Insurance Chess Club
Founded 1893
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Welcome to the official Website of the Insurance Chess Club
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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04-Feb-2010: Matches Add
result and report for Cambridge. 24-Dec-09: Tournaments Add Championship cross table and post first results. Add cross table and report for Nurse Lightning. Update Combined Services report (Martin Page's game description). Add pictures to Civil Service report. 23-Dec-09: Matches Add 2009 pages and results of Friendly and Eastman matches to date. 04-Sep-09: Rules Add new version of Tournament Rules. 05-Jun-09: Archive/History Update list of Officers for the last three seasons. |
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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.
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.
Inter-Office Competitions
The Combined League is underway and details of the early matches will be available shortly.