ROLL OF HONOUR

List of trophies

Trophies in use
Club Championship                               Robinson Trophy
Saunderson Trophy                              Qualifying Tournament
Junior Tournament                               Knight Trophy
Senior Trophy                                      Best Game Award
Internal Lightning Tournament             Greenhalgh-Potter Plate
Open    Lightning Tournament

Trophies currently not in use
Junior Chess, Robinson Trophy:-            Awarded to Schools between 1951 and 1985
Junior Chess, Skibinski  Trophy:-            Awarded to Schools between 1967 and 1982
Saunderson Trophy:-                            Awarded to Swiss, Major or Qualifying Tournament
                                                             winners between 1951 and 1996

Previously missing trophies that turned up
Hooton Trophy:-                                  Awarded to Swiss, Major or Qualifying Tournament
                                                            winners between 1997 and 2000
Captain's Award:-                                 For the 1st  Team
Captain's Award:-                                 For the 2nd Team





             

                            ROBINSON TROPHY

The Robinson Trophy is the oldest trophy in our Chess Club and has historical value. It was presented to the club by the late Colonel Victor Robinson, in the year 1925, to be awarded annually to the Club Champion.

      CHESTERFIELD CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONS

  1.  1924  RAYNES.A.E
  2.  1925  BUNTING.J
  3.  1926  RAYNES.A.E
  4.  1927  RAYNES.A.E
  5.  1928  RAYNES.A.E
  6.  1929  RAYNES.FRANK
  7.  1930  RAYNES.F.E 
  8.  1931  GREENHALGH.C.M
  9.  1932  RAYNES.A.E
10.  1933  RAYNES.A.E
11.  1934  RAYNES.A.E
12.  1935  RAYNES.A.E
13.  1936  RAYNES.A.E
14.  1937  RAYNES.A.E
15.  1938  RAYNES.A.E
16.  1939  RAYNES.A.E
17.  1947  PORTMAN.B.W
18.  1948  GREENHALGH.C.M
19.  1949  SAUNDERSON.D
20.  1950  SAUNDERSON.D
21.  1951  SAUNDERSON.D
22.  1952  BUNTING.J
23.  1953  CALVERT.L
24.  1954  BUNTING.J
25.  1955  HOOTON.R.J
26.  1956  SAUNDERSON.D
27.  1957  BUNTING.J
28.  1958  HARDY.O.H
29.  1959  HARDY.O.H
30.  1960  HARDY.O.H
31.  1961  SAUNDERSON.D
32.  1962  SAUNDERSON.D
33.  1963  SAUNDERSON.D
34.  1964  SAUNDERSON.D
35.  1965  PRINCEP.A
36.  1966  SAUNDERSON.D
37.  1967  SAUNDERSON.D
38.  1968  SAUNDERSON.D
39.  1969  SAUNDERSON.D
40.  1970  SAUNDERSON.D
41.  1971  TATLOW.S
42.  1972  HOBSON.A.K
43.  1973  TATLOW.S
44.  1974  WHEELDON.J.H
45.  1975  WHEELDON.J.H
46.  1976  WHEELDON.J.H

