Pre-Season Meeting

It is that time of year for our Pre-Season Meeting where all members and new players are invited to join us as we discuss the new Season, election of officers and anything else members would like to talk about. The details are: Date: Tuesday 21st September Time: 7.45pm Start Venue: Massey Ferguson Social Club Open to all new members and existing members After the meeting there will be a buffet for all players and members to get together. Please note membership and ECF fees are now due so please see David Adams to pay your Club membership.

Simultaneous

As part of our return to some sort of normality, I am delighted to say that we will be having a simultaneous on Tuesday the 10th August. The player who will be conducting the simul is the highly rated Joshua Pink - well known for his creative and attacking play! All players of any standard are welcome to take part on what will be a very fun and entertaining evening. Start time 7.30 - 7.45pm No need to book, just turn up on the night.

Club Reopening

With the relaxation of the Government rules, I am pleased to say we will be re-opening the chess club on Tuesday, July 20th 7.45pm for Social chess. In line with Government restrictions, the wearing of masks is a personal choice and up to each individual. The intention is for League chess to start again late September, early October as long as there is no change to guidelines on social gatherings. So, it would be great to see as many members as possible on the 20th and get back to some sort of normality, as I know the last 18 months have been difficult for many people.

Division 1 Title

I am pleased to say the League have agreed that Coventry A are joint winners with Warwick University for the the Division 1 Title for the 2019/2020 Season Congratulations to all the 1st team players well captained by Ed Goodwin. It is a tremendous effort against some other high quality teams.

Over The Board Chess

We hope to have an update on the return of Over the Board Chess within the next few weeks.

Our venue have advised us thay will start to open from April 11th on Friday, Saturday and Sundays

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.