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Michael Harper 1949-2025
Mick sadly died in March after a short illness. He joined Gambit in 1991-92, after two seasons at West Bridgford, and became a reliable and regular player, playing over 30 league games in a season several times. In 2000-01 he and Austen Carlton joined Dark Horses to experience a different club but ended up rejoining Gambit when the two clubs…
Week 31 Highlights
Division 4 is now complete. Ashfield 4 draw with West Nottingham 3 after all the boards are won by White. Good wins for two of WN’s promising juniors. The draw ensures that Ashfield 4 finish as divisional runners-up, by the narrowest of margins from Ashfield 3. Grantham 3 finish in fourth place defeating Gambit 6 in their final game. Division…
4NCL On-Line Rd 7
Ashfield Anonymous A 2-2 Spirit of Atticus After a dispiriting season, we at last got off the mark. In a closely contested match two games were drawn after protracted struggles. Steve lost after a pawn storm whilst Alex demonstrated how to win with a well played bishop & pawn ending. Ashfield Anonymous B 3-1 Trelawny’s Army Again too little, too…
Week 30 Highlights
Division 1 is complete. Nomads 1 and Newark 1 draw their final game. Nomads end their campaign in good heart, with a points haul of 4, all gained in their last three fixtures. West Bridgford 1 defeat Gambit 2, who finish in a relegation spot. Tim Walker, whose last League game was over 3 years ago, makes a winning appearance…
4NCL Weekend 4 – Rounds 7 & 8 Division Four
Round Seven “CSC/Kingston 3 (1815)” – “Ashfield 2 (1872)” – 3½ – 2½ On paper we could have anticipated a win but unfortunately although Benjamin won, we were unable to score anything else on the upper boards. Ashfield’s rating advantage was on the three lower boards but where we might have expected wins the results were three draws as we…
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Week 29 Highlights – Mansfield win Division 1
Congratulations to Mansfield, League Title winners for the fourth consecutive season, after defeating Gambit 1 by a commanding 4-1 score line. Mansfield were ruthless and efficient against an under-strength Gambit 1 team. They decisively collect the three wins needed to clinch the title, and are content to agree draws on the two remaining boards. Over the course of the season,…
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4NCL Weekend 4
Ashfield 1 went into weekend four hoping to pull away from the relegation battle before the final three rounds. In Saturday’s match against the Masceteers Justin scored a quick win to get us on track. I then followed up with an uncharacteristically early result after my opponent allowed a mating attack. David lost to a promising junior, and the top…
Week 28 Highlights
Two matches produce fireworks at the foot of the table in Division 1. Gambit 2 win at Newark 2 to catch them on points. The top four boards draw. A Peter Gorecka-Marshall win is decisive. It’s good to see a thoughtful third team regular seize his day in the sun in Division 1 in such an important game for his…
4NCL On-Line Round 6
Salopians & Friends 1 – 2-1 – Ashfield Anonymous A Ashfield “A” won all seven of their matches in Division Two last year; this year they are well on course for exactly the opposite -seven losses. This match should have been drawn as Alex beat GM Keith Arkell on Board One – in Keith’s own words he “went to pieces”…
Barry T. Redburn (1946 – 2025)
Barry Redburn, long-time member and officer of Radcliffe and Bingham Chess Club, has passed away. He died suddenly earlier this month. Barry was a stalwart of Club, League, County and Congress chess for many decades. Over the years he fulfilled many of the officer duties at Radcliffe & Bingham Chess Club, including many years as treasurer. He was also an…
Week 27 Highlights
Grantham 1 seal top 4 finish with win at West Bridgford 1. A wide gap now created between top and bottom four teams… In D2 pace-setters Radcliffe & Bingham 1 slip up with home defeat against West Nottingham 1. Ashfield 1 overtake them with narrow, cliff-hanging win over West Bridgford 2. Ashfield 2 keep alive faint hopes of avoiding relegation with…
Historical NCA Bulletins
Drag has supplied the collection of NCA bulletins (ex-Rob Richmond) from 1982-2003. These provide a wealth of detail such as individual game scores predating the ECF ratings database. We estimate the number of bulletins as over 60. These are going to be scanned and added to the website. You can view scanned copies of the NCA Bulletins via this page.…
