Christmas opening times

 The club is open for friendlies on the 20th December

CLOSED - Tuesday 27th December

Re-open 3rd January 2023 for Divisional Cup fixtures

Latest Publicity for Junior Chess

 Our latest publictiy for the Junior section

https://coventryobserver.co.uk/sport/coventry-chess-club-hoping-to-attract-more-players-to-juniors-club/

Coventry Chess Club Juniors Training

 COVENTRY CHESS CLUB       

Book Now For Autumn. 

Fun Chess Coaching For Juniors

                                  Beginners Welcome

We have 20 places available . . . to reserve a place email:

coventrychessclub@mail.com

                        Tuesdays 5.00 – 6.00pm

                    20^th September – 6^th December

(No session during half-term 25^th October)

 

Cost £4 per Session (Coventry Chess Club members £3)

Pay As You Go

 

Suitable for children from ages 8 -15

Venue :

St John Vianney Catholic Church, 

1 Bishopton Close, 

Mount Nod Way, 

Coventry CV5 7GW

Coventry Chess Junior Session

I am pleased to announce that Coventry Chess Club will be running its first session for Juniors. Sessions will be for One hour, between 5pm to 6pm on a Tuesday, starting on the 20th September until Tuesday 6th December. The venue is:

St John Vianney Catholic Church,

1 Bishopton Cl,

Mount Nod Way,

Coventry CV5 7GW

The sessions will be run by a qualified instructor and there will be a small charge for each session.

More details to follow . . .

Hand and Brain Chess Tournament

 We are going to hold another of our now regular fun tournaments next week! - Tuesday 2nd August.

It is going to be a "hand and brain" mini-tournament. I know you are saying "what the heck is hand and brain chess, Simon!" Come along Tuesday and find out! but it is sure to be another unusual evening with some fun entertainment. A full explanation will be given next Tuesday, but briefly

Two players play together against another two players, one says the piece name to move (BRAIN) and the other must move it (HAND).

As normal, we start at 7.30pm and select teams early so get to the venue on time to find out who your team member is going to be. !

Will the dynamic team of Jonathan Fowler and Rhys Edwards prevail again - who knows ! Find out next Tuesday.

Bughouse Blowout!

 Continuing our events during the Summer Break, next Tuesday 12th July we are going to run a Bughouse event. You may say "what the heck is bughouse" and that would be a very good question!

Briefly, Bughouse is a chess variant that is played by four players divided into two teams of two players each. Allied players work together to checkmate someone from the other side or make them run out of time. There are a few other rules which we will explain next Tuesday however it is exciting, fun and also chaotic at times with pieces, clocks and team members trying to discuss tactics!.

Unlike most chess games talking is encouraged between team members so expect a noisy evening!

All welcome. Start about 7.30pm.
Probably be 5 rounds depending on numbers

Chess 960 Evening Fun Event

 Twelve players took part in our Chess 960 tournament, one of our special events being held every few weeks from now to September. Results were as follows. Apologies for any inaccuracies these are due to players not recording all their results. No of the games played are 5 unless stated otherwise.

Tom 5

Wesley 5

Dave 4 ½

Ed 3 /4

Simon 3 /4

Phil 2/4

Rhys 1 ½ /4

Philip 1 ½ /4

John Conway ½

Pablo 0/2

John Kelly 0/3

Adam 0/3

A really fun Evening. Chess 960 really makes you think ! Thanks to Ed for organising this evening.

Next Fun event 12th July. Format to be decided.

Ed also found a car key at the club so if anyone has lost their car key do let me know.

Chess Library

 At the AGM yesterday evening it was proposed that we start a chess library. This was approved by the members and Phil Dean has kindly agreed to run the library. So, if you have any spare chess books lying around the house could you bring them into the Club over the next few weeks and pass them onto Phil who will catalogue them for the library. This is a great way to read new chess books without paying for brand new chess books.! and will be a real benefit to members. My thanks to Phil for agreeing to take this on.

AGM Tuesday 17th May 2022

Final Reminder AGM this Tuesday 17th May. Start 7.45pm.

Massey Ferguson Social Club

All members welcome

Summer Cup Results

 The final round of the Summer Cup was completed last Tuesday. My Thanks to Dave Filer for once again stepping in to run the evening as I was unfortunately unwell.

The competition has been a close contest but Josh Pink is the Winner of the Tournament and the Runner Up is Mike Donnelly.

The winner of the U120 is Margarita Nasibova

Congratulations to all the winners and the presentation will take place at the AGM on the 17th May.

I hope all players enjoyed this fun tournament and we look forward to next year's competition now Covid is hopefully y behind us.

