Junior Chess Results

 Well done to all juniors who played in the ladder this term. Our prize winners were:

1st Leung Chun Lin

2nd Leung Ho Cheung 

3rd Dmitry Fomins 

Best in year 4: Sanchitha Saravanan 

Congratulations to all!

Rapid Play Tuesday 3rd October

 Just a reminder that if you wish to play in the rapid play tournament on the 3rd October,you need to let me know as soon as possible. We already have 12 confirmed entries which means we only have 6 places left out of our allocation for the Club.

Please note that entries on the day will not be accepted.

Saturday Signing 9th September, 10.30 am – 1.30 pm Come and meet author Ed Goodwin

 

Saturday Signing

9^th September, 10.30 am – 1.30 pm
Come and meet author

 Ed Goodwin

‘Journey to the Moon and other stories’ and ‘Amazing Adventures in Time’ are fantasy, reality and humour blended into multiple adventures for young people to enjoy.

Ed will be signing copies of

 his children’s books.

 

Local author releases second children’s fantasy novel

 

Local author releases second children’s fantasy novel after discovering his passion in writing during lockdown.

 

Last year it was Journey to the Moon, this year it is Amazing Adventures in Time. Comic writer, Ed Goodwin, has turned out another book this year, based on the same family: would-be techno-wizard Dad, sceptical but resigned Mum, daughter Suzy sometimes trying out things for herself, and Connie, the youngest, who mostly goes along with Suzy.

 

Amazing Adventures in Time is an imaginative, funny, entertaining and completely mind-boggling story for young people.

 

The author explains, ‘I started writing during the first Covid lockdown. For one thing I had lots of time on my hands. It also let me keep in touch with all my grandchildren by reading a chapter from the book each evening using WhatsApp. I have based my main characters on my granddaughters Connie and Suzy. Their personalities and quirks are reflected in their fictional versions.’

 

 

Ed Goodwin’s book is set around time travel and will take readers on a whirlwind adventure overcoming obstacles along the way. They will be drawn into the adventures of a fairly normal family coping with their Dad’s desire to become famous by inventing a time machine. Humour blends with fantasy as strange scenarios are encountered during journeys backwards and forwards in time.

 

 

A recent review by Kent Bylines –

‘It is billed as a book for children but, as with its prequel, some of the conversations have an Alice in Wonderland appeal to logic. The conversations dance about between reality, play and pretend.

The altercations between Mum and Dad show that this is really a comic book to appeal to adults.’

 

The author continues, ‘Readers will enjoy the mixture of humour and fantasy, while the plot is on the verge of being possible in real life.’

 

About the Author

Ed Goodwin lives in Coventry. He is a retired IT project manager who now coaches chess to adults and children and supports blind and partially sighted people in computer skills and creative writing classes.

This is his second published children’s book following Journey to the Moon and other stories. Both were written during lockdown for his grandchildren.

 

About the book

Will Dad’s latest invention turn out to be the Christmas gift Suzy and Connie long for?

Dad dreams of becoming a famous scientist after creating a time machine. Unfortunately his children show a distinct lack of interest, while Mum constantly points out flaws in his brilliant plans. Will several fantastic trips into the past and the future convince his family, or will all his materials end up at the local tip?

 

Amazing Adventures in Time (RRP £9.99) was published by The Conrad Press on 24/08/2022 and can be ordered from Amazon and all good bookshops. 

ISBN: 978-1915494054

 

 

 

 

Summer Opening Times and New Season Dates

 Our last evening of the Summer was another entertaining night with, first lots of friendlies, followed by a mini simultaneous from Jonathan Fowler and the evening finished off with some wild bughouse games!

So, now we are going to take a break for the Summer and the club will be closed as from the 25th July. The club will re-open on the 5th September.

The draft fixtures for the new season have also been issued and the first matches of the season are on the 10th October.

Before then, on the 3rd October there will be a Jamboree to be held at Massey Fergusons with all other clubs from the league invited. It will be a quick play tournament of 10 minutes. More details to follow closer to the date.

Simultaneous Display June 27th

The First of our summer fun Evenings is planned for June 27th . Simultaneous by Joshua Pink. Open to all members. Come and see if you can beat our Board 1 player over the board! We will start at 7.45pm. Arrive early to secure a spot! Free Entry. 

If you wish to attend please add yourself to the event on Facebook here:-

https://www.facebook.com/events/1077149706584570?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22group%22%7D]%7D

Warwickshire Competitions

 Please find the following details of 2 competitions from Alex Holowczak

Warwickshire Blitz Championship
Saturday, 2nd September in Coventry, a new 1-afternoon Blitz tournament open to players from anywhere, but with trophies for the highest-scoring Warwickshire player and female player. Four rating-limited sections with a prize fund of £750. 14 games, ECF and FIDE-rated; silver ECF membership required.
http://wbc.warwickshirechess.org/

Warwickshire Rapidplay Championship
Sunday, 3rd September in Coventry, a 1-day Rapidplay tournament open to players from anywhere, but with trophies for the highest-scoring Warwickshire player and female player. Four rating-limited sections with a prize fund of £1,000. 7 games, ECF and FIDE-rated; silver ECF membership required.
http://wrc.warwickshirechess.org/

AGM Tuesday June 6th

We plan to hold our AGM on Tuesday June 6th followed by Summer Cup presentations with a light buffet after the AGM.

