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- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:00 am
- Forum: County Championships
- Topic: Manchester in the NCCU
- Replies: 58
- Views: 9865
Re: Manchester in the NCCU
Especially when people are rationally depending on trains round here and how unreliable they are just now! People will be late, sometimes very much so. Quite odd to stop the game once started. The captains know each other quite well - same club in the Yorkshire/Leeds league - so some friendly needle...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:22 am
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: Alan Beresford
- Replies: 7
- Views: 459
Re: Alan Beresford
Oh, that's very sad. He always seemed a nice, happy person.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:22 am
- Forum: County Championships
- Topic: Manchester in the NCCU
- Replies: 58
- Views: 9865
Re: Manchester in the NCCU
Really not a good day for Yorkshire between that and the open! Well done to Cleveland though - quite a good team that. It's the U2050 and below where Yorkshire's size should be rights make us nearly invincible, but obviously we only very rarely get anything like our strongest team on paper out. It c...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:01 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Counties and clubs
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5136
Re: Counties and clubs
Fascinating thanks The treatment of Yorkshire is intriguing, but I think pragmatic/appropriate to the reality on the ground.
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:29 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Counties and clubs
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5136
Re: Counties and clubs
The biggest chess counties, in terms of distance, are presumably Cumbria, Northumberland, Lincolnshire, Cornwall, Devon and (North) Yorkshire? Northumberland and Cumbria have the lowest population densities. According to Wiki, North Yorkshire is largest in terms of area all by itself (!). Much of t...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:03 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Counties and clubs
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5136
Re: Counties and clubs
Do we actually have any counties that don't have a league of their own? I don't think there's even a Lancashire league as such? It would have had to be large town based and maybe weekend based like the Yorkshire league, but it's ended up all evening leagues split between Merseyside, GM and various ...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:12 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Counties and clubs
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5136
Re: Counties and clubs
Yes. Counties, especially the historical ones, aren't very well matched to modern population densities. Chess leagues naturally tend to follow the latter! The Manchester league say is an thorough going mixture county wise even if you count Greater Manchester as one. There's still some clubs fairly e...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:46 am
- Forum: YCA
- Topic: Huddersfield & District Chess Association
- Replies: 80
- Views: 5376
Re: Huddersfield & District Chess Association
Well done Not that Hebden are precisely doing *badly*, what with fielding three teams all stacked in the middle of the table.
I'm a bit surprised Hebden have quite so many players, is that just the commuter belt effect?
I'm a bit surprised Hebden have quite so many players, is that just the commuter belt effect?
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:31 am
- Forum: YCA
- Topic: 2023/2024 Season
- Replies: 123
- Views: 7996
Re: 2023/2024 Season
Apologies to Bradford! I just saw 8-0 of course. Some of the juniors in the IMB are already strong enough to make an impact on the lower boards of the Woodhouse of course - the top of York D would already definitely strengthen York B. It takes a fairly rare junior to get to/over 2100 before Universi...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:34 am
- Forum: YCA
- Topic: 2023/2024 Season
- Replies: 123
- Views: 7996
Re: 2023/2024 Season
Really no idea who then More juniors would be fun, at least until they start scaring us all in the Woodhouse!
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:33 am
- Forum: YCA
- Topic: 2023/2024 Season
- Replies: 123
- Views: 7996
Re: 2023/2024 Season
Relegation is now very tight indeed. Calderdale are bottom with 2 match points, Leeds second with 4 then Ilkley 4 (2.5 game points more than Leeds), Huddersfield with 5 and York B/Bradford on 6. Bradford defaulted one earlier this year, so their game points still aren't amazing. Any of them could st...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:29 am
- Forum: YCA
- Topic: 2023/2024 Season
- Replies: 123
- Views: 7996
Re: 2023/2024 Season
All up now - and that is something. A strong Sheffield team lost 3.5 - 4.5 to Ilkley. One of the bigger upsets - in grading terms too - for a very long time. York beat Leeds 4.5-3.5, Hull beat Calderdale 6-2, York B defaulted (no idea why) 0-8 to Bradford and 6-2 for Harrogate over Huddersfield. Lea...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:54 pm
- Forum: YCA
- Topic: 2023/2024 Season
- Replies: 123
- Views: 7996
Re: 2023/2024 Season
Oh, Sheffield lost or something?!
We got an incredibly hard fought 4.5 - 3.5 win vs Leeds today - I won very quickly, then we suffered for 7 draws.
The York D junior squad were very motivated to beat York C and managed it Go them!
We got an incredibly hard fought 4.5 - 3.5 win vs Leeds today - I won very quickly, then we suffered for 7 draws.
The York D junior squad were very motivated to beat York C and managed it Go them!
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:28 am
- Forum: 4NCL
- Topic: 4NCL 2023-24 Division Three Bishops
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1842
Re: 4NCL 2023-24 Division Three Bishops
Yikes! That's a bit of a statement from Warks 2. If GW keep that strength of team then they'll surely go up, no idea who will join them.
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:39 am
- Forum: 4NCL
- Topic: 4NCL 2023-24 Division Three Bishops
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1842
Re: 4NCL 2023-24 Division Three Bishops
Hard fought 3-3 draw Another very tough match for WR3 today actually, but that is a very good team - WR1/2 strengthening feeding down etc.
The two Div 3 divisions do seem to have ended up a bit lopsided, but I imagine it was impossible to predict.
The two Div 3 divisions do seem to have ended up a bit lopsided, but I imagine it was impossible to predict.