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Below is a permanent link to the ITV Central feature story on the Nottingham Centenary GM and Junior tournaments, which took place this week from October 30-November 3. The Grandmaster tournament was deservedly won by Ukrainian GM Eldar Gasanov. It was a pleasure to meet Eldar and see him in action ...

Winton British Chess Solving Championship 2023 - Nottingham 20 May 2023 10th tournament of World Solving Cup 2022/2023 Participants: 18 | Winner: Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) ahead of David Hodge (GBR – British champion) and Jonathan Mestel (GBR) Kevinas Kuznecovas (LTU) with 5th FM norm and by exceedi...

Nottingham Chess Congress / 23 & 24 March 2019 / First Prize £1,000

£1,000. 1st Prize. Nottm Chess Congress.
March 23 & 24. @NottsHigh
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£650. 1st Prize. Notts Chess Congress.
April 21&22. @NottsHigh
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This gentleman is appearing in Nottingham next month :- http://fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/chess-with-peter-mortimer-followed-by-chess-traveller-random-games-on-the-road/ http://www.petermortimer.co.uk/ Decent turnout last night, well supported by local chessplayers from Notts. Peter commented ...

£650 - 1st Prize. Notts Chess Congress.
April 1&2. @NottsHigh
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They say that one definition of idiocy is to keep repeating the same behaviour, achieving the same negative results.   4 times more than qualifies for this honour. Neto, Kok, Karpov, and now Kasparov have all lost by 2:1 margins. It has never been close. Coincidentally the number 4 also represents t...

We've managed to settle our final four EMC Junior Chess Academy Training Tournaments for the rest of the season. They are all on Sundays , from 11am until 6pm ; 25 May 2014 @ Risley 8 June @ Risley 29 June @ Bramcote 13 July @ Risley Venues Risley Village Hall , 18 Derby Road, Risley, Derbys DE72 3S...

Great result from the Fernwood teams as well; The best girl chess players in England. http://t.co/L43wX9TnfK Follows on from Nottinghamshire winning the EPSCA Under-11 Girls Chess Team last month for the first time in their history, Saturday 22 March at Didcot Girls School in Oxfordshire. Special co...

Finalised draw with nominations confirmed: Minor P1: Hampshire v Greater Manchester Q1: Cambridgeshire v Essex Q2: Somerset v Suffolk Q3: Sussex v Leicestershire Q4: Nottinghamshire v P winner S1: Q1 winner v Q2 winner S2: Q3 winner v Q4 winner Can someone please explain why MCCU 1 (Notts) are in t...

Kasparov has obviously been doing his homework. He’s undertaken extensive preparation, deeply analysed the collected games of Campomanes & Ilyumzhinov on BungBase, and realised that he can’t run an election campaign on Queensbury Rules. Neto, Kok and Karpov all played to those Rules, and were soundl...

Chess Junior Finals Day Brighton Saturday 13 July 2013 Patcham Memorial Hall, Old London Road, Patcham, Brighton BN1 8XR Timings: 12noon – 5pm This event will be run under the supervision of ECF National Chess Coach Christopher Dunworth, and is the last of our regular events of the academic year. ...

We had a wonderful turnout at our first-ever East Midlands Chess Festival at Risley Village Hall, DE72 3SU, on Sunday 16 June 2013. There were players who had travelled from Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Lichfield and Northampton to take part. However the winner of the special trophy for the furthes...

Many thanks for this post, Lawrence. The EMC Festival at Risley was very successful, and a report will appear shortly. Our next Junior Training Tournament is on Sunday 7 July at Bramcote Memorial Hall, NG9 3HD from 10am until 4.30pm, for those who wish to get some final practice in before the Northe...