Nick Walker reports on an excellent showing by Hackney at the Essex Chess Association Tream Bitz. Hackney won the Essex Chess Association team blitz with 24.5/32 game points on Sunday 1 July. As a non-Essex team (although we are of course affiliated to ECA) we were ineligible for the trophy which was taken by Barking, who came second, 3 points
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Hackney Chess Club are going to Cyprus! Organised by Rauf Khalilov, Kykkos Monastery will host a fundraising challenge match between local Cypriot team Larnaca and a touring party from our club. It is hoped that funds can be raised for the Monastery’s good causes in this collaboration between the Monks of Kykkos and Larnaca & Hackney Chess Clubs. If you
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Hackney Gorki’s hopes of winning the London League Division 6 title came to a halt after a 4-0 defeat by Morley College whose victory makes them champions. Despite this setback, Gorki have had a great season under the captaincy of Chris Thorne – the team has five wins, two draws and two losses with one game left.
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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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