The first online tournament organised by the Oxfordshire chess association was held in the Autumn term. Uni 1 were the runaway winners, fielding a very strong team throughout. City 1 finished mid table, with narrow losses in the last 2 rounds after a strong start. City 2 were the underdogs in most of their games but picked up a win and a draw to finish off the bottom. http://www.oxfordfusion.com/oca/documents/2020_MikeDuck1_FinalStandings.htm

Top performers were Jon Manley for City 1 with 5/6 and Jan Murawski for City 2 with 3/4, so well done to you, also a big thanks to our captains Sean Terry and Andy Bell for all their work to enable us to enjoy the chess.

The second tournament will start next week and we’ll be competing as before. New members would be very welcome to participate in our teams, send a message if you’d be interested.

This season promises to be an unusual one! With no over the board chess until at least the New Year.

There will however be a local online team competition and some members will arrange to play each other independently within the government guidelines.

Any potential new members who would like to get involved in either of those opportunities are still very welcome to join us.

Hi again,

In light of the continuing lockdown the club will unfortunately not reopen for the remainder of the season, hope to see everyone in September.

In the meantime, an online version of the club has been created here to keep in touch and help enjoy some chess. https://www.chess.com/club/oxford-city

All the best,

Phil

Dear all,

Because of the current coronavirus outbreak the club is closed until further notice, I hope you all stay safe and well and to see people at the club again before too long

All the best,

Phil

With summer coming to an end it’s almost time for the new chess season. Our first club night of the year will be on Monday 16th September,

New members and visitors are always very welcome and I look forward to seeing lots of old and new faces.

We’ll also be holding our AGM on the 23rd, with the short formal part followed by the always enjoyable cheese + wine quickplay evening.

Hi all,

The club is now closed for the end of the season, our results:

City 1 finished second to a very strong Uni 1 side who were runaway leaders once again

City 2 have (we think!) narrowly maintained their position in division 2 after a hard fought season

City 3 finished a very respectable 4th in the 3rd division

City’s cup team remains in the running with a semi-final match against University on Monday

We’ll be back in September, my thanks to John Yates and Simon King who are stepping down as Treasurer and Secretary after 30 and 25 years in the posts respectively, I’m sure the rest of the club would join me in their thanks. This does mean we are in search of two new officers come our AGM in September, please let me know if interested.

Have a good summer!

Phil

After the summer break the club is restarting on the 10th September at 7:30, so it’s time to dust off the chess skills after the summer break. Hopefully will see lots of old and new faces there.

Some photos from the quickplay the other week, a very enjoyable evening all around.

Thanks to Ian Brooke for setting up, Peter Mccleod for providing lots of food + drink and well done to Matt Rose for winning the blitz.

Hi all,

The club AGM will be held Monday 25th September, to kick the season off this will be followed by the traditional cheese + wine quickplay. We play this with a handicap system to level the playing field between players of various strengths within the club.

Visitors and new members are very welcome but might prefer to arrive 8ish, assuming the cheese + wine quickplay is of more interest than the AGM anyhow!

Phil