tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46559802246865061692024-02-20T04:35:32.747-08:00Staffordshire Chess Association NewsAll Of The Latest News From The Staffordshire Chess AssociationNSDCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14006439055819485673noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-53890458119431614602020-03-07T13:02:00.002-08:002020-03-07T13:02:20.597-08:00U120's Go Down At ShropshireThe County U120 team were beaten 7-5 by Shropshire earlier this afternoon in their penultimate match of the season. Click <a href="http://www.mccu.org.uk/cm19-20/u120/u120_shrops_staffs7mar20.htm" target="_blank">here </a>for the match score card. Their final match is away against Notts, who sit just one point and one place above them, on the 14th March.Staffordshire Chess Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692781285684882131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-155264025311652782020-03-02T16:28:00.000-08:002020-03-02T16:28:23.660-08:00U100's End The Season With A DefeatThe U100 team were beaten 7-5 by Warwickshire at the weekend in their final match of the season. Click <a href="http://www.mccu.org.uk/cm19-20/u100/u100_warks_staffs29feb20.htm" target="_blank">here </a>for the match score card. Sadly, we have been unable to repeat the heroics of last season, when we won the competition, finishing 2nd from bottom in the MCCU stage of the competition. Thanks to everybody who have supported Robert West and the team this season.Staffordshire Chess Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692781285684882131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-41408557023244638292020-02-26T02:20:00.001-08:002020-02-26T02:20:49.104-08:00U140's Off The MarkUnfortunately it was not the way we wanted. Notts were unable to raise a team last weekend and so defaulted the match. This concludes the County U140 fixtures for the season. Many thanks to all those who supported Matti Rehman and the team during a difficult season.Staffordshire Chess Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692781285684882131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-45943353476872735202020-02-03T11:04:00.001-08:002020-02-05T12:48:19.916-08:002020 Staffordshire CongressAfter a break of 2 years the 2020 Staffordshire Congress will be held on Sarturday/Sunday 18th/19th April at the Ryecroft Community Hub Sports Hall, 28 New Forest Road, Walsall, WS3 1TR. Full details and an online entry form can be found <a href="http://congress.org.uk/congress/62/home" target="_blank">here</a>.Staffordshire Chess Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692781285684882131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-26687375206334786612020-02-02T04:12:00.003-08:002020-02-02T04:12:59.097-08:00County U140 Misery ContinuesThe County U140 team suffered their 4th consecutive defeat on Saturday afternoon, going down by the narrowest of margins, 8.5 - 7.5, against Derbyshire in the bottom of the table clash. Both teams had lost all of their previous matches but it was Derbyshire who broke their duck, leaving Staffs languishing at the bottom of the table. Click <a href="http://www.mccu.org.uk/cm19-20/u140/u140_derbys_staffs1feb20.htm" target="_blank">here </a>for the match score card.Staffordshire Chess Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692781285684882131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-65077303211444148732019-12-29T03:43:00.002-08:002019-12-29T04:53:17.105-08:00Newcastle Mini CongressThe 16th Newcastle-Under-Lyme Mini Congress is being held over the weekend of 15th/16th February 2020. Please click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1toPI6fezsoR8c0LDyRajUG7TlShgDrkj/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here </a>for full details and online entry form.Staffordshire Chess Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692781285684882131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-4840109576267714822019-12-08T05:19:00.001-08:002019-12-08T05:19:44.641-08:00U140 Team Maintain 100% RecordUnfortunately it's not the 100% that we wanted. A 9.5 - 6.5 defeat by Lincolnshire yesterday afternoon means that we have lost all 3 of our MCCU Championship matches, only slightly better that Derbyshire who have lost their first 4 matches. The match between ourselves and them on the 1st February will determine the outcome of the Wooden Spoon. Click <a href="http://www.mccu.org.uk/cm19-20/u140/u140_staffs_lincs7dec19.htm" target="_blank">here</a> for yesterday's match score card.NSDCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14006439055819485673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-36924499730266358642019-12-08T05:15:00.000-08:002019-12-08T05:15:10.485-08:00All Square For The U100'sThe Staffs U100 team were held to a 6-6 draw by Worcestershire in their opening MCCU Championship match last weekend. Click <a href="http://www.mccu.org.uk/cm19-20/u100/u100_worcs_staffs30nov19.htm" target="_blank">here</a> for the match score card.NSDCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14006439055819485673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-31089779088935036152019-11-19T17:17:00.004-08:002019-11-19T17:17:48.058-08:00U120's Win AgainThe County U120 team recorded their second successive win at the weekend, beating Derbyshire by 6.5 - 5.5. They are now joint top of the table. Click <a href="http://www.mccu.org.uk/cm19-20/u120/u120_derbys_staffs16nov19.htm" target="_blank">here </a>for the match score card.Staffordshire Chess Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692781285684882131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-64710776072569460082019-11-10T07:25:00.002-08:002019-11-10T07:40:11.892-08:00MCCU County Championship ResultsI have been a bit remiss in updating the News with the latest MCCU County Championship results. However, to summarise the position so far, the U100 are still yet to play their first match, the U120 have won their first match and the U140 team have, unfortunately, lost their first two matches. Results and match score cards can be found from the following links :<br />
