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South Birmingham win BDCL lightning tournament

13 Mar 2024. South Birmingham A team dominated section A. Mutual Circle C won section B and Olton D won section C. The event was held at Tyseley WMC and organised by John Mildenhall.

National stages County team competitions

29 Feb 2024. Lincolnshire are eligible to participate in the Minor Counties, u1850 and u1650 competitions; Worcestershire are eligible to play in the Minor counties, u1650 and u1450 competitions; and Staffordshire in the u1850 and u1450 competitions. The deadline for nominations is 24 March. The dates for matches have been published by the ECF: 27 Mar u1850 Prelim: 11 May for Open, Minor, u1850, u1550 quarter-finals; 18 May for the u2050 and u1650 quarter-finals, 8 June for all semi-finals and 6 July for the finals.

British Universities Championships at Leicester

25 Feb 2024. In the rapidplay team championships Oxford beat Cambridge on tie-break both teams having 16 match points. Warwick University won the Plate, LSE the Bowl, and Bristol 3 the Shield tournaments. Eighteen universities were represented and each team played nine rounds. Midland universites sending teams were: Birmingham, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham and Warwick. An individual Blitz tournament was held and Wing Ki Kwong (UCL) was first of 130 players with 8½ points from 9 games.

Coventry Congress results

18 Feb 2024. The Open was won by Finaly Terry-Bowcott (Warks) with 4½ points from 5 games. The major was won by Arav Baid (Gtr Manch, 4½ points); the Intermediate first place was shared by Dinuga Basnayake (Notts) and Jerome Stellio (Staffs), both on 4 points. Three players shared first place in the Minor: Granville Hill (Liecs), Shivam Patel (Warks) and Gregory Kornilovich (Warks). Over 120 players competed in this congress organised by Alex Holowczak See full results.

Lincolnshire three time Midlands champions

17 Feb 2024, Peter Sherlock reports. Lincolnshire u1850 beat Staffordshire on board count to become MCCU u1850 team champions. Lincolnshire won all three competitions they entered. See full results.

Nottingham Rapidplay

4 Feb 2024, Simon Scott reports. GM Mark Hebden (Leics) shared first place with IM Jonah Willow (Notts) with 5 points from 6 games on the Open. First place in the Major (u1900) was shared by Julian Tarwid (Leics), Edouardis Ter Gevorkin (Yorks) and Alexander Linton (Cambs) all on 5/6. Four shared first place in the intermediate (u1700): Angel Monterde (Yorks), Sanketh Basnayake (Notts), and Ana Williams (Notts) all with 5/6. Max Dooley (Notts) won the Minor (u1500) outright with 6 points. Hatle Mehta (Leics) and Miheli Gunarathne (Notts) shared Impovers tournament with 5½ points. Over 180 players took part. See full details.

University of Warwick Rapidplay

3 Feb 2024. Remarkably there were no shared first places in tournaments at Warwick University. The Open was won by FM Sam Chow (AUS) 7 points from his 7 games; The Major (u1800) by Shrihan Koppuravuri (Bucks) with 6½ points; and the Minor (u1500) by Amir Grant (Warks) with 7 points. The event was organised by NA Sidharth Panicker, chief arbiter was NA Sam Foster and there were over 130 players.

 

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Next in the Midlands

Sat 20 Apr 2024. Cannock & Dist CL25th Anniversary Rapidplay at Rycroft Community Hub, New Forest Road, Walsall WS3 1TR. Open, Major (u1750) and Minor tournaments (u1500), six rounds starting at 10am, time control 20 min +20 sec.

Next Junior tournament

Sat 23 Mar 2024. Shropshire Junior Chess Congress at Charlton School, Apley Avenue, Wellington, Shropshire TF1 3FA. Sections for U-18, U-14, U-12, U-10 and U-8. Six rounds starting 10am finishing 6pm, time control 15 min + 10 sec. Free parking in school grounds and light refreshments available.

Sat 23 Mar. Birmingham Junior Open at King Edward VI Five Ways School, Scotland Lane, Bartley Green, Birmingham B32 4BT. Five rounds starting at 1pm, prize-giving 6pm. Seven tournaments: Under-11 Open, u1000, u800, u600; and Under-18, Open, u1400, u1000. Medals for high scorers. Organised by Alex Holowczak.

Online competitions

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Next national event

Sat & Sun 2-3 Mar. British Rapidplay Championship 2024 at Holiday Inn, Peterborough West, Thorpe Road, Peterborough. Start 12:30pm to 4:30 pm. Eleven rounds, time control 15 min + 5 sec.

The "chess counties" forming the MCCU

MCCU counties

Ten "Chess Counties" form the Midland Counties Chess Union and cover the areas shown in the map on the right. A small Board of volunteer directors currently led by Chief Executive Ray Dolan (Staffs) is elected annually by delegates from member chess counties. The Board organises regional competitions based on policies agreed annually by delegates from member chess counties.

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The MCCU

The current webmaster is Ray Collett (Worcs). The website's policy is to report results of the MCCU competitions, principally the MCCU county team tournaments and congresses. Brief results of other chess congresses held in the MCCU area and and links to organisers' websites are on the "News" pages. A calendar of upcoming chess congresses is on the "Congresses" pages. Some important national and international chess events will also be reported if there is a "Midlands" interest. In the menu bar above: "About" gives more information about the MCCU and has links to rules and administrative papers; "Guide" explains the site's organisation and provides links to most of the site's key pages.

Please send news of Midlands chess events, corrections, notifications of broken links, and suggestions to improve the website to Ray Collett.