Mr J. Oxbrow

• Played for the club 1881 to (at least) 1907

• Won the Club Championship in 1881, 1882, 1887, 1890, 1891, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1901 & 1902

• Secretary from 1887 to 1891

 

John Hodgson

• Played for the club 1882 to 1893

• President from 1887 to 1888 & 1890 to (at least) 1892

• Won the Club Championship in 1889

 

Mr H. Stanford

• Played for the club 1893 to 1948

• Won the Club Championship in 1910 & 1918

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1920

• Secretary & Treasurer from 1932 to 1938

• President from 1939 to (at least) 1947

• Commemorated in 1947 with the naming of the Stanford Cup

 

Mr G. A. Youngman

• Played for the club 1895 to 1937

• Secretary from 1900 to 1905

• Won the Club Championship in 1908, 1914, 1917 & 1920

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1920 & 1924

 

Mr W. B. Robinson

• Played for the club 1919 to 1956

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1924 & 1956

• Won the Club Championship in 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1948 & 1949

• Match Captain in 1949

 

Mr C.G. Spicer

• Played for the club 1919 to 1959

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1920 & 1924

• Won the Club Championship in 1921, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1950, 1952 & 1958

• Match Captain from 1932 to 1948

• Made Honorary Life Member in 1948

 

Mr H. F. Reed

• Played for the club 1919 to 1979

• Won the Club Championship in 1924

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1956

• President from 1961 to (at least) 1979

• Appointed M.B.E (before 1979)

• Left a legacy of £200 in his will, which was used in 1985 to purchase the Reed Memorial Shield

 

Mr H. Ransom

• Played for the club 1920 to 1966

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1920

• Won the Club Championship in 1925

• President from 1932 to 1937

• Made Honorary Life Member in 1937

 

Mr F. J. Reynolds

• Played for the club 1948 to 1961

• In 1957 he presented the club with 14 wooden match boards and sets, which he made by hand.

• Commemorated in 1961 with the naming of the Reynolds Cup

 

Dave Tame

• Played for the club 1957 to 2004

• Match Captain in 1965

• Highest grade 164 in the 1980’s

• President from 1994 to 1995

 

Brian Stock

• Played for the club 1964 to 2015

• Highest grade 108 in 1996

 

Michael Cook

• Played for the club 1966 to 1992

• Won the Club Championship in 1967, 1968, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 & 1980

• 1969 gave a simultaneous display, playing 16 members of Maidstone Chess Club (won 14, drew 1, lost 1)

• Kent ‘Open’ Champion 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 & 1980

• Highest grade 216 in 1976

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1988, 1989 & 1992

• Made Honorary Life Member in 1999

 

Chris Howell

• Played for the club 1973 to 2009

• Match Captain from 1977 to 1978 and then from 1982 to 1996

• Won the Players Trophy in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 & 1999

• Won the Club Championship in 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987 & 1994

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2007

• Published newsletter in 1989 to 1990 (jointly with Nick Mackett)

• Organised (with Lyndon Gurr & Nick Mackett) annual weekend congresses from 1990 to 1999

• Played in (and captained) the winning National Clubs Rapidplay team in 1995 and 1996

• Southern Counties Chess Union President 1995 to 1997

• President from 1996 to 1997

• British Chess Federation Director 1998 to 2000

• Donated replacement Players Trophy in 1999 (jointly with Ian Watson)

• Highest grade 198 in 2011

 

Nick Mackett

• Played for the club 1979 to 2001

• Published newsletter in 1989 to 1990 (jointly with Chris Howell)

• Secretary from 1989 to 1999

• Organised (with Lyndon Gurr & Chris Howell) annual weekend congresses from 1990 to 1999

• Highest grade 168 in 2001

 

Matthew Sadler

• Played for the club 1988 to 1998

• 1988 International Master (aged 14)

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993 & 1998

• 1988 gave a simultaneous display, playing members of Maidstone Chess Club (results not recorded)

• Finished 1st in the 1992 Maidstone Congress ‘Open’ section

• 1993 Grandmaster

• 1995 British Champion

• 1996 gave a simultaneous display, playing 14 members of Maidstone Chess Club (won 13, drew 1)

• 1997 British Champion (jointly with Michael Adams)

• 1997 Team member (England won the European Championships)

• 1998 gave a simultaneous display, playing 13 members of Maidstone Chess Club (won 13)

• Made Honorary Life Member in 1999

• Highest grade 281 in 2015

 

Ian Watson

• Kent ‘Open’ Champion 1981,1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997 & 1998

• Played for the club 1988 to 2015

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 & 2013

• Won the Club Championship in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2014

• Finished 1st= in the 1990 Maidstone Congress ‘Open’ section

• Won the Players Trophy in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2014

• Finished 3rd in the 1991 Maidstone Congress ‘Open’ section

• 1993 gave a simultaneous display, playing members of Maidstone Chess Club (results not recorded)

• Finished 3rd= in the 1994 Maidstone Congress ‘Open’ section

• Finished 2nd in the 1996 British Chess Solving Championship

• Finished 1st= in the 1996 Maidstone Congress ‘Open’ section

• President from 1998 to 2015

• Finished 2nd= in the 1998 Maidstone Congress ‘Open’ section

• Highest grade 224 in 1998

• Donated replacement Players Trophy in 1999 (jointly with Chris Howell)

• Correspondence Chess Magazine (columnist from 2002 to 2015)

• UK International Chess Solving Team (regular member from 2005 to 2015)

• British Chess Magazine (columnist from 2011 to 2015)

• British Chess Problem Society (President 2013 to 2015)

  

Chris Ward

• 1990 International Master

• Played for the club 1991 to 1998

• Finished 1st= in the 1991 Maidstone Congress ‘Open’ section

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1992, 1993, 1994 & 1998

• Finished 4th= in the 1992 Maidstone Congress ‘Open’ section

• Finished 2nd in the 1994 Maidstone Congress ‘Open’ section

• 1996 Grandmaster

• 1996 British Champion

• Made Honorary Life Member in 1999

• Highest grade 243 in 2003

 

Chris Cooley

• Finished 1st= in the 1990 Maidstone Congress ‘Open’ section

• Played for the club 1992 to 2007

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2001 & 2007

• Finished 4th= in the 1992 Maidstone Congress ‘Open’ section

• Highest grade 227 in 1994

• Finished 1st= in the 1996 Maidstone Congress ‘Open’ section

• Finished 3rd= in the 1999 Maidstone Congress ‘Rapidplay’

 

John Emms

• 1990 International Master

• Played for the club 1994 to 1995

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1994

• 1995 Grandmaster

• Finished 1st in the 1995 Maidstone Congress ‘Open’ section

• Highest grade 249 in 1998

 

Alexey Ivanov

• International Master

• Played for the club 1994 to 1995

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1994

• Highest grade 230 in 1995

 

David Powell

• Played for the club 1994 to 2005

• Finished 5th= in the 1994 Maidstone Congress ‘Open’ section

• Highest grade 198 in 1995

• Played in the winning National Clubs Rapidplay team in 1995

• Won the Players Trophy in 1997

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2004

• British Ambassador to Norway 2006 to 2010

  

Neil McDonald

• 1986 International Master

• 1996 Grandmaster

• Highest grade 239 in 1998

• Played for the club 1999 to 2002

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 1999, 2001 & 2002

 

Martin Taylor

• Kent ‘Open’ Champion 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 & 2016

• Played for the club 2002 to 2013

• Played in the winning County Cup team in 2003, 2004 & 2013

• Highest grade 226 in 2014