New Online League Tournament

Here is some more information about our new collaboration with the Leamington League.

Anyone interested in joining is welcome to join one of our Coventry Teams we already have three teams in the Winter League are now looking to add even more teams to this new league. So, if you have ever thought about playing chess this a great way to start!

Anyone interested can apply here :-

Apply To Join Here 

 ​A Joint Coventry and Leamington Online Chess League in the new year, 2021!

PRESS RELEASE

Coventry, Leamington, and surrounding area / 01 December 2020

Building on a successful Autumn 2020 season of online chess (despite the pandemic!), the Coventry and District Chess League will be forming a joint 2021 Spring League with the Leamington and District Chess League.

Local chess across the Coventry and Leamington area, remains vibrant as ever. The new joint league plans to bring together all the existing clubs in both Leagues. This comes in the backdrop of Warwickshire and surrounding areas entering Tier 3 restrictions, the Coventry's City of Culture 2021 celebrations, and of course, the renewed interest in chess from the Netflix's Queen Gambit TV show - watched by over 70 million people since its release!

The current online League runs across two divisions, an Open Division, and an U140 Division, with eighteen teams stretching over the borders of Warwickshire. The joint League is due to begin in the new year, on the week beginning 18th January 2021, and will have two to three divisions. The League is open to all existing Coventry and Leamington League clubs, and any new clubs based in historic Warwickshire. The deadline for entries, is nominally 23.59 Wednesday 6th January.

Coventry Chess Club Rapid Play

Happy New Year to everyone!

I am delighted to say that Coventry Chess will be holding a Rapid Play Tournament on Sunday January 26th.

We look forward to welcoming all players as we are sure you will find a Section suitable for your playing strength

Due to the size of the venue places are strictly limited so please apply now!

There are more details here along with an application form :- 

Coventry Chess Rapid Play

Summer Cup - Round 5 Results

Round 5 produced some very interesting games, particularly Ed Goodwin v D.Filer. The game was fairly level most of the time and it would have been easy for both players to agree a draw,however both players felt they need to win the game to keep in the running for a top spot. So, this produced a very exciting end game with both players having little time left on their respective clocks. Dave Filer, eventually ran out the winner with 42 seconds left on his clock. 

There was also a very good win for John Loughnane against Wesley Beeston, John said this was the first time he had ever beaten Wes in friendlies or match play.

Dave Ireland beat W.Martin to now lead the tournament on 4.5 points and Dave does look set to win the tournament or will there be a last minute surprise!

Paul Sweatman continued his excellent run in the Tournament, securing a hard fought draw against Stan Whitmore, last years winner of the Gordon Cornell trophy. 

In the battle of the Juniors Margarita won her game against Jude Shearsby 

As we go into the last round there is all to play for with Dave Ireland in pole position and plenty of players also vying for the Runners Up spot.

The Gordon Cornell trophy looks to be between last years winner Stan Whitmore on 3 points, Paul Sweatman on 3 points, Margarita on 3 points, and Wesley Beeston 2.5 points.

Final Round is next week, normal start time 7.30pm 

Reminder for Club members - AGM is 22nd May. Same format as last year with a light buffet at the end of the meeting. 


Full results from Round 5:-

D.Ireland 1 0 W.Martin
E.Goodwin 0 1 D.Filer

W.Beeston 0 1 J.Loughnane

S.Whitmore .5 .5 P.Sweatman 

R.Watson 0 1 Bava 

A.Franklin 0 1 T.White

C.Pegler 0 1 D.Adams 

N.Morris 1 0 N.Carrouche

J.Shearsby 0 1 M.Sanchez

J.Conway 1 0 T.Gazee

D. Ireland       4.5
Bava               4
D.Filer             4
R.Watson        3
W.Beeston      2.5
S.Whitmore    3
P.Sweatman   3
E.Goodwin     2.5
N.Morris         3.5 
N.Carrouche  2.5
P.Smith           2.5
J.Conway       2
G.Cornell         1
J.Loughnane   2.5
I.Evans            1.5
A.Franklin        1
D.Adams         2
T.White            0
S.Weaver        1.5 
J.Shearsby     1
C.Pegler         1
Margarita        3
T.Gazee         .5
Wilfrid            4
M.Johnson      - 
G. Sanchez   2

Next & Final Round Tuesday May 8th 7.30pm start.