Week 26 Highlights
Mansfield 1 defeat West Bridgford 1 4-1. A win in their final match, home to Gambit 1, will retain the League title. A draw would not be enough to overhaul University 1. Nomads 1 are up and running, securing their first point of the season against Gambit 2. Grantham 1’s victory over Newark should ensure a top half of the…
4NCL Online Round 5
Ashfield Anonymous A 1½ – 2½ Hebden Bridge 1 Ashfield lost by the same score for a fourth consecutive Game Week. All these matches have featured desperate defending coupled with unforced errors. In this match Alex won a nice endgame, Justin fought for ages to try and save a lost one, Steve had a solid draw, and Richard blundered a…
Week 25 Highlights
University 1 slip to defeat in final game. Their 2-3 loss to Gambit 1 reopens the title race. Mansfield 1 will retain the title if they can win their two remaining games… In D2 Ashfield 1’s promotion chances slip after loss to West Nottingham 1. Grantham 2 boost their survival hopes with a 3-1 win over Nomads 2. In D3 Gambit…
George Harper
George Harper passed away peacefully this week at the age of 92. Until about 3 years ago George had been a member of Newark Chess Club for many years and attended club nights regularly. George was an important part of the club and acted as treasurer for several years before taking over as chairman for a few more years. He…
Week 24 Highlights
The title race remains open. Mansfield comfortably defeat Newark 1. University 1 are held in a battle royal and nail-biting finish against West Bridgford 1. They needed to come from behind to secure the team draw with a win on top board. In D2 Radcliffe and Bingham 2 comfortably defeat Ashfield 2 to regain top spot. Beeston 1 move into…
4NCL Online Round 4
After promotion in Season 10 with seven wins from seven games, “A” are finding Division One tough going with four successive losses; the last three by the same margin of 2½-1½. Board One was drawn with plenty of material left on the board, whilst the next two boards were also halved in classic endgames where neither side could make any…
Notts Primary School Age Individual County Championships
The Nottingham Primary Schools Chess Association held the Individual County Championships, combined with Under 11 England Trial Nottingham Rapidplay tournament on 1st March 2025. Full details can be found on the NPSCA website here.
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Week 23 Highlights
University 1 defeat Newark 1. The League title may be clinched next week. Grantham 1 defeat Gambit 1. Congratulations to Grantham on re-establishing their first team in Division 1. With teams well spread in the table, current League positions seem unlikely to change much in the final weeks of play. In D2 Ashfield 1 win narrowly at Nomads 2 and…
Week 22 Highlights
West Bridgford 1 and Newark 1 draw. Mansfield 1 narrowly defeat Gambit 2. Despite this battling defeat, the tenure of the only club second team in D1 seems under clear and present danger In D2 Ashfield 1 defeat leaders Radcliffe & Bingham 1 and are now on their heels Wins for Gambit 3 and Radcliffe and Bingham 2, the top…
4NCL On Line Round Three
Ashfield Anonymous A 1½ – 2½ Wessex B At one point Team captain Richard thought we were going to win as John G won quickly and the rest looked to have decent positions. Alex C’s opponent had just enough counterplay to get a draw, whilst Richard threw his away by blundering the exchange, trying for more than there was in…
4NCL Weekend 3
Weekend Three of the 4NCL was played at Peterborough and for the first time all three Ashfield teams were together. Split weekends are the bane of organising so at least we were able to play in the same room (at least for Round Four). Division Three Bishops has developed into a table of two halves. At the top, six teams…
Week 21 Highlights
University 1’s win at Grantham gives them 21 points from 11 games. They have dropped just one point this season, as Mansfield did when winning the League title in 2022-3 in a reduced 7-team first division. Gambit 1’s win over Nomads 1 moves them above Mansfield into second place… Radcliffe & Bingham 1 remain leaders in D2 after defeating Grantham…
Week 20 Highlights
No sign of University 1 slipping up in their title pursuit. They comfortably see off a weakened Gambit 2. Mansfield lead the chase, defeating Grantham 1, despite stubborn resistance from the Cumbers family. The title seems in University’s hands to lose… In D2 an exciting win by Nomads 2 over Ashfield 2 helps Nomads climb up the table… In D3…
