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  • The 2012 League AGM will be on Monday May 14th at the Kenilworth Sports and Social Club,
    Upper Rosemary Hill,
    Kenilworth.
    CV8 2PA

    (This was the old Kenilworth venue before they moved to the Royal British Legion Club).
    If your club will not have a representative at the meeting, can you inform Peter Leggett of any matters you wish to raise.


  • The League Lightning Tournament passed off without any hitches.
    It was bit short on numbers, but a well-contested event.
    Phil Holt Of Olton C.C again won the Open section on 7˝ out of 9, with Colin Searle (Stratford) and Jonathon Dale (Shirley & Wythall) equal second on 6˝/9.
    Mike Warden (Shirley & Wythall) was top of the Under 140 section on 4˝, with Matthew Trigg of Solihull second on 4.
    Thanks to Richard and Rob Reynolds for organising the event, and to Solihull for hosting it.
    For full results see Lightning Tournament


  • The Team KO Finals took place at Leamington and
    Olton won the Open title,
    Banbury won the U700 title on board elimination and
    Stratford I won the U120 title.

    In the Individual KO Competition
    Peter Drury is Open Champion,
    Mike Johnson is the U140 Champion
    and the U120 has still to be decided.


  • All the matches in the League have been played now.
    Stratford are Division 1 champions,
    Daventry A are Division 2 Champions.
    Solihull C are Division 3 Champions and
    Nuneaton are Division 4 Champions.


  • It would be useful if clubs could let me know which teams they are likely to be entering next year
    and in which divisions they would like them to be.
    This is just to give me and idea of numbers in each division.


  • It is getting near to that point in the year when the trophies need to be collected.
    Jason Madden has kindly volunteered to be the Trophy Officer.
    Trophies are usually collected at the League Lightning Tournament on 18th April at Solihull.
    If you can't get your trophy there, then can you make arrangements to get it to Jason before the 18th April.

  • The new grades have just been published.
    However, as far as the League Knock Out Competitions are concerned we will use the OLD grades (September 2011)
    for eligibility purposes.
    Also can I remind captains of Knock Out teams of rule 35 :-
    KO cup eligibility
    Rule 35
    Players may only take part in knock-out cup matches from round two onwards provided they have played a minimum of 2 games in ordinary league matches.


  • We are now up to 4 entries for the best game award.
    Perhaps this will inspire more people to send their entries in.
    If you have played an interesting game, then send it to me, preferably as a PGN file.
    The competition will close at the end of April.


  • Meanwhile here are 3 little chess puzzles for you to try :-



    • For older entries see archive page


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