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8 February 2010
Club News

2009
December
Fenton
Fenton have changed venue.

2008
November
Rushall
New venue for Rushall.
October
Stafford
Contact details for Stafford have been updated.
October
Alsager
New venue for Alsager.
August
Halesowen
New venue and club night for Halesowen.
May
Brewood
New venue for Brewood.

Internet News

2008
July
Walsall Kipping
New website for Walsall Kipping.

2007
November
NSDCA
Mark Whitby has launched a new website for the NSDCA.
October
Alsager
Alsager now have a website.
September
Halesowen
Halesowen have moved their website.
September
CDCL
Matthew Carr, has been putting together a website for the CDCL.  It is intended to provide news, fixtures and results for the league in the new season.
August
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton have moved their website.

General News

The 2010 Staffordshire Congress will be held in Bloxwich on
10 and 11 April, 2010 - Full details and entry forms.

National stages becon

8 Feb
The draw for the national stages of Inter-County chess are now available on the New, Improved ECF website.

Some of our teams have been more successful than others but depending on how the remaining matches finish, it is still possible for all our teams to reach the national stages - who said I'm an optimist.

The Open team have won every match, and have an unassailable lead.  Once confirmed as MCCU champions, David Anderton's team will be facing a quarter-final fixture at home against the Northern Counties second team on 22 May.

Barring any problems, a win for John Day's U140 team against bottom of the table Shropshire next month should also secure them a place in the National stages.  But with three places up for grabs, where they finish will be dicided by results of other matches.

In the U120 section, the Bulldogs currently lead, two points clear of second place Warwickshire.  They still have 2 games to play, so it's all still to play for.

Despite being in the lower half of their respective sections, it is still possible for Alan Thomason's U160 team and Paul Clapham's Terriers team to qualify.

If it's good enough for our younger players...

22 January
Those of you who browse the junior pages of this site should be familiar with its events calendar.  As something of an experiment, and for a trial period this, general, part of the site has now been given its own events calendar.

Bad weather forces a change of venue.

17 January
By Paul Clapham
The fixture Leics v the Terriers went ahead yesterday at the Village Hall at Hoby, Leics.  The bad weather of the past couple of weeks and a boiler failure at the original venue looked as though they might jeopardise the fixture...
More details

County cups

1 January
The draw for the semi-finals of the county cups have now been issued.  Mike Savin has also sent me the details of the matches already played, on behalf of Graham Humphreys.

Semi-final draw and first round results

Draw against Worcestershire

13 December
I don't have any details yet, but well done to John Day and our team for their 8 - 8 draw against Worcestershire yesterday.

New home for Fenton

6 December
As you may be aware, The New Penny has been having a refurbishment which has meant Fenton Chess Club has been unable to use the venue.  Fenton now have a new venue.  For the rest of this season at least, the address is:

New Albert Inn,
102 Albert Street,
Newcastle-under-Lyme,
ST5 1JR

Directions for finding the new venue have been added to the Fenton page.

Open team visit Derbyshire

22 November
Last weekend our U140 players faced a team from Derbyshire, yesterday it was the turn of our Open team to take on players from the same county.  I don't have a report on the match, but our captain David Anderton was kind enough to send me the results.
Match details

Last game secures the result

16 November
By Paul Clapham
A very closely fought game.  After nearly 4 hours of chess, the result rested on the outcome of the last game.
Match details

Good result against tough opposition

8 Feb
Despite being outgraded on every single board, John's U140 team finished with a very creditable 6 - 10 score against the Notts team in Bushbury on Saturday.
Match result

Close finish for David's team

31 Jan
I don't have the details yet, but I've been told that yesterday's match between Greater Manchester and our open team had a very tight finish.  With one game still playing, our team needed just a draw to secure victory.  In a very tense position several checks were given and parried until... the players agreed a draw.  Once confirmed, that victory should secure the team as winners in the midlands stages and MCCU first team in the national stages.  More details once I receive them.

Well done to David Anderton and everyone involved with the team.

