The Leamington & District Chess League (LDCL)

Leamington League Annual Blitz Tournament

Published on: 25 -04-2025

Just a reminder of the Leamington League Annual Blitz Tournament to be held at Solihull Chess Club on Wednesday 7th May. I am very grateful to Hok who has kindly agreed to run this event.

Brief Details

Time limit 5 minutes each no increments.
Entry fee £2 cash- to be paid out in prize money.
Arrival by 7.10 pm for registration.
Start time 7.30 pm.
To be Blitz rated.
Trophy for open and intermediate sections.

This is a very enjoyable evening to end the Leamington League season - please can you circulate details of this event.

John Clulee

Published on: 16 -04-2025

Richard Reynolds writes:

Olton Chess Club have just been informed of the death of former player, John Clulee. John was playing for the club in the sixties and served as Treasurer from the early seventies until 2 years ago. John was a keen player, but struggled with modern time limits somewhat. He was an accomplished runner and completed a number of marathons, but health issues in later years limited him to walking. He enjoyed watching cricket and was often to be seen at Warwickshire County Cricket, whilst also supporting local cricket teams. He was 81.

His funeral will take place on Thursday 24th April at Robin Hood Crematorium, Streetsbrook Rd, Shirley, Solihull B90 3NL, at 2.30pm. There will be a gathering at Moseley Cricket club after the funeral, which is on Streetsbrook Road immediately adjacent to the Crematorium.

2024/25 Warwickshire Championship

Published on: 02 -04-2025

Alex Holowczak writes:

The third and final event of the 2024/25 Warwickshire Championship will be the Leamington Open, held at Warwick Trident College, Poseidon Way, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwick CV34 6SW, on 17-18 May.

You can all the details about the tournament here: https://warwickshirechess.org/2025-leamington-open/

The event is open to all players, but the best Warwickshire players across the season can win the Warwickshire Championship, and Warwickshire Women's Championship. The standings for those can be found here (note the Championship score is calculated on the two highest-scoring events across the season): https://warwickshirechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Standings.pdf

We hope to see you in Leamington!

LDCL best game prize

Published on: 01 -04-2025

As the season draws to a close, it's time for our best game contest. Hopefully you've had some daring wins you'd like to share. The game chosen as best receives a trophy...

Entries should be sent to: tomjd1978@btinternet.com
At the end of the season, these will be sent off anonymously for a highly-rated and uninvolved player to judge which is best
All entries will be displayed on the website at season's end
Any game played in an LDCL competition is eligible
Feel free to include your own notes of commentary on the game

LDCL AGM

Published on: 25 -03-2025

The LDCL AGM will take place on the 5th June at Shirley Chess Club, with a 19.45 start time. All LDCL members are welcome to attend. Please let your relevant club organiser know if you have anything you would like to see tabled at the meeting.

LDCL Annual Blitz Tournament

Published on: 25 -03-2025

The LDCL Annual Blitz Tournament will take place at Solihull Chess Club on Wednesday 7th May, at Solihull Chess Club. This is always a very special night at the end of our season and we hope to welcome as many of our players as possible. Please arrive for registration by 19.10. The entry fee will be £2, with all money returned as prizes. The event will be rated. Further details to follow.