City Centre Chess Venues – Q & A

Question:

How would it be if the major cities in the EM such as Derby, Leicester and Nottingham had a venue where you could go and play a game of chess during the day and evenings, and was open a minimum of six days a week for chess?

Ahmednagar Checkers

We've been visiting Ahmednagar annually since 1999,
and so it was good to see them finish in the top three in the inaugural season of the MCL.
The success of the Maharashtra Chess League, modelled on the IPL 20 20 Cricket, serves as testimony to strength and expanding depth of Indian Chess, and their willingness to reinvent sporting structures.





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Champion of Champions for East Midlands Clubs?

Now the dust has finally settled, we offer our congratulations to all the 2012-13 League Champions from across the region;

Derbyshire                                      Chesterfield B

Leicestershire & Rutland              Wigston

Lincolnshire                                     Lincoln

Northamptonshire                         Northampton

Nottinghamshire                            Grantham

How about a one-day Champion of Champions event to decide the overall EM Club Champion? Either just before the summer holidays, or just after and as a curtain raiser to the new season.

Games could be 3 hours each (e.g. 30 moves in 75 minutes; 15 minutes to finish)
Round times: 10am – 1pm; 2 – 5pm; 6 – 9pm.

It could be done on the old European Club Cup basis i.e. 8 teams, three matches, everyone finishes placed 1^st through 8^th.

The three remaining places could go to the best second-placed teams in the leagues (percentage-wise), which would be Breadsall, Kettering & Nottingham Gambit, with Shepshed as reserves.

Any takers?

East Midlands Chess Festival – Risley, Derbys – Sunday 16 June 2013

Our first Chess Festival, with both team and individual events for juniors, and a team event for adults & strong juniors, takes place in Risley, a three minute drive off Junction 25 on the M1.

East Midlands Chess Festival

Sunday 16 June 2013

Risley Village Hall, 18 Derby Road, Risley, Derby DE72 3SU

(Within easy commuting distance of Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Birmingham & Sheffield)

09:30 – 12:30        East Midlands Schools Challenge (Primary & Secondary)
                                    Teams of 4 players.
                                    4 Round Swiss. 20 minutes per player per game.
                                    £15 Entry Fee per team.
                                    Trophies & Medals to be won.
                                    Parent / Teacher required to supervise the team

13:00 – 18:00        Individual Junior Training Tournament
                                    Open to all children aged 5 – 18, supervision included.
                                    Individual Tournament with quality training inbetween.
                                    National & County level trainers, all CRB cleared.
                                    £20 Entry Fee per child.
                                    Trophies & Medals to be won.

19:00 – 22:30      EMC Clubs 20:20 Team Event
                                    Teams of 4 – Adults & Strong Juniors.
                                    4 Round Swiss. Match Points, then Game Points.
                                    £10 Entry Fee per team.

East Midlands Chess
Reinventing Chess Structure & Reinvigorating the Existing

These EMC events organised by Christopher Dunworth
Fide International Organiser, Arbiter & Master (IO, IA & FM)
& David Levens, ECF National Manager of Coaches & Junior Selector
Email eastmidlandschess@gmail.com for further details of these events

Huddersfield Rapidplay this Sunday, May 19.

Huddersfield's Rapidplay takes place this Sunday with a £350 first prize!

It's good to see an event with a strong first prize, promoting professional chess,
and supporting our professionals (who haven't had it easy in the past twenty years).

Venue is the Huddersfield Grosvenor Casino, HD1 3LT from 9.30am - 6pm.
Further details at http://bit.ly/14vpVk8
& http://bit.ly/10UwK08

And it's only an eighty minute drive from Nottingham or Derby...

Good Luck to All Megafinalists

60,000 children, 1750 schools & clubs from across the UK,
41 regional Megafinals.

UK Chess Challenge 2013


Congratulations to all of those qualified from their schools from across the East Midlands.
Some have already played their Megafinal,
whilst the Derbyshire Megafinal takes place this Saturday 18 May
at Heanor Gate Science College, Kirkley Drive, Heanor, Derbys DE75 7RA
from 9.45am - 5.30pm

Derbyshire Chess Association Junior Results

East Midlands 20 20 Chess League

The East Midlands 20 20 Chess League will run over seven evenings from October 2013 - May 2014.

Four games per evening. Four players per team.

Venue will be near the M1, inbetween junctions 24 - 26.

Further details will be posted shortly.

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Congratulations to Grantham on their 4NCL success

Congratulations to Pandora's Box Grantham who gained promotion to the top level of the 4NCL last weekend.
They finished as runners up in Division 2, securing the second promotion spot;
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/


We believe that they will be the first ever East Midlands team to play in 4NCL Division 1 in its twenty year history.
Grantham Chess Club
Grantham Chess World

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