Guildford Chess Club is 125 years old.

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Ian Thompson
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Re: Guildford Chess Club is 125 years old.

Post by Ian Thompson » Wed Sep 01, 2021 4:19 pm

Mike Gunn wrote:
Wed Sep 01, 2021 4:02 pm
Ian Thompson wrote:
Wed Sep 01, 2021 1:56 pm
Mick Norris wrote:
Wed Sep 01, 2021 1:34 pm
Same venue is amazing
If you had to play a match there you might not think that. :lol:
Ian, the Institute has undergone a major refurbishment since (I think) you last played there.
So it has. It's 11 or 12 years since I last played there.

To be fair, it was far from the worst venue I ever played at - just rather cramped playing conditions most of the time.

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Re: Guildford Chess Club is 125 years old.

Post by John Upham » Wed Sep 01, 2021 5:27 pm

Ian Thompson wrote:
Wed Sep 01, 2021 1:56 pm
Mick Norris wrote:
Wed Sep 01, 2021 1:34 pm
Same venue is amazing
If you had to play a match there you might not think that. :lol:
The venue has substantially improved in the last few years following major refurbishment.
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Re: Guildford Chess Club is 125 years old.

Post by Andrew Martin » Fri Sep 10, 2021 6:49 am

We have a full house tomorrow. Every seat in each of the nine simuls is taken in each of the three sittings. We have a waiting list of 50 others who we will fit in as games finish. There has been a great response.

Please do come along and spectate and if you want a game, I’m sure we can help.

See you there!

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Re: Guildford Chess Club is 125 years old.

Post by John Upham » Sun Sep 12, 2021 4:11 pm

An excellent report appropriately in

The Guildford Dragon

Enjoy! :D
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Re: Guildford Chess Club is 125 years old.

Post by John Upham » Thu Sep 23, 2021 2:57 pm

A gallery of HD images from the event may be found at


https://johnupham.smugmug.com/Chess/Gui ... hess-Club/ :D
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