Chess on Hold for January

hope to be back in February 2022

Dear Friends

Hope you are having a safe Christmas break!

We have decided to cancel all our events in January 2022, so if you have registered for the Golders Green on the 8th my sincere apologies - you can edit the date of your entry to another date and carry any entry fee paid across.

The decision is mainly because I don’t think there will be many players interested in coming out to take part, until there is a bit more certainty from the Government. However I now have Omicron (despite being triple jabbed) and all the symptoms, so I need some time to isolate, get through and recover from that, and then I have a funeral to organise for mid-January. I will be back.

Our next tournaments are scheduled for FEBRUARY. Keep an eye on the ECF Calendar for details.

So - 18th December 2021 was our last event of the year! 

The results can be found here - https://chess-results.com/tnr594896.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 

A modest entry on this final weekend, with GM Alexander Cherniaev taking first place with 5.5/6 and winning £100.00.

Three players tied for 2nd on 4.5/6 - Julian Llewellyn, Frankie Badacsonyi and Connor Clarke.  They won £17.00 each.

The rating prize was won by Orla Dorman with 3.5/6, winning £50.00.

In the Under 1450 Adam Brittain scored an impressive 5/5!  He won a medal and a book.

Best wishes and Happy New Year for 2022!

Adam Raoof (IA)