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4NCL on-line triumph for Eco_Beat !!
(10/07/20 - 12/07/20)
Eco-Beat - our own Milosz Kasprzyk - came an excellent joint top in the recent 4NCL on-line U2000 Congress - scoring 4 out of 5 in the 45+15 games, and a performance rating of 2036. Well done!!
Full details and games can be found at here - and include the very entertaining game below
Excellent results also for Philip and Gabriel Wood, both scoring 3.5/5 in the U1700 section
White - Milosz Kasprzyk Black - Dominic Gallagher 4NCL On-line major, 45 + 15 game; 12/07/20
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A NATIONAL TITLE FOR HULL CLUB + GUESTS!!
(28/06/20)
A team of Hull Chess Club players - captained by Joe Varley, and helped powerfully buy guests Alec Grice and Simon Smith of Beverley Chess Club - have triumphed in the ECF ENGLISH NATIONAL ONLINE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP - Minor Section. Well done to them!!
Thanks also to our own Stephen Greep and to Douglas Vleeshouwer for organising this ECF event.
You can see full match results - and (some of?) games - if you scroll down the page at the following links:
https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/61012
https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/61035
https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/61047
The Bude match saw Simon Smith achieve an excellent draw against one of England's strongest ever players...IGM Dr John Nunn!
Well done Woldsman!
White - Simon Smith Black - John Nunn IGM Lichess on-line, 45 + 15 game; 28/06/20
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And a very interesting game from the Captain Joe ...
White - Joe Varley Black - Christine Constable Lichess on-line, 45 + 15 game; 28/06/20
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ROELOF WESTRA IS 88!!
(10/04/20)
Almost 60 years a member of our Club; the strongest player in Hull for many of those ; former Yorkshire Champion and British veterans Champion; still a nifty on-line player.
Happy Birthday from your friends at the Club Roelof!
A crunching victory at the last round of the Hull Congress in 1994...
White - Roelof Westra Black - Jonathan Arnott
...and 62 years ago, drawing with a world champion (in a simul!)
White - Mikhail Botvinniik Black - Roelof Westra