Week 19 Highlights
University 1 show no sign of slipping up in the title race with a 4-1 win at Nomads 1. Gambit 1 move into second place with a 4-1 win over West Bridgford 1… In D2 Radcliffe + Bingham 1 stay top despite dropping a point v. Beeston 1 in a game of four draws. Ashfield 1 close the gap with…
Week 18 Highlights
University 1 lead the title race again after their second defeat of title holders, Mansfield. University field Simon Schweizer, a Japanese Federation player , making his League debut, on Board 1 and secure a 3.5-1.5 victory with wins on the top two boards. Gambit 1 win 4-1 at Newark and gathering form, are not out of the title race. Gambit…
48th Nottingham Congress
Our annual event returns as usual to the Nottingham High School on the 10th & 11th May with 5 rounds of standard play chess. Rate of play is all moves in 90 minutes with 10 seconds increment from move one. We have sections for all abilities. Online entry and online payment are available via the Congress website. Free entry for…
34th Nottingham Rapidplay Report
We welcomed a record capacity (180) entry to the 34th Nottingham Rapidplay, held as usual at Nottingham High School. This was ECF-rated as normal and also FIDE-rated for the first time (but bear in mind that FIDE only now publishes ratings above 1400). We also used the congress.org site for the first time, enabling online payments rather than cheques in…
4NCL Online – Round 2 Season 11
It was a disappointing night for the Ashfield teams in Round 2 of 4NCL on-line. However the matches were far from being one-sided. Several of the games went down to interesting endings where a couple of slips meant that half points were lost in games that should have ended rather differently. Only two games were won and three drawn overall…
4NCL Weekend 2 Report
Ashfield 1 lost both matches in Week 2 of the 4NCL in Division Three Bishops. Playing the two strongest teams, disaster struck pre-match on Saturday when Mike Naylor-Eade was involved in a car crash that wrote off his vehicle; thankfully there were no injuries. Mike was due to pick up Alex Combie and as a result we had to take…
4NCL On-Line Season 11 – Round One
It was an all-Scottish encounter for Ashfield Anonymous in the opening round of Season Eleven. Anonymous “A” promoted to Division One this season faced tough opposition in previous champions, Dundee City “A”. There was a fine draw for David C against international master Richard Polaczek on Board One but the remaining boards were hard fought but in the end there…
Week 17 Highlights
Big win for West Bridgford 1 at Nomads 1. Little between teams on ratings, but Nomads’ confidence will be further hit by 0-5 defeat. Gambit 1 defeat Gambit 2 4-1 in an eventful game… In Division 2 Grantham 2 climb off foot of table with 4-0 over West Bridgford 2 and Ashfield 2 take their place after loss to Beeston…
Nottingham Rapidplay 2025 – Sunday 2nd February
Our annual event returns as usual to the Nottingham High School on the 2nd February with 6 rounds of quick chess. New this year, our event will also be FIDE-rated. We have sections for all abilities. Online entry and online payment are available via the Congress website. Free entry for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. For more information and to…
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Terry Lavelle (1958-2025)
We are sad to report the death of Terry Lavelle who passed away on 11th January. He was a member of West Bridgford Chess Club, Nottingham and a regular congress player. In addition he represented Ashfield in the 4NCL on occasions. Terry was taken ill in the COVID epidemic; his last over the board game was played in March 2020.
Week 16 Highlights
A very light fixtures week, with 3 fixtures postponed due to the Castle Rock Brewery’s annual staff party. Mansfield regain top spot with expected win over Nomads1. In Division 2 Ashfield hold Ashfield 1 to dent their promotion chances… This offers an opportunity to comment on club websites. 8 of our 12 League clubs currently appear to have active websites. Sad…
Historical Records
Our website contains lots of historical information about the Nottinghamshire Chess Association. Drag Sudar has been updating our records recently. They are well worth a look. Historical records can be found on the Historical Records page and some interesting history can be found on the Historical Pieces page.
