Christmas and New Year

Dates for Christmas and New year

We will be OPEN on the 21st December for Friendlies / Social Chess

28th December - CLOSED

and re-open on the 4th January 2022 for Divisional Cup Matches

Rapid Play tournament 7th December

Please the details below for our Rapid Play Tournament on December 7th. Please note, No entries on the day. Please contact me if you are not already on the list. We are also limited to 18 players from Coventry, although Colin has said we may be allowed extra if required. COVENTRY & DISTRICT CHESS LEAGUE RAPIDPLAY A 10 minute Rapidplay Swiss Tournament ENTRY INFORMATION FOR PLAYERS Tuesday 7th December 2021 VENUE Massey Ferguson Social Club Round 1 starts 8pm. Players advised to be present by 7:40pm. Players not present by 7:55pm could be given zero points in Round 1. TIME LIMIT Each player will have 10 minutes for all moves. CLOCKS Digital clocks may or may not be available. It is expected that analogue clocks will be provided but if you wish to be sure to use a digital clock you will need to provide your own. If a digital clock is provided it will be used by default. VENUE As the room at Massey is used until 7:30pm on a Tuesday and we wish to start by 8pm could everyone who arrives early lend a hand to help with tables/chairs and setting up chess boards. Also at the end of the event please help pack away. Many hands make light work. TIMES Round 1 8pm Round 2 8:30pm Round 3 9pm Round 4 9:30pm Round 5 10pm. It might well be possible to save some time here and therefore finish before 10:20pm. ENTRIES To be sent to me IN ADVANCE of the event so that the administration can be done prior to the day of play. THERE WILL BE NO LATE ENTRIES OR ENTRIES ON THE DAY. Last date and time for entries 8pm on Sunday 5th December 2021. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Your name, club, grade. Please use your full name. Ideally as displayed on the ECF grading database. GRADES September 2021 ECF Rapidplay grades to be used. If no Rapidplay grade is available then ECF Standard grades for September 2021 will be used. Ungraded players to be given a shadow grade by their club organiser. This is to be provided at the time of entry. RULES 1 Move the pieces with one hand only. 2 Move the pieces and press the clock with the same hand 3 Illegal moves lose. 4 If your flag falls the game is lost. Checkmating material is required in order to claim a win on time. 5 Banging or mistreating the clock in any way can result in the loss of the game. 6 The Controller/Arbiter can step in to declare a game drawn if no attempt is being made to win by normal means. 7 The decision of the arbiter is final. OTHER INFORMATION 1 There will be one open section. 2 The winner(s) will be declared Coventry & District Chess League Rapidplay Champion(s) 2021. 3 There will be no tie break for players on the same score. 4 The competition is open to anyone who has played a league, divisional cup or KO cup game in the C&DCL in 2021 or is a member of a competing club. 5 Both clocks will be started at the beginning of each round. If you are not at the board your clock will still be started.

Pre-Season Meeting

It is that time of year for our Pre-Season Meeting where all members and new players are invited to join us as we discuss the new Season, election of officers and anything else members would like to talk about. The details are: Date: Tuesday 21st September Time: 7.45pm Start Venue: Massey Ferguson Social Club Open to all new members and existing members After the meeting there will be a buffet for all players and members to get together. Please note membership and ECF fees are now due so please see David Adams to pay your Club membership.

Simultaneous

As part of our return to some sort of normality, I am delighted to say that we will be having a simultaneous on Tuesday the 10th August. The player who will be conducting the simul is the highly rated Joshua Pink - well known for his creative and attacking play! All players of any standard are welcome to take part on what will be a very fun and entertaining evening. Start time 7.30 - 7.45pm No need to book, just turn up on the night.

Club Reopening

With the relaxation of the Government rules, I am pleased to say we will be re-opening the chess club on Tuesday, July 20th 7.45pm for Social chess. In line with Government restrictions, the wearing of masks is a personal choice and up to each individual. The intention is for League chess to start again late September, early October as long as there is no change to guidelines on social gatherings. So, it would be great to see as many members as possible on the 20th and get back to some sort of normality, as I know the last 18 months have been difficult for many people.

Division 1 Title

I am pleased to say the League have agreed that Coventry A are joint winners with Warwick University for the the Division 1 Title for the 2019/2020 Season Congratulations to all the 1st team players well captained by Ed Goodwin. It is a tremendous effort against some other high quality teams.

Over The Board Chess

We hope to have an update on the return of Over the Board Chess within the next few weeks.

Our venue have advised us thay will start to open from April 11th on Friday, Saturday and Sundays