Honours Board and
Player Achievements
2025 Club Championships
Congratulations to Patrick Bourne, Felicity Sharratt and Irill Ishak, who won the club's three internal 2025 championships.
Patrick won the classical tournament with a score of 5/5, defeating James Bingham in the deciding final round in a sharp game where momentum swung back and forth, and both players had winning chances. With both players in time trouble, Patrick managed to land the decisive blow with a brilliant piece sacrifice. While the engines didn't approve of every move, the players and spectators certainly enjoyed it!
Felicity won a well-attended and fiercely contested junior championship, fighting off some very strong competition.
Irill won the blitz championship with a score of 7 points, narrowly ahead of Patrick and James who each finished on 6. The 5+0 time control led to some frenetic games and unforeseen upsets.
Thanks and congratulations to everyone who played in the tournaments. There were some exciting games, fantastic performances, and good fun was had by all. Special thanks to Jason LeRoy and Pete Saunders for organising.
2024-25 Player of the Season
Once again, Richard Millener showed his class in the league, finishing as the A-Team's highest scorer with 7.5/12 and deservedly scooping the club's player of the season award for 2025. Congratulations Richard!
Advik Goyal top-scored for the B-Team with a score of 7/8. Another player to make a huge impact was Patrick Bourne, who joined the club early in the season and went on to score 6/11 for the A-Team and 6.5/7 for the B-Team, making him the club's top-scorer spread across our two teams.
Jason LeRoy will tell you his 100% win record and division-topping 2,174 performance rating for the B-Team trumps all the above achievements. We won't say how many games those superb stats were based upon :-)
Thank you to everyone who represented the club in the league during 2024-25. You all did yourselves and the club proud.
Alan Ashby Salver Winner and 2023-24 Player of the Season!
The player of the 2023-24 season was Richard Millener. Richard remained undefeated against all comers in the league, posting a massive 12½ points from a possible 14 (Played 14, Won 11, Drew 3, Lost 0). Almost all of Richard’s games were played on the lofty heights of Board 1, often against more highly rated players. Richard’s excellent performance across the season secured him the Alan Ashby Salver, awarded annually to the highest scoring player across the league’s divisions, plus the club's coveted Player of the Season trophy.
Very well done to Richard!
Club Captain Jason LeRoy awards Richard Millener the 2023-2024 North Bristol Player of the Season Trophy
2024 Club Championship Winner!
The 2024 North Bristol Club Championship used the Swiss format. Five rounds of classical chess, spread over the summer during the break in league play. Competition was fierce, with many of our junior players and adult improvers threatening to cause upsets against the established club players. After a hard fought tournament, three players – Will Mullaney, Jonny Penn and James Bingham – finished tied on 4/5 points. James had led from week one, but was pegged back at the last, defeated by Will in an intense game where both players had winning chances.
The championship was decided by a three-way blitz playoff, with the each player facing off against one another, watched by an enthusiastic audience. Will and Jonny kicked off with an honourable 1½-1½ draw, before James defeated Jonny 2-1 to edge into the lead. Will re-entered the fray to win the first game against James, before James was able to level the match. It all came down to the last game. Will took advantage of a tactical opportunity to force home a devastating attack on James’ king.
Congratulations Will Mullaney, North Bristol Chess Club Champion 2024.
Congratulations also go to our beaten finalists James Bingham and Jonny Penn, and to the rest of our clubmates who took part in what was an excellent tournament, played in a competitive but Corinthian spirit.