Competitions
Nottinghamshire County Championships
Nottinghamshire players past and present are invited to enter the County Championships to be held on Sunday 13 November at Bramcote Memorial Hall.
The NCA Annual General Meeting agreed with the Tournaments Committee’s proposal to run a six-round Rapidplay in the hope that this new format may attract larger numbers of players and also help to celebrate the NCA’s centenary year in style.
For details of the Open, Challengers and Under 13 events see the entry form here.
It would be very helpful if you indicated on your entry which category of Notts eligibility applies.
We look forward to seeing many you on the day.
Tournament News
Nottinghamshire County Championships
Nottinghamshire players, past and present, are invited to enter the County Championships on Sunday 13 November at Bramcote Memorial Hall. The NCA Annual General Meeting agreed with the Tournaments Committee’s proposal to run a six-round Rapidplay in the hope that this new format may attract larger numbers of players and also help to celebrate the NCA’s centenary year in style. […]
Best Games and Swindles
With the return of “over the board” chess also comes the chance to show off your best efforts. Any games played in NCA tournaments (Rapidplay or Congress) league or county teams in the past 12 months are eligible. There are prizes for best games (open and under 1800 sections) and also for your best swindles. Please send entries to me […]
Future Events
The latest edition of the Junior Newsletter is now available on the Juniors page. It includes details of several upcoming events suitable for Juniors. We are also looking for views on the format for our County Championship later this year. Please take a look on the competitions page
2022 EJCOA NATIONAL YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
The East Midlands Regional Final will be held at Nottingham High School on Saturday, May 21st. There are numerous age-group sections from under 20 down to under 8. Each will be five rounds of Rapidplay (25 mins + 10 sec/move) starting at 10:00 and finishing 17:45. Entry Fee £15. The top boy and the top girl in each age category […]
Congratulations to Jonah Willow!
Jonah competed in Dublin, achieving his final IM Norm and qualifying for the International Master title. On his return to Nottinghamshire, he followed this up by winning the Open Section of the Nottingham Congress. Further details of the Congress can be seen on the Competitions page
45th Nottingham Congress
We are pleased to publish details of our Congress, to take place at Nottingham High School on 23rd & 24th April, and start taking entries. Full details are available here Competitions – Nottinghamshire Chess Association
31st Nottingham Rapidplay – Sold Out!
We are pleased to announce that we have received the maximum 150 entries and so entries are now closed. Entrants should monitor the Competitions/Tournaments page of the website for any late developments.
31st Nottingham Rapidplay
In view of the improving Covid situation, and the entries we have received so far, we are reasonably confident at present that the Rapidplay will go ahead as planned. Of course, Covid has a history of throwing out curve balls, so please keep an eye on the website in the run up to the event.
31st Nottingham Rapidplay
In view of the continuing uncertainty about Covid developments, we cannot yet be absolutely certain that the event will be able to go ahead. However we have decided to start taking entries, which will be limited to a maximum of 150 in total. A full update on the current situation can be seen on the Tournaments tab of our Competitions […]
31st Nottingham Rapidplay
We are currently planning to hold this ECF-rated event on Sunday 20th February 2022 at the usual venue, Nottingham High School, starting at 10:00am. However, in view of the current uncertainty about Covid developments, we cannot yet confirm this or start to take entries. Hopefully circumstances will allow us to do this in early January. Meanwhile, the currently expected details […]
Latest News
We are hoping to restart our Rapidplay and Congress in 2022 – Covid permitting! The currently planned dates are: Rapidplay – Sunday 20 February Congress – Weekend 23-24 April All being well, details of the events, and how to enter, will appear here nearer the time. For local players, we are also planning to reinstate the County Championship, in […]
Volunteers Needed!
Following the recent online AGM there are three areas in particular where the association needs volunteers to step forward to help us get chess back on the board! Executive Committee – There are two vacancies for EC Members. If you have any ideas on how to develop chess in the county, this is the ideal place to put them forward. […]
Nottingham Congress, Rapidplay and County Championship
During the Coronavirus restrictions we have been unable to hold these annual events. We expect that they will return following the lifting of virus related restrictions.
Fixtures & Results : 2021–22
The league usually runs from 1 September to 15 May. All clubs affiliated to the NCA are eligible to compete. Teams normally consist of five players (four in the bottom division) and play each other home and away during the course of the season, but this season all matches will be played over four boards.
