Club Competitions
Twice a year we hold our club Chess Shield and Go Shield tournaments. The winner gets to keep the shield until the next competition and there are usually some other prizes too. Here you can see who have been the winners of these tournaments so far.
Since 2016 the Shield trophies we used have no space left for new winners to be engraved so we have switched to awarding small trophies to the winners which they can keep.
There is a gap for most of 2020 and the first half of 2021 because the club was shut due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Chess Shield
Spring 1996 | Patrick Chadwick |
Autumn 1996 | Margaret Donald |
Spring 1997 | Robbie Sewell |
Autumn 1997 | Adam Eckersley-Waites |
Spring 1998 | William Bennet |
Autumn 1998 | James Donald |
Spring 1999 | James Donald |
Autumn 1999 | Alasdair Strachan |
Spring 2000 | Alasdair Strachan |
Autumn 2000 | Ben Hill-Tout |
Spring 2001 | Oscar John |
Autumn 2001 | Matthew Harris |
Spring 2002 | Luke Barron |
Autumn 2002 | Tommy Jun |
Spring 2003 | Luke Barron |
Autumn 2003 | Luke Barron |
Spring 2004 | Ashley Stewart |
Autumn 2004 | Ashley Stewart |
Spring 2005 | Chris Davison |
Autumn 2005 | Ashley Stewart |
Spring 2006 | David Redman |
Spring 2007 | Alvin Gardner |
Autumn 2007 | Ilya Altschuler |
Autumn 2008 | Alvin Gardner |
Spring 2009 | David Redman |
Autumn 2009 | Akito Oyama |
Spring 2010 | Akito Oyama |
Autumn 2010 | Akito Oyama/David Redman |
Autumn 2011 | Melchior Chui |
Autumn 2012 | Melchior Chui |
Autumn 2013 | Melchior Chui |
Autumn 2014 | Michael Lin |
Autumn 2015 | Gavith Dharmasena |
Autumn 2016 | Kian Dharmasena |
Spring 2017 | Julia Volovich |
Autumn 2017 | Julia Volovich |
Autumn 2018 | Julia Volovich |
Autumn 2019 | Alexander Linton |
Autumn 2021 | Andrew Volovich |
Autumn 2022 | Callum Collie |
Spring 2023 | Aaden Wong |
Chess Shield - Junior Section
Spring 2005 | Ilya Altschuler |
Autumn 2005 | David Redman |
Spring 2007 | Rachel Crook |
Autumn 2007 | Akito Oyama |
Autumn 2008 | Akito Oyama |
Spring 2009 | Darcy Quinn-Sekyi |
Autumn 2009 | James Xu |
Spring 2010 | Darcy Quinn-Sekyi |
Autumn 2010 | James Xu |
Autumn 2011 | James Xu |
Autumn 2012 | Philip Briginshaw |
Autumn 2013 | Michael Lin |
Autumn 2014 | Alexander Hsieh |
Autumn 2015 | Kian Dharmasena |
Autumn 2016 | Albert Xu |
Spring 2017 | Albert Xu |
Autumn 2017 | Alexander Linton/Andrew Volovich |
Autumn 2018 | Qiao Wan |
Autumn 2021 | Yaqub Syed-Hoque |
Autumn 2022 | Elliot Lingard |
Go Shield
Spring 1996 | Natasha Boddy |
Autumn 1996 | Tom Eckersley-Waites |
Spring 1997 | Tom Eckersley-Waites |
Autumn 1997 | Tom Eckersley-Waites |
Spring 1998 | James Donald |
Autumn 1998 | James Donald |
Spring 1999 | Ben Morris |
Autumn 1999 | Donald Hyndman |
Spring 2000 | Ben Hill-Tout |
Autumn 2000 | Ben Hill-Tout |
Spring 2001 | Oscar John |
Autumn 2001 | Matthew Harris |
Spring 2002 | Harry Crow |
Autumn 2002 | Matthew Harris |
Spring 2003 | Matthew Harris |
Autumn 2003 | Matthew Harris |
Spring 2004 | Matthew Harris |
Autumn 2004 | Matthew Harris |
Spring 2005 | Matthew Harris |
