Category: News

February 2017… The Bielski Cup was held on 24 February at CCF. 11 4-board teams entered, each playing 10 rounds of blitz chess. Crystal Palace B ran out winners (by some distance) with 32.5/40 game points from Rangers (25 points) and Streatham & Brixton A (23). The Warriors (13.5) won the grading prize for the highest-scoring…

June 2016… The 2015/16 league season is complete. Congratulations to the winners: West Wickham A in division 1; Lewisham in division 2; Lewisham B in division 3; and Crystal Palace in the Rapidplay division.

June 2016… The Trost Trophy (individual handicap blitz) took place at Crystal Palace CC on 13 June 2016 and was won by Angus French (7.5/9) from Daniel Young (7) and Robin Haldane (6.5). The grading prize went to Maciek Dabrowski.

February 2016… The Bielski Cup was held on 26 February at CCF. 11 4-board teams entered, each playing 10 rounds of blitz chess. Crystal Palace A ran out winners with 28.5 game points from Lewisham B (27 points) and ‘Heaven Help Us’ (25.5). Thanks to Scott and Daniel for their very efficient organising.

October 2015… The new season is underway and we are delighted to welcome two new teams – Castles, playing in Division 2, and King’s College London, playing in Division 3. This season there are three teams in Division 1, eight in Division 2 and eight in Division 3. The Rapidplay Division is back in business and this season Crystal Palace,…

June 2015… Our season is nearly at an end and the winners have emerged. It was a close contest in all three divisions. Congratulations to West Wickham A, winners of Division 1, who edged out Streatham A on game points. West Wickham also won Division 2, their B team finishing half a match point ahead of South Norwood A and…

April 2015… David Hodgson’s recently-published novel Can I Touch Your Face? has been very well received – there’s a review here on the Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog. David is secretary of Crystal Palace Chess Club and for many years ran the Croydon & District Chess League. You can buy a copy direct from David – just email…

February  2015… The Bielski Cup was held on 27 February at CCF. This year 10 4-board teams entered, each playing 9 rounds of blitz chess. Streatham & Brixton Chess Club pulled off an impressive double – their B team finished in first place and their A team came second. The third placed team were Cumnor House Forever.

October  2014… Welcome to Lewisham Chess Club who are once again playing in our league and have entered a team in Division 2. There will be four teams in Division 1, eight in Division 2 and nine in Division 3.  There will be no Rapidplay division this season as there were only two entries.

June 2014… Streatham player Martin Smith won this year’s the Trost Trophy, held at Crystal Palace Chess Club on 9 June, with a score of 8/9. Robin Haldane was second, Ronald Harris third and Marek Turowski won the grading prize.