North Staffs & District Chess Association
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Saturday, 27 May 2023
Forthcoming Junior Events
2022/2023 Season Drawing To A Close
The 2022/2023 season is now drawing to a close, with only the Major Cup still to be decided. Crewe have dominated Division 1, with their 'A' and 'B' teams finishing as Champions and runners-up respectively. They also won the Minor Cup and play Fenton in the Major Cup Fnal on Tuesday. Newcastle pipped Stafford to the Division 2 title by a single point. Alsager had a fine season, with their 'B' team taking Division 3 by a point from Crewe 'E'. They also won the Open and Intermediate Cups.
Click here to view the full Honours List.
Saturday, 13 May 2023
Another Local Congress
The inagural Derbyshire Chess Congress is being held over the weekend of 23rd/24th September in Long Eaton. Full details can be found here - https://belperchess.club/derbyshire-chess-congress-2023.
Thursday, 4 May 2023
County Championship Quarter Final
Peter Evans is looking for players for the County Championship Quarter Final match between Essex and Staffordshire on Saturday 20th May. If you are rated under 1850, and are interested in playing, then please contact him by email - peterfkevans@live.co.uk - or on 07486 988180. The match is being played in Wanstead - just at the bottom of the M11 - and has a 1:30 start time.
Tuesday, 11 April 2023
6th Crewe Chess Congress
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Saturday Morning Chess Session
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
North Staffs High School Championships.
I have just received the following from Jonathan Blackburn, the County Junior Secretary :
On Wednesday February 15th, Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews
Academy will host the North Staffordshire High Schools championships. Currently
11 schools from all around will send teams of 4 (some more than 1 team!) to see
who will be crowned Champions. While it is a competitive event, the focus is on
continuing to build upon the recent resurgence of chess at this age range, and
provide extra-curricular opportunities for the pupils within these chess clubs.
A big thank you goes out to all those teachers giving their
time to run these clubs and bring their pupils to the event! As well as to
Chess in Schools & Communities who have provided many of the schools with
the equipment to run the clubs.
Monday, 6 February 2023
Junior Chess Clubs
Monday, 9 January 2023
Shropshire Congress 2023
Congratulations to Jonathan Blackburn of Alsager on winning the Open Section at this weekend's Shropshire Congress, with a score of 4.5/5.
Other standout performances were from Carmel Barwick of Crewe, who finished joint 2nd in the Intermediate Section with a score of 4/5.
Chris Hankey of Fenton was joint 4