Nottinghamshire School Excels at London Chess Classic
A Nottinghamshire school team recently competed with great success at the London Chess Classic event in London, held in early December. A team from Pierrepont Gamston school played against schools from London and the South-East and came second overall, missing out on the gold medal by a fraction of a team point. The tournament was organised by Chess in Schools…
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Mid-Season League Review 2024-25
A close title race looks likely with University 1 setting a hot pace ahead of Mansfield, winners in the last 3 seasons. Mansfield won the League last year with 17 points, three clear of Gambit 1. A much higher winning points total will be needed this year with University already on 13 points. The title race could go down to…
4NCL Online Final
After eight successive wins, Ashfield came up against Scottish side Lenzie Basilisks, winners of Group “B”. Without top board David Coates, the Ashfield team still had four players who had carried the team to this stage. However some expansive play on Board One coupled with blunders on Board Three meant two Ashfield losses with the White pieces. World Number 9…
Week 15 Highlights
Mansfield keep up their title challenge with a 4-1 win at Nomads 1. Nomads 1 were competitive on the top boards, but lose both lower boards and stay rooted to the foot of the table. Dave Latham, a stalwart of Derbyshire Chess, makes his Nottinghamshire League debut for Mansfield. Gambit 1 are now clear third in the division after a…
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4NCL Online Semi-Finals
The 4NCL semi-finals produced two different matches – one pedestrian and the other exciting. Division Two :- -Ashfield Anonymous A – 3½ Charlton Cobras A – ½ Charlton, runners-up in Group B, might have been expected to produce a strong team for the semi-final. But they didn’t. The bottom two boards were from their “C” team and there was an…
Week 14 Highlights
University 1 opened their campaign in Week 6 with a home draw. Since then they’ve notched a sequence of six wins, the latest a comfortable win at West Bridgford, and hold a three points League lead. Grantham 1 narrowly defeat Newark 1 and move above them into the top half of the table, a win secured by their lower boards.…
Week 13 Highlights
A rearranged fixture meant that Gambit 2 took on Mansfield and University 1 this week. Mansfield’s Tuesday win briefly regained top spot, before University’s Thursday win reclaimed this. These 2 teams are now clear of the rest and look set to fight out the League title. Radcliffe and Bingham 1 claim top spot in Division 2 after a 4-0 win…
4NCL On-Line Round Seven
Ashfield Anonymous “A” 4 Trelawny’s Army 0 There were three very different challenges in the 7th and final round of 4NCL on-line. Trelawny’s Army is a Cornish based team named after a local Bishop who denounced James II and was sent to the Tower of London. There’s a lot more about him but unfortunately turning to chess the Cornishmen fielded…
34th Nottingham Rapidplay
The 34th Nottingham Rapidplay will take place on the 2nd February 2025 at Nottingham High School. This will be a six round FIDE rated event. The first round will start at 10.00am. Enter online here. Details can also be downloaded from the entry form.
4NCL Report – Ashfield 1
Ashfield 1 compete in the Division 3 Bishops league of the 4NCL. A report of the first weekend follows. Games can be viewed on the 4NCL website. Mike writes Ashfield 1 had varying fortunes in the first two rounds of the 4NCL. Saturday was a disaster with 4 games lost before the time control was reached. Hubert made it to…
4 NCL Report – Ashfield 2 & 3
Weekend one of the 4NCL was held over two separate weekends. Ashfield 2 and 3 played first and the games can be view on the 4NCLwebsite. Due to some vagaries of the Swiss Pairing System we had two sets of matches against the same teams at the weekend; Guildford Young Guns 1 and Peterborough United. The opening round was seeded…
Week 12 Highlights
University 1 win at Mansfield and now lead Division 1, a point clear. Mansfield captain reports, ‘3-2 might look it was a close match. It wasn’t. We were worse on every single board and could easily have lost 5-0.’ This opens up the title race, and makes the division more interesting. In D2 Nomads 2 defeat Ashfield 1. West Nottingham…
4NCL Online Week 6 Report
Ashfield Anonymous “A” 4 Wessex “C” 0 Three of the games had finished in this match before any results had been posted by teams “B” and “C”. The remaining game did continue till the end of the session but that too never looked in doubt. Our team had already qualified for the play-offs and will face the second placed team…
Week 11 Highlights
The snow arrived on Monday impacting on road/travel conditions. Thanks to captains and drivers who managed to safely keep their teams on the road over the week. D1 Grantham 1 slam West Bridgford 5-0, and overtake them to move into fourth place. D2 Better fortune for West Bridgford 2, whose narrow win over Ashfield 2, moves them into third place.…
Week 10 Highlights
Grantham 1 are back. Grantham ruled the roost with 10 League titles between 2010 and 2020. The break-up of the team led by Nigel Birtwistle coincided with the Covid epidemic. Shorn of their championship players, Grantham 1 appeared in and won Division 3 in 2021-22. Last season they were promoted back to Division 1 as runners-up to Nomads 1.Their first…
Whatsapp for Notts CA
At the NCA AGM in July a straw poll was taken from attendees about their use of social media. The only medium with significant usage was shown to be Whatsapp. Arising from this it was agreed that a Whatsapp Group for Notts Chess would help to improve communications and fast dissemination of news and information. This has now been set…
Week 9 Highlights
Mansfield power on in D1 with a 4-1 win at Gambit 1. After just 4 games Mansfield have a Board Points difference of + 15. Narrow wins for West Bridgford 1 over Gambit 2 and University 1 over Newark 1. University now sit second in the table, a point behind Mansfield. University last won the League title in 2008-9, a…
4NCL Online Week 5 Report
Round 5 of the 4NCL online took place on 5th November. The games can be viewed here – 4NCL Replays. Ashfield Anonymous “A” With two rounds to spare, the “A” team have already ensured a place in the play-offs. Their fifth win in a row to maintain a 100% record was not without incident. Board One was lost in tactical…
Nottingham Rapidplay 2025
The entry system for the 2025 Rapidplay is now live. Please see this post for more information.
