Maidstone Chess Club organised several congresses (principally by Lyndon Gurr, Chris Howell and Nicholas Mackett) between 1990 and 1999 as summarised below:

 

 

·        1st 12-14 October 1990 @ Maidstone Grammar School, consisting of:

 

Open, Major (U160), Minor (U125) and Junior (under 11) – 6 rounds.

 

Results for Maidstone players:

Open 1st= Chris Cooley and Ian Watson (4½ points)

Major 5th= Jeffrey Titmas (4 points)

Minor 5th= Peter Underwood (4 points)

 

 

·        2nd 4-6 October 1991 @ Maidstone Grammar School, consisting of:

 

Open, Major (U160), Minor (U125) and Junior (under 11) – 6 rounds.

 

Results for Maidstone players:

Open 1st= Chris Ward, 3rd Ian Watson, 4th= Paul O’Donovan

Major 3rd= Bob Lane

Minor 1st Steve Mills (Despite Steve offering his Round 6 opponent a draw on Move 1, he finished with 6/6)

 

 

·        3rd 9-11 October 1992 @ Maidstone Grammar School, consisting of:

 

Open, Major (U160), Minor (U125) and Junior (under 11) – 6 rounds.

 

Results for Maidstone players:

Open 1st Matthew Sadler (5½ points), 4th= Chris Cooley and Chris Ward (4½ points)

Major 2nd Peter Eldridge (5 points)

 

 

·        4th 8-10 October 1993 @ Maidstone Grammar School, consisting of:

 

Open, Major (U160), Intermediate (U130), Minor (U110) and Junior (under 11) – 6 rounds.

 

 

·        5th 7-9 October 1994 @ County Hall, Maidstone, consisting of:

 

Open, Major (U160), Intermediate (U130), Minor (U105) and Junior (under 11) – 6 rounds.

 

Results for Maidstone players:

Open 2nd Chris Ward; 3rd= Ian Watson, 5th= David Powell and Paul O'Donovan.

Intermediate 1st= William O’Rourke and P McIntosh

Minor 2nd= David Lettington

 

 

·        6th 22-24 September 1995 @ County Hall, Maidstone, consisting of:

 

Open, Major (U160), Intermediate (U130) and Minor (U105) – 6 rounds plus Rapidplay (Sunday).

 

Results for Maidstone players:

Open 1st John Emms

Major 2nd= Matthew Noakes

Rapidplay 3rd= John Allan and Jeremy Knowles

 

 

·        7th 11-13 October 1996 @ Astor of Hever School, Maidstone, consisting of:

 

Open, Major (U160), Intermediate (U130) and Minor (U105) – 6 rounds plus Rapidplay (Sunday).

 

Results for Maidstone players:

Open 1st= Chris Cooley amd Ian Watson (4½ points)

Rapidplay 2nd Paul Fenn

 

 

·        8th 17-19 October 1997 @ Astor of Hever School, Maidstone, consisting of:

 

Open, Major (U160), Intermediate (U130) and Minor (U105) – 6 rounds plus Rapidplay (Sunday).

 

Results for Maidstone players:

Major 4th= Klem Majewski (4 points)

Intermediate 1st= Simon Thanesan and Julian Ward (4½ points)

Minor 2nd= Lalin Navaratne (4½ points)

 

 

·        9th 16-18 October 1998 @ Madginford Park County Junior School, Maidstone, consisting of:

 

Open, Major (U160), Intermediate (U130) and Minor (U105) – 6 rounds plus Rapidplay (Sunday).

 

Results for Maidstone players:

Open 2nd= Ian Watson (4½ points); 4th= Cliff Chandler (4 points)

Rapidplay 2nd= John Allan

 

 

·        10th 24-26 September 1999 @ Madginford Park County Junior School, Maidstone, consisting of:

 

Open, Major (U160), Intermediate (U130) and Minor (U105) – 6 rounds plus Rapidplay (Sunday).

 

Results for Maidstone players:

Open 1st Cliff Chandler (4½ points); 4th= Matthew Noakes (3½ points)

Rapidplay 3rd= Chris Cooley