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CLUB DETAILS

Torquay Chess Club now meets upstairs at Torquay Bridge Club, Zion Road, Torquay.  Instead of paying a rental to the Bridge Club each member attending pays £2 per night, juniors paying £1.

Club night is Wednesday starting at 7:00p.m.

Chess players from other clubs are welcome as visitors, and members are urged to support the club as much as possible, playing their club championship games when not involved in matches!

About the club:

The club has a wide range of ages and playing strengths and new members of any standard are very welcome.

We have teams in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd divisions of the Torbay league and in the knockout cup and Rapidplay league. We also run internal club competitions at standard time controls and at rapidplay.

So, if you have an interest in chess or are looking to play competitive chess, please feel free to come along.

Directions

The club is approached from Tor Hill Road, which at that point is one-way.

From Paignton you may turn left at the first traffic lights after Livermead, signed A3022 Newton Abbot, follow signs to Town Centre (bearing right), along Falkland Rd, Lucius St, Tor Church Rd and turning sharp left at the 3rd traffic lights (by the church –you can’t miss it!) which should be Tor Hill Road. Since parking space at the club is very limited, it is advisable to park on the left side of this road (before the road narrows) and walk up and around the corner to the left along Zion Road. Again follow this road round to the left and you will see the Torquay Bridge Club sign lit up. Further on there may be parking spaces on the left of Tor Hill Road, or after turning left at the top by the roadside opposite the Police Station. If there is no room go on down Belgrave Road and if necessary continue in a circle by turning left at the lights leading into Lucius St and back to Tor Hill Road.

From other directions aim for Belgrave Road, turn at the traffic lights into Lucius St, opposite Falkland Rd, and continue as above.

There is wheelchair access, but it is advisable to inform the club secretary in advance if this is required.

Visit this website for a map.

Contacts:

President: Tom Maloney Tel: 01803 314781

Secretary: Geoff Rosser, 21 Lower Shirburn Road, Torquay, TQ1 3ET, telephone 01803 316766, email g.d.rosser@btinternet.com

                             Geoff Rosser reports on the seasons activities:-

The 2009/2010 season has been mixed for Torquay Chess Club.

The roomy venue in the Bridge Club has not brought in the hoped for increase in numbers and half of the current members seem reluctant to come along to the club on Wednesday evenings unless they are engaged in a match.

However, the current membership successfully completed a season of matches in four divisions of the Torbay and District League and the Knockout Trophy, although one A team match was defaulted and there were 2-3 individual defaults in other matches.

Matches have generally been hard-fought and our teams were successful in the Rapidplay League under the captaincy of Peter Ruszelak, going through the season undefeated and beating Newton Abbot, last year’s champions, twice.

The League Knockout Trophy was won for the second year in succession, under the leadership of Andy Dunn, with a decisive 4½-1½ win over Teignmouth in the final.

 33 games have been played in the club championship so far and 9 in the club rapidplay championship. These events give all players the opportunity to play in as many graded games as they wish. The full results will be published as soon as possible.

 

 

ECF GRADING FOR SEASON 2010/11 as at 19th July 2010
Ref Name Sex Age Club(s) Category Standard Previous Category Rapid Previous
152122G Ariss, John A M   Teignmouth A 111 114     127
259398B Ballantyne, Richard J M   Torquay D 105 102      
272185F Blamey, Clive J M   Torquay D 96        
269129C Clarke, Adam M   Torquay C 164 152 E 150 153
135817A Cowley, Dennis R M   Torquay C 170 176      
109767C Doidge, Charles M   Teignmouth A 138 136 D 132 138
109951G Dunn, Andrew M M   Torquay A 164 181      
156363E Greenaway, Terence V M   Torquay B 139 130      
187622D Greeno, Stephen P M   Totnes C 120 125 D 117 113
233243H Hellings, Frank     Torquay C 32 35      
233227K Hindom, Kevin M   Teignmouth A 124 122      
173265B Howard, Simon M   Torquay C 105 119 D 110 115
194730J Maloney, Tom     Torquay D 69 70      
240680K Mann, Harry T M 17 Torquay D 167 163      
277505A Pietrzycki, Jacek     Torquay D 172        
166595K Rosser, Geoffrey C M   Torquay A 129 137 A 141 143
268159G Ruszelak, Piotr M   Torquay B 136 129 D 124 121
178159F Southall, Christopher M M   Exeter B 138 145      
120413A Tidy, Norman F M   Torquay A 129 132 D 129 133
 
TORBAY LEAGUE FIXTURES 2009/10

Division 1

 

