New Season 2014/2015

Hope everyone had a good Summer Holiday!

I am pleased to say the New Season is almost upon us and next week Tuesday 26th August I will start collecting membership fees for the New Season.

Could all members please try and attend - even if just to pay the membership fees - as we have to pay the ECF their membership fees very soon and any members not registered are unable to play in the league. I am pleased to say that the membership fee will remain the same as last year... £32.00 for Adults and £25.00 for U18's.

This membership fee includes your Bronze membership to the ECF. Hire of the room. Fees to Coventry League and finally, the general running of Coventry Chess Club!

2015 British Chess Championships will be at University of Warwick

The 2015 British Chess Championships will take place at the University of Warwick from 25 July to 8 August.

Apart from the main championship there are many competitions to suit all tastes including ones of varying length and catering for various grading bands. (Information on who can play is shown here).

So, if you might want to play or watch then don't book your holiday in that period.

The website for more information is http://britishchesschampionships.co.uk/ (currently showing mostly information about the 2014 event - this will give you an idea of what you could be in for).

British Chess Championships

It is just been announced that the 2015 British Chess Championships will take place at the:- University of Warwick from 25 July to 8 August.

Apart from the main championship there are many competitions to suit all tastes including ones of varying length and catering for various grading bands.

This is a great opportunity to get involved in the Championships being so close to home.

Although only the dates and venue have been announced so far, here is a link for more information in the next few weeks.I will also try and post some more details when available.

British Chess Championship

New Grades

The new grades have been updated by the ECF and can be found by clicking the link below:

Grading Database

Please note for Coventry League and Cup games this is the grade used for board order throughout the season.

Simon

Warwickshire Chess Association

 Please note the email below and if anyone is interested please contact Alex Holowczak directly.

 

Warwickshire Chess Association are seeking volunteers to captain teams in the Under 140 and Under 120 County Championship in 2014/15. To express an interest, please contact Alex Holowczak at alexholowczak@gmail.com before 31st July. If there are no volunteers by the passing of the deadline, then these teams will not run next season.

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Alex Holowczak

Warwickshire CA Secretary

Summer Cup Presentation

AT the AGM the Summer Cup presentations were made :

Winner was Dave Ireland

Dave Ireland receiving his trophy from Simon Weaver

Runner Up Rajen Parekh

Rajen Parekh receiving the Runners Up Trophy

Congratulations to both Dave and Rajen on their achievements. 

Dave Ireland won the tournament with 5 points . 4 wins and 2 draws.

Rajen Parekh came a very close second on 4.5 points only loosing 1 game.

Ben Graff narrowly missed out on Board Count with 4.5 points.