THE monthly family chess morning will be held on Saturday at the Discovery Centre (Library).

All (grandmasters or beginners) are welcome to attend this event which is free and starts at 10.30 am The Basingstoke Chess Club teams are concluding a very busy season.

In the Southampton League the Basingstoke teams were out of luck in their final matches.

The C team lost out 3-1 at Southampton D in Division Five with a Yasmin Phillips win scoring the point.

The B team went down 3½ to 1½ against Chandler’s Ford A in Division Three, as their points came from three draws from David Graham, Paul Vanlint and Almeo Bontigao.

In Division 2 the A team went down to a narrow 3-2 defeat against Hanble. The Basingstoke points came from wins by Jamie Chilton plus draws from Liam Blanc and Ivan Stipcevic.

All three Basingstoke teams in the Southampton League finished mid table.

The final round of this year’s Basingstoke Individual Chess Championship will see Ivan Stipcevic with white pieces and Liam Blanc with the black. The winner will receive the Joe French Cup.

Basingstoke Juniors will be well represented in the forthcoming Hampshire Junior Mega-finals, as among the qualifiers are Yasmin Phillips, Bryan Vaz, Ted Mayne and Edison Brown.

Basingstoke Chess Club meet at Maydene in Sherborne Road every Wednesday. New and old members are welcome.