AGM

This year's AGM will be held on Tuesday 29th May 7.30pm at Massey Ferguson Social Club.

All members are invited to our AGM where this year we need to discuss new funding arrangements as there has been some changes at the ECF the way chess is funded. There are too many details to put in this Blog, but if you go to: ECF Funding   the situation is fully explained.

Also, as many members are aware Massey Ferguson intend to charge us for the hire of the room as from September 2012.

A full agenda will be provided at the meeting

Simon

Plate Final

Well done to everyone in the F team. They secured an excellent win over Nuneaton last night in the Plate final.

Rajen won an excellent game on Board 1 to complete the win for the team. Dave Howlin also managed to get an excellent draw. So congratulations to all the players who helped their team through to the final.
Rajen Parekh, Manoj Parekh, Clive Osman (captain) Dave Howlin.

Coventry F  2.75    v   2.5  Nuneaton D

Summer Cup

Third Round of the Summer Cup is next Tuesday 1st May

Round One of Summer Cup

I have made the draw for the First Round of the Summer Cup starting on Tuesday 17th April.



The draw is as follows....good luck to everyone Simon

D.Ireland v J.Loughnane
R.Holmes v D.Howlin
D.Filer     v R.Parekh
H.Jones   v D.Sheward
Bava       v T.White
C.Blackburn v G.Cornell
W.Beeston v J.Harris
S.Whitmore v D.Rowlands
P.Sweatman v A.Paul
I.Evans v R.Sian
M.Parekh v T.Gazee

For new members RULES as follow:
The competition is based on a Swiss Tournament. (The top 12 have been seeded this year) Free entry to all club members. Draw for colours. Normal Coventry and District Chess playing conditions apply. ie 30 moves in 1.25 hours and then clock back for 15 mins. to complete the game. Six Rounds.
If you are not available for any round could you please let me know beforehand.  This tournament is not graded.



Simon Weaver

Start of Summer Cup

The Summer Cup first round will now start on Tuesday April 17th, due to a rearranged match being played on the 10th April.

Simon

Cup Draw

Main Competition

Rugby Chess A v Coventry Chess B

Coventry Chess A v Nuneaton A

Plate

Nuneaton D v Coventry Chess C

Rugby Chess C v Coventry Chess F

Ties to be played on April 3rd.

Mike

Summer Cup

It is that time of year again when the Summer Cup - John Evans Memorial Trophy - is due to start.

It will follow the usual format of a Swiss Tournamnent. Six Rounds. No Entry Fee. Draw for colours on the night. Open to everyone.(even non club members).

Start Date April 10th. First Round.

I have asked a number of members already and will try to see the rest before the start but if I do not manage to see you and you wish to take part, just send me an email and I will add you to the list.

Simon
PS Can anyone stop Dave Ireland winning it again!

Grading Database UpDate

Mike Johnson has discovered that now on the ECF Grading Database, if you click on your "ref number" next to your name you now get a lot of very useful data on your chess playing career.

When you click on your ref no you have four tabs:- Profile, Standard Games, Rapid Games and Grade progress.

For example if you click on the "Standard Games" tab and select a year from the drop down menu you can see a list of your results for that particular year and if you scroll down to the bottom of the page it is even presented in a Pie chart format!

Click on the "Grade Progress" tab and you can see the progress (or lack of!!) of your grade in a graphical format since 1994.

Its well worth a look. Here is the link to Coventry Chess Club members page:

http://www.ecfgrading.org.uk/?club=Coventry+Chess

Of course, you can also search other clubs on the database.

Simon
PS
Latest Cup Draw is under the Fixtues tab. Matches to be played March 20th 2012