Congratulations to the winners, who are:

Club Championship:

Gustavo Leon Cazares

Gustavo finished on 6 points, a point clear of a group of players on 5.  Well done!  Champion for the second year running.

Plate:

Mark McKay

A solid performance with 5 points, only dropping points in games against significantly higher rated players.

Challengers:

Alan Green

4.5 points.  An excellent set of results for somebody who was a newcomer to competitive OTB chess this year.  Was also second to Mark in the Plate.

Juniors:

Lev Drobiazko

2.5 points. Won on tiebreak ahead of Aaron Cheung who also finished with 2.5. An excellent result for Lev having been drawn against some strong opponents.

The final table is shown below:

2023 Club Champion

Gustavo Leon Cazares

2023 Major winner

Ray Devenney

After a hard fought playoff this year Ray managed to defeat Paul 1.5 v 0.5 to secure the Major title!

2023 Minor Winner

Paul Costello

2022 / 23 Club Championship – Final Standings

Congratulations to Gustavo Leon Cazares who, as already announced, is our Club Champion for this year.

Congratulations to Emma Salazar who is our Junior Champion.

Ray Devenney and Paul Costello played a two round play-off to decide who would be Major winner. Ray won.

Despite losing the Major play-off, Paul is the Minor winner , so congratulations to him as well. 

There are a couple of contenders for most improved player in the Club Championship based on October 2022 ratings. I am awarding this prize to David Pritchard who was rated 1450 in October 2022 and got a creditable 3 points, so congratulations to him as well.

Prizes will be presented at our AGM in October.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Club Championship. We ended up with 23 players. Three others dropped out, all for reasons unconnected with chess. All but one game were completed, nearly all on time despite the busy chess schedule we now have.

I will appreciate any suggestions as to how the Club Championship might be improved next year. We can start earlier in the year which will allow a bit more time between rounds.

Name	Competition	Pts
Leon Cazares Gustavo	Open	5½
Hartman Stefan	Open	5
Armbruster David	Open	4½
Ross James W	Open	4
Casos Huerta Marcos	Open	4
Pollock Murray	Open	4
Riding Mick D	Open	4
Costello Paul T	Minor	3½
Liddle John	Open	3½
Devenney Ray	Major	3½
Pritchard David	Minor	3
Shanbhag Shruti	Major	3
Eggleston Steven	Major	3
Salazar Eyre Emma	Major/Junior	3
Chester Ian B	Major	3
Heyman Robert	Major	2½
Wilde Steven	Minor	2½
Steven Laura	Major	2½
Wu Feitong	Minor/Junior	2½
McGuinness Ken	Minor	2
Tong Daniel	Minor/Junior	2
Cheung Aaron	Minor/Junior	2
Chan Joe	Major	1