Summer Cup Second Round Results

We held the second round of the Summer Cup yesterday evening (10/42018)

Another good turnout with 26 players in total.

One surprise of the evening was Wesley Beeston winning against Ed Goodwin. Pete Smith also came very close to winning against Dave Ireland. Dave only had 1 minute 40 seconds left on his clock when Pete resigned in a very close end game.

We had our first draw of the tournament between Nigel Morris and Roy Watson. Wilfrid a new player who has recently joined ourselves completed another win over John Loughane.

Full set of results here: -

D.Ireland 1 0 P.Smith
E.Goodwin 0 1 W.Beeston

Bava 1 0 J.Conway 
D.Filer 1 0 S.Whitmore 
N.Morris .5 .5 R.Watson 
T.Gazee 0 1 
N.Carrouche 1 0 A.Franklin

W.Martin 1 0 J.Loughnane

I.Evans 1 0 C.Pegler

P.Sweatman 1 0 J.Shearsby

D.Adams 1 0 T.White

T.Holt 1 0 M. Sanchez

G.Cornell 1 0 T.Gazee

S.Weaver 1 0 G.Sanchez

D. Ireland       2
E.Goodwin     1
D.Filer             2
S.Whitmore   1 
J.Conway       1
P.Sweatman    1
Bava               2
N.Morris          1.5 
M.Johnson      - -
P.Smith           1
R.Watson        1.5
G.Cornell         1
J.Loughnane   0
I.Evans            1
A.Franklin        0
D.Adams         1
W.Beeston      2
T.White            0
S.Weaver        - 1 
J.Shearsby    0
C.Pegler        0
Margarita       0
T.Gazee        0
Wilfrid           2
N.Carrouche 2
G. Sanchez   0

Next Round Tuesday 17th April 7.30pm start.

Summer Cup - First Round

The first round of the Summer Cup is on the 27th March 2018

There will be a break over Easter then the following five rounds on each Tuesday. 10th, 17th,24th April and 1st May with the last round on the 8th May.

Currently we have over 25 entrants and I would also like to welcome several entrants from other clubs - Rugby and Kenilworth

I will try and post the results of each round on a weekly basis.

Anyone who has not put their name down yet still has time to enter. Just drop me an email to say you wish to join.

Simon

Summer Cup - Round 4

The fourth round produced some very good games. Dave Ireland won again so he is clearly the player to  beat at the moment. He is closely followed by Ed Goodwin and Mike Donnelly both on 3.5 points.
Stan Whitmore continued his good form and won against Howard Jones. Paul Sweatman also won against David Adams and is now another challenger for the Gordon Cornell cup.
Roy Watson and Clive Blackburn had a marathon game with over 80 moves! but they agreed a draw with only a King and pawn for Clive and a King and two pawns for Roy.

Here are the results from last night (16th may)

D.Ireland 1 0 Bava
E.Goodwin 1 0 D.Filer
M.Donnelly 1 0 S.Harris
H.Jones   0 1 S.Whitmore
J.Conway .5 .5 N.Morris
P.Smith  .5 .5 M.Johnson
R.Watson .5 .5 C.Blackburn
P.Sweatman 1 0 D.Adams
J.Loughanane 1 0 W.Beeston(Default)
G.Cornell 1 0 A.Franklin
I.Evans 1 0 T.White


Total Scores after 4 rounds.
D. Ireland    4
E.Goodwin  3.5
M.Donnelly 3.5
Bava          2.5
D.Filer        2.5
H.Jones     1.5
J.Harris       2
S.Whitmore 2.5
N.Morris       2 
P.Smith        2
J.Conway    2
C.Blackburn 1.5 
R.Watson     1.5
M..Houldershaw 1
M.Johnson    1.5
J.Loughnane 2
P.Sweatman  2
D.Adams      1
W.Beeston    1
A.Franklin      .5
T.White         .5
G.Cornell     1.5
I.Evans         1
N.Critchley  0
W.Ingram     0
S.Weaver    2

Next Round May 23rd 7.30pm. Round 5. 

Summer Cup - Round 5 Results

Round up of matches for the 5th Round :-

Andy Ward won against Dave Ireland in a very tight end game - Andy is becoming a bit of an end game specialist - winning many of his games through the end game - maybe time for us all to try and learn a bit more about the end game?

Dave Filer eventually lost to Dragomir after a long hard battle - Dragomir is now on 4 points and in second place for the competition.

