BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICT CHESS LEAGUE
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The news was last updated on 22/02/2012
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Pages recently updated 20/02/12 - Google places map 17/02/12 - Stourbridge car parking 08/02/12 - Welcome - League Lightning 30/01/12 - ECF Half-year grades published 30/01/12 - Staffordshire Congress 26/01/12 - Birmingham Rapidplay 17/01/12 - Norman Young obituary 16/01/12 - Dave Thomas award 13/01/12 - Walsall venue move 23/12/11 - E Match cards - V7 available 15/12/11 - British Blitz Championships 08/12/11 - West Bromwich venue change 18/11/11 - Individual Tournament update 16/11/11 - Report of rules commitee meeting 01/11/11 - Welcome - New Kynoch Venue Handbook errors Wolverhampton Please note the correct postcode for Wolverhampton Chess club is WV3 0RW and not the one given in the handbook. Bushbury The correct bus service for Bushbury is 33, not the 533. Handbook updates Changes of venue Warley Quinborne and Birmingham Checkmates Both clubs have moved to Hill & Cakemore Liberal Club, 87 Nimmings Road, Halesowen, B62 9JG. Phone number 0121 602 0550 Match night is still Thursday. Home fixtures will stand as per the web/handbook. Walsall Kipping
The club now meets at :-
THE
CHUCKERY (Mutual) CLUB,
44, Beacon St.,
Walsall
WS1 2DL.
Tel 01922 625774
The club shall continue to meet on Thursdays, from 7.15 pm. The
first Club evening there will be on Thursday 19th January, and all
subsequent meetings will take place there.
There is a small Car Park, entered through an archway. It is L
shaped and has more spaces at the top end, although the RH top
corner is an entrance 'road' to the backs of houses. However
the surface is very irregular. I think that parking on the street is
perfectly adequate myself and as a Chuckery resident for many years
I shall be perfectly happy to use it-but I recommend folding in your
roadside wing mirror!
There appears to be a disabled toilet but it seems to be a normal
door width. Wheelchair access to the club could be a bit
bumpy!
Directions and a map to help those who do not rely on Satnav are
here (Word
Document).
Mike Groombridge |
Headlines 20/02/2012 - I have now produced an updated google places map of chess clubs in the Birmingham area. This is accessible through the last button on the left hand side of the page.17/02/2012 - The multi-storey car park opposite the Stourbridge venue is now closed ahead of its demolition. Visiting teams will need to use the road side parking available in High Street, Lower High Street and Market Street. The venue will then be a 2 minute walk.
Please note each of these streets is
one-way and can not be accessed using the multi-storey exit from the
ring-road. 08/02/2012 - A reminder that the 2012 League Lightning Chess Team Tournament takes place at Olton's venue, Tyseley Working Mens Club, on Tuesday 13th March. Teams of 4 players compete in 3 sections at the rate of 10 seconds per move. Club entries can be made on the entry form, which is available here and should be sent by post or email to John Mildenhall. 30/01/2012 - The new half-yearly grades have been published by the ECF. These will be of particular use to congress organisers, but the BDCL will still use the July grades as a guide to player strength. The new list allows a detailed view of a player's results and grade history. Click on the ECF Grades button to see the revised list.30/01/2012 - The Staffordshire Chess Congress takes place at Bloxwich Leisure Centre, High St., Bloxwich, WS3 2DA on Sat/Sun 14th/15th April 2012. Also incorporates the Staffordshire Individual and Under-21 Championships. There will be three tournaments - Open, Under 160 and Under 120. First prize in the Open is £250, Major & Minor £120. More information is on the entry form, which can be downloaded here... 26/01/2012 - The 16th Birmingham League Rapidplay will take place at Quinborne Community Centre on Sunday 25th March, with a prize fund in excess of £1,000, and a FIDE-rated Open section.You can enter online from the Rapidplay Page. 17/01/2012 - It is with great sadness that I have to report that Norman Young, Walsall's President for many years, died peacefully at his home last night. David Anderton has provided an obituary, which can be read here...  Norman's funeral was held at
Streetly Crematorium,Wednesday 25th January Dave has been heavily involved in chess at all levels for many years. BDCL Secretary and President, Congress Arbiter, BCF/ECF delegate and an active role in the development of the current grading system are some of his contributions to the game. The presentation can be viewed on YouTube here.... 15/12/2011 - The British Blitz