Autumn 2005 | Owen Walker |
Spring 2006 | Ilya Altschuler |
Spring 2007 | Matthew Harris |
Autumn 2007 | Owen Walker |
Autumn 2008 | Peran Truscott |
Autumn 2009 | Peran Truscott |
Spring 2010 | Roella Smith |
Autumn 2010 | Roella Smith |
Autumn 2011 | Peran Truscott |
Autumn 2012 | Peran Truscott |
Autumn 2013 | Aidan Wong |
Autumn 2014 | Edmund Smith |
Autumn 2015 | Wenzhou Mei |
Autumn 2016 | Edmund Smith |
Autumn 2017 | Owen Hughes |
Autumn 2018 | Zoe Walters |
Autumn 2019 | Yanyi Xiong |
Autumn 2021 | Andrew Volovich |
Autumn 2022 | Andrew Volovich |
Go Shield - Junior Section
Spring 2007 | Aoife McCaul |
Autumn 2007 | Roella Smith |
Autumn 2008 | Roella Smith |
Autumn 2009 | Darcy Quinn-Sekyi |
Spring 2010 | Kelda Smith |
Autumn 2010 | Kelda Smith |
Autumn 2011 | Kelda Smith |
Autumn 2012 | Michael Lin |
Autumn 2013 | Edmund Smith |
Autumn 2014 | Alexander Hsieh |
Autumn 2015 | Jianzhou Mei |
Autumn 2016 | Sam Beck |
Autumn 2017 | Alexander Linton |
Autumn 2018 | Yanyi Xiong |
Autumn 2021 | Odysseas Jones-Roumeliotis |
Autumn 2022 | Bowang Li/Bowen Li |
Each year we have a heat of the UK Chess Challenge and the UK Go Challenge. Our heat winners have been:
UK Chess Challenge
2004 | Ashley Stewart |
2005 | Jamie Boevey |
2006 | Ashley Stewart |
2007 | Ashley Stewart |
2008 | Ilya Altschuler |
2009 | Alexander Harris |
2010 | David Redman |
2011 | David Redman |
2012 | David Redman |
2013 | James Xu |
2014 | James Xu |
2015 | David Robson |
2016 | Julia Volovich |
2017 | Julia Volovich |
2018 | Adaś Syposz |
2019 | Alexander Linton |
2022 | Alexander Linton |
2023 | Callum Collie |
UK Go Challenge
2004 | Ilya Altschuler |
2005 | Owen Walker |
2006 | Matthew Harris |
2007 | Owen Walker |
2008 | Owen Walker |
2009 | Roella Smith |
2010 | Roella Smith |
2011 | Roella Smith |
2012 | Peran Truscott |
2013 | Melchior Chui |
2014 | Melchior Chui |
2015 | Edmund Smith |
2016 | Aidan Wong |
2017 | Edmund Smith |
2018 | Shengjie Sang |
2019 | Yanyi Xiong |
2022 | Samuel Wu |
2023 | Odysseas Jones-Roumeliotis |
Occasionally we have had other Chess or Go competitions, or club competitions in other games, such as Oware, Othello, Shogi or Chinese Chess. The winners of these have been:
Handicap Go
Shogi
Spring 2012 | Melchior Chui |
Summer 2013 | Simeon Bott |
Summer 2023 | Aaden Wong |
Chinese Chess
Spring 2012 | Owen Walker |
Summber 2013 | David Robson |
Summber 2023 | Samuel Wu |
Oware
Spring 2002 | Luke Gymer |
Spring 2004 | Ilya Altschuler |
Spring 2006 | Hector Dearman |
Spring 2007 | Ilya Altschuler/Oliver Gerlach |
Spring 2009 | Owen Walker |
Spring 2012 | Melchior Chui |
Summer 2013 | Greg Briscoe |
Summer 2023 | Odysseas Jones-Roumeliotis |
Othello
Spring 2002 | Sophie Damian-Turner |
Spring 2006 | David Redman |
Spring 2007 | Oliver Gerlach |
Spring 2009 | Akito Oyama |
Summer 2013 | Claudia Bazyk |
Rengo
Summer 2013 | Claudia Bazyk/Simeon Bott |
Chess Rapid
Summer 2013 | Claudia Bazyk |
Exchange Chess
Summer 2013 | Claudia Bazyk/James Xu |
Losing Chess
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