Banbury, Coventry, Daventry, Kenilworth, Leamington, Olton, Rugby, Shirley & Wythall, Solihull, Stratford
The LDCL promotes chess throughout the district; arranges chess competitions between clubs or teams in membership of the League as set out in the League's Constitution
Published on: 19 -11-2024
Sadly one of Banbury club's long term members Chris Evans has died.
Chris recently and unexpectedly died. Chris started playing for Banbury 50 years ago and had played for the club for the majority of these years. Work and family led to him to move for periods of time to Bristol and Spain where he continued to play.
In addition to club chess he played both OTB and online for Oxford in the 4NCL.
Chris always played quickly and loved to attack. His games often featured the Vienna and Sicilian where he had a good knowledge of sharp lines. Often his team mates whilst still in their opening phases would find the team one nil up thanks to a very quick win from Chris (he accepted quite cheerfully that occasionally his style led to quick losses). Chris could on his day down significantly higher graded players.
Our thoughts are with his family.
Published on: 27 -10-2024
Following the sad news of the death of Malcolm Harding.
Sue, Rachel & Andy Harding write:
Malcolm's body has finally been released by the Coroner & we have started to organise the funeral which will be at 11am on Weds 13th Nov, in the Avon Room, Rainsbrook Crematorium, Ashlawn Road, Rugby CV22 5QQ.
Afterwards we will have an informal gathering with light refreshments at Christ Church, Helvellyn Way, Brownsover, Rugby CV21 1QV & a chance to meet & chat about Malcolm's life & interests.
We are planning to have various photos & information displays from all his hobbies, including chess, so feel free to come & share anecdotes & stories that connect you to Malcolm.
We are hoping to have the service live-cast & the link will remain active for about 28 days, for anyone who can't be there but would like to watch online. Please let me know if you would like the link details & I will forward them as soon as possible.
In lieu of floral tributes please consider a donation to either of our preferred charities - Road Peace or Chess in Schools.
https://www.chessinschools.co.uk/who-we-are
Published on: 07 -10-2024
The LMS has undergone a major upgrade to new software. Despite the difference in how it looks, everyone who had access before should be able to login, and update the same matches, in the same way.
For a detailed explanation of the changes see this page
Published on: 28 -08-2024
LDCL is committed to ensuring that we play chess in a sustainable way. We want to properly support the venues and communities of which we are a part. To this end, we have an expectation that adult players will not bring water bottles or other such drinks to venues that have facilities, and will instead purchase a drink at the paid bar. Clubs at which drinks are not available are asked to arrange with the webmaster for this to be indicated on their entry on the league website.
Published on: 03 -08-2024
The rules of matchplay have been updated as approved at the LDCL AGM. Includes amendments to rule 7 and rule 19.
