Date	News
25/07/2010	Probably the most important update of the year.... The new grades are out!!! Please find them via the menu to the left. These are the official grades, that will be used throughout the new season. Grading performance has no relevance at all.
16/05/2010	Roger Williams, Club Secretary has kindly supplied a Precis of our AGM. Click here to read the word document. Another update 15.56 :- I have Updated several little things on the website. The major thing is the 'Team Reports' has been replaced with 'Match Reports' and uses Wordpress that will enable others to contribute to this.
06/03/2010	I must apologise for not updating this website in a while! With redundancy, Explorer Scouts and other things, including OU study now, it has been a bit on the back burner. Since my last update we have been very happy to welcome two new players, James and Angelo.
11/10/2009	On Thursday our 'C' Team drew against a strong Harambee 'B' Team. Well done to Richard Kirk & Mike Jennings for good wins. There are a couple of match reports and updates. Looking at the latest tables our teams are doing very well. Both the A & B teams are second in their respective divisions. Follow us us on Twitter @ www.twitter.com/hanhamchess
07/10/2009	Hanham 'B' defied the odds and beat Yate 'A' 3.5 - 2.5. A great result! Match report has been posted.
02/10/2009	There have been several small updates. Including some match reports. I have not been given all the Match reports for the A & C teams. I normally ask the captains but if anyone would like to write a few words, please send them to me. The easyfundraising has not really taken off like I would of liked. If anyone has any genuine fundraising ideas give me a shout.
17/09/2009	I have been very busy with other things and have not had the time to update this website for a while, I apologise. I have added results and report and a few other updates.
24/08/2009	Please remember the Club Championship is tomorrow, details below. We seem to have lost our main graphic above. I have tried during my break at work to correct this, but all I could find was a bloke with the cheesiest of grins. I have added a link to South Bristol Chess Club, if there are any links you would like me to post please contact me.
19/08/2009	I have updated a few pages to tidy things up. The major update is the fixtures for the upcoming season have been uploaded.
18/08/2009	We have received confirmation of the change in date for the Hanham Club Championship. It will now be held on 25 August 2009. Steve Woolgar writes, "Anyone who wants to play needs to let me and/or Roger know by Monday 24th and the clocks will be started promptly at 7:30pm on the Tuesday. Anyone not there after 15 minutes will be defaulted round 1, anyone not there by the start of round 2 will be deemed to be a non-show and therefore not eligible to take part. Pairings will be done under the Swiss system using the new grades for 2009-10. Club chairman can be bribed with an apple and melon J2O." Steves and Rogers emails are available on the 'Contact' page
16/08/2009	I managed to get 4/5 in the Steve Boniface Memorial U-145. I was 4/4 but blundered my queen in spectacular and/or stupid style. I still managed to share 1st place.
15/08/2009	I managed to win both of my games today, this is not my normal pattern. I usually lose both games on a Saturday!!
14/08/2009	The Steve Boniface Memorial Tornament takes place this weekend. Our only participant, yours truly, got off to a perfect start. Getting the win against one of 'Pete's Potentials'. He offered me the draw before he made his move (he had the stronger position, but he clearly did not want to make a mistake). I asked him to make his move before I would consider (as is the correct procedure) and he proceeded to make the mistake. Due to fixture clashes the Club Championship is likely to be brought forward, likely to the 25th of August, but I will put the definite date when I've had it confirmed.
11/08/2009	The new grades are out! Please go to the '2009/10 Grades' page to find out yours. My grade is lower than Steves' there must be some mistake! ;-)
09/08/2009	After the summer break, the new season is nearly upon us! Don't ask me about the new grades, because I don't know! From the rumours I've heard, if you use a random number generator you won't be far off! I have been given the results to just one event we've had this summer and it's the Gambit Night. Here they are... 1st - Anthony Carver (101) (Hanham) 5/5 2nd - Richard West (74) (Hanham) - 4/5 3rd - Phil Lawson (104) (Hanham) - 2/5 =3rd - Roger Williams (58) (Hanham) - 2/5 4th - Graham Strickland (92) (Horfield) - 1/5 =4th Richard Kirk (39) (Hanham) - 1/5
29/05/2009	The entry form for our Gambit night is available from our 'What's On!' page. Some photos from this years Club AGM are available on our Photos page.
28/05/2009	Well it's been an eventful couple of months in my life, hopefully I am now back on track. So here's the latest news on all things Hanham Chess Club. At the Club AGM we ratified the new club constitution and there was some emotion. The Fischer Random Event was won by yours truly. The question is can anyone wrestle the Hanham GP from my grasp. I will not mention our Open Evening but thanks for every member that turned up. The League AGM is on tonight. I may go myself depending on my availabilty. The next event on the Hanham GP is the Gambit Night which is open to everyone. So make sure you're there to support the club!