In the AGM on 16th August 2023, we decided to open for the next season on Wednesday 4th October 2023 in the usual location, 1st Floor of the Seaton Gateway.
It would be great if you could join us again for another exceptional season!
Before then of course is the 1st Jurassic Rapidplay on 16th September 2023 - so just a reminder that there are still spaces left for that competition. It would be great if we could get as much support for our first foray into running an event so hopefully see you all there!
Seaton's Gill Morgan has won this years Devon ladies championship, and event run by Devon County Chess Association and open to all female entries across the whole of Devon.
You can see one of the critical games in the tournament here. Gill won this game after some excellent play against a player rated 200 points above her!
Well done Gill!
The club is now closed for the summer. We'll be starting the new season in September so please check back for further details. Our next event will be the club AGM usually held in August so details will be posted nearer the time.
We'd still love to hear from you if you have any queries about the club! Just email the club secretary at
The last Jurassic Blitz tournament of the season will take place on 5th April 2023 - please join us for some fast chess!
The Seaton Chess Club Christmas Social event took place on Wed 21st Dec 2022. Despite a slight initial hitch with the building not being open(!) the event was very well attended with 16 players. There was plenty of food and drink and a fun handicap blitz tournament was the main event of the evening. The handicap was based on the difference in opponent ratings and the higher rated player lost 1 point for every 100 points of rating difference. This means there were some extreme differences (more than a queen in some cases!) which really levelled the playing field.
The tournament was won decisively by Nicky Bacon with 7/7. Ian Gregory came 2nd with 5/7 and Graeme Wallace and Simon Polloni shared 3rd place with 4.5/5.