Bristol & Clifton Chess Club

Bristol League Season 25/26

AdminIgor — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:33:31 +0000

Division 1 – Clifton B 2^nd; Clifton A 4^th place.

Division 2 – Clifton C 3^rd place.

Division 3 – Clifton D 4^th place.

Division 4 – Clifton Juniors 2^nd; Clifton E 5^th place.

Division 5 – Clifton F 6^th place.

Division 6 — Clifton G 8^th place.

Selikem Amoako won the U18 shield.

Bristol League Season 24/25

AdminIgor — Fri, 16 May 2025 18:51:26 +0000

Division 1 – Clifton B Champions; Clifton A 3^rd place.

Division 2 – no Clifton team.

Division 3 – Clifton C 1^st place.

Division 4 – Clifton E (Juniors 1) 1^st place; Clifton K 2^nd place; Clifton D 4^th place.

Division 5 – Clifton F 6^th place.

Division 6 — Clifton H (Juniors 2) 1^st place; Clifton G 5^th place.

Will Cook won the U18 shield.

Bristol League Season 23/24

Igor — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 22:30:01 +0000

Division 1 – Clifton A 2^nd place.

Division 2 – Clifton B 1^st place.

Division 3 – no Clifton team.

Division 4 – Clifton Juniors 1^st place.

Division 5 – Clifton C and D won 1^st and 2^nd place respectively.

Clifton are winners of the League Minor Cup.

Elliot Bleeg won the U18 shield.

90th Bristol (Centenary) Congress

Igor — Wed, 01 May 2024 21:49:23 +0000

Several club members succesfully competed at the tournament.

IM Chris Beaumont won the Bristol Championship (23/24) for the second year running.
Advay Misra won the U1600 section with a perfect score of 5 points out of 5 games. Second place was shared between Rayyan Mussa and Milan Milicevic both Clifton club members.

Please read the detailed report here.

10th Graeme Thomson Memorial Tournament (2023)

Igor — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 21:09:17 +0000

The 2023 Graeme Thomson Memorial was held on Sunday 30th July. The event raised a total of £156 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Thanks to all those who donated.

The Open was won by Oliver Stubbs with impressive 5.5 points ahead of top seed IM James Cobb, veteran USA international Jim Sherwin and Colin Davis.

Board 1 matches archive.

Full results are on the Chess-Results server (link below).

Open Results

Club News

AdminIgor — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 16:40:00 +0000

Bristol League season 2026/27 (please use the links to check the teams’ schedule)

KO and MKO fixtures

Division 1 fixtures; Clifton A (Mondays), Clifton B

Division 2 fixtures; Clifton C

Division 3 fixtures; Clifton D (Mondays)

Division 4 fixtures; Clifton E

Division 5 fixtures; Clifton F

Division 6 fixtures; Clifton G

It is never late to join the club and play chess either casually or for a team!

Simul by IM Chris Beaumont

Igor — Sat, 08 Jul 2023 16:32:12 +0000

On 13 June Chris played against 14 players (6 juniors).

89th Bristol Congress

Igor — Sat, 27 May 2023 15:54:46 +0000

Several Clifton club members played at the tournament.

IM Chris Beaumont is the Bristol Champion 22/23 with an impressive score of 4.5 out of 5 games.
Tom Weale won the U1600 section with 4.5 points out of 5 games.

Please read the detailed report here.

Obituary: Professor Michael Furmston

AdminIgor — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 20:49:09 +0000

We regret to report the death of Professor Michael Furmston who was a member of the club for several years early in the millennium while he was at Bristol University. He played correspondence chess and continued to work into his late 80s.

Here is a link to an article regarding his long and distinguished academic career: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-07-09-michael-furmson-1933-2020

And a link to the Varsity match a mere 64 years ago: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn/195603vars-viewer.html

Covid-19 update

AdminIgor — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 20:40:46 +0000

Due to the pandemic the Bristol and District Chess League was suspended in March. The League has decided that it would be impractical to restart the League and all divisions would be decided on the basis of the average match points gained over the matches completed (teams having completed a different number of matches depending on when their fixtures fell).

The result is that Clifton A are Champions by the smallest of margins from Clifton B (1.56 per match as against 1.54). The B team had actually dropped less points but had played fewer matches.

The League has no plans to start the new season as it is difficult to reconcile over the board chess with social distancing. We will have to see how the pandemic resolves itself.