Radcliffe and Bingham win ECF Small Club of the Year
Radcliffe and Bingham Chess Club is delighted to announce that we are the proud winners of the English Chess Federation’s ‘Small Club of the Year’ Award for 2024. This national award recognises the enthusiastic and enjoyable environment we have created and also the contribution our members make to chess throughout the county. We have also had great success in starting…
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Week 8 Highlights
Wins for Newark 1 and University 1 in Division 1. Yet another 3-2 defeat for Nomads 1. The Division 2 race opens up after leaders, Radcliffe & B. lose at West Nottingham. Ashfield 1 and West Bridgford 2 make up ground. Two more reverses for Radcliffe, second team at University 2 and third team at Newark 3. A busy week…
4NCL Online Week 3 Report
Round three of the 4NCL Online took place on the 8th October Ashfield Anonymous “A” 3 v Dundee “C” 1 A win is a win. Richard’s opponent blundered into a mate in two after our early advantage had dissipated. Although material up David faced a pawn steam roller whilst Justin’s opponent exceeded the time limit with still plenty of play…
Week 7 Highlights
University 1 deliver blow to Gambit 1’s title chances with wins on top three boards. Nomads 1 still seeking first point in Division 1 for 20 years after defeat to Gambit 2. The players on Board 1 in this match were clubmates through the 1990s for Oxclose and Fiveways. Drag’s win over Julian set up a win secured by Nikolai.…
4NCL Online Week 2 Report
4NCL Online week two took place on the 24th September. Ashfield Anonymous “A” v Shropshire & Friends For a second successive week we were gifted a default win, David C was the recipient this time. With a penalty –½ it should have been plain sailing. However two of the games finished with blunders; Steve lost a piece and Alex C…
4NCL Online – Week One Highlights
Ashfield Anonymous field three teams in the 4NCL Online. The 10th season is being played over seven rounds leading up to semi finals and finals just before Christmas. Ashfield Anonymous “A” started with a win over Oxford 3 who defaulted a board which resulted in a penalty ½ point deduction. Although Steve lost we had a relatively easy win from…
34th Nottingham Rapidplay
The 34th Nottingham Rapidplay will take place on the 2nd February 2025 at Nottingham High School. This will be a six round FIDE rated event. The first round will start at 10.00am. Enter online here. Details can also be downloaded from the entry form.
Week 6 Highlights
Mansfield motor on in Division 1. University 1 and 2 open with draws. Radcliffe & Bingham, winner of the ECF Small Club Of The Year Award 2024 show they are a club on the rise. R&B 1 continue to set a hot pace in Division 2, defeating Ashfield 1 in the first match between these two teams for decades. Previously…
Jonah Willow has a first Grandmaster norm!