47.  1977  ANDREWS.D
48.  1978  BISSELL.M
49.  1979  BISSELL.M
50.  1980  BISSELL.M
51.  1981  JOHNSON.M
52.  1982  MORT.A.J
53.  1983  MORT.A.J
54.  1984  MORT.A.J & ASHCROFT.D
55.  1985  HOWARD.M.D
56.  1986  HEAD.A & YARWOOD.G
57.  1987  HEAD.A & JOHNSON.M
58.  1988   PETERS.G& BARRETT.M.J
59.  1989   PETERS.G & JOHNSON.M
60.  1990   PETERS.G
61.  1991   PETERS.G
62.  1992   PETERS.G
63.  1993  HOUSLEY.S & MORT.A.J
64.  1994  HOUSLEY.S
65.  1995  HOUSLEY.S
66.  1996  HOUSLEY.S & JOHNSON.M
60.  1997  JOHNSON.M
61.  1998  JOHNSON.M
62.  1999  JOHNSON.M & HEELIN.A
63.  2000  LATHAM.D   & HEELIN.A
64.  2001  ALCOCK.M
65.  2002  LATHAM.D
66.  2003  LATHAM.D & JOHNSON.M
67.  2004  ALCOCK.M
68.  2005  LATHAM.D & JOHNSON.M
69.  2007  ALCOCK.M
70.  2011  ALCOCK.M & LATHAM.D
71.  2012  LATHAM.D
72.  2013  HOUSLEY.S
73.  2015  ALCOCK.M
74.  2016. ALCOCK.M
75.  2017  SULLIVAN.D.J
                                            

                  QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS                           

Becoming a Club Champion involves lots of commitment and study. In the past, club members were required to win several club tournaments before being eligible to enter for the Club Championship. The number depend on the size of the club membership. It was the responsibility of the Club Committee to ensure that this was enforced, The Club champion was held in high regards and award was coveted by members and his success acknowledged.
     To keep in touch with the Club History and the players achievements a record of all winners from the year 1951 onwards has been recorded.

     SWISS TOURNAMENT
  D.SAUNDERSON TROPHY

1951  M.C.LEWIS
1952  A.B.RODGERS
1953  J.T.SALT
1954  G.H.TURNER
1955  M.C.LEWIS
1956  H.FORD
1957  C.PRESTON
1958  J.T.SALT
1959  P.ALLEN
1960  W.H.WHEELDON
1961  A.PRINCEPT
1962  R.S.TATLOW
1963  W.E.PORTMAN
1964  D.WELCH
1965  M.H.JoHNSON
1966  D.D.F.SKIBINSKY
1967  D.S.BARNES
1968  A.J.RODGERS
1969  H.POOPUU
1970  L.MARSH
1971  N.C.HUDSON
1972  G.YARWOOD
1973  A.P.HEELIN
1974  D.ANDREWS
1975  WARNER.J
1976  COLEMAN.I.A
1977  HAND.T.A
1978  HARLEY.S
1979  POTTS.C
1980  EAGLE.D
1981  WEBSTER.T
1982  SINHA.S
1983  WILK.A.S
1984  HEAD.A
1985  HARTLEY.D
1986  CHESTER.M
1987  CROFTS.B
1988  COOPER.S
1989  CLARKE.W.A & WATSON.F
1990  SAMSON.P
1991  RAMSDEN.W
1992  HOUSLEY.S
1993  ASHFORTH.P
1994  PRICE.A
1995  LESLIE.J
1996  COMBINED
1997  COMBINED
1998  COMBINED
1999  COMBINED
2000  COMBINED
2001  COMBINED
2002  COMBINED
2003  COMBINED
2004  COMBINED
2005  COMBINED
2011  COMBINED
2012  COMBINED
2013  COMBINED

MAJOR TOURNAMENT
  J.HOOTON TROPHY

1975  COMBINED
1976  COMBINED
1977  ASHCROFT.D & FURNESS.G
1978  FOGG.M & JOHNSON.M
1979  HUGHES.M.R
1980  MOONEY.N
1981  POTTER.I.A
1982  HAND.T.A
1983  BARRETT.M.J
1984  HOWARD.M.D
1985  HAYDOCK.R
1986  WEBSTER.T
1987  BARRETT.M.J
1988  DENBY.J
1989  HARTLEY.D
1990  FANSHAWE.M
1991  BRACEY.S
1992  COMBINED
1993  RAMSDEN.W
1994  BARRETT.M.J
1995  HEELIN.A
1996  BRITTAIN.J
1997  PRICE.A
1998  SMITH.R
1999  POOPUU.H
2000  PATRICK.J
2001  WEBSTER.T & WILBOURNE.P
2002  POOPUU.H & POTTER.I.A
2003  ELWOOD.D
2004  WILBOURNE.P
2005  MASON.P
2011  CROFTS.B & WILLOUGHBY.P
2012   EDMUNDSON.I
2013   EDMUNDSON.I & DUNNETT.D
2015   CROFTS.B
2016.  ARMANATH.T
2017.  HUMPHRIES.T

