Match Report from first League Games

Ed Goodwin has kindly completed a match report on the first A team match against Coventry Chess Academy on the 3rd October.

If any other Captains would like to place a match report, please feel free.

We do have a new website under development and the ultimate idea is that we can post games to the website as well.

My Thanks to Ed and here is his match report:

 Match Report 03/10/2017 Div 1 Coventry Chess Academy A v Coventry Chess A

This is our first match report when the new website is up and running I hope to be able to put interesting positions or whole games in the article.

We faced the new Academy side who turned out to be strong outgrading us on 3 out of the 4 boards.

On board 1 Dave Ireland (White) faced Paul Lam against whom he previously had a 0-4 record. This seemed to me to be fairly uneventful from I think the 1 e4 Nc6 opening. Dave drew , a very good result.

Bernard played the only junior but a good one in David Phillips. This was the popular London System, with Bernard seeming to be under pressure on the king side , however he neutralised this and I thought he had an advantage afterwards but it proved not enough to win.

Against Alan Phillips  I played an appalling opening after a very early ..Ne4 in the Dutch defence and had to offer a pawn to develop. Alan thought I would have good compensation so he declined the offer. Then I set a trap which my opponent fell into and I won the exchange. But with two rooks and a bishop against rook knight and bishop just couldn’t find any winning plan. My opponent could have claimed the draw twice by threefold repetition. Eventually I ran short of time and offered him a draw which was accepted

Bava played the sharp Sicilian Dragon against Georgeta Ercsei . White castled queen side and launched an attack against Bava’s king on the king side. At a critical point Bava blocked the attack by placing his knight on h5, but Georgetta switched to attacking in the centre and Bava’s knight was completely cut off. When I looked again he had lost a number of pawns and was unable to hang on.

Match Result

Dave Ireland (175)         ½–½ Paul Lam (196)

Bernard Charnley (154) ½-½ David Phillips (144)

Ed Goodwin (156)           ½-½ Alan Phillips (168)

Bava Manickam (134)      0-1 Georgeta Ercsei (151)

Interesting Article

Whilst idly surfing around the interweb I came across this article on Coventry Chess  Academy's website: -

coventrychessacademy.wordpress.com/coaches-corner/

You may recognise a few of the players/coaches - It is worth a read if you have a few minutes. 

New Season

Calling all Coventry Chess Players !


Already Summer is nearly over and the New Chess Season will be upon us very soon so next Tuesday 29th August our Brand new Treasurer - David Adams will be collecting subs for the New Season.

Cost is as follows:-  £38.00 including Bronze membership to the ECF or if you have paid the ECF Online Club membership of £22.00.

The first match of the Season is on September 26th - Divisional Cup match.

We also welcome a couple of new clubs into the League - Coventry University into the Second Division and  a Junior team in each Division, run by Paul Lam - Coventry Chess Academy. Please note for this Season all Coventry Chess Academy away matches will be played at their Home venue.


If you are unable to attend next Tuesday could you let your Captain know as we are also starting to select the Teams for the New Season.

Look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday 29th August.

Simon

Summer Cup

I can confirm that we are all set for the first round of the Summer Cup starting on Tuesday 25th April normal start time of 7.30pm.

Quick recap of rules : Based on a Swiss Tournament. Normal League rules apply :- 30 moves in an hour and a quarter, then 15 minutes to finish the game.
Toss for colours. Six Rounds starting the 25th April with the rest of the rounds each following Tuesday.
The final Round is on the 30th May. Free Entry.
If you are unable to play in any round please let me know beforehand.

Trophy for the Winner and Runner Up. Plus a trophy for the highest player finish graded under 120.

We currently have well over 20+ players confirmed and I have tried to contact everyone but if your name is not down yet it is not too late to enter, just either call or email myself.

I will try and provide cumulative scores on this site and on our Facebook page.

Good Luck to everyone in the competition !

AGM & Summer Cup Presentations

Due to a number of members being away on holiday the Club AGM and the presentation of the Summer Cup trophies will now take place later than normal. The date we have set is :

September 6th Tuesday 7.30-8pm.

All members welcome and if you would like anything added to the Agenda please let Mike Johnson, Daver Filer or Simon Weaver know.

It is anticipated the AGM and presentations will last "about an hour"

On other news, it is with great sadness that I have to report that another member of the club has passed away  . . . Gerald Reason. Gerald had only recently rejoined the club having taking a long break from chess, so some of the older members may have known him when he originally played.
 
The club is  still open for friendlies on Tuesday.

Summer Cup Competition - Details

The Annual Coventry Chess Club "John Evans Summer Cup Competition" is going to start on Tuesday 5th April.

Normal Format - A Swiss competition over six Rounds.Coventry & District Chess League Rules to be applied. Free Entry for all Players.

I am delighted to say that this year there is to be a Cup for the player graded 120 and below finishing highest in the competition.

This trophy has been kindly donated by Gordon Cornell.

With last years winner now having left the club, the competition is wide open again and I am sure all matches will be keenly fought!

The intention is to run the six rounds as follows : -

Round 1 April 5th
Round 2 April 12th
Round 3 April 19th
Round 4 April 26th
Round 5 May  3rd
Round 6 May 10th

Start time: 7.30pm for all matches. Venue: Massey Ferguson Social Club. Competition Organiser: Simon Weaver.

There are currently over 25 entrants, so if I have not spoken to you yet and you wish to play, just drop me an email or give me a call.

I will post all results from each round on this site.

Simon

Tournament in Coventry March 2016

A note for your diaries March 5th/6th 2016.

Tournament in Coventry at Coventry Rugby Club,The Butts, Coventry

This tournament is being organised by Ed Goodwin and Dave Ireland, so if you need any more details do get in contact with them and I am sure they will be pleased to hear from you.

I understand there is going to be an Open, U170, and U145 however these may change. More details to follow.

On another note, I am please to say that we now have the Fixture Cards for the New Season 2015/2016.  Please check with your Captains as there are a few amendments to one or two fixtures.
Please see Simon if you do not have your Fixture Card.

The first match's are September 29th. Divisional Cup match's. We have a new club joining the League this season - Kenilworth.

Just a reminder to any member that has not paid, membership fees are now due. 

I am also pleased to report that the D team are now fully equipped with their new digital clocks and ready to go!

Captains please note, we are going to have a meeting next week to finalise the teams for the New Season.

Simon

New Season and Team Formations

Well, Summer holidays now over it is time to once again turn our attention to playing Chess
  
I am pleased to say the New Season is almost upon us and on Tuesday 8th September I will start collecting membership fees for the New Season.

Could all members please try and attend - even if just to pay the membership fees - as we have to pay the ECF their membership fees very soon and any members not registered are unable to play in the league.

The membership fee this season is £35.00 for Adults and £26.00 for U18's.

As always membership fees cover Bronze membership to the ECF, which covers all your league and cup games being graded. League Fees, Hire of the room at Massey Ferguson, all equipment supplied, and running of the club. 

For members that have purchased Bronze/Silver/Gold or Platinum memberships direct from the ECF then membership is just:-  Adults £20.00 Juniors £18.00.


Any new players hoping to join a team are asked to also come along on the 8th September as we will be forming the new teams the following week.

Looking forward to seeing you all on the 8th September

Simon