Summer Cup Round One

I am pleased to say the First Round of the Summer Cup took place last Tuesday. Although it is clear that Covid is still ever present with a number of players having to withdraw due to covid or their partners getting covid. I myself was also ill! with either covid or a cold so felt it was prudent not to come to the Club. So my Thanks to Dave Filer who stepped in at the last minute to organise the tournament on Tuesday. As I was not present I do not have any match reports. However, despite covid,there was still a good turn out of over 22 players.
Next round is Tuesday 5th April. If you are unavailable for any round could you please let me know as soon as possible.
The match results are as follows from Round One: J.Pink 1 0 P.Dean Dr. M.Donnelly 1 0 T.Stamper E.Goodwin 1 0 J.Conway Bava 1 0 S.Whitmore W.Scaife 1 0 D.Copson Margarita 1 0 J.Rivett N.Morris 0 1 Benjy Read Mike Johnson .5 .5 H.Jones W.Beeston 1 0 Pablo P.Smith .5 .5 C.Badley A.Duragbemi 1 0 Adam Breeden J.Pink 1 M.Donnelly 1 Ed Goodwin 1 Bava 1 W.Scaife 1 Margarita Nasibova 1 W.Beeston 1 B.Read 1 A.Bemi 1 M.Johnson .5 H.Jones .5 P.Smith .5 C.Badley .5 A.Vickers .5 David Filer .5 P.Dean 0 T.Stamper 0 J.Conway 0 S.Whitmore 0 D.Copson 0 J.Rivett 0 Pablo 0 A.Breeden 0 Please note for further updates I will post into our FB Group

Latest KO Cup match fixtures for March 8th.

We have a chance of at least one team in the Final and possibly two. Good Luck to all teams.
I hope to start the Summer Cup on Tuesday 29th March. Normal Format.

Swiss Tournament. 6 Rounds for 6 consecutive weeks. Normal League Rules to apply.
Trophy for the Winner and Runner Up. Plus the best performing player u120. No entry fee, but donations are welcome to Coventry Chess Club.
KO Cup Matches

Rugby A v Coventry Chess Club A

Kenilworth v Coventry Chess Club E

Plate Match
Nuneaton C v Coventry Chess Club D

Christmas and New Year

Dates for Christmas and New year

We will be OPEN on the 21st December for Friendlies / Social Chess

28th December - CLOSED

and re-open on the 4th January 2022 for Divisional Cup Matches

Rapid Play tournament 7th December

Please the details below for our Rapid Play Tournament on December 7th. Please note, No entries on the day. Please contact me if you are not already on the list. We are also limited to 18 players from Coventry, although Colin has said we may be allowed extra if required. COVENTRY & DISTRICT CHESS LEAGUE RAPIDPLAY A 10 minute Rapidplay Swiss Tournament ENTRY INFORMATION FOR PLAYERS Tuesday 7th December 2021 VENUE Massey Ferguson Social Club Round 1 starts 8pm. Players advised to be present by 7:40pm. Players not present by 7:55pm could be given zero points in Round 1. TIME LIMIT Each player will have 10 minutes for all moves. CLOCKS Digital clocks may or may not be available. It is expected that analogue clocks will be provided but if you wish to be sure to use a digital clock you will need to provide your own. If a digital clock is provided it will be used by default. VENUE As the room at Massey is used until 7:30pm on a Tuesday and we wish to start by 8pm could everyone who arrives early lend a hand to help with tables/chairs and setting up chess boards. Also at the end of the event please help pack away. Many hands make light work. TIMES Round 1 8pm Round 2 8:30pm Round 3 9pm Round 4 9:30pm Round 5 10pm. It might well be possible to save some time here and therefore finish before 10:20pm. ENTRIES To be sent to me IN ADVANCE of the event so that the administration can be done prior to the day of play. THERE WILL BE NO LATE ENTRIES OR ENTRIES ON THE DAY. Last date and time for entries 8pm on Sunday 5th December 2021. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Your name, club, grade. Please use your full name. Ideally as displayed on the ECF grading database. GRADES September 2021 ECF Rapidplay grades to be used. If no Rapidplay grade is available then ECF Standard grades for September 2021 will be used. Ungraded players to be given a shadow grade by their club organiser. This is to be provided at the time of entry. RULES 1 Move the pieces with one hand only. 2 Move the pieces and press the clock with the same hand 3 Illegal moves lose. 4 If your flag falls the game is lost. Checkmating material is required in order to claim a win on time. 5 Banging or mistreating the clock in any way can result in the loss of the game. 6 The Controller/Arbiter can step in to declare a game drawn if no attempt is being made to win by normal means. 7 The decision of the arbiter is final. OTHER INFORMATION 1 There will be one open section. 2 The winner(s) will be declared Coventry & District Chess League Rapidplay Champion(s) 2021. 3 There will be no tie break for players on the same score. 4 The competition is open to anyone who has played a league, divisional cup or KO cup game in the C&DCL in 2021 or is a member of a competing club. 5 Both clocks will be started at the beginning of each round. If you are not at the board your clock will still be started.

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.