The 2018-2019 Season marks one hundred years of the Coventry and District Chess League fostering chess across the Coventry, Warwickshire, and Midlands area!
We will be running a Centenary Rapidplay to celebrate this joyous occasion. Full Details found here:
https://covchessleague.blogspot.com/p/rapidplay.html
Three Sections for Max Grade: Open, U145, and U110 Entry: £10 (Juniors: £5)
Coventry & District Chess League Centenary Rapidplay
SUNDAY 27th JANUARY 2019 Massey Ferguson Social Club, Broad Lane, Coventry, CV5 7NL
ECF Graded, and FIDE Rated.
Chief Arbiter: David Thomas FIDE Arbiter Arbiter(s):
Hok Chiu National Arbiter
***IMPORTANT LINKS*** PDF Entry Form with event details: https://tinyurl.com/entryformCDCL2019
Online Entry Form: https://tinyurl.com/CDCLR2019 Entries: https://tinyurl.com/2019Entries
Contact:E-mail (Preferred): coventrydistrictchess@gmail.com Phone: 07804401784 (Contactable from 9th Dec 2018 onwards)
Playing Schedule
Round 1 10:30
Round 2 11:45
Round 3 13:15
Round 4 14:30
Round 5 15:45
Round 6 17:00
Prizegiving 18:00 Prizes Open: £100 (1st) £50 (2nd) £25 (3rd) £15 (Grading) Other: £60 (1st) £30 (2nd) £15 (3rd) CDCL Centenary Junior Champion: TBC
This webpage will be regularly maintained to reflect any changes/updates to the event. Please also read the PDF Entry Form for more event details.
Coventry Chess Club. Check out the site for the latest news on the activities of Coventry Chess Club.
Wednesday, 21 November 2018
Saturday, 10 November 2018
Upcoming Tournaments
Please find details of Upcoming Tournaments in and around the Coventry Area :
Warwickshire Championships, 5 round events, 22-24 February at the Alan Higgs Centre, Coventry
English Seniors Championship ,sections for players aged over 50 and over 65.
4-7 April at St Johns Hotel Solihull.
More details are on the ECF calendar.
Players cannot enter yet but can reserve the dates in their diaries and register their interest by contacting me on edhgoodwin@gmail.com. I can then send them an entry form as soon as one becomes available.
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Isle Of Man Chess International
As mentioned in Simon's write up, I attended the immensely strong Isle Of Man International last week. If Oct the 31st is a time when scary things come at of the dark, only a few days ago, there were some frighteningly strong chess players participating at the Villa Marina in Douglas. In fact, the only reason Carlsen and Caruana were not in attendance was that they have a WC match in a matter of days. Still, the amount of titled players playing seemed almost endless, and almost anybody who is anybody in the chess world was competing.
However, whilst I was not playing in the Masters, I was competing in the almost as monstrously strong major section, with an FM, a CM and a WFM competing.
After losing my opening game to the top seed, I was able to muster 5.5 points out of the remaining 6 games, to finish in a 3 way tie for first place. The two players who shared the spoils with me were Jason McKenna (rated 2095), and CM Kenneth Norman (rated 2083).
I'd say my best results were drawing with the candidate master, and beating a player graded 207, which I don't do very often.
There were quite a few interesting and curious incidents, which would take to long to talk about here. A couple of these involved local player, Henrik Fabri, who, anyone knowing Henrik, will not be surprised to hear this. He's quite a character in his own right, and not a bad player either.
So, that's it from the IOM for this year, but I plan to return again next year. It's a great tournament, even if the Masters is too brutally strong!
However, whilst I was not playing in the Masters, I was competing in the almost as monstrously strong major section, with an FM, a CM and a WFM competing.
After losing my opening game to the top seed, I was able to muster 5.5 points out of the remaining 6 games, to finish in a 3 way tie for first place. The two players who shared the spoils with me were Jason McKenna (rated 2095), and CM Kenneth Norman (rated 2083).
I'd say my best results were drawing with the candidate master, and beating a player graded 207, which I don't do very often.
There were quite a few interesting and curious incidents, which would take to long to talk about here. A couple of these involved local player, Henrik Fabri, who, anyone knowing Henrik, will not be surprised to hear this. He's quite a character in his own right, and not a bad player either.
So, that's it from the IOM for this year, but I plan to return again next year. It's a great tournament, even if the Masters is too brutally strong!
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Isle of Man Tournament
Some of you may be aware that Dave Ireland took part in the Isle of Man Tournament last week.
I am delighted to say that Dave finished with 5.5/7 points, which meant he finished 1st= with two other players for the Major Tournament.
The result is all the more remarkable as if we take a look at the other players ratings we see that Dave finished ahead of an FM & WFM and also finished level on points with a CM.
We can also see that Dave was rated 19th out of 35 participants at the start of the Tournament, so to finish 1= is a tremendous achievement.
Our Congratulations go to Dave for such a good result and he has said he will post a fuller report in a few days.
Here are the final standings :
Isle of Man Tournament Final Results Major
I am delighted to say that Dave finished with 5.5/7 points, which meant he finished 1st= with two other players for the Major Tournament.
The result is all the more remarkable as if we take a look at the other players ratings we see that Dave finished ahead of an FM & WFM and also finished level on points with a CM.
We can also see that Dave was rated 19th out of 35 participants at the start of the Tournament, so to finish 1= is a tremendous achievement.
Our Congratulations go to Dave for such a good result and he has said he will post a fuller report in a few days.
Here are the final standings :
Isle of Man Tournament Final Results Major
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Coventry Chess Junior Open Results
Here are some links to the results / pics of the first Open Tournament:-
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Junior Rapidplay ?
Does anyone have a report on the Junior Rapidplay then?
I'm assuming it took place!?
I'm assuming it took place!?
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