Lin eases to victory in Kingston Blitz
Kingston junior William Lin, who last year won the British under-10 championship, enjoyed a smooth victory in the blitz tournament held at the Richard Mayo Centre, United Reformed Church, on 6 July. Across seven rounds, played at a time control of five minutes and three seconds, William scored an impressive 6.5/7.
Kingston A win fourth TVL title in a row
In the end Kingston A, under the inspired captaincy of Peter Large, won the Thames Valley division 1 title at a canter. It was Kingston’s fourth TVL title triumph in a row, underlining the fact that the past few years have been an unprecedented period of success for the club.
Kingston are London champions for second year in a row
Kingston again won the major prize at this year’s London Team Championships organised by the Southern Counties Chess Association. The Major tournament comprised six rounds for teams of four, constrained to a team average rating of 2100 or less. We were sporting a slightly diminished team compared to last year’s stars (Supratit Banerjee, Peter Lalić, Vladimir Li, John Bussmann), but Kingston secretary Alan Scrimgour did well to put together two teams, using his calculator for some fine tuning in team selection.
Ye Kyaw turns the tables on mighty Maycock
The latest event in Kingston Chess Club’s summer programme was a simultaneous display by FM David Maycock. David was Kingston’s most successful player in league chess in the 2025-26 season.
Julian Ward wins well-attended Rapid
The latest event in Kingston Chess Club’s summer series was a five-round rapid tournament, 10 minutes for all moves with five-second increments. Thirty two players took part, among which we were happy to welcome 12 visitors, including a few new faces as well as returning friends.
Jones wins Kingston Fischer Random
The latest event in Kingston Chess Club’s summer programme was a “Fischer Random” tournament – so called because the late world champion, like Magnus Carlsen in more recent times, advocated the variant, in which the starting line-up of the pieces for each game is more or less randomised, as a means of getting away from opening preparation.