The 2009 Cowley Christmas Blitz will be held on Thursday 17 December at Cowley Chess
Club (at Rose Hill Methodist Church in the Main Hall downstairs). All chessplayers are welcome.
As usual, there will be ten games (five rounds playing games with both colours). A cash prize
will be available for the tournament winner, and lots of other prizes of books, etc., including
grading prizes, prizes for juniors in various age groups, for the best slow starter, etc.
(see below for lists of prizewinners in recent events).
Donations of (non-alcoholic) prizes will also be gratefully received.
Round 1 will start at 7:15pm sharp. Players should register by 7pm at the venue on the night if
they haven't registered their entry in advance, to enable pairing cards to be written and the
first round draw to be completed. Prizegiving will be at approx 9:45pm. (It will be possible
for young juniors for whom a 9:45pm finish is too late to play in either two rounds [8:05pm finish
approx.] or four rounds [8:55pm finish approx.] if this is arranged in advance.)
Entry fee: £3, to be paid when you arrive on the night.
Please register your entry in advance if possible by sending an email to blitz@cheekychess.org.uk
giving the following information:
Name:
Club:
Grade (Standard-play rather than Rapidplay if you have one):
Age at 1st Sept 2009 if under 18:
Finally, if the entrant is a junior who can play in only the first two (or the first four) rounds,
please specify which in your email.
Advance registrations can be accepted via email until 12 noon on Thursday 17 December.
The Summer 2009 edition of the Cowley Blitz was held on Monday 29 June.
44 players competed. Our thanks go to all who came to play, to those who
kindly donated the prizes, those who helped with the organization
(with entries, the loan and setting up of equipment, etc.), and especially to
Tim Dickinson, who controlled the event.
Jochen Wittmann (formerly of Oxford City, now of King's Head in London) was the
runaway winner this time by a clear two points. The prizewinners were as follows:
1st: Jochen Wittmann 9.5/10
2nd: Czaba Koszta 7.5
3rd: Marcus Harvey 7.5
4th: Will Burt 7.5
Best U150: Roy Mathias 7.5
Best Cowley player: Phil Neatherway 7
Best visitor: Mike Truran 7 (Mike asked that his prize be converted into an extra
junior prize, which was awarded to Susana Bennett Anton)
Best junior: James Foster 7
Best U130: John Taylor 6.5
Best U110: Kevin Henbest 5.5
Best Cowley U140: Geoff Rasell 6
Best U14: Chantelle Foster 5.5
Best lady: Maria Mate 4
Best visitor U140: Graham Alcock 5.5
Best slow starter - 0/2: Richard Weston/Dave Keeling 5
Best very slow starter - 0/4: Larissa Cooke 4
Best U12: Irene Mathias 4
Best ungraded: Gyn-Won Kim 3.5
Best U10: Isobel Ferry 2.5
The prizewinners in the December 2008 edition of the Cowley Blitz were:
Csaba Koszta 9.5 (1st)
Marcus Harvey 8 (2nd)
Ray Starkie 7.5 (3rd)
Nigel Moyse 7.5 (4th)
James Foster 7.5 (Best U150)
Heather Lang 7 (Best Cowley player)
Jeffrey Levicki 7 (Best visitor)
Matthew Daggitt 6.5 (Best junior)
Maria Wang 6 (Best U130)
Ruby Marsden 6 (Best U110)
Maria Mate 6 (Best Cowley U140)
Chantelle Foster 5.5 (Best U14)
Claire Morris 5 (Best lady)
Tamal Matilal 5 (Best visitor U140)
John Perrin 5 (Best slow starter - 0/2)
Larissa Cooke 4.5 (Best very slow starter - 0/4)
Anna Wang 4 (Best U12)
John Mercer 3 (Best ungraded)
Florence Marsden 2 (Best U10)
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