Summer Cup

Summer Cup Season is upon us already!

With the first Round on Tuesday 26th March start 7.30pm The schedule is as follows :-

Tuesday 26th March - First Round
Tuesday 2nd April - Second Round
Tuesday 9th April - Third Round
Tuesday 16th April - Fourth Round
Tuesday 23rd April - BREAK FOR EASTER
Tuesday 30th April - Fifth Round
Tuesday 7th May - Sixth Round


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. Trophys for Winner & Runner Up plus the best finish for a player graded U120 Simon

Warwickshire Tournament Results for Coventry Chess Players

Please find a round up of results for Coventry Players from Ed Goodwin regarding the Warwickshire Open

Warwickshire Chess Championships

Coventry players had some successes in these championships held at the Alan Higgs Centre in Coventry from 22-24 February.

In the Open Henrik Stepanyan finished 2^nd and retained the title of Warwickshire Champion for the second successive year with a score of 4/5.

In the U140 John Conway shared 1^st place with 4/5

Scores for other Coventry players were:-

Open

Dave Ireland 2.5/5 Josh Pink 2/5

U140

Bava Manickam 3/5

Nigel Morris 2/5

U110

John Loughnane 3/5

David Adams & VM Abhishek 2/5

Margarita Sanchez 1½/5 

Warwickshire Open Chess

Warwickshire Open Chess
Championships 2019
Friday 22nd Feb to Sunday 24th Feb 2019

To be held at

Alan Higgs Centre, Allard Way, Coventry CV3 1JP

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Entries List

Sections
FIDE rated Open
FIDE rated U1975 (U170)
ECF Under 140
ECF Under 110

Rate of Play All moves in 90 minutes plus 30 second increment per move from move 1

MORE DETAILS HERE

Match Result

Report from Ed Goodwin on Coventry Chess Club A first win since 2017

This was our first win in league 1 since January 17^th 2017 

Henrik had a strong looking attack but over pressed trying to win against Mark Page and lost in a time scramble . A rare loss in what has been an excellent season.

Dave Ireland had to fight  to get a draw against Mike Donnelly who as always knew the opening very well. Dave would have liked to agree a draw earlier than he did but at that point the result of the match was unclear.

Bernard won against habitual opponent Ben Graff. Early on the game I didn’t think it looked that good for Bernard ( I may be wrong here). Then when I looked later he had won a rook.

My game against David Shurrock was a 22  move win with the London System after he allowed a Greek gift Bxh7 sacrifice. It was my first win in Division 1 for a season and a half.

Match result 

Coventry A 2.5 v 1.5 Kenilworth A

Chess Coaching

Ever thought of having some Chess Coaching? 

Now is your Chance !

CHESS COACHING

Ed Goodwin our A team captain is qualified as a chess coach and is DBS cleared. He is currently coaching primary school children at a Coventry school.

He is available for individual coaching for adults or children. Ed has played for the Coventry club for many years and has a current grade of 154 but has reached a high grade of 181 on a couple of occasions in the past. He recently had a tournament performance of 181 in the Shropshire Major tournament.

If you are interested in improving your chess please contact Ed in person at Coventry Chess club or on 07528 611 483,or on edhgoodwin@gmail.com.

Christmas Dates

Congratulations to Coventry Chess A Team on winning the Divisional Cup after a hard fought match against Coventry Chess B. The final result was in doubt right up until 10.30pm, with Sam Cotterill taking Henrik right to the last few seconds on the clock in a very close end game. 

The club will be closed on the 25th December and the 1st January 2019 and we resume with League matches on the 8th January 2019.

Hope everyone has a great Festive Holiday and a good New Year !