Jonah Willow has secured his first Grandmaster norm at a tournament in Norway. The event was held in the town of Fagernes, which is situated 114 miles north-west of Oslo. Jonah was first equal (second on tie-break) with GM Rinat Jumbayev of Kazakhstan with whom he drew his game in round 7. Jonah was unbeaten on 7/9, with a tournament…
Week 5 Highlights
Gambit 1 are held to a draw by West Bridgford 1. WB’s Shabhir Okhai has notched an opening top board hat-trick over Julian Cast, Jonathan Tait and now Mike Barnes. A good week for Newark. Newark 1 bounce back to winning form over Nomads 1 with a 4-1 win. Newark 3 better this score. A winning week too for Radcliffe…
Week 4 Highlights
Mansfield follow up their 5-0 win at Grantham with a 4-1 win over West Bridgford. Gambit 1 trounce Newark 4.5-0.5. In Div 1 the League table already looks telling. After two games, two teams are on 100% – Mansfield with a 9-1 points difference and Gambit 1 on 8-2. The only other unbeaten team is University 1, yet to play…
Week 3 Highlights
Mansfield, Post-Covid 3x League champions, launch their campaign with a statement 5-0 win at Grantham, despite being outrated on the top two boards. Nomads 1, who last appeared in Division 1 in 2005, narrowly lose at West Bridgford 1. In Division 2 Beeston 1 and R&B 1 fight out a 2-2 draw, of 4 decisive games. In D3 wins for…
NPSCA Chess Lessons Start on 12th October
Th Nottinghamshire Primary Schools Chess Association provides lessons at Nottingham High School. The first session takes place on Saturday 12th October. For for more information please see https://nottsprimarychess.uk/, or email.
Week 2 Highlights – More teams in action, promoted clubs struggle
Grantham 1 returned to the top flight after a 4 year absence and lost narrowly to Gambit 2. It doesn’t get easier for Grantham. Next up, they host the Champions, Mansfield. West Bridgford 2 and Nomads 2, the promoted clubs in Division 2, both lost. WB2 lost narrowly to Radcliffe & Bingham 1. The teams were matched on rating, Alan…
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Week One Update & Week Two Preview
Intra-Club Matches Gambit 2 could not pull off their usual upset win against Gambit 1, losing 1.5- 3.5. As the ‘home’ team they had the disadvantage of 3 Blacks. The reverse fixture in January might be closer. Gambit 5 did share the points with Gambit 4. Three more intra-club matches follow next week. Radcliffe and Bingham 4 host R&B 3.…
New League Season 2024-25
Fixtures for the new season are now on LMS. The season will kick off on Tuesday 10th September with Gambit 2 v Gambit 1 and Gambit 5 v Gambit 4. Can Gambit 2 pull off another upset? There are new League rules, including that the standard time limit for all clubs is now 65 minutes + 10 second increments. You…
AGM – July 8th 2024 Minutes
The AGM of the Nottinghamshire Chess Association was held on the 8th July 2024. NCA-AGM-Minutes-July-2024.pdf NCA-AGM-2024-Appendix-1-Reports.pdf NCA-AGM-Appendix-2-Treasurers-Report.pdf
AGM Monday 8th July 2024
The Nottinghamshire Chess Association AGM will be held on Monday 8th July at The Wolds, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford starting at 7:30 pm Clubs are entitled to attend, with one voting member per club plus one for each team in the NCA league for 23-24 season (including minor league teams). Officer Reports: please send to Nick London by 1st July…
Executive Committee 25/04/2024 Minutes
A meeting of the executive committee was held on 25th April 2024. The minutes of the meeting can be viewed by clicking on the minutes link.
Nottinghamshire County Championships 2024
Nottinghamshire County Championship 2023/2024 Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th June 2024 The Royal British Legion Hall Radcliffe-on-Trent Nottingham NG12 2BB Organised by Gambit Chess Club Eligibility: 1 Born in Nottinghamshire 2 Living in Nottinghamshire 3 Working in Nottinghamshire 4 Attending an educational establishment in Nottinghamshire 5 Member of a chess club based in Nottinghamshire or affiliated to Nottinghamshire Chess Association…
Rules Revision Meeting 2024 Minutes
The annual rules and revision meeting will took place at 7:30pm on the 20th May at The Wolds pub, W Bridgford. Minutes of meeting
Rules Revision Meeting 20th May 2024
The annual rules and revision meeting will take place at 7:30pm on the 20th May at The Wolds pub, W Bridgford. Attached are the proposals for the meeting. Votes during this meeting are on the basis of one vote per club plus one vote for each team participating in the NCA league this season. RRM Proposals 2024.pdf
47th Nottingham Congress
Following the successful conclusion of our Rapidplay last Sunday, we are now taking entries for our weekend congress. Full details can be found on our Competitions/Tournaments page.