Division 3

07-Oct-09 Torquay 3 TBGS 1 01-Oct-09 TBGS 1 Torquay 3
  Newton Abbot 4 Torquay 0 25-Nov-09 Torquay Plym' Tigers
12-Jan-10 Teignmouth 4 Torquay (Def) 0 26-Jan-10 Teign Rooks 3 Torquay 1
10-Feb-10 Torquay Teignmouth ½ 10-Feb-10 Torquay N.A. Knights
03-Mar-10 TBGS 1 Torquay 3 10-Mar-10 Torquay 1 N.A. Pawns 3
24-Mar-10 Torquay Newton Abbot 20-Apr-10 Teign Knights 3 Torquay 1
                   
   

Rapidplay

 

Division 2

 

04-Nov-09

Torquay

4½-3½

Brixham

18-Nov-10

Torquay

4½-3½

Newton Abbot

16-Feb-10

Brixham

4 - 4

Torquay

18-Mar-10

Newton Abbot

3 - 5

Torquay

21-Apr-10

Torquay

5 - 3

South Hams

 
21-10-09 Torquay 3 Teignmouth 1
02-Nov-09 Plymouth Torquay
11-Nov-09 Torquay TBGS ½
05-Jan-10 Brixham 1 Torquay 3
25-Mar-10 Newton Abbot Torquay ½
31-Mar-10 Torquay 2 South Hams 2
         

Knockout Cup

 
29-Sept-09 Brixham

3

Torquay*

3

Semi-Final

19-Nov-09

Newton Abbot

3

Torquay*

3

Final

04-May-10 Teignmouth

Torquay

*won on board count

 

 

GRADINGS FOR SEASON 2009/10
Ref Name Sex Age Club(s) Category Standard Previous Category Rapid Previous
259398B Ballantyne, Richard J M   St Marychurch C 102 104      
269129C Clarke, Adam M   St Marychurch D 152 150     156
135817A Cowley, Dennis R M   St Marychurch C 176 185      
109767C Doidge, Charles M   Teignmouth A 136 127 E 138 137
109951G Dunn, Andrew M M   St Marychurch A 181 172      
156363E Greenaway, Terence V M   Reading B 130 132      
233243H Hellings, Frank     St Marychurch C 35 34      
173265B Howard, Simon M   Torquay C 119 119      
194730J Maloney, Tom     St Marychurch D 70 74      
240680K Mann, Harry T M 16 St Marychurch A 163 163 D 158 157
275965C Purdon, Lewis M   St Marychurch E 78        
166595K Rosser, Geoffrey C M   St Marychurch A 137 151 D 154 156
268159G Ruszelak, Piotr M   St Marychurch A 129 127      
120413A Tidy, Norman F M   St Marychurch A 133 128 D 133 133

 

                   TORBAY CHESS LEAGUE 2008-09 - up-dated 31/10/08

DIVISION 1

 

DIVISION 3 continued

16-Oct-08

Torquay

4 - 0

Totnes

 

12-Mar-09

TBGS

3 - 1

Torquay

04-Nov-08

Teignmouth

1 - 3

Torquay

 

26-Mar-09

Torquay

v

Plymouth

20-Nov-08

Torquay

1½ -2½

Newton Abbot

 

06-Apr-09

Totnes

v

Torquay

05-Feb-09

Newton Abbot

2½ - 1½

Torquay

 

09-Apr-09

Torquay

v

Ntn.Ab.Pawns

09-Mar-09

Totnes

1 - 3

Torquay

 

19--Mar-09

Torquay

2 - 2

Teignmouth

 

DIVISION 2

 

27-Oct-08

Plymouth

4 - 0

Torquay

 

03-Dec-08

Torquay

4 - 0

Brixham

   

11-Dec-08

Newton Abbot

2 - 2

Torquay

         

07-Jan-09

Torquay

2½ - 1½

Teignmouth

         

22-Jan-09

Torquay

3½ - ½

TBGS

         

12-Feb-09

South Hams

1 - 3

Torquay

         
                 
                 

DIVISION 3

         

05-Mar-09

Torquay

1½ - 2½

Ntn.Ab.Knights

         

16-Oct-08

Torquay

1 - 3

Teignmouth

         

29-Oct-08

Torquay

0 - 4

Totnes

         

19-Nov-08

Torquay

1½ - 2½

TBGS

         

10-Dec-08

Plymouth

2½ - 1½

Torquay

         

27-Jan-09

Teignmouth

3 - 1

Torquay

 

KNOCKOUT CUP

05-Feb-09

Ntn.Ab.Knights

1 - 3

Torquay

 

Quarter-Final

         

27-Nov-08

Torquay

4½ - 1½

TBGS
       
 

Semi-Final

       
 

 

Plymouth

3 - 3

Torquay
       

Final

                                  Torquay 3 - Totnes 3

                 Torquay win on board count