Bava won against Ed Goodwin - a good win for Bava. Clive Blackburn ended Paul Sweatman's good run in the competition.

So next week will be the decider between Andy Ward and Dragomir - nice to see two relatively new club members do well in the competition.
 
Howard Jones is well positioned to win the Gordon Cornell U120 trophy being on 3 points and not yet having lost a game. He is closely followed by Clive Blackburn, David Adams all on 3 points all Pete Smith and Paul Sweatman on 2.5 all who have a chance of winning - should be exciting next week!

The final round will be held next week 10th May. 7.30pm

Results

D.Ireland 0  1 A.Ward
D.Filer    0  1 Dragomir
H.Jones .5 .5 R.Holmes
E.Goodwin 0 1 Bava
P.Sweatman 0 1 C.Blackburn
W.Beeston .5 .5 P.Smith
G.Cornell 1 0 T.White
J.Conway 0 1 A.Franklin
J.Loughnane .5 .5 I.Evans
N.Weaver 0 1 T.Gazee


 Overall Scores:
A.Ward       4.5
Dragomir    4
D.Ireland     3.5
Bava            3.5
D.Filer        3
Bob Holmes 3
H.Jones       3 U120
C.Blackburn 3 U120
D.Adams     3  U120
P.Sweatman 2.5 U120
Ed Goodwin 2.5
P.Smith       2.5 U120
S.Whitmore 2 U120
S.Weaver     2 U120
W.Beeston   2 U120
M.Johnson  1.5
G.Cornell    2   U120
T.White       1    U120
I.Evans        1.5    U120
A.Franklin   2  U120
J.Loughnane  1.5 U120
T.Gazee       0   U120
N.Weaver     0 UI20

Summer Cup - Round 4 Results

Round 4 of the Summer Cup was held last night. Here are some of the highlights!

Dave Ireland and Andy Ward both won their matches, meaning that they are both now on 3.5 points. So, this means next week week they will play each other to see who can potentially become the outright leader.

The Gordon Gornell U120 is closely contested with Howard Jones and Paul Sweatman both on 2.5 points.

Howard Jones played well to get a draw against Ed Goodwin and Dragomir continued his good run winning against Stan Whitmore.

Paul Sweatman again continued his impressive run in the Tournament with a good win over Alan Franklin to now give Paul a total of 2.5 points for the Tournament.

Bob Holmes beat Wesley Beeston, however Bob did admit afterwards he was one move away from resigning if Wesley had moved his bishop to attack Bob's queen.

David Adams  completed another good win to give him two points for the competition.

Round 5 next week 3rd May. Start time 7.30pm.

Full list of results 

D. Filer  0  1 D.Ireland
A.Ward  1  0 P.Smith
E.Goodwin .5 .5 H.Jones
Dragomir 1  0 S.Whitmore
C.Blackburn 0 1 Bava
R.Holmes 1 0 W.Beeston
P.Sweatman 1 0 A.Franklin
G.Cornell 0 1 J.Conway
D.Adams 1 0 I.Evans
J.Loughnane 1 0 N.Weaver
S.Weaver .5 .5 M.Johnson

Overall Scores:

D.Ireland     3.5
A.Ward        3.5
D.Filer        3
Dragomir    3
P.Sweatman 2.5 U120
Ed Goodwin 2.5
Bava            2.5
Bob Holmes 2.5
H.Jones       2.5 U120
C.Blackburn 2 U120
S.Whitmore 2 U120
P.Smith       2 U120
S.Weaver     2 U120
D.Adams     2  U120
W.Beeston   1.5 U120
M.Johnson  1.5
G.Cornell    1   U120
T.White       1    U120
I.Evans        1    U120
A.Franklin   1   U120
J.Loughnane  1 U120
T.Gazee       0   U120
N.Weaver     0 UI20

Summer Cup - Round 3 Results

Round 3 of the Summer Cup was held last night and the very close position of the top 10 players continues, for both the Main Competition and the U120 Gordon Cornell Trophy.
Dave Filer continued his winning ways and is still the clear leader on 3 points - is he the Leicester City of the Summer Cup !

Dave Ireland manged to win against Bob Holmes in a very tight end game, this now gives Dave 2.5 points. Andy Ward won against Wesley Beeston to give him 2.5 points.
Paul Sweatman again played well after his win last week and got a hard fought draw against Howard Jones -  a contender for the Gordon Cornell Cup?

