Announcements

Total Commitment for Top Ten

While updating my Wyvern playing records, I thought it would be a good thing to draw everyone's attention to some outstanding personal achievements. The following represent the number of games these individuals have played for Somerset Wyvern. J...

2020 LEAGUE AND CUP DOUBLE

We have just completed a tremendous League and Cup Double for the 2020 season. our 9.5 points in a close fought Final against Cambridgeshire, despite the scoring not taking into account some of the UK County Championship rules, has belatedly broug...

Another trophy for the mantlepiece

We have been presented with the trophy for winning the 2020 First Division of the County Championship. We squeezed into first place on board count after an epic struggle with Yorkshire and Leinster and as we currently lead Cambridgeshire 5.5 - 3.5...

348th In The World

In the past month we have climbed more than 30 places up the clubs' ladder on chess.com This has been made possible by an amazing run of 8 substantian victories in our last 9 completed matches. Some of the final scores are very impressive. We be...

Wyvern League Season 3 Comes To An End

Season 3 of the Wyvern League has been completed with the following results.  Premier Division : Tie between CheckJosh and Minicoops13 First Division : Greengooner Second Division : DavidAnthonyClarke Third Division : GraduateMan Fourth Divis...

FOURTH WYVERN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP OPEN FOR ENTRIES

Our Fourth Wyvern Club Championship is open for entries in the Tournaments section. Wyvern 1     1st brickspartan                  2nd ProfRich                   3rd bravesirrobbo    15 entries Wyvern 2    1st daftraider                       2n...

MEMBERS CONTRIBUTING TO THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

The following members played games in the 2020 County Championship and contributed towards Somerset Wyvern's success. Their individual score appears after their name. Played in 9 matches                  Played in 8 matches                Played ...

COUNTY CHAMPIONS

Somerset Wyvern have been crowned the UK County Champions for 2020. This is the third national title the club has won having been formed just four years ago. The championship was an extremely close affair with Wyvern, Yorkshire and Leinster finish...

CHAMPIONS !

Victories over both Birmingham and Renfrewshire in the three way final of the 2019 U1600 County Championship have brought us our second National title in two years. This came after 7 straight wins in the competition with only Staffordshire with a ...

The Matches Keep Coming

Wyvern are currently involved in 32 matches, 13 of those are competitive matches. We are very well-placed in the 2019 Final of the County U1600 Championship, having beaten Birmingham and leading against Renfrewshire in the three way final. Our 202...

Impressive Progress

Wyvern are currently involved in 20 matches. Two of them in County competitions have just started and are 0-0, but of the remaining 18, Wyvern lead in no fewer that 16, including 9 where victory is assured. An impressive record !

Real Commitment

In the 38 months since Wyvern's inception we have now played 232 matches against other clubs. Several of our long standing members have played in more than half of these matches. GG tops the list with 161 ( 322 games), Daznet and Jim are level wit...

Success !

Success, success ! We have beaten Sussex in the 2018 County Cup Final. Currently leading by an impressive 25 - 12, the cup is ours as there are only three games left to complete. At the present time we are also leading the 2019 County Championship...

Two Years On

I've just realised it's been two years since I posted any news on here. Our membership is now at 59. We are currently playing 22 matches, including the 2018 County Cup Final where we are leading in the match against Sussex. We have also gained two...

Even busier

Membership is now at 28. We have completed 9 matches, winning 4 and drawing 1, and are currently involved in 16 matches, including 4 UK County Championship ties. 23 of our 28 members have already joined in club matches and we are hoping to start o...

Busy Time

We continue to grow both in terms of numbers of members, now 27, and in the number of matches we are involved in. We have completed 7 matches, 3 wins and a 1 draw, and are currently playing another 13. Of these two are County Championship Division...

County Cup 1st Round

Our First Round Cup Match against Marches is now up for registration. It would be good to get a strong team out for this one.

Still spaces!!

There's still a few spaces in our <1500 match with Essex. It's due to start very soon. Come on lads ! Let's be 'aving you !

County Championship

Our first County Championship match begins tomorrow (Friday) against Suffolk. Please remember to avoid losses on time. All the very best to everyone.

Happy Christmas

Still growing !!

Well our Somerset continues to grow with membership now on 22. Our newest recruit lives a little way from Taunton, Perth in Australia to be precise. As those of you who keep up to date with all our activity will already know, we've just started o...

We hit 20 !

Well Done folks ! We've now got 20 members. Welcome Nicholas. Mind you we could still do with some more players for our match with Renfrewshire Rooks as they are outnumbering us considerably.

Too many matches ??

We will shortly have three matches waiting to start in addition to the four which are already in progress. Please let me know your thoughts on whether this is too many through the club forum or notes. The club is here to serve its members so pleas...

Next match

Hiyall, Could do with a few more players for our match with Team Birmingham. It starts early Tuesday morning and they are outnumbering us at the moment. Cheers Alan