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Insurance Chess Club Founded 1893 |
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http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ins.chess |
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WebCounter reports Visitors since 1st May 2003 |
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Welcome to the official Website of the Insurance Chess Club
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Outbreak of peace The annual fixture against Cambridge University has been ongoing since 1907. Perhaps in that time, there has never been a match in which all games were drawn; until now. True, the match involved only four boards, shortening the odds. Read more... |
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Rich reward The Nurse Lightning Championship, played in its traditional spot on Opening Night, was an unqualified success for Mark Rich, who outclassed the seven player field to win with a 100% score, 6/6. The prize list was completed by Ian Calvert and Paul Barclay, both with 3½. |
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Early match results The Club has been pursuing its usual match programme and has contested a number of Friendly fixtures as well as once more qualifying for the Eastman Plate. The Friendlies have brought us limited success: a narrow 2-3 defeat at Oxford University was followed by a thumping ½-7½ loss to the Civil Service who failed to match our declared gradings and brought a team strong enough to outclass us. However, we recovered to deal a 5-1 defeat to Combined Services, even though the teams on paper were closely matched. In the Eastman Cup, we were paired in round 1 with London League Division 1 side, Richmond, and duly qualified for the Eastman Plate with a 2-8 defeat. This completes our fixtures for 2009, with the next match being away to Cambridge University on 31st Jan and our first Bronowski fixture against United Banks on 16th Feb. |
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Inter-Office Competitions The Combined League is underway and details of the early matches will be available shortly. |
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