Hackney Major have brought home our first silverware of the season after a 2.5-1.5 victory over Cavendish secured the London League Division 5 title. There were wins on the night for captain Chris Gribben and Zebedee Jones, along with a draw for Alistair Dyte on top board and a defeat for George Perkins. Hackney Major finished the season with 7.5/9
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Another disappointing season for our 4NCL team who were relegated to Division 4 after the final three rounds in Wokefield Park. On Saturday we drew with West is Best 3-3, then lost to Fermented Sharks on Sunday and drew 3-3 on Monday against The Rookies. A big thank you to Francis Chin who as always was an excellent captain and
Read moreWe often sing the praises of the top players in Hackney Chess Club and we are of course proud of IM Richard Bates, FMs Richard Britton, Bob Eames and Ruben Gutierrez and a host of other 2000-plus rated players who turn out for our teams. But we also like to give credit to our lower graded players who turn in
Read moreGreat win for our London League Div 3 team last night over Metropolitan 2 to make sure of that division status after our usual dalliance with relegation. A big thanks to our wonderful skipper Peter Burgoyne who has led the team brilliantly and played some blinding games. Wins for Tobias Baumann, Peter, Salim Kriman, Alistair Dyte, Jeff Leung and your
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We have been approached by Secret Cinema (secretcinema.org) asking whether we would like to participate in their current project Blade Runner, the Final Cut which is taking place in London (location is secret, I will reveal when I know who is coming). See here for more details please: https://tickets.secretcinema.org/?utm_expid=12954320-7.WspvIXiJTMyaUb1_jTYsVA.0 As you can see this is an interactive experience based on
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Our popular player Paulo Rosario has had a difficult season but he came up trumps with a beautiful win in the crucial victory against Athenaeum last week. Says Paulo: “I have been having a very disappointing season (missing wins, and failing to save some draws) so it was great to have my first win of the season. I made an
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Hackney Gorki are waiting on a crucial adjournment after finishing their Division 6 match against Athenaeum 2-1 ahead with George Perkins adjourned. A draw will be enough to secure a vital win in Gorki’s title challenge. There were wins for Mateo Lario de Miguel and Omar Jassim. Here is Mateo’s winning game with the White pieces.
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In what was one of the great nights for HCC, our third team came away from Fortress Albany with a magnificent victory which has gone some way to helping us avoid the drop to Div 4. Wins by Jeff Leung, Paolo Rosario, Salim Kriman, Shaun Tracey and Danny Rosenbaum, and a very good draw from Paul Conway on top Board
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Chris Thorne is captain of our Hackney Gorki team and has done a brilliant job in bringing our newest team to the edge of glory in only his second season playing for HCC. His sons Alex and Joe, along with a raft of other promising juniors and lower graded adults, make up the Gorki Squad. This season has been particularly
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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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