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Ashfield change of Venue (1st Feb)

Steve Burke wishes to inform that Ashfield have had to move ALL their forthcoming matches this season back to there old venue:

East Kirkby Miners Welfare
Lowmoor Road
Kirkby in Ashfield
Notts
NG17 7JF

In fact, despite the address, the entrance is on Alexandra Street (it’s just off Lowmoor Road; turn on the right immediately before the mini-roundabout as you go out of Kirkby on Lowmoor Road).

The move is due to availability problems at the summit centre. If anyone is unsure about directions you can contact Steve on:  01773 580372. Note that Start times and dates of matches remain the same.

Inter-County U160 Championship: Shropshire 7 - Nottinghamshire 9 (30th Jan)

Nottinghamshire completed the double over Shropshire (the U140's winning as well), with a 9-7 victory. The result puts Nottinghamshire top of the table. A summary of the results is available.

Inter-County U140 Championship: Nottinghamshire 14 - 2 Shropshire (30th Jan)

A very comfortable win for Nottinghamshire against Shropshire, the weakest county in the zone. Apart from the top four boards it was a very one sided match. A summary of the results and a report is available.

Nottingham Rapidplay (30th Jan)

Paul Kemp (Linton) and Alan Smith (Stockport) shared 1st place in the open section, scoring 5/6. Notable sucesses for Notts players included Michael Harper (Gambit) sharing 1st place in the Intermediate with a score of 5½/6. Also Tim Poole (University), Robert Taylor (Ashfield) and Richard Edwards (Gambit) shared 1st place in the Major with a score of 4½/6. Full results.

York Congress (30th Jan)

Alex Combie (Newark) came equal 3rd place in the open with a score of 3½/5.

Hastings Weekend Congress (12th Jan)

Pablo Padilla (Ashfield) came equal 2nd place in the open section of the weekend congress and won £150 prize money. Also playing in the open section was David Coates (Grantham) who finished mid table on 2½/5. David Dunne (Nottingham Central) scored 1½/5 in the minor section.

Notts County Championship - Game Prizes (17th Dec)

The game prizes have been awarded for each section in this year's County Championship. Pablo Padilla (Ashfield) won the prize in the open section. A full report is available. You can also play through the games that won the prize for each section.

British Rapidplay (8th Dec)

A number of Notts players took part in the Open section. Alex Combie was the highest placed Notts player with a score of 7/11. He caused an upset by beating IM Craig Pritchett in the last round. A summary of the results are as follows:

Inter-County U160 Championship: Nottinghamshire 11 – 5 Warwickshire (8th Dec)

A great win which takes Nottinghamshire to the top of the group. A summary of the match is available.

Notts County Championship (1st Dec)

Pablo Padilla Cabero (Ashfield) is the new County Champion after beating Mike Barnes (Gambit) in a close match in the final round. Andrew Garside (West Nottingham) was the winner in the U135 section and also becomes Junior Champion. A full report is available with the final scores of each section.

County & District Correspondence Chess Championships 2008/09 (30th Nov)

The results for Nottinghamshire in the 2008/09 competition are now available. If you are interested in playing this season you can contact the correspondence captain for more details.

Inter-County U160 Championship: Leicestershire 8 – 8 Nottinghamshire (30th Nov)

A tight match which ended in an 8-8 draw. Nottinghamshire had a good lead to start with but Leicestershire pulled back on the higher boards to level the score. A summary of the individual board scores is available with a short report.

Hull Congress (18th Nov)

David Coates (Grantham) came equal 3rd place in the open with a score of 3/5 and shared the prize money of £90 (split 6 ways). Ross MacKay (West Nottingham) played well in the major section scoring 2½/5.

Inter-County U140 Championship: Nottinghamshire 11½ - 4½ Derbyshire (31st Oct)

Nottinghamshire emerged worthy victors against a Derbyshire team who were of similar strength on paper. A summary of the individual board scores is available with a report to follow shortly.

Scarborough Congress (31st Oct)

Michael Barnes (Gambit) played very well to come =1st place in the open section. He won £166 prize money and gained the British qualifying place on offer. Alex Combie (Newark) won a grading prize in the open. Ray Sayer (Ashfield) also won a grading prize in the intermediate section. Results for all the Nottinghamshire players who took part are summarised below:

Leicester Congress (10th Oct)

Stephen Foster (Navigation) came =3rd place with 3½/5 in the major section and won £12.50. David Coates (Grantham) scored 3/5 in the open and shared the U180 grading prize of £40. Results for all the Nottinghamshire players who took part are summarised below:

Isle of Man Congress (7th Oct)

Ian Kingston (West Nottingham) came equal 3rd place in the major tournament with a score of 3½/5.

Uxbridge Congress (7th Oct)

Only 1 Notts player took part in this event which was David Coates (Grantham), scoring 2/5 in the Open section.

Uxbridge International (7th Oct)

This was a 5 day event back in August. Players were divided in to 6 groups and 9 rounds were played in each group. Ankush Khandelwal (Ashfield) scored 5/9 in Group B and put in a 2300+ rating performance, much higher than his actual rating of 2160. In group D Ian Kingston (West Nottingham) came mid table with 4½/9.