NEWS ARCHIVE
Old items of news will be moved to this pageEngland's Open team finished a disappointing
22nd. However, Michael Adams scored 6.5/9 on board 1, giving a
performance rating (TPR) of 2841. This was the highest TPR in the
tournament, and was enough to win him a gold medal on board 1.
Gawain Jones had a TPR of 2706 on board 4, but unfortunately
finished just outside the medals in 4th.
The Scotland team captained by Andrew Muir finished in 35th place, with Muir scoring 3/7 on board 3 with a TPR of 2317.
03/11/2011 - The European Team Championships have begun in Halkidiki, Greece. West Bromwich player Lawrence Cooper is captaining the 8th seeded England team, which is made up of Michael Adams, Nigel Short, David Howell, Gawain Jones and Nick Pert. Shirley & Wythall player Andrew Muir is playing on board 3 for Scotland. More information on the event can be found here : http://euro2011.chessdom.com/ (Received from Alex Holowczak)
23/10/2011 - West Bromwich Club will be
changing club night from November. Clubs will be advised and new
dates confirmed.
23/10/2011 - Tomasz Sygnowski won the
Rapidplay Open section with 5/6. Richard Webster won the Major
section, also with 5/6. Louise Head and Sean Hewitt both scored 5/6
in the Intermediate section, while Joseph Friar won the minor with
5½/6. More...
11/10/2011 - There was a Special
meeting of the Management Committee at the South Birmingham Venue on
Monday 10th October, to discuss the
latest ECF Document on its future plans for a membership scheme. ECF
Chief Executive Andrew Farthing addressed the meeting and took
questions on the proposals. The Management Committee then considered
whether or not to support the forthcoming proposed changes in ECF
Articles and Bye-laws.
Read the
document....
ECF Chief Executive Andrew Farthing addresses the meeting, with BDCL
Hon. Gen. Sec Mike Walker (left) and League President Tim Lane
(Right).
29/09/2011 - Graham Humphreys has received
a special award from David Anderton for 60 years service to the
Staffordshire Chess Association. Our congratulations go to Graham.