Welcome

Do come and play at one of the most active and generally successful chess clubs in Kent! We have now won every cup from the County Cup down to the Intro Cup (as have Petts Wood).

Recent successes include:
2013 Maidstone I won the County Cup (for the sixteenth time) & Maidstone V won the Harvey Cup (for the fourth time)
2016 Maidstone IV won the Harvey Cup (for the fifth time)
2018 Maidstone VIII won the Intro Cup (for the first time)

We meet Wednesday evenings in Meeting Room 1 from 19:30hrs at the Maidstone Leisure Centre (Mote Park, Willow Way, Maidstone, ME15 7RN). You will find players at every level. Every week you can meet opponents for serious games and/or quick, casual games. There are club competitions, at both normal and rapid play, running throughout the year. You can join one of the teams (we have teams in all 7 Kent league divisions (County Cup, Lewis Cup, Stevenson Cup, En Passant Cup, Harvey Cup, Tom Fuller Cup & Intro Cup) and in national events), get advice on how to improve your game, or simply kibitz and chat! Juniors are very welcome. For more information ring Bob Lane on 01795 842331 or David Heath on 01622 741758 or email David Heath at davidheath11@talktalk.net or simply come along on any Wednesday evening. (Please note - when using the "How to find us" link on the right - that the entrance to the Leisure Centre is off the double roundabout in Willow Way opposite Upper Road).

A large car park is available, which is free of charge to all customers of Maidstone Leisure Centre, but note that users will need to register their car on a console to park for longer than 3 hours.


Coronavirus Update

August 2020

Normally this is the time of the year we should be expecting a new season to start and an Annual General Meeting (AGM) to take place.  However, we have been unable to have a pre-AGM committee meeting and as a consequence no AGM is possible at the moment.

There is no useful guidance from the ECF to help clubs re-introduce over-the-board chess. Clubs are merely advised to carry out their own risk assessment taking into account Government guidelines and the capabilities of their respective venues.  Although Maidstone Leisure Centre is open it is currently closing early in the evening at 21:30hrs. The room we currently use is not large enough to ensure safe distancing and as such no chess can be played there. 

A decision of the Kent Chess Committee about last season’s leagues and whether to award trophies to the leaders in each division was in deadlock. Lastly, consideration was being given to introduce ‘Incremental times’ next season, however, there was still no decision on this.

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New Grades (July 2020)

The July 2020 list has just been published, based on results up to 30 June 2020.

Notable improvers are:
+14 Joe Illsley (92)
+8 Chris Barton (127)
+8 Lawrence Hobson (39)
+7 Gary Titmas (82)
+6 Dean Patience (57)
+6 Alan Riddoch (137)

For full details of Maidstone players see 'ECF Grading Database' and enter MAIDSTONE.

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Club closure with immediate effect

March 2020

Following government guidelines on the coronavirus, the committee has decided that we have no choice but to close the club for a period of time - probably until next season. All outstanding KCCA matches have already been cancelled.

All internal club fixtures i.e. Players Trophy, Easter Lightning Tournament and the EGM (set for 1 April 2020) are consequently also cancelled. The EGM will be rearranged once circumstances become clearer.

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Intro Cup match - Maidstone 8 v Hastings

On Saturday 14 March 2020, we played an away Intro match v Hastings, losing 4-0.

Hastings v Maidstone

84 William Cobb 1 0 Default
e45 Alexander Lebedev 1 0 Default
e45 Christy Parry 1 0 Default
e45 Edie Stacy 1 0 Default

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Harvey match v Hastings

On Wednesday 11 March 2020 we played a home Harvey Cup match v Hastings, drawing 3-3.
 
Maidstone v Hastings

160 David Heath ½ ½ James Wheeler 156
153 Barry Beavis 0 1 Chris Hann 147
141 Bob Lane 0 1 Marc Bryant 139
131 Alan Riddoch 1 0 Gary Willson 116
87 Peter Smith ½ ½ William Stock 111
75 Joe Illsley 1 0 Joe Jozwiak 75

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Tom Fuller match - Maidstone 6 v Hastings

On Wednesday 4 March 2020 we played a home Tom Fuller match v Hastings, winning 2½-1½.

Hastings v Maidstone 6

160 David Heath 1 0 Marc Bryant 139
131 Alan Riddoch 1 0 Adrian Cload 134
87 Peter Smith ½ ½ Patrice Tournier 78
61 Sebastian Cazac 0 1 Umberto Jozwiak 70

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Tom Fuller match - Maidstone 7 v Medway

On Wednesday 4 March 2020 we played a home Tom Fuller match v Medway, losing 1-3.

Maidstone 7 v Medway

153 Barry Beavis 0 1 Aram Swiatkowski 120
91 Nigel Osina 9 1 Prabhath Amarasinghe 121
93 Mason Thorpe 0 1 Isaac Oluwole 93
67 Rebecca Rutter 1 0 Danny Gavigan 96

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Kent League @ 1 March 2020

With only 1 month till the semi-finals, how are we doing?

County/Lewis Cup - played 5 matches; 1 win and 4 losses;
Currently 3rd of 3 (1 match outstanding).

Stevenson Cup - played 3 matches; 1 win and 2 draws;
Currently 3rd of 6 (2 matches outstanding).

En Passant Cup - played 4 match; 2 wins and 2 losses;
Currently 4th of 6 (1 match outstanding).

Harvey Cup - played 4 matches; 4 wins;
Currently 1st of 7 (2 matches outstanding).

Tom Fuller Cup:
Maidstone 5 - played 7 matches; 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses;
Currently 4th of 9 (1 match outstanding).
Maidstone 6 - played 6 matches; 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses;
Currently 8th of 9 (2 matches outstanding).
Maidstone 7 - played 6 matches; 2 draws and 4 losses;
Currently 9th of 9 (2 matches outstanding)

Intro Cup:
Maidstone 8 - played 4 matches; 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss;
Currently 3rd= of 7 (2 matches outstanding).
Maidstone 9 - played 6 matches; 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses;
Currently 3rd= of 7 (no matches outstanding).
Maidstone 10 - played 5 matches; 5 wins;
Currently 1st of 7 (1 match outstanding)

Semi-finals (which are played in April 2020) - need to finish either 1st or 2nd (except for the County/Lewis Cup, where the top teams compete for the County Cup and those finishing 2nd and 3rd play for the Lewis Cup - average grade to be not exceeding 170).

Prospects
County Cup - unable to qualify for the finals.
Lewis Cup - even if we lose our last match, we still qualify for the semi-finals.
Stevenson Cup - need to win our last 2 matches to qualify for the semi-finals.
En Passant Cup - need to win our last match to qualify for the semi-finals.
Harvey Cup - need to win our last 2 matches to ensure we qualify for the semi-finals.
Tom Fuller Cup - if Maidstone 5 wins their last match and both Folkestone and Hastings lose their remaining games, then we would qualify for the semi-finals. Maidstone 6 and Maidstone 7 unable to qualify for the semi-finals, even if they win their remaining games.
Intro Cup - Maidstone 8 needs to win their last 2 matches to qualify for the semi-finals. Maidstone 9 unable to qualify for the semi-finals. Maidstone 10 will qualify for the semi-finals, even if they lose their last game.

Finals to be played on Sunday 10 May 2020 at Dartford. starting @ 13:00hrs.

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