Yorkshire Chess

Huddersfield Rapidplay – Sunday 19th May

Andy Bak — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:26:51 +0000

Grosvenor Casino Huddersfield are holding the second edition of their popular Rapidplay competition – you can read all about last year’s event here: Huddersfield Rapidplay 2012 The format is slightly different this year, with three graded sections, an Open, Major (U160) and Minor (120). With your chance to win a share of £950 for only [...]

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4NCL Final Weekend

Andy Bak — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:11:20 +0000

4NCL 2012/13 – Rounds 9, 10 & 11 Links: Official 4NCL Website Latest Standings Rounds 7&8 Report Rounds 5&6 Report Rounds 3&4 Report Rounds 1&2 Div 3 North Report Rounds 1&2 Report All 4NCL Posts View more photographs at our Flickr account Round 9 Clicking on the match header will reveal the individual board results. [...]

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Caïssa’s Wisdom: #11 – Chess Variants

Dave — Thu, 09 May 2013 01:17:17 +0000

Rules and Etiquette for Chess Amateurs More uncompromising ground rules from our great goddess this week. This time “chess variants” are weighed in Caïssa’s scales and they are found wanting. #11: Blitz Chess “I play way too much blitz chess. It rots the brain just as surely as alcohol.” - Nigel Short Don’t get conned [...]

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4NCL 2012/13 – Final Weekend Preview – update

Ihor — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:24:47 +0000

Wood Green Hillsmark Kingfisher have shown some real intent to retain the 4NCL title by registering no less than eight of the world’s top 10 players for the final weekend and especially their must win Bank holiday Monday clash against current leaders Guildford 1. Only world number 1, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, and the World [...]

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AG Sunderland Cup Proposals

Andy Bak — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:17:50 +0000

I am now in a position to announce my proposals for the new AG Sunderland Cup starting in 2013. There are two rather large grey areas which will depend on the interest. a) The exact format, most likely a swiss. b) The venue. This will be either a central venue (probably the Bradford Latvian Club) [...]

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Yorkshire Junior Chess Grand Prix 2012-13 Results

Andy Bak — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:53:51 +0000

Bradford Junior Chess Congress The final Grand Prix event of the season took place on Sunday 21st April at the Latvian Welfare Club in Bradford. There were 56 entrants. The major and intermediate section were merged and was won by Ashwin Krishna with 6/6. James Moreby came second with 5/6 which was enough to clinch [...]

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Champion’s Challenge

Ihor — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:22:39 +0000

Champion’s Challenge Last summer a suggestion was put forward on the Yorkshire chess forum to run a ‘Champions’ tournament. The idea was to invite all the championship winning teams from every league in Yorkshire to play in an end of season competition to see which team would end up as the champions of champions. I [...]

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Yorkshire League 2012-13 – final report‏

Andy Bak — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:35:04 +0000

Well the final results are in. Congratulations to Huddersfield who defeated York RI C in their twice postponed match to nip to the top of the IM Brown. Rose Forgrove A edged out Hull DCA A in the other deferred match. In summary: WOODHOUSE CUP: CHAMPIONS York RI A RELEGATED Bradford B, Doncaster IM BROWN: [...]

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Fr Justin Caldwell

Andy Bak — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:23:01 +0000

Peter Cloudsdale has informed us of the passing of Father Justin Caldwell. He was well known in chess circles and played for many years in the Yorkshire postal team. Phill Beckett – ‘He represented yorkshire in Postal chess and was a member of the team that won the NCCU championship. It was with a heavy [...]

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Caïssa’s Wisdom: #10 – Short Draws in Chess

Dave — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:00:41 +0000

Rules and Etiquette for Chess Amateurs In this post our subject is a delicate and controversial one: the offering and acceptance of a draw. As always the words of Caïssa brook no argument and will make uncomfortable reading for those who may be of a slightly “pacifist” persuasion. #10: Grandmaster Draws “To play for a draw, at [...]

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