Championship will take place at Quinborne Community Centre, Ridgacre
Road, Quinton, West Midlands B32 2TW on Saturday, 24th March. There will be 11 rounds at a time control of 5
minutes + 3 seconds (Bronstein) increment per move from move 1. There is a prize fund of more than £600, which
may increase depending on entries. The entry fee is £15; £10 for
juniors; and free entry for GM, IM, FM, WGM, WIM, WFMs. The event will be FIDE-rated towards the new
FIDE Blitz Rating List. Players do not need to be ECF members to
participate in this event. The 16th Birmingham League Rapidplay will be
played in the same venue the following day, with a prize fund in
excess of £1,000, and a FIDE-rated Open section. The website is
http://www.britishblitzchess.co.uk You can enter online via the website, or
download an entry form and post it. |
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Guidelines for Captains and Players
These
guidelines are intended to assist captains and players. They are,
nevertheless, only guidelines, and anyone requiring further details
should consult the League Rules or the Laws of Chess.
Click
Here
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New Ematch card (v7) is now available The layout is still on Word but the size has changed from an Envelope to A6. Total Scores are now back at the bottom. Home Team always on the left. Put H or A in the box to denote if you are the Home or Away team. One Initial & Surname (unless to distinguish between players with the same Initial & name). No full stops please & not all capitals pease. Delete old versions V5, V6, etc.
Download the new version here... |
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New West Bromwich Venue West Bromwich have had to change venue. The new venue will be at : Dartmouth Central Club, Devonshire Drive, West Bromwich B71 4AA Club night is now Monday, so all home fixtures will revert to Mondays. |
New Kynoch Venue
Mondays 7.15 All Arranged Fixtures Stand. Old Oscott Working Mens Club, 1196 Aldridge Road, Great Barr B44 8PE 0121 360 7412 Directions - From city centre take the A34 through Newtown to Perry Barr after the underpass branch right on to the A453 Aldridge Rd continue pass the Greyhound Stadium to you reach the Traffic lights under the M6 branch left continue pass college until just before the Queslett Roundabout. club is on right hand side up a drive to the left side of floors to go . Bus 997. (Received from Keith Ingram) |
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2012 LIGHTNING CHESS TEAM TOURNAMENT This will take place on Tuesday 13th March. Please make a note in your diaries. |
Bulletin Board Launched The League's Forum is now available for players to start and debate the matters of the day. Please email me if you would like to register as a member of the forum. Please note this is new and may take some bedding in. Please report any issues you come across. Webmaster |
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LEAGUE NEWS MAILING LIST We now have a mailing list for members of Birmingham League teams to receive information and news of events taking place. Please contact the webmaster if you wish to receive an invite to join. |
Have you a grading double?
I am doing a trawl for players with more than one entry in the ECF grading database. Not the published online list, but the larger central database. Some people have duplicate entries for years without ever knowing it, because one entry is unpublished. Anyway a list of possible duplicates, including unpublished players, is here. Are you in it? You may well be there with the same code more than once. That doesn't matter. But if you appear with two or more different codes, let me know and I will merge your records into one. E-mailed me direct: rjh@sccu.ndo.co.uk. Most of the “duplicates” in the list will be genuinely different people, and it’s perfectly obvious that some are. Don’t write to say a namesake is NOT you. But do write if you’re not sure, giving some indication of the events you’ve played in in the last three years or so. Richard Haddrell Grading Administrator, ECF |
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Google Maps Locations of clubs are on Google maps click Here |
Club
Details I have now updated the details of clubs that play in the BDCL on the website. Each club has a page and it is up to club Secretaries to inform me of any errors or changes. Clubs can also send me items for inclusion that will help promote their club. Click on 'BDCL Clubs' link on the left. |
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Webmaster This site is now being updated by Richard Reynolds. Please report any problems to me at webmaster@birminghamchess.org.uk |
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