Warwickshire Team

We have been contacted by Jason Madden who is looking for players graded under 120 to play in a Warwickshire team.

Anyone who is interested please let me know and I will pass on your details to Jason. Im afraid I do not have any more details at this stage as to how many games are played in a season.

Simon

Fixture Cards

I have just received the new fixture cards from Oliver Cosham.

The first match of the new season is on Tuesday 30th September. This is a Divisional Cup match.

First Fixtures are as follows: -

Coventry D v Coventry A

Coventry C v Nuneaton C

Nuneaton D v Coventry F

Nuneaton E v Coventry G

Chelmsley Wood v Coventry E


Key points to note for the new Season are that the KO Cup and Plate competitions are treated as separate competitions.

If you play on Board 1 for more then four games you are tied to that team. Except you can still play in a higher division. However the movement of players between teams still remains very lenient. You still have to play in grading order. (10 point leeway)

It is intended to have a Captains/team formation meeting on the 16th September. 7.30-8.00pm. Could all Captains please try and attend.

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