The Gap Chess Club – Records and Trivia

 

Club Stalwarts: Most years at the club

Doug Foster – first joined during the early-mid 1970s, then continuous from 1978 to 2003

Harvey Quaresmini - 1978 to 2005

Stuart Wilson - 1981 to 2006

Joe Tarnawski - 1960s and 1970s and 1989 to 1998

Brian Willcock - circa 1973/74 to 1986 and 1997 to present

 

 

Flood Cup – Most times entered (1978-2011)

 

Player

Number

Years

1

Quaresmini, Harvey

27

1979-2005

2

Wilson, Stuart

25

1982-2006

3

Foster, Doug

24

1979-2002

4

Willcock, Brian

23

1979-87, 97-05, 07-11

=5

Adams, Ray

18

1979-80, 83-84, 86-90, 2003-11

=5

Robinson, Andrew

18

1994-2011

7

Flitcroft-Smith, George

11

1983-90, 2002-04

8

Hiller, James

10

2001-06, 08-11

=9

Granger, John

9

1980-88

=9

Hiller, Peter

9

1997-2005

=9

Schofield, Colin

9

1990-98

=9

Winn, Mark

9

1992-2000

 

 

Most rated tournament games played 1978 to 2011

 

Player

From

To

Games

Estimates

Gap Open

Interclub

Total

1

Quaresmini, Harvey

1979

2005

285

54

40

2

436

2

Foster, Doug

1979

2002

225

57

32

 

380

3

Robinson, Andrew

1993

2011

320

0

8

13

350

4

Wilson, Stuart

1982

2006

295

34

3

2

345

5

Willcock, Brian

1979

2011

271

33

2

2

318

6

Adams, Ray

1979

2011

159

32

3

12

216

7

Flitcroft-Smith, George

1983

2004

121

19

20

3

182

8

Howes, Tony

2003

2011

136

0

4

3

149

9

Davidson, Nathan

1993

1999

100

0

17

 

141

10

Winn, Mark

1992

2000

121

0

2

 

125

11

Schofield, Colin

1989

1998

108

10

4

 

124

12

Hiller, James

2000

2011

117

0

 

0

119

13

Granger, John

1980

1988

50

34

12

 

111

14

Hiller, Peter

1997

2006

109

0

 

0

110

15

Guest, John

1979

1985

21

28

26

 

99

16

Curran, John

2002

2007

81

0

2

1

94

17

Boross, Gabriel

2000

2005

71

0

6

2

91

18

Lyons, Russell

2006

2011

89

0

 

0

90

19

Stowasser, Cec

1979

1988

23

47

6

 

87

20

Kirkman, Phillip

1987

2006

55

21

 

5

81

21

Colwell, Greg

2006

2011

74

0

 

1

79

22

Ottschoffski, Eddie

1996

1999

60

0

7

 

78

23

Tarnawski, Joe

1992

1996

77

0

 

 

77

24

Lyons, Kieran

2000

2010

75

0

 

1

76

25

Jenkins, Debbie

2003

2006

63

0

 

4

72

Notes:

1. Estimates = games played in tournaments prior to 1992 for which full results are not known

2. Interclub = games played since 2002 only

 

 

Oldest Player

Doug Foster (1918-2003) – born just after the armistice. He was still active with the club into his 84th year.

 

 

Youngest Player

Ben Lazarus – 3rd in Flood Cup 2000 at the age of 9.

 

 

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