17 September 2024
The new season kicked off with a win for club champion Henry Spedding over new member; Billy Edwards in the first round of the club knockout
Five games in the club championship were played . In group A Stephen Priestly beat Blake Newman with the black pieces whilst Jack Clark found a very nice tactic to beat John Preece. The three games played in Group B were all won by the player with the black pieces: Chris Tremayne beat Richard Morrison, Tim Peters beat Evelina Racheva and, in the last game to finish, Roger Aris beat Nick Tweddell.
A new member joined the club on the night and has been allocated competitive places in each of the three tournaments. Results and standings have been published on the relevant pages of this website.
10 September 2024
The now traditional 'season opener' club blitz was held upstatirs at the Herdsman this evening. Eight players entered and the tournament was won by Lee Davis with six wins and one draw from his seven games. The only player to deny him a win was promising newcomer; Billy Edwards who claimed a share of 3rd place with four points from seven games. Paul Barker's five points from seven was enough to secure second spot.
Final standings and performance data can be found on the Tournaments pages of this website.
3 September 2024
It was announced at the AGM that competitive games at the club will commence on 10 September with the, now traditional, Hereford Blitz Championship; delivered as a a 7-round Swiss Tournament.
The season's schedule, and pairings for the various club comepetitions can now be found on the relevant pages of this website.
3 September 2024
The Hereford Chess Club AGM was held upstairs at the Herdsman this evening signalling the start of the 2025-26 season. The following awards were made for the season 2024-25:
Club Champion Henry Spedding
Winner of Club Major Championship Roger Aris
Winner of Club Minor Championship Alex Adarski
Winner of Leslie Baker Swiss Lee Davis
Club Kock-Out Champion Lee Davis
Club KO Plate Champion Chris Tremayne
Challenge Champion Henry Spedding
Highest Finishing Junior Aidan Jelf
Best Rating Increase since 1 September 2024 Henry Spedding 135
Hereford Early Season Blitz (2024 Delayed) Dillan Duke
Hereford Summer Blitz 2025 Dillan Duke
Hereford Xmas Lightning Buzzer Paul Barker
Hereford Summer Lightning Buzzer Paul Barker
GM Simul
Winners Henry Spedding
Perry Walker
Drawers Tim Peters
Richard Morrison
All news items and tournament results for 2024-25 have now been moved to the archive pages of this website