Results for 6th Round of Summer Cup

Margarita Nasibova .5 .5 M.Donnelly

J.Pink 1 0 W.Beeston

C.Badley 0 1 E.Goodwin

A.Vickers 0 1 P.Dean

T.Stamper 1 0 H.Jones

P.Smith 1 0 B.Read

J.Conway 1 0 D.Copson

M.Johnson 1 0 P.Kelly

D.Adams 0 A.Breeden

Points so far

J.Pink 5.5

M.Donnelly 4.5

Margarita Nasibova 4

T.Stamper 4

J.Conway 4

W.Beeston 3.5

W.Scaife 3.5

M.Johnson 3

P.Smith 3

H.Jones 2.5

C.Badley 2.5

Ed Goodwin 2.5

D.Copson 2.5

P.Dean 2.5

Bava 2

B.Read 2

Pablo 2

S.Whitmore 1.5

A.Vickers 1.5

A.Breeden 1.5

David Filer 1.5

A.Bemi 1

J.Rivett 0

Summer Cup Round 3 Results

 Results for 3rd Round of Summer Cup

J.Pink 1 0 Margarita Nasibova

M.Donnelly 1 0 W.Beeston

Bava 0 1 C.Badley

E.Goodwin 0 1 T.Stamper

W.Scaife 0 1 H. Jones

M.Johnson 1 0 P.Smith

J.Conway 1 0 B.Read

A.Vickers 1 0 J.Rivett

R.Watson 0 1 S.Whitmore

D.Copson .5 .5 A.Breeden

P.Dean 0 1 R.Alexander

Rankings

J.Pink 3

M.Donnelly 3

Ed Goodwin 1

Bava 1.5

W.Scaife 1.5

Margarita Nasibova 2

W.Beeston 2

B.Read 1

A.Bemi 1

M.Johnson 2

H.Jones 2

P.Smith 1

C.Badley 2

A.Vickers 1.5

David Filer .5

P.Dean 1

T.Stamper 2

J.Conway 2

S.Whitmore 1.5

D.Copson .5

J.Rivett 0

Pablo 1

A.Breeden .5

Richard Buxton has contacted us with the following request. 

Warwickshire County U1650 have reached the quarter-finals of the ECF County Championship.

The Match is being held on Saturday 21st May and although the draw has not been made yet there is a strong possibility that we will be playing at home. If this is the case the venue will be at Stratford upon Avon.

If you are interested email richard.buxton@talktalk.net or message me on 07710594627, and include your mobile number and email address to allow easy communication.

Summer Cup Round One

I am pleased to say the First Round of the Summer Cup took place last Tuesday. Although it is clear that Covid is still ever present with a number of players having to withdraw due to covid or their partners getting covid. I myself was also ill! with either covid or a cold so felt it was prudent not to come to the Club. So my Thanks to Dave Filer who stepped in at the last minute to organise the tournament on Tuesday. As I was not present I do not have any match reports. However, despite covid,there was still a good turn out of over 22 players.
Next round is Tuesday 5th April. If you are unavailable for any round could you please let me know as soon as possible.
The match results are as follows from Round One: J.Pink 1 0 P.Dean Dr. M.Donnelly 1 0 T.Stamper E.Goodwin 1 0 J.Conway Bava 1 0 S.Whitmore W.Scaife 1 0 D.Copson Margarita 1 0 J.Rivett N.Morris 0 1 Benjy Read Mike Johnson .5 .5 H.Jones W.Beeston 1 0 Pablo P.Smith .5 .5 C.Badley A.Duragbemi 1 0 Adam Breeden J.Pink 1 M.Donnelly 1 Ed Goodwin 1 Bava 1 W.Scaife 1 Margarita Nasibova 1 W.Beeston 1 B.Read 1 A.Bemi 1 M.Johnson .5 H.Jones .5 P.Smith .5 C.Badley .5 A.Vickers .5 David Filer .5 P.Dean 0 T.Stamper 0 J.Conway 0 S.Whitmore 0 D.Copson 0 J.Rivett 0 Pablo 0 A.Breeden 0 Please note for further updates I will post into our FB Group

Latest KO Cup match fixtures for March 8th.

We have a chance of at least one team in the Final and possibly two. Good Luck to all teams.
I hope to start the Summer Cup on Tuesday 29th March. Normal Format.

Swiss Tournament. 6 Rounds for 6 consecutive weeks. Normal League Rules to apply.
Trophy for the Winner and Runner Up. Plus the best performing player u120. No entry fee, but donations are welcome to Coventry Chess Club.
KO Cup Matches

Rugby A v Coventry Chess Club A

Kenilworth v Coventry Chess Club E

Plate Match
Nuneaton C v Coventry Chess Club D