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 !

Centenary Rapidplay - Celebrating 100 years of the Coventry & District Chess League

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.

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.

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!