All past and current members are welcome  to join us

We then plan to host different events over the Summer similar to last year : 

Simultaneous tournament  - conducted by our aspiring GM, Joshus Pink !

FIve minute lightning tournament 

Bughouse doubles - the noisiest chess game you will ever play where talking is positively encouraged!

Training session conducted by our specialist in house coach,

So, keep an eye out on our Facebook page for when these events will be taking place.

If there are any other special events you would like us to organise do let me know

4 NCL

The next 3 rounds of the four nations chess league are at the Delta Hotels in Warwick.

29^th April 2 p.m.

30^th April 1 p.m.

1^st May 1 p.m.

 

Coventry have a team in the fourth division and will hope to finish the season strongly and get promoted to division 3.

Any support during the weekend will be welcome and there is also a very well stocked bookstall at the venue.

KO Cup Result

 The KO Cup Final was played yesterday (28/3/2023) and after a very tense finish, Coventry came out on top with a 4-0 (4 - 2.5 with the handicap).

Every player was very conscious that as Coventry University were a Division 3 team, they started with a 2.5 point start, leaving very little room for any player to make a mistake, indeed Coventry University only needed either 2 draws or one win, to win the match and the Cup.

The match started with Coventry winning the Toss and electing to play with the white pieces on odd Boards. The first win came relatively soon with Jonathan Fowler on Board 3 quickly being two passed pawns up and then just rolled them forward. At this point it looked like Coventry Chess may be in for an easy win, however the remaining 3 games proved otherwise and it was some time before Josh Pink won his match on Board 1. Then the remaining Boards on Board 2 & 4 were both very close games with both games being equal for a long period of time, when finally Francis Sagyaman won on Board 2 with the Black pieces after having to play accurately and absorb a strong attack to repel white. He finally managed to get a pin on a knight to the white King in the middle of the Board, which proved to be a winning position after a very awkward opening position for Francis.

This now just left Board 4 and although Coventry Chess were winning 3-0 this was still not enough to ensure a win for Coventry Chess as a loss on this Board would have meant Coventry University winning the match.

One of the challenges of the KO Cup is fielding a team with players that qualify to play for a team, as this competition is the one with the strictest qualification requirements. So finding out that Ed Goodwin one of our regular first team players was unavailable to play, sent me hastily to check previous players possible qualification and scouring previous games for any player that had not played for another team. If we could not find anyone then the match would have been over before it started due to the handicap, a situation, which I believe, had befallen a previous Team. However, fortunately having found a relatively new player who recently joined us and confirming their eligibility with Malcolm Harding, the League Secretary, Zainanbkhan Bozhguolva was confirmed as being eligible.

So, Zainanbkhan was left with the pressure of either winning or drawing the match. For the majority of her game it was equal although her opponent had quite a strong Queens side attack and looked as though they make break through at any time, however Zainanbhkhan played accurately and managed to hold on, however by this time both players were down to 5 minutes each on their clocks and consequently the game turned into a "five minute on the clock game" with both players playing quickly until it came down to each player both having 60 seconds left on their clocks and Zainanbkhan managing to obtain a passed pawn to win the game and match at 10.50pm!

By this time there was still a crowd of players who burst into spontaneous applause! at the ending of this very tense and interesting game. Celebrations then followed with the winning team being presented with the KO Cup and pictures taken(I will try and get some from a player who took some pics)

Congratulations must also go to the Coventry University team who proved to be a formidable team for a Division 3 team and whilst they may be disappointed to lose this match, they have had an incredible season, comfortably winning Division 3 and reaching the finals of the KO Cup. We all agreed they will make a fine Division 2 side and would not be surprised to see them near or top of the promotion spots next Season.

This match signals almost the end of another enjoyable League season (one evening left for Divisional Cup games) and of course our traditional Summer Cup will start after the Divisional cup matches are complete.

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Coventry Juniors . . . Availabilty of Places

 Coventry Juniors Chess are pleased to say all available places are now taken at the moment, however if you would like to be on the waiting list for summer term and/or September then email coventrychessclub@mail.com with your child's name, school year and your telephone number and if a place opens up then we will contact you with further details. 

There may also be Junior events like tournaments or holiday camps this year so it is still worth while registering as you may wish to be on the email list for those upcoming tournaments/holiday camps

Book Signing

 

Local Children’s author and Kenilwoth  Chess Club member, Ed Goodwin, has a book signing at:-

Kenilworth Books in Talisman Square on 11^th February from 10:30 to 13:30

for his new children’s book Amazing Adventures in Time. He I will also have some copies of his first book Journey to the Moon and other stories for sale at a special price.

About the Author

This is Ed’s second publised book after the success of his first book Jopurney to the Moon and other stories.

Ed lives in Coventry. He is a retired IT project manager who now coaces chess to Adults and Juniors

and is a highly rated League player in the Coventry and District League. He also supports blind and partially sighted people in computer skills and creative writing.

Upcoming Tournaments in the Coventry area

 There are a number of tournaments coming up in the Coventry area

for more details click here

Warwickshire Tournaments

Coventry Juniors Chess Club

For any new Juniors we have now added a seperate page to t:his site which will contain any updates for times and dates of all our sessions. So do check it out here :

Coventry Juniors Chess