5th Simon Bartlett Memorial Congress 2024

16th June 2026 at Torquay Boys’ Grammar School (courtesy of Tim) Attendees: D. Regis, T. Onions, V. Cross, J.C. Bacon, A. Crickmore, S. Keay Apologies: A. Ashenhurst, N. Butland Note that most of the discussions revolved around the schedule for the coming year, and resources. D. Regis plans this as his last year running everything… Maybe a…

Pengxiao Zhu and Viacheslav Ovcharenko both played for the SW England U14 Team against Wales on Sunday 26th May. The SWE Team won the U14 by a wide margin but the U11 event was very close. Well done to all taking part and many thanks to the organisers for making everything happen.

Some excellent performances from Devon Juniors in the 56th Torbay Congress (Hope I haven’t missed anyone!): Open section: Caleb Caleshu 3½/5 and shared 3rd place, half a point behind the winner Major: Jack Wills 2½/5 Intermediate: Mac Holland 4/5 shared 2nd place on tie-break; Suhayl Abdalla 3½/5; Jamie Glasson 2½/5; Shreyas Pasupalety 2/5 Foundation: Ronit…

In last Sunday’s Devon County chess match for all ages, Devon juniors were selected: Caleb Caleshu, Jack Wills and Harvey Cooper. Congratulations to all.

The London Junior Chess Championships were founded 100 years ago, and in their centenary event Devon juniors had some notable success. Congratulations to Swetha Narayanan who scored a very creditable 5/7 in the huge U8 section, winning a prize. And very well done to Pengxiao Zhu, who as an U13 player won the U16 trophy…

The chess sets we use in tournaments are all of the Staunton design. This design was introduced by the famous games company Jaques in 1859, and has become the standard for all serious chess play. It’s a design classic.  The shapes for the pieces are all big, clear and sit on a plinth, nicely supported…