Note from the Chairman of the League - Colin Green

As Chairman of the Coventry and District Chess League I have to announce 
that at the end of the present season Mike Johnson will be stepping down 
from all his C&DCL posts.
These are:
Secretary
Grader
Results Service Manager.

Mike has served this league for 40 years in various capacities and he 
feels that this is the time for him to step down.  We owe him a great 
deal for keeping the league running over all of those years but we must 
now look to find new organisers to take the league forward.

Mike will provide help and training to anyone who might be interested in 
these posts and support them as they get to grips with their new 
responsibilities.
Together the three above posts contain quiet a lot of work but they 
could be done by three separate persons with the posts of Grader and 
Results Service Manager being able to be done from home.
It is important that the league finds candidates for these posts as we 
cannot arrive at the A.G.M. without someone to take over.

For information on what exactly is involved Mike might be the best 
person to contact but I would appreciate it if anyone who might be 
interested in any of these posts register their interest with myself.

I shall be e-mailing all of the membership at Nuneaton and I hope that 
you will be able to do the same within your own clubs so that as many 
people as possible are aware that these posts must be filled if we are 
to play chess next season.

Many thanks,
Colin Green.
Nuneaton.
League Chairman.

Plate Draw

The Plate Competition is to be held on a round robin basis

The draw is as follows:

Mar 7 Rugby B v Coventry C

Mar 28 Coventry D v Ruby B

Apr 11 Coventry C v Coventry D  (toss for colours)

The matches will be graded however there will be no Results Service

CAPTION COMPETITION

Would be very interested in any comments for the photo below. Yes that is the great Alexei Shirov with our own great Dave Ireland.

Warwickshire Open Results

Results of Warwickshire Open from Ed Goodwin

Warwickshire Chess Congress

This event took place at Coventry Rugby Club on 25^th/26^th February attracting 122 players including one GM one FM and numerous strong juniors.

Open

1 Mark Hebden 4½/5 2 James Jackson 4 3= Henrik Stepanyan, Don Mason, Jonah Willow, John Garnett, Iseyaa Bin-Suhayl, Nathaniel Paul 3½

U170

1 Brendan O’Gorman 4/5 2= John Hickman, Patrick Reid, Iain Brodie, Thivyaa Rahulan, Devan Patel 3½

U145

1= Richard Desmedt, Jason Cole, David Gilbert 4/5 grading prize Chris Pitt 3½

U120

1= Simon Killarney, Simon Ashworth 4½/5 3= Ken Mycock, Estera Ercsei, Imogen Dicen 4

Final Reminder for the Warwickshire Open

Just a final reminder to any player who wishes to play in the Warwickshire Open - it is this weekend and it is still not too late to enter.

I have copied the details from my previous post here:-

The Warwickshire Open Chess Tournament is coming back to Coventry in 2017 The 2016 Tournament was extremely successful and they are looking to build on the success from the last Tournament. We had a number of entries from Coventry players last time, so if you are interested in playing again then the details and entry form are here:- http://www.congress.warwickshirechess.org/ 

If you have any queries about this Tournament see Ed Goodwin who is the Tournament Director.

There are 4 sections, so plenty of opportunity for everyone to take part, no matter what your grade.

Sections Open Under 170 Under 145 Under 120 If there is only one Tournament you are going to play next year then make it this one and help support Chess in Coventry!


Of course, after the Warwickshire Open we have the next big Coventry Tournament The John Evans Summer Cup Tournament ! Details to be announced shortly when the First Round will commence.

Nuneaton Venue

Colin Green has asked us to remind all players that they should not bring their own food and drinks into their Venue at Nuneaton. They had an incident last Tuesday 31st January, where drinks were brought into the venue. This could have resulted in them loosing their venue as the policy of " NO own food or drink to be used in the club" is strictly enforced.

I would widen the request to include all venues that we play - most venues that we use, either provide facilities free of charge or a nominal amount of money for the evening and in return expect players to purchase their drinks from the Bar.

I know the majority of Coventry players respect this rule and as such has not been an issue at Coventry. However if you do notice an away player using their own drinks please politely remind them of  the House rules - Thank You!