Entry forms for the Staffordshire Congress

22 Jan
Entry forms for the 2010 Staffordshire Congress are now available.  It will be held in the main hall of

Bloxwich Leisure Centre
Bloxwich

where it was held in 2007 and 2008.

Full details.

Entry forms
MS Word entry form Word (30 KB)  PDF Acrobat entry form PDF (21 KB)
In addition, those who took part last time should receive entry forms in the next week or so.
Good Chess!

Success at the Wrekin

11 January
At the Wrekin Congress in Telford this weekend, I've been told that Paul Jackson from Rugeley chess club finished on 4½ out of 5 and gave him an outright win in the Minor section.  Congratulations Paul!

Preliminary results from the county cups

18 December
In the Hickman,
Lichfield beat Stafford by 3½ - 2½.

In the Jackson,
Cheddleton beat St Mary's by 5 - 0.

In the Withnall,
Fenton beat Walsall Kipping by 3 - 2
Lichfield beat Warley Quinborne by 3 - 2
and
Stafford beat Rushall by 4 - 1.

My thanks to Graham Humphreys for phoning me with the results.  I'll have the board by board details shortly.  Also, special thanks to Stephane for emailing the details of Stafford's match against Lichfield in the Hickman More details

Wrekin Congress

22 November
The Wrekin Congress will be held on the weekend of 9 and 10 January 2010.  As it's being held just down the road in Telford, every midlands player interested in congresses should know about this event.

Entry forms
PDF Entry form (PDF Acrobat file 108 KB)
www.shropshirechess.org

Convincing win against Derbyshire

16 November
By Matthew Carr
Now we only needed one point for a win.  My attention was drawn to board 15.  There was a queen race going on...
Match details

Last game secures the result

16 November
Drama as the last game reaches it's conclusion.
Match details

Local diary

Local events happening in the next month or so.  (Held on Saturday, unless otherwise stated).
12th Feb  (Friday)
Frodsham Congress
For many local players the 3 day Frodsham congress (starting on Friday evening), is a compulsory part of their events calendar.  Held in Frodsham Community Centre, Fluin Lane, Frodsham, Cheshire.

Entry forms
MS Entry form
(MS Word file 88 KB)

Contact:
Pat Ridley
Tel: 01928 719787
Email: email.
13th Feb
Warwickshire Congress
A 2 day congress, being held at Arden School, Station Road, Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands B93 0PT

Contact:
Warwickshire Chess
John Pakenham
Tel: 0121 601 3920
Email: email.
20th Feb
Inter-County U120
Terriers v Nottinghamshire
27th Feb
Inter-County U160
U160 v Nottinghamshire
27th Feb
Inter-County U120
Bulldogs v Worcestershire
6th Mar
Inter-County U140
Staffordshire v Shropshire
13th Mar
Inter-County U120
Nottinghamshire v Bulldogs
13th Mar
Inter-County U120
Warwickshire v Terriers

Looking ahead

10th Apr
Staffordshire Congress
A 2 day congress, being held in Bloxwich (less than an hour from Birmingham New Street Station by public transport) on the weekend of 10th and 11th April, 2010. 

Full details

Entry forms
MS Word (30 KB)
PDF PDF (21 KB)

Contact:
Traci Whitfield
Tel: 01782 623361
Email: email.

Your news

This page is for news that might interest players like you.  Is there something you think deserves a mention?  Let me know about it.
Email: Andrew Davies

If it's good, I'll include it.

Recent updates

Recent updates to this site.

2009
19 Oct
Correspondence
The Inter-county section has been extended to include details of the county's team competing in email and postal chess.
11 May
Help text
When your mouse pointer is near one of the links at the top of these pages, help text should now appear.
8 Mar
Inter county
The main pages for each inter-county team now include links to the relevant championship tables etc on the MCCU website.

2008
25 Nov
County cups
County Cup Tournament section updated for 2008/9 season.
26 Oct
Home page
The contents of the Home page have been improved.
31 Jul
2 internet addresses
The Junior section of this site also has it's own internet address.

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