Alistair Dyte is one of our newer members having joined the club in 2016. Alistair was a very strong junior player for Slough in the 1980s and had a long break from chess. Living in Hackney he decided to come to the Rochester Castle for some blitz and we were delighted to welcome such a good player. And since his
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A great night for Hackney in the London League with our second team playing a blinder to beat Ilford 6-4 in the ‘Beasts of the East’ derby match. Chris Gribben’s Div 5 team went top of the pile after a 3-1 win over Lewisham and Hackney Gorki stayed well in contention for the Div 6 title after an exciting 2-2
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Our club sponsor is Mergul Law (mergullaw.co.uk) and the senior partner of the firm is Rauf Khalilov who is having a great chess season (much of his success is down to the great coaching of Jochen Wittmann!) Here is one of Rauf’s recent wins in London League against Wimbledon 2. We love you Rauf!
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Ten year old Joe Thorne is one of HCC’s promising juniors and is on 100 percent with two wins out of two for Hackney Gorki in Division Six of the London League this season. Here is his game against Ivan Fernandes on 13.2.
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In what was an evening of mixed fortunes for HCC, Hackney 1 were sent packing by Wood Green who fielded eight GMs. Kevin Bowmer got half a point against GM Alexander Chernayev while everyone else was beaten. At the other end of the chess spectrum our Hackney Gorki team remain top of Division Six after a comprehensive 3.5-0.5 win over
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With immediate effect, we are concentrating our social chess events to Saturdays at the Rochester Castle. We are extending the hours to start at 5pm and finish at closing time. So what will this mean? The main point is that Saturday evenings will now be be our club night. Our legendary Saturday night sessions involve all level of players, from
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George Perkins is one of the club’s newer members and is proving to be a real ‘find’. Undefeated this season he played this glorious attacking game in a recent Division 3 match at GLCC.
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Hackney 2 are living the dream
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Hackney CC club member James Corrigan works for the charity Chess in Schools and Communities and at the London Chess Classic he bravely took on John Nunn in the GM’s simul. Nice try James!
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This year’s London Chess Classic was won by GM Fabio Caruana after a play-off against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (see photo above). GM Magnus Carlsen won the overall Grand Chess Tour title after securing a last-round win against Levon Aronian. Super GMs apart, there was plenty of action in the huge Festival Hall with our first teamers Richard Bates and Jonathan
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