Both players travelled from Kingston upon Thames to Kingston upon Hull to play in one of the new over the board congresses. Inevitably they were paired against each other in Round 4 when they were both standing on 2/3.
Category Archives: Games
Michael Healey (Kingston) v Chris Briscoe (Surbiton)
Kingston v Surbiton season opener match (board 1), Willoughby Arms, Kingston, 30 September 2021
Jasper Tambini (Surbiton) v Peter Lalić (Kingston)
Kingston v Surbiton season opener match (board 2), Willoughby Arms, Kingston, 30 September 2021
David Maycock (Kingston) v Altaf Chaudhry (Surbiton)
Kingston v Surbiton season opener match (board 3), Willoughby Arms, Kingston, 30 September 2021
David Scott (Surbiton) v David Rowson (Kingston)
Kingston v Surbiton season opener match (board 4), Willoughby Arms, Kingston, 30 September 2021
John Foley (Kingston) v Liam Bayly (Surbiton)
Kingston v Surbiton season opener match (board 5), Willoughby Arms, Kingston, 30 September 2021
Angus James (Surbiton) v Alan Scrimgour (Kingston)
Kingston v Surbiton season opener match (board 6), Willoughby Arms, Kingston, 30 September 2021
John Bussmann (Kingston) v Andrew Boughen (Surbiton)
Kingston v Surbiton season opener match (board 7), Willoughby Arms, Kingston, 30 September 2021
Graham Alcock (Surbiton) v Jon Eckert (Kingston)
Kingston v Surbiton season opener match (board 8), Willoughby Arms, Kingston, 30 September 2021
A game from our founding year
We believe Kingston Chess Club, in its first incarnation at least, was founded in 1875. Here is a game played in that year. Blackburne was the greatest English player of the time, and he annotated the game in a manner which shows the level of chess understanding was already very high 150 years ago.
Click on a move to see the corresponding position.