FIDE Master Tom O’Gorman of Oxford University Chess Club put us to the test in a 20-board simultaneous display.
Tom won 18 and conceded just two draws, to David Gubinelli and Stuart White. Well done both.
An instructive and entertaining evening we plan to repeat next year.
Thanks Tom!
As many of you will know, Oxfordshire has a team in the Chiltern
League. In this we play Hants, Bucks and Berks both home and away for
a total of 6 matches. This year the team is being captained by Nigel
Moyse, with help from Ian Bush, and they are looking for players,
especially for the first match which away against Hampshire at 2pm on
28th October. All players who are interested should contact Nigel at
nigel.moyse@gmail.com.
The matches are played over 20 boards, and all start at
2pm on Saturday afternoons, the dates being
2023
Hants-Oxon 28 October
Oxon-Berks 2 December
2024
Oxon-Bucks 20 January
Oxon-Hants 17 February
Bucks-Oxon tbc (maybe mid-March)
Berks-Oxon 6 April.
The time control is all moves in 2 hours, so the matches will be
finished by 6pm.
Oxford City Chess Club 