Dragomir, drew with Ed Goodwin, the second First Division player he has held to a draw.

Clive Blackburn also won after Ian Evans sacrificed his queen ! when in time trouble. 

There were also wins for  Pete Smith, Stan Whitmore, Alan Franklin, David Adams and Simon Weaver.

The full results are below.

4th Round to be held next week 26/4/2016 normal start time 7.30pm.


D.Filer 1 0 Bava
D.Ireland 1 0 R.Holmes
A.Ward 1 0 W.Beeston
E.Goodwin .5 .5 Dragomir
H.Jones .5 .5 P.Sweatman
P.Smith 1  0  G.Cornell
S.Whitmore 1  0 T.White
C.Blackburn  1  0 I.Evans
A.Franklin 1 0 J.Loughnane
D.Adams  10  N.Weaver
S.Weaver 1 0 T.Gazee

Outstanding Round 2 match played 18/4/2016

E.Goodwin 1 0 S.Weaver 

Overall Scores:

D.Filer        3
D.Ireland     2.5
A.Ward        2.5
C.Blackburn 2 U120
S.Whitmore 2 U120
P.Smith       2 U120
H.Jones       2 U120
Dragomir    2
Ed Goodwin 2
Bava            1.5
Bob Holmes 1.5
W.Beeston   1.5 U120
P.Sweatman 1.5 U120
G.Cornell    1   U120
T.White       1    U120
I.Evans        1    U120
S.Weaver     1.5 U120
A.Franklin   1   U120
D.Adams     1  U120
M.Johnson  1
N.Weaver     0 UI20
J.loughnane  0 U120
T.Gazee       0   U120

Summer Cup - Round 2 Results

The secound round of the Summer Cup matches, took place last night and all top three boards drew their matches. This now means after only two rounds there is only one player with 2 points - Dave Filer - I can not ever remember this happening in the Cup at such an early stage.

Dragomir did exceptionally well in drawing with Dave Ireland - the final position was a dead draw.

Howard Jones also did very well against  new club member Andy Ward, again gaining a draw after being a pawn down for a large part of the game.

As I mentioned earlier Dave Filer now has two points after completing a win against Pete Smith and is top of the table. Gordon Cornell also won last night - does this mean he may be the first winner of the Gordon Cornell U120 Trophy!

Paul Sweatman had an impressive win over John Conway, who is graded 126. An excellent result for Paul.

There was also the KO Cup final held between Kenilworth and Chelmsley Wood. Chelmsley Wood did win the final as Mark Page surprisingly lost on Board 1 and Mike Donnelly drew on Board 2. So with the handicap Chelmsley Wood are the winners.

However, two things arose which are worth noting, a Chelmsley Wood players mobile went off (three times) so his opponent could have claimed the game - three times!

Secondly, a basic rule of chess, but again this situation arose on Board 1 in the Cup match and a game in the Summer Cup.
The player was using one hand to move the piece and the other hand to operate the clock. Clearly this is not allowed and in a time scramble it can be critical.

Round 3 next week:-  Tuesday 19th April. 7.30pm 

Here are all the results from last night:

12/4/16 Round 2 

D.Ireland   .5  .5 Dragomir
A.Ward     .5  .5  H.Jones
Bava         .5  .5  W.Beeston
R.Holmes  1  0  S.Whitmore
D.Filer       1  0  P.Smith
A.Franklin 0  1  I.Evans
J.Loughnane 0 1 G.Cornell
C.Blackburn 1 0 T.Gazee
P.Sweatman  1 0 J.Conway
T.White         1 0 N.Weaver



Overall Scores
D.Filer        2
D.Ireland     1.5
A.Ward        1.5
Bava            1.5
Bob Holmes 1.5
Ed Goodwin 1.5
W.Beeston   1.5 U120
H.Jones       1.5 U120
Dragomir    1.5
P.Sweatman 1 U120
C.Blackburn 1 U120
M.Johnson  1
S.Whitmore 1 U120
P.Smith       1 U120
G.Cornell    1   U120
T.White       1    U120
I.Evans        1    U120
S.Weaver     .5 U120
J.loughnane  0 U120
T.Gazee       0   U120
A.Franklin   0   U120
D.Adams      0  U120
N.Weaver     0 UI20

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