International Round Up 3/5/11

[LozCooper]

International Round-up 3/5/11

4NCL 2010-11 season final weekend 30th April - 2nd May

Congratulations to the following winners in the 2010-11 season:

Division One: Championship Pool: Pride & Prejudice
Division One Demotion Pool: Wood Green Hilsmark Kingfisher 2
Division Two Promotion Pool: Jutes of Kent
Division Two Demotion Pool: South Wales Dragons
Division Three: Bradford DCA Knights A
Division Three Northern League: Bradford DCA Knights A

The following teams were promoted and relegated:

Division One relegation: Oxford, Pandora’s Box, Sambuca Sharks & Warwickshire Select.

Division Two promotion: Jutes of Kent, Anglian Avengers, Bristol & Guildford 2.

Division Two relegation: Cambridge University 2, 3Cs, Sambuca Black Sheep and Poisoned Pawns 2.

Division Three promotion: Bradford DCA Knights A, Spirit of Atticus, Brown Jack and FCA Solutions.

Surrey FIDE Rated Major 22-24 April
http://www.surreychesscongress.co.uk/

Alan Hayward from Streatham won with 5/6 ahead of Radha Jain & Richard Bryant who both scored 4.5. It was very encouraging to see one of our most promising girls, Radha Jain, playing again and she actually led the tournament until the last round.

THE 2011 WELSH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
http://www.welshchessunion.org.uk/welsh ... _2011.html

David Sands finished third with 5/7 whilst Ernest White scored 1. The title was shared between Howard Williams and Sven Zeidler who both scored 5.5. It was Howard’s 18th Welsh title. James Thomas won the Under 21 title, and Olivia Smith won the Ladies Championship. Grading prize of under 2000 was shared between Joe Fathallah and Gerry Heap.

2e LUC OPEN : Tournoi international de LILLE
http://www.lucopen.fr/cgi-bin/download.cgi

Adrian Matthews scored 3/7.

In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at
the following link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic860.html

I encourage players to send me details of events they or others are playing in abroad and I will do my best to include them in my round-up. There is a list of international tournaments at home and abroad listed here: http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=2372

Lawrence Cooper,
Director of International Chess 3/5/11