Simul – Keith Arkell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simultaneous Display by GM Keith Arkell

We’re delighted that top English Grandmaster and 2014 ECF Player of the Year Keith Arkell will be giving a simultaneous display at Newport Chess Club in February!

A GM for over 20 years, Keith was English Champion in 2008, and European & Joint World Senior (50+) Champion in 2014

Organiser:        Nathanael Paul
Date:                 Tuesday 6th February 2018
Start Time:       19:30
Entry fee:          £15 for adults & £7.50 for U18’s – there is limited space at the venue so entries will be accepted on a first come first serve basis
Venue:              Royal British Legion, Avenue Road, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7DP
Refreshments: A full buffet will be provided by Newport Chess Club, drinks to be purchased at the Royal British Legion bar

Simultaneous Display Details:
– Challengers choose their colour
– Normal simul format: players make their move in turn as the simul-giver arrives
– 2-3 ‘passes’ allowed; depends on number of entries
– When there are 3 games left, they will be played out as 3 simultaneous 10-minute games
– No upper rating limit
– No age limit
– If there are 12 or less entrants each game will be played with a clock, 90min time control

To enter, players can make their payment either on the evening of the event or online sending your payment to the following account:

Newport Chess Club
Lloyds
30-96-02
16249060
Please quote ‘Newport Simul’

However, please make sure that when entering you still book your place with the organiser by either emailing nathanaelpaul92@googlemail.com or alternatively by phoning 01952 878739.

Entrants will be accepted on the day subject to availability

GM Keith Arkell: current rating 2416, Grandmaster since 1995
A professional chess player and coach, GM Arkell first learnt the chess moves aged nearly 13, gained the IM title in 1985 and the GM title in 1995:

• Many times top 3 finisher in the British Championship, best effort being in 2008, beating top seed Gawain Jones in the last round for Ist= with Stuart Conquest. Runner-up in the speed playoff but despite losing to Conquest, Keith was able to share the English title because the play-off was only for the British title
• Played once in the super-strong 2002/3 edition of the famous Hastings Premier, finishing in 2nd place ahead of many famous players
• Has won 10 or more tournaments a year for nearly 40 years
• Best recent results include jointly winning the very strong Vienna Open with 7.5/9, ahead of 460 players, including 25 GMs, in 2015
• Won the European Senior (50+) Championship in Porto in 2014, and at the end of that year gained a 2-way share of 1st prize in the World Senior (50+) Championships
• In 2014 was voted ECF Player of the Year with a record-breaking landslide victory
• Has a score of 1.5/2 against the most recent World Championship finalists, Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin, although admittedly they were both quite young at the time!
• In 1987 was joint author, along with the eighth World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal and others, of ‘The Super Clash’, and decade’s later sole author of his autobiography ‘Arkell’s Odyssey’
• Chess coach – current pupils including International Master Jack Rudd
• A World renowned endgame player, as featured in the book Chess for Life and a video series ‘Play like Keith!’ by GM Matthew Sadler
• A line of the Advance Caro-Kann, 3…c5, has become known as the Arkell/Khenkin variation

 

Results

Nick Rutter	212	0
Phil Zabrocki	182	1 (Congratulations!)
Bill Bates	178	0
Nathanael Paul	174	0
Christopher Lewis	159	0
Tony Holdford	151	0
Edison Xu	149	0
Simon Maydew	149	0
Steve Tarr	147	0
Danny Griffiths	136	0
Andy Tunks	136	0
Dominic Bareford	135	0
Gary White	130	0
Stuart Ross	130	0
Dominic Holmes	127	0
Chris Paul	115	0
Tim Skidmore	105	0
Willie Gormley	92	0