We run an internal Ladder competion, designed to provide competitive standard play chess to club members.

Overview

Ladder games are played at Cambridge Park Bowls Club on Thursday evenings. Participants arrange their own matches, usually via the group WhatsApp chat but this can also now be done using the Dashboard.

It is not compulsory to play a Ladder game at every opportunity – you can play as often or as little as you like.

The points scored within a rolling 12-month period count towards the standings below. Players can play each other up to twice in these 12 months, once with each colour, with the scores from the most recent two games counting.

The top 8 players in the standings at the end of August every year qualify for a knockout tournament to determine the overall Ladder champion.

ECF membership is not a requirement to participate in the Ladder but if both players have ECF Memberships (Bronze or higher), their match result will be submitted to the rating system to contribute towards their official rating.

Match Rules

First encounter between two players: coin toss determines colours

Rematch: reversed colours from the first encounter

Time control: 65 minutes with 10 second increments per player

Ladder points: Between 2 and 20 points are awarded to each player for each match they play (see full calculation at the end of this page).

Latest results (5th November 2026)

White	Pos	Pts	Result	Pts	Pos	Black
Niran Singh	19th	2	0-1	8	6th	Genc Tasbasi
Oscar Rounding	2nd	2	0-1	12	1st	Karl Stand

Standings (as at 6th November 2026)

Pos	Name	Pld	Pts
1	Karl Stand	21	125
2	Oscar Rounding	17	99
3	Michael Speer	8	87
4	Mike Robinson-Chui	12	86
=	Genc Tasbasi	10	86
6	Aditya Patil	15	81
7	Anthon Fynn-Williams	7	68
8	Husnu Babayigit	6	59
9	Peter Marler	9	60
10	George Milligan	7	56
11	Viorel Scobioala	7	53
12	Peter Kasprowicz	10	45
=	Michael Larby	9	45
14	Charles Bolton	5	44
=	Alex Corlett	4	44
16	David Heaton	5	40
=	Abhay Patil	10	40
18	Danilo D’Auria	8	36
19	Niran Singh	5	31
20	Arash Sanaiha	2	22
21	Roman Tuszhanov	1	20
22	Tom Brand	1	18
=	Peter Farmakis	1	18
=	Nick von Schlippe	2	18
25	Tom Lloyd	1	14
26	Julian Bedale	4	8
=	Alex Lapidus	2	8
28	Ben Lang	1	7
29	Ted Fraser	2	4
=	Ruth Nicklin	2	4
=	Charlie Weeks	2	4
32	Mark Jessett	1	2

2026-2027 Finals

The Finals are a mini knock-out competition to crown an overall Ladder champion. The top 8 players in the Ladder as at 31 August 2026 are invited to play. If an invitation is declined, then the next highest player is invited until all 8 places are filled. All 8 players are seeded from 1-8, based upon the order in which they placed in the Ladder.

Each match is a winner-takes-all classical game of 65 minutes + 10 second increments per side. Colours are decided by a coin toss on the day. In the event of a draw, the higher seeded player will progress.

Quarter Finals (games to be played no later than 30 Nov 2026)

QF1 (24th Sep 2026)	Karl Stand (1)	0-1	Anthon Fynn-Williams (8)
QF2 (12th Nov 2026)	Michael Speer (4)	vs.	Genc Tasbasi (5)
QF3 (1st Oct 2026)	Mike Robinson-Chui (3)	1-0	Aditya Patil (6)
QF4 (24th Sep 2026)	Oscar Rounding (2)	0-1	David Heaton (7)

Semi Finals (games to be played no later than 28 Feb 2027)

SF1	Anthon Fynn-Williams (8)	vs.	QF2 Winner
SF2	David Heaton (7)	vs.	Mike Robinson-Chui (3)

Final (to be played no later than 31 May 2027)

F

SF1 Winner

vs.

SF2 Winner

Past Winners

Season	Ladder Stage	Knockout Stage
2025-2026	Karl Stand	–
2026-2027

Scoring

Between 2 and 20 Ladder Points are awarded to each player in a single match. The exact allocation is calculated as follows:

Win points: 2 + 20(1 – ER) points.

Draw points: Half the number of points that would have been awarded for a victory.

Loss points: 2 points.

Expected Result (ER) =

(Rounded to 1 decimal point)

P_o is the starting Ladder position of defeated player.

P_w is the starting Ladder position of the match winner.

P_t is the total number of active participants currently in the Ladder.