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

Road Closures Around Massey Ferguson

For anyone coming to the club over the next three weeks please be aware of the following Road Works:-


http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/major-coventry-road-close-three-13458721

There will be diversions in place to get to the Club.

Having looked at Google Maps, the best way to get to the club by car, is to come up Tile Hill Lane, turn right onto Banner Lane and then left along Astoria Drive which then brings you out onto Broad Lane, turn right and the Club is a few yards away.

I am unsure as to how Bus Services are affected.

New Grades

The ECF have just issued the new grades for July. You can check here on this link your new grade:- 

http://www.ecfgrading.org.uk/new/menu.php

Please note the text regarding grading : -

This is the first provisional edition of the July 2017 grading list. It is based on games played up to 30th June.

The August revision, as always, will be definitive, as it may include corrections and late-reported 2016-17 events. Many leagues will adopt the August revision for eligibility purposes.

Leamington Rapid Play

28^th Leamington Rapidplay 2017

Organised by the Leamington & District Chess League

leamingtonchessleague.org.uk

Sunday September 10^th

The SYDNI Centre

24 Cottage Square

Leamington Spa

CV31 1PT

Four Fide Rated sections

 Open, Under 170, Under 140 and Under 110

Chief Organiser: Ed Goodwin

Arbiters : Matthew Carr (Chief Arbiter)

                                        Thomas Thorpe

  

Information for Players

Entry Refusal: The Organiser reserves the right to refuse an entry for any reason.

Appeals: Appeals may be made to the Chief Arbiter. His decision shall be final.

ECF/FIDE Grading: All sections will be ECF-graded and FIDE-rated

Juniors: A junior is a player born on or after 1 July 1999

Grading  For the purposes of placing players in sections the ECF rapidplay grade will be used, if none exists then the  ECF standard.  Players without any ECF grading should provide the Entries Secretary with details of his/her playing strength.

The organiser reserves the right to move players to the appropriate section.

Grading Prizes: The limits for grading prizes will be published by the end of round 3

Refreshments: Hot and cold drinks, sandwiches and hot snacks will be available at the venue

Parking: Limited free parking is available at the venue, other free parking is available in the surrounding streets.

Enquiries: Please e-mail to edhgoodwin@gmail.com, or call/text Ed Goodwin on 07528 611483

Entry fee

£20 adults £15 Juniors

All Sections – Additional £7.50 for Bronze ECF members or non members

                                                

                         No entries taken after noon on Saturday 9^th September

Time Control        20 minutes per player per game with the addition of 10 seconds a move throughout

Schedule                                R1 10:00-11:00, R2 11:15-12:15, R3 12:45-13:45

                                                                R4 14:00-15:00 R5 15:15-16:15 16:30-17:30

Prizes                                     All sections   1^st - £150, 2^nd - £90, 3^rd - £50, Grading - £30

                        

                        

                                                                There will be no official prizegiving.

                         Prizes will be paid by BACS after the conclusion of the event.

Entry Form

Postal Entries should be sent to the entries secretary:

E. Goodwin, 1 Conway Avenue, Coventry CV4 9JA

Online Entries to edhgoodwin@gmail.com

Cheques made payable to:

Leamington & District Chess League

Bank Transfer to account 91070371 Sort Code 40 26 22

Section  Open(  )   U170(  )  U140(  )  U110(  ) 

Forename                                                                                                                    Surname                                                                                                         

ECF Membership Num. (1 or 2 letters, then 5 digits):                                                                                              

ECF Grading Reference (6 digits, followed by 1 letter):                                                                               

ECF Rapidplay Grade                                                                                                                                                                         

ECF Standardplay Grade                                                        _______________

Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy):                                                                                                                                      /                       /                      

National Federation (e.g. ENG WLS)                                   ______

Telephone                                                                                                                   Mobile                                                                                                            

E-mail address                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Postal Address                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                __                                  Postcode                                                                                               

Entry Fee                                                                                                                                 £                                 

Non-Member/Bronze Surcharge                                £                                 

(£7.50)

Donations to The League                                            £                                 

Total Entry Fee Due                                                                                                   £                                  

Monday tournament

In the post below, I mentioned a tournament; which I will expand on here.
The tournament is open to players that played for Coventry Chess Club last season.
It will be handicap based, subject to your latest grade, (currently January grades).
It'll be an all play all blitz event, with lower rated players receiving more time.
The tournament will be played every Monday over July (5 evenings).
The prizes will be £300, £250, £200, £150, £100, based on 20 entries.
Prize money will be increased or reduced, depending on number of entries.
Entry fee is £50, which covers all of the five Monday evenings in July.
Players will need to commit to playing all 5 Mondays, as it's an all play all.
If entering, contact me at d.j.ireland@outlook.com, by noon Sunday 2nd July.

Tournament next Monday

There is a tournament at the club next Monday, 8.30pm start, for Coventry Chess club members.
£1000 in prize money.