Success at Cambridgeshire County Championship

Five Linton players played in the Cambridgeshire County Championship held in Peterborough over the weekend of 28/29 November.

Paul Kemp of Linton club shared the title and trophy with Chris Davison of the Cambridge club with a score of 4/5.  Tying in third place were Ashley Stewart and Julian Ray on 3.5/5, and Patrick Ribbands and Mark Lim both scored 50% with 2.5/5.

For Paul it was the fifth time he has been County Champion, his most recent previous success being in 2010.

 

Triple Success in Cambridgeshire Rapidplay

Linton players achieved a triple success at the eleventh Cambridgeshire Rapidplay on 11 October, where 94 players from as far away as Kent, Oxfordshire and north Lincolnshire competed in three tournaments.

David Coleman won the Open Tournament with 4.5/5 and also collected the Jack Taylor trophy, awarded to the highest-placed Cambridgeshire player.  Also in the Open Ashley Stewart scored 4/5 to share second place.  Finally in the Challengers Tournament Giulio Sahinoz won the Under 11 prize with a score of 3.5/5.

Congratulations to all three of them!

 

Linton Win Bury League Jamboree

The Bury League Jamboree took place at Moreton Hall Community Centre, Bury St Edmunds.

In this event entrants play three Rapidplay games against members of other clubs.

Linton won with a score of 11.5 out of 12, with Cambridge and Ely coming joint second.

Ashley Stewart, Paul Kemp, and Patrick Ribbands each won all three of their games.

Further information and pictures are available at Suffolk Chess.

 

Summary of Season 2014-2015

Bury League results for the club were :-

  • Division 1 – Second
  • Division 2 – Second
  • Division 3 – Last
  • Roger Goldsmith 2 – Third

Linton won the Cambridgeshire Jamboree.

The Bury League announced Paul Kemp as Division 2 player of the year.  Patrick Ribbands was placed third in the same list.

 

Linton Juniors Mingle with the Mighty

Two of the club’s junior players, Giulio and Lorenzo Sahinoz, travelled to London on 13 December to see the world’s top players compete in the London Chess Classic.  Before the start of the round they were invited to meet the world number two, Italy’s Fabio Caruana, and the former world champion, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia.  Caruana provided autographs, whilst Lorenzo made Kramnik’s first move in the game.

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