We are using the ECF’s League Management System now. Apart from team captains, each club should have one (or two) nominated members who will be able to submit match results. If you’re unsure of yours then ask your club secretary.
If you have any questions, or need to submit your results by email then contact :
Mike Naylor email link
The latest versions of the league fixtures, results and tables are available through the League Management System.
To assist team captains we provide links to the following useful documents
- The League Rules
- The Laws of Chess (downloadable PDF)
- The GDPR consent form (downloadable PDF)
- The Child Protection Action List (downloadable PDF)
The following teams have decided to play with ‘quickplay finish’ time controls (i.e. without increments):
Division 1
- Mansfield
Divison 2
- Beeston 1
- University 1
Division 3
- Central 1
- West Bridgford 2
Division 4
- Gambit 3
- University 2
Division 5
- Beeston 2
- Central 2
- University 3
League News
League Fixtures 2022-23
A draft fixture list has now been circulated to all club secretaries, for comment and corrections. Clubs should check this list and provide any feedback to the League Secretary by Sunday 4th September. First match week is currently expected to be 19 – 23 September.
Best Games and Swindles
With the return of “over the board” chess also comes the chance to show off your best efforts. Any games played in NCA tournaments (Rapidplay or Congress) league or county teams in the past 12 months are eligible. There are prizes for best games (open and under 1800 sections) and also for your best swindles. Please send entries to me […]
Notts League Update
Due to Coronavirus restrictions the 2019-2020 season was suspended in March 2020 with most teams having two or three matches still to play. It was hoped that these could be completed later in the year when allowed, but (as restrictions went on) the LMC eventually decided to end the season with proportional points allocated for those remaining matches.
We run various County Teams competing in the MCCU and National events at various levels.
We also run a team, or teams, in the County Correspondence Championship. This form of chess used to be played by post, but now has a very different format, being run on the internet and with computer assistance being allowed.
If you think you might be interested in this, please contact the team captain, Phil Morgan.
County Team News
Best Games and Swindles
With the return of “over the board” chess also comes the chance to show off your best efforts. Any games played in NCA tournaments (Rapidplay or Congress) league or county teams in the past 12 months are eligible. There are prizes for best games (open and under 1800 sections) and also for your best swindles. Please send entries to me […]
Nail-biter in NG9
On 26th February, our Notts u1450 juniors hosted Leicestershire u1450 for a winner takes all clash at Bramcote. A good natured and well fought match, prefaced with Leicestershire’s captain and a couple of their players kindly helping us with setting up some of the tables and boards. As the match started, it quickly looked like a lot of the games […]
Correspondence Chess
Back in July we reported that our team captain, Phil Morgan, had been awarded the Welsh Correspondence Chess Expert title. We’re happy to add our congratulations now that he has earned the ICCF Correspondence Chess Expert title.
Correspondence Chess
The 2021 season has now been completed. Nottinghamshire finished in third place in Division 2 of the Counties League competition behind, East Wales B and Yorkshire A. You can view the full Results here The 2022 season will begin in February. If you are interested in playing for Nottinghamshire in this competition, please contact Phil Morgan, County Correspondence Captain before […]
Season 2021-22
Following the request for volunteers to captain teams, our thanks to David Levens, Mick Frings and Mike Swanwick, who will captain Notts U2050, U1450 and U1450 Juniors teams. The following details were supplied by Peter Sherlock, MCCU County Championship Controller… U2050 section – only Nottinghamshire have entered and will go through to the National Stages as MCCU1. Entries for this […]
Volunteers Needed!
Following the recent online AGM there are three areas in particular where the association needs volunteers to step forward to help us get chess back on the board! Executive Committee – There are two vacancies for EC Members. If you have any ideas on how to develop chess in the county, this is the ideal place to put them forward. […]
Correspondence Chess
Congratulations to our team captain, Phil Morgan, who has achieved the title of Welsh CC Expert. He provided an update on this year’s team, which is currently participating in Division 2 of the County Correspondence competition. The event started late, in February 2021, so will officially end in January 2022. At the end of June, we stood in first place […]
County Teams Update
During the Coronavirus restrictions there have been no “over the board” county matches and there was little support for playing online team events.