History of Colchester Chess Club 2

The contents of one of four surviving books containing historical records of Colchester Chess Club are now available online. This book covers the period 1936-1950 and contains match secretary reports, newspaper clippings, details of matches against other local clubs and more.

The records include the results of Colchester matches against Ipswich, Clacton, Chelmsford, Kelvedon, Felixstowe, Silver End, Southend, Colchester Royal Grammar School, Bishop Stortford, Ilford, Hornchurch, Athenaeum and Leyton.

Links to the historical archive can be found on the About the club page, and a summary of the contents is below.

 

Chelmsford v Colchester match result	23rd November 1936
Colchester v Silver End match result	17th December 1936
Ipswich v Colchester match result	12th February 1937
Silver End v Colchester match result	25th February 1937
Colchester v Southend match result	18th March 1937
Signed picture of Georges Koltanowski
Newspaper article about simultaneous blindfold display by Georges Koltanowski in Colchester (East Anglian Daily Times)	24th March 1937
Typed summary of simultaneous blindfold display in Colchester by Georges Koltanowski	March 1937
1936-1937 season – match secretary’s report (Lionel Penrose)

 

 

Colchester v Silver End match result	18th November 1937
Colchester v Kelvedon match result	9th December 1937
Signed picture of Georges Koltanowski dedicated to Lionel Penrose	7th August 1937
Transcript of newspaper article in the Essex County Telegraph about simultaneous blindfold display in Colchester by Georges Koltanowski	29th January 1938
Silver End v Colchester match report	3rd February 1938
Colchester v Ipswich match report	18th February 1938
Kelvedon v Colchester match report	8th March 1938
Colchester v Chelmsford match report	1938
Newspaper report of County Trophy semi-final match Leyton v Colchester	Date unclear
Newspaper report on match Colchester v Kelvedon	20th April 1939
Newspaper report from the Essex County Standard of County Tournament match Colchester v Hornchurch	1st July 1939
Newspaper report on match Ipswich v Colchester	March 30th 1939
Newspaper report on match Kelvedon v Colchester	April 4th 1939

 

 

Newspaper report on match Chelmsford v Colchester (first match played since 1939)	24th October 1946
Newspaper report on match Colchester v Ipswich	13th November 1946
Newspaper report on match Ipswich v Colchester	5th December 1946
Newspaper report on 58-board match  Norfolk/Suffolk v Essex (at Ipswich)	5th October 1946
Newspaper report on Colchester v Chelmsford match	2nd April 1947
Newspaper report on match Colchester v Bishop Stortford	16th April 1947
Newspaper report on match Colchester v Felixstowe	30th April 1947
Newspaper report on Colchester players in the Norfolk/Suffolk v Essex match	5th October 1946
Newspaper report on the annual meeting of Colchester Chess Club	1946/47
1946-1947 season – match secretary’s report (D. C. Simmons)	1946/47

 

 

Newspaper report on Colchester  v Ipswich match	5th November 1947
Newspaper report on Ipswich v Colchester match	4th March 1948
Newspaper report on Colchester v Clacton match	12th March 1948
Newspaper report on Chelmsford v Colchester match	1st April 1948
Newspaper report on Colchester v Chelmsford match	21st April 1948
Newspaper report on Colchester v Colchester Royal Grammar School	2nd May 1948
1947-1948 season – match secretary’s report (D. C. Simmons)	5th October 1948

 

 

Division II: Colchester v Colchester Royal Grammar School match report	8th December 1948
Newspaper report on the annual meeting of Colchester Chess Club	1948/49
Newspaper report on the annual meeting of Colchester Chess Club	1948/49
Newspaper article: Colchester v Chelmsford	30th March 1949
Newspaper article: Colchester v Ipswich	24th March 1949
Newspaper article: Ipswich v Colchester	1948
Newspaper article: Chelmsford v Colchester	2nd December 1948
1948-1949 season – match secretary’s report (D. C. Simmons)	3rd October 1949

 

 

Clacton v Colchester match report	20th April 1950
Colchester v Clacton match report (top line can’t be seen – board 1 for Clacton was S. W. H. Smith, result was a draw)
Newspaper article: telephone match Colchester v Essex	2nd June 1950
Newspaper article: Chelmsford v Colchester match in the 3rd round of the Essex, Herts & Beds section of the British Chess Federation National Club Championship	1950
Newspaper article: Southend v Colchester match in the 2nd round of the Essex, Herts & Beds section of the British Chess Federation National Club Championship	15th January 1950
Newspaper article: Colchester v Athenaeum match in the last 16 of the British Chess Federation National Club Championship	1950
1949-1950 season – match secretary’s report (D. C. Simmons).  Includes result of Colchester v Ilford match in the final of the Essex, Herts & Beds section of the British Chess Federation National Club Championship	4th October 1950

What would you do?