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Staffordshire Chess Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692781285684882131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-79778692679683349232019-10-18T09:30:00.001-07:002019-11-10T07:20:33.184-08:00County Cup Please Enter<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>All Staffordshire Clubs are invited to enter the Staffordshire County Cups.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>To enter or for further information please email <a href="mailto:peterfkevans@live.co.uk" target="_blank">Peter Evans.</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The closing date for entry is Sunday 24<sup>th</sup> November and we intend to finish the competitions by Mid- June 2020. Please note Meir and Rugeley Chess Clubs have already made their entries.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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NSDCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14006439055819485673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-65389772105848478362019-09-22T02:21:00.003-07:002019-09-24T10:12:25.457-07:00Alsager Win South Cheshire Shield<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alsager have won the South Cheshire Shield after drawing 2-2
with Crewe 'A' earlier this week. Congratulations to Andrew Barker and his team
who finished one point ahead of the two Crewe Teams in the 9th running of the
Shield. A fitting reward for Andrew's hard work with the competition. Click <a href="http://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/40534/table" target="_blank">here</a> to view </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> full league table and results.</span></div>
NSDCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14006439055819485673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-19416177499132113652019-09-21T04:02:00.003-07:002019-09-21T04:02:18.660-07:00County Fixtures PublishedThe MCCU County Championship fixtures for 2019/2020 have now been published and can be viewed <a href="http://www.mccu.org.uk/cmatches/fixtures.htm" target="_blank">here</a>. They have also been added to the <a href="https://www.staffordshirechessassociation.co.uk/p/county-calendar.html" target="_blank">County Calendar</a>.Staffordshire Chess Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692781285684882131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-39081887041210774272019-08-25T08:52:00.003-07:002019-08-25T08:52:54.117-07:00Crewe Chess CongressThe 2019 Crewe Chess Congress is being held over the weekend of 27th/29th September. Please click <a href="https://crewechessclub.co.uk/congress2019/" target="_blank">here </a>for full details and online entry form.Staffordshire Chess Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692781285684882131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-86431906102500830252019-07-24T02:57:00.001-07:002019-07-24T02:57:19.850-07:00North v South Match<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>It is hoped to organise a match between the North and South of the County sometime in either May/June/July 2020. We require a Captain for each team and anybody who would be prepared to take on one of these roles should contact Ray Dolan, the County Secretary.</b></span>Staffordshire Chess Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692781285684882131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-68081627934843393212019-07-13T13:37:00.001-07:002019-07-13T13:37:30.887-07:00MCCU Congress<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This year's MCCU Congress is being held at the Ramada Hotel in Telford over the weekend of 9th/11th August. Please click <a href="http://www.mccu.org.uk/m_congress/index.htm" target="_blank">here </a>for details.</span></b><br />
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Staffordshire Chess Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692781285684882131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-65895758789742209622019-07-13T11:39:00.000-07:002019-07-13T11:39:02.252-07:00U100's Win The County Championship !!<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many congratulations to Robert West and all of his players on winning this afternoon's County Championship Final against Nottinghamshire by 7 - 5. Click <a href="http://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/38085" target="_blank">here </a>for the match score card.</b>Staffordshire Chess Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692781285684882131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-70971254597666533952019-07-05T04:00:00.000-07:002019-07-07T10:35:37.978-07:00County AGM<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The County AG was held on Wednesday evening at Stafford Chess Club. There is very little of note to report but the Minutes will be published here when they become available.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The Officers of the Association were re-elected en bloc, with the following exceptions - Alberto Gissi was elected as County Congress Secretary and the position of Correspondence Secretary was left vacant as we will not be running any teams in the coming season. We are still looking for volunteers to Captain teams at U160, U180 and Open level.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Alberto Gissi was voted Chess Personality Of The Year for his work at Newcastle following the departure of Martyn Harris, including organising the Newcastle Congress, the NSDCA Rapidplay Congress and his contribution to the County U120 team.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Norton Canes were voted Club Of The Year.</b></span>Staffordshire Chess Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692781285684882131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-78693083078775257482019-06-19T15:27:00.001-07:002019-06-25T12:35:47.404-07:00Stafford Win Withnall TrophyCongratulations to Stafford on winning the Withnall Trophy, beating Cheddleton<br />
