! For some strange reason this preparation did not reap full rewards as neither player could overcame the mighty Mike Round....and nor could anyone else! |
| Club Handicap Final Table |
NAME |
GRADE |
TOTAL |
Mike Round |
174 |
6 |
Rich Archer |
177 |
4.5 |
Andy Bagley |
165 |
4.5 |
Peter Clark |
113 |
3.5 |
Andy Ross |
144 |
3 |
Clive Davies |
168 |
2.5 |
David Hirst |
149 |
2.5 |
Helmut Auer |
112 |
2.5 |
Neil Bolton |
91 |
1.5 |
Alex King |
80 |
1.5 |
Andrew Parker |
74 |
1 |
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Congratulations to Mike Round who put together a faultless 6/6 score. This was particularly impressive when bearing in mind that Mike had a time handicap deficit in almost all of his games. Andy Bagley and Rich Archer managed joint second with 4.5 points. There was a good performance from the improving Peter Clark who racked up 3.5 points. A good time was had by all and perhaps further handicap events could be introduced into the summer calendar in future years. |
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A basic guide to the beginnings of Rose Forgrove Chess Club and the most recent successes that it has enjoyed
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A collection of photographs taken in recent years of the players, venues and events of Rose Forgrove Chess ClubL |
RFCC Competitions
A look at how the 2011 club events held during the summer months panned out |
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Rapidplay
The club rapidplay championship was played out on Wednesday 3rd August 2011. The format was a 9 round affair made up of five 15 minute games. The event threw up some frantic finishes |
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Lightning
The club lightning championship was a 6 round event with players having to move 'on the buzzer', beginning with a 10 second timer and moving on to 5 seconds per move if necessary. |
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Blitz
The club blitz championship was
a 12 round format with each player having the allotted 5 minutes to complete
their game. Players drawn against each other would play two games. |
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Handicap
The club handicap championship was a 6 round affair made up of 20 minute games. Time allocation for each player was dependent on their grade and the grade of their opponent. |
RFCC Championship
The 2011 Rose Forgrove club championship was a wide-open and dramatic affair with more than a few twists |
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The Opening Round
Unfurl the banners, sound the fanfare, bring out the bunting and leap like a gazelle with joy. Why? The club championship got underway, of course! |
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Rounds 2,3,4 & 5
Some serious shuffling of positions on the club championship leaderboard! Who would be left in with a shout at the winning the coveted title? |
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The Final Round
Drama to surpass anything your boring telly can offer. This years' nail-biter of a club championship went to the wire! |
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