A post from Clive

Here is a position reached in a league game:

Black is a rook for bishop and pawn up, but white has a dangerous passed pawn. More importantly black has 8 mins left on his clock and white 34 mins. Black to move.

Would you:

1. Agree a draw immediately - thus protecting the team ensuring they, (with sensible play in the last remaining game), cannot lose the match?
2. Spend 6 mins looking for a win, play on for a bit if you can’t find a win offer a draw and hope your opponent agrees? Of course if he plays on and there isn’t a quick win, Black has essentially lost on time.
3. Play on immediately, and go for it regardless?

Right the clock is ticking, you have 6 mins!! Did you choose correctly?

December summary

The current top ten players in the club grand prix are:

		Points
1st	Nathan Barnes	9.5
2nd	Mohammud Jaufarally	6
3rd	Svein Kjenner	4.5
4th	Mike Wagstaff	4
5th	Aleksander Orava	3.5
6th	Clive Bellinger	3
7th	Martin Harris	3
8th	Ed Goodman	3
9th	Matt Stemp	2
10th=	Ian Gooding	2
	Mark Johnson	2

Games played in the club championship, Tony Locke rapidplay and the NECL league/knockout count for points in the grand prix. Where points are equal percentage score is used as a tie-breaker.

Games have only been played in two of the seeding groups for the club championship. In group 1, Mohammud and Nathan have both won a game and the match between them will determine who comes first and second in that group. Brian Remmer has a draw and a win from his two games in group 4 - meaning, due to tie-breaks, he will finish in 1st place. 2nd place in group 4 will depend on the result of the match between Dave Chatfield and Shazia Jaufarally. In the Tony Locke Rapidplay there are a number of players who have not played all their first three games yet so the current standings are not clear. Nathan, Svein and Clive have all played more than one game and are currently unbeaten.

In NECL Division 2, Colchester A are in 1st place having won three matches and drawn one. Colchester B are in 6th place but have only played two games (a win and a loss). In Division 3, Colchester D are in 1st place after winning three matches and losing one; Colchester C are in 7th place with one win and one loss. In the NECL Plate, Colchester have reached the semi-final where they will play Baddow B.

 

The draw for round four of the Tony Locke Rapidplay has been made (first named player has white):

Nathan Barnes (3)	v	Alex Welge (2)
Svein Kjenner (2.5)	v	Mohammud Jaufarally (2)
Nadia Jaufarally (1.5)	v	Clive Bellinger (2)
Martin Harris (1.5)	v	John King (1.5)
John Duff-Cole (1.5)	v	Mark Johnson (1.5)
Shazia Jaufarally (1.5)	v	Ed Goodman (1.5)
Zahra Jaufarally (1.5)	v	Dave Chatfield (1)
Luke Tatchell (1)	v	Pete Smith (1)
Denzel Gonzales (0)	v	Phil Daley (0.5)
Simon Denney (0)	v	Matt Stemp (0)

Where previous round games have not been played both players have been given half a point for the purpose of making the 4th round draw - when the games have been played both player's scores will be updated. These half-points are shown in player scores above - so some scores could potentially go down as matches from previous rounds are played. Three players have been added to the draw this round - they are shown as having a score of 0.

The following games from earlier rounds still need to be played:

Mark Johnson	v	Shazia Jaufarally
Alex Welge	v	Nadia Jaufarally
John King	v	Zahra Jaufarally
Phil Daley	v	Shazia Jaufarally
Svein Kjenner	v	Clive Bellinger
Ed Goodman	v	Zahra Jaufarally
Zahra Jaufarally	v	Mark Johnson
Nadia Jaufarally	v	John King
Shazia Jaufarally	v	Alex Welge