News

9 September 2026

The first competitive chess of the new season featured the qualifying groups for the club championship and produced only one win on the night for the lower rated player, although there were also a couple of close shaves for the higher rated player.

The luck of the draw had given the higher rated player the white pieces in the first round of all three groups.  In group A  John Preece won his game versus Richard Morrison and Chris Tremayne beat Alex Adarski; although by Chris' own admission Alex stood well in the game before falling to a tactic.

In group B Stephen Priestley beat Peter Davies and Tim Peters beat Jay Alla, whilst three games were contested in group C.   Paul Barker beat Blake Newman and Nick Hanne beat Billy Edwards.  The rating difference between Jack Clark and Roger Aris is a mere 41 points so Roger's victory can hardly be classed as an upset and Jack seemed to stand better before losing his way somewhat, allowing Roger to secure the only win of the evening for the player with the black pieces

Long time member Perry Walker paid a visit to the club and along with Kieran Lappin, who had a free evening, was able to play some off-hand games with Shay Reno on his first visit to the club.

2 September 2026

The Hereford Club AGM was held.  The minutes and accounts are presented below...