 BEST GAME AWARD
L.SENIOR TROPHY

Each year, club members are given the opportunity to enter their best game in that year. These games are then presented to the person nominated to be the Arbiter for that year.
     The game selected as the best one was then printed in the Club's annual chess bulletin.
     All such games, together with the names of the winning player, been continuously recorded since 1957:

1957.  D.SAUNDERSON
1958.  D.H.HARDY
1959.  D.H.HARDY
1960.  D.SAUNDERSON
1961.  D.H.HARDY
1962.  S.TATLOW
1963.  S.TATLOW
1964.  A.K.HOBSON
1965.  J.H.WHEELDON
1966.  A.PRINCEP
1967.  D.WELCH
1968.  W.H.PROCTOR
1969.  D.S.BARNES
1970.  D.SAUNDERSON
1971.  R.J.HOOTON
1972.  R.J.HOOTON
1973.  S.TATLOW
1974.  A.P.HEELIN
1975.  D.ANDREWS
1976.  I.COLEMAN
1977.  M.D.BISSELL
1978.  M.D.BISSELL
1979.  A.MORT
1980.  A.MORT

1981.  NONE
1982.  D.ASHCROFT 
1983.  G.PETERS
1984.  D.M.HOWARD
1985.  A.J.MORT
1986.  A.J.MORT
1987.  A.J.MORT
1988.  D.M.HOWARD
1989.  A.J.MORT
1990.  D.M.HOWARD
1991.  A.J.MORT
1992.  S.HOUSLEY
1993.  D.ASHCROFT
1994.  NONE
1995.  BRACEY.S
1996.  NONE
1997.  HOUSLEY.S
1998.  NONE
1999.  SMITH.R
2000.  NONE
2001.  NONE
2002.  LATHAM.D
2003.  MORT.A
2004.  WEBSTER.T
2005.  JOHNSON.M

CLUB LIGHTNING TOURNAMENT
(MEMBERS ONLY)
C.M.GREENHALGH TROPHY

The tournament, which is different from the Grunhill trophy, is held once a year when only players who are Club Members have the opportunity to meet and play 5 or 6 rounds of speed chess.
       The winners of this tournament have been recorded since 1975:

1972.  TATLOW.S
1973.  WHEELDON.J.H
1974.  TATLOW.S
1975.  ANDREWS.D
1976.  WHEELDON.J.H
1977.  ANDREWS.D
1978.  MORT.A & BISSELL.M.D
1979.  MORT.A
1980.  JOHNSON.M
1981.  MORT.A
1982.  BARRETT.M.J
1983.  MORT.A
1984.  JOHNSON.M & ASHCROFT.D
1985.  YARWOOD.G
1986.  YARWOOD.G
1987.  FARLEY.R
1988.  HOWARD.M.D
1989.  JOHNSON.M
1990.  HOWARD.M.D & WHEELDON.J
1991.  MORT.A
1992.  DENBY.J
1993.  JOHNSON.M
1994.  DENBY.J 

1995.  BRACEY.S
1996.  BRACEY.S
1997.  JOHNSON.M
1998.  BRACEY.S
1999.  HOUSLEY.S & MARSLAND.A
2000.  JOHNSON.M
2001.  ALCOCK.M & LATHAM.D
2002.  HOUSLEY.S
2003.  LATHAM.D
2004.  MOSSONG.H
2005.  LATHAM.D
2012.  Latham.D Housley.S  Alcock.M
2017.  Morrison.K
​2019.   Burke.S  Johnson.M  Peters.G
2022.   Peter Ackley