by 3.5 - 0.5 in tonight's Final. Click <a href="https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/37766" target="_blank">here </a>for the match score card.NSDCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14006439055819485673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-32635988061916719432019-06-16T15:15:00.001-07:002019-06-18T11:21:06.288-07:00Newcastle Win Jackson CupCongratulations to Newcastle on winning the Jackson Cup, beating Cheddleton by 2.5 - 1.5 in Friday night's Final. Click <a href="https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/38884" target="_blank">here </a>for the match score card.NSDCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14006439055819485673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-14319173577775613632019-06-09T12:36:00.000-07:002019-06-09T16:03:00.160-07:00County U120's Fail To Reach Final<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With Team Captain Peter Evans unavailable, Alberto Gissi took over as U120 Captain for the day. Unfortunately, the team were unable to emulate their U100 counterparts, going down by 8 - 4 against Essex in their County Championship Semi-Final. Unfortunately, they also defaulted a board, although this had no effect on the overall result. Click <a href="https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/38068" target="_blank">here </a>for the match score card. However, Very well done to them on reaching this stage of the Competition.</b>NSDCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14006439055819485673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-50883196782478643222019-06-09T03:20:00.001-07:002019-06-09T12:08:34.901-07:00Staffs U100's Into County Championship Final<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a wet and windy afternoon yesterday but the sun shone on the County U100 team as they beat Lancashire by 8.5 - 3.5 to reach the Final of the County Championship. Lancashire didn't help themselves by turning up over an hour late and defaulting on 3 boards. However, even allowing for this it was a good win for the Staffs team, who will now meet Nottinghamshire in the Final on the 13th July. Click <a href="http://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/38083" target="_blank">here </a>for the score card from yesterday's match.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Congratulations to Robert West and his team who have got this far despite a shaky start in the earlier MCCU stage of the competition. We wish them the very best of luck in the Final.</b>NSDCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14006439055819485673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-18947485407083276332019-06-06T14:12:00.002-07:002019-06-06T14:12:54.010-07:00Walsall Kipping Win Hickman Cup<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Walsall Kipping have retained the Hickman Cup with a 4-2 win against Cheddleton. Click <a href="https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/38909" target="_blank">here </a>for the match score card.</b></span>Staffordshire Chess Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692781285684882131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-12489185600853231582019-05-20T01:13:00.000-07:002019-05-20T01:29:08.471-07:00County Teams Reach Semi-Finals<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Congratulations to both the County U100 and U120 teams on reaching the Semi-Finals of the County Championships.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>They both recorded wins over their Norfolk counterparts on Saturday afternoon, with the U100 team winning by 7.5 - 4.5 and the U120 team by 7 - 5.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Click <a href="http://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/38079" target="_blank">here </a>for the U100 match score card and <a href="http://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/38065" target="_blank">here </a>for the U120 match score card.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The U100 team will now be at home against Lancashire in their Semi-Final on the 8th June and the U120 team will be at home against Essex, also on the 8th June.</b></span>NSDCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14006439055819485673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655980224686506169.post-7877449823422020722019-05-16T08:34:00.000-07:002019-05-16T08:34:00.156-07:00RIP Brian Walden<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">You may have read in the news recently about the death of Brian Walden the TV presenter and former Minister in the Wilson Government. However, you may not know that he was the Staffordshire Chess Champion in 1948 and played for West Bromwich in the Birmingham League.</b>NSDCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14006439055819485673noreply@blogger.com