Welcome

Welcome to the website of the Nottinghamshire Chess Association (NCA). The NCA administers chess in Nottinghamshire.

If you are a new or experienced chess player looking to join a club in Nottinghamshire contact one of the club secretaries shown on the list of clubs. New members are always welcome.

If you need to contact any NCA officer then please visit the information page for their details.

Latest news

For older news items see the news page.

New venue for Ashfield chess club (3rd Feb)

Ashfield Chess Club moved venue from 01 January 2012 and now meet at:

The Coronation Social Club, Bannerman Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, NG17 8DW (still on a Wednesday)

The club details have been updated on the web site.

ECF 2012 grades now published (3rd Feb)

The ECF Jan 2012 half year gradings are now out. These are effective forthwith. The ECF grading web site is www.ecfgrading.org.uk. A new feature on the web site is to see detailed game results for the current season and previous seasons for each player.

Inter-County U140 Championship Results Round Up (3rd Feb)

The U140 team started the season by losing 9-7 to Leicestershire. A convincing 11-5 win over Derbyshire got the team back on track. Their most recent match was against Shropshire where they narrowly won 8½-7½. This puts Nottinghamshire in 3rd place in the U140 section with everything to play for.

8 Oct 2011 Leicestershire 9-7 Nottinghamshire Full Results
10 Dec 2011 Derbyshire 5-11 Nottinghamshire Full Results
21 Jan 2012 Nottinghamshire 8½-7½ Shropshire Full Results

Inter-County U100 Championship: Nottinghamshire 7½-4½ Warwickshire (29th Jan)

The U100 team were comfortable winners over Warwickshire and gain the U100 Midlands title. The success was due to the inclusion of 7 juniors who between them scored 5 points. Full results

Inter-County U180 Championship: Warwickshire 10½-5½ Nottinghamshire (29th Jan)

Last season Nottinghamshire were comfortable winners over Warwickshire but this time it was the home team that prevailed and took the Midlands title. As there are only 2 teams in the U180 Championship, both go through to the national stages. Full results

David Levens new position in the ECF (23rd Jan)

David Levens has just been appointed to the position of Manager of Junior Coaching (Home) by the ECF.

Nottingham Rapidplay (23rd Jan)

The winner of the Open section was Alan Smith from Stockport with a score of 5/6. There was a three way tie for first place in the Major between Mark Kenyon (West Nottingham), Andrew Toothill (Ashfield) and Michael Connor (Great Lever). The full results are now up on the web site with a list of prize winners.

York Congress (11th Jan)

The prizes in the York Congress are determined by points scored rather than final position. All 4 Notts players entering the competition were successful at picking up a prize. Michael Harper (Gambit) came equal 3rd in the minor section and won £60 for scoring 4/5. Alex Combie (Newark) and Jim Burnett (Mansfield) both scored 3½/5 in the open section and get their entry fee refunded. In the major section Richard Webster (West Bridgford) also scored 3½/5 and won the same prize.

DforChess web site and books (1st Jan)

A local chess player, Trevor Palmer from Grantham Chess Club, has created a new chess web site to help promote 2 books that he has published. Here is a short description from the author:

"I have just completed a new chess website, www.DforChess.com, the purpose of which is to publish 2 books I have written, Chess for Ordinary Mortals and The Stonewall Attack. As you will see if you visit the site, the first book, in addition I would hope to being a helpful guide to 'below average improvers', contains 67 illustrative games from my past and present. Although the great majority are from my earlier years in Leicestershire chess circles, there are more recent ones since I joined Grantham CC from Notts League matches. I hope this project will be of interest to Association members. Any feedback at all would be welcome."

You can send your feedback to alfred.palmer@homecall.co.uk.

London Chess Classic (1st Jan)

David Flynn (Nomads) scored 4½/9 in the FIDE Open event and finished around mid table.

London Junior Chess Championships (1st Jan)

Mark Kenyon (West Notts) played very well in the U12 Major Championship and came equal 3rd out of 79 competitors. The results for all the Notts juniors taking part are as follows:

For the full results you can visit the ljcc web site.