12/9/25 – Coaching
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11/9/25 – Recent Tournament Successes
  • Spencer Lawrence obtained first place in the U2000 section of this year’s Riviera congress
  • Lydia Sun secured joint second place in the U1625 section of the Frome congress. She won the Somerset Minor Trophy as the highest placed local participant
  • Ben Sommerbauer-Cornell won the rating prize in the Open section of the Bristol congress
  • Oli Thornley secured second place in the U1950 section of the Bristol congress. He won the trophy as the highest placed local participant
  • Clive Walley obtained second place in the U2000 section of the first Isle of Wight Chess Tournament
  • Spencer Lawrence has won numerous rating prizes throughout the season

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8/9/25 – Summer Tournament

Congratulations to this year’s overall (Div 1) winner Patrick Flores.
Well done also to each of the other division winners.
  • Div 2 – Spencer Lawrence
  • Div 3 – Dmitriy Borodkin
  • Div 4 – Bihui Jin
  • Div 5 – Philip Scaramangas
  • Div 6 – Roy Whaley

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31/5/25 – Club Championship

Congratulations to Ben Sommerbauer-Cornell who is this year’s club champion.

https://bathchessclub.co.uk/2025/06/05/club-championship-24-25/

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31/5/25 – Challengers Tournament

Congratulations to this year’s overall winner Chris Bools who beat Lydia Sun in the final.

Harvey Manley defeated Jon Turner in the third place playoff.

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16/9/24 – Summer Tournament
Congratulations to the following division winners.
  • Div 1 – Joint Winners – Patrick Flores / Matthew Timbrell / Clive Walley
  • Div 2 – Jared Kennedy
  • Div 3 – Jason Pegg
  • Div 4a – Lydia Sun
  • Div 5a – Avishka Gunilake
Also, well done for great performances by Elliott Spinney in division 2, and Chris Bools in division 3.
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12/6/24 – Summer Blitz
Congratulations to Elliott Spinney for winning the tournament.  There was a solid unbeaten performance from Barry Raynes who got the silver medal. Well done to Leo Ashworth who put in a great performance to finish third. There were good results for Jayden Gamlin and newcomer Alex Fryer also.
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9/6/24 – Recent Tournament Successes

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31/5/24 – Club Championship

Congratulations to Matthew Dishman who is this year’s club champion.

https://bathchessclub.co.uk/2023/09/28/bath-championship-2023-2024/

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31/5/24 – Challengers Tournament

Congratulations to this year’s overall (Div 1) winner Dmitriy Borodkin.
Well done also to each of the other division winners.
  • Div 2 – Elliott Spinney
  • Div 3 – Jayden Gamlin
  • Div 4 – Roy Whaley

https://bathchessclub.co.uk/2024/06/04/challengers-competition-23-24/

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8/5/24 – Bristol League Knockout

Bath win the league knockout, to secure a league and cup double.

https://lms.englishchess.org.uk/lms/league_comp/185808/efixtures

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25/4/24 – Bristol League Division 1

Bath win Bristol league division 1 for the first time in 19 years.

https://lms.englishchess.org.uk/lms/league_comp/185846/table

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24/4/24 – Somerset League Divisions 2E and 3E

Bath win both divisions 2E and 3E with both teams unbeaten.

https://lms.englishchess.org.uk/lms/node/169/tables

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11/1/24 – Winter Blitz

Congratulations to Steve Riley for winning his second blitz in a row. Well done to Matthew Timbrell who got the silver medal, and also to Nick Good who put in a great performance to finish third.