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The West Midlands Area Online League has been running since April, and has just finished it's Summer League after also running a Spring League. It is being run through the ECF LMS and Chess.com. ECF LMS page https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/59701/home Chess.com page https://www.chess.com/club/west-mid...

My only double check and mate, that I can remember [Event "Birmingham Summer League"] [Site "Redditch"] [Date "2013.06.18"] [White "Name escapes me"] [Black "Older but not always wiser Dan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Qf3 Bg4 ...

Nigel Towers wrote up a brief history of chess in Redditch from 1881 to 2017, for the Redditch club's web pages which were new at the time https://www.redditchchessclub.org/club-history.html.

I am also sad to read this, as I remember him quite well, as it takes me back to one of my many blunders, as Kevin managed to draw a game against me in 1994, in a Bucks U18 v Bucks 2 Clash. Unfortunately my record taking was poor for this game so I can't remember the exact position, but I was white ...

To save me digging my games out, we have discussed this before viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6226&start=15

There appears to be a brief summary on their website http://www.mccu.org.uk/

Just got my partner to set the Sky Box at home, and she she says its repeated on EuroSport 1 at 7.30am and EuroSport 2 at 10.30am, which https://www.eurosport.co.uk/eurosport-tv-schedule.shtml confirms.

It is titled "Grand Prix Series" and the searches don't seem to find any more.

Surely those who are more competitive will be playing in the European Seniors that overlaps the same dates.

Personally I found it easier to make the two days, when I think it was in September rather than October. I went more for the team aspect rather than the individual tournament, so I didn't even look at entering this year when I heard there was no team event. It seemed local clubs to me were put off b...

The following statement or similar has always appeared at the top of the Grading website. This is the original July 2018 grading list, based on results up to 30th June. The August revision, as always, will be definitive, as it may include corrections and late-reported 2017-18 events. Many leagues wi...

If it helps or hinders your decision in wanting to come and join us, Redditch Chess Club will be moving out of Redditch for next season, as we will be playing our fixtures at Alvechurch Sports & Social Club, Radford Rd, Alvechurch, Birmingham B48 7LD, https://www.alvechurchsocial.co.uk/

Having secured back to back Division 3 and Division 2 championships in the Birmingham and District Chess League, Redditch are now looking to strengthen their squad for next season. We will have teams in Division 1, 4 and 6, and we are preferably looking for greater than 170 players to give us a chan...

The North Glos League hold one almost every year as an individual Christmas tournament, and the results over the years can be found on http://www.gloucesterchess.co.uk/lightning.php Whilst the Birmingham League have a team event every March, where this years (last seasons) results can be found on ht...

You missed it, the offer was raised on this forum https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=9364 and they were for clubs to purchase from the ECF. Redditch ordered some so that we could have more than one match on digital clocks, and I believe they arrived last week, although we won't be able ...

We (Redditch) are currently struggling for enough players to confirm to attempt to defend both our titles.
With two weeks or so before the entry fee price rise, we are hopeful that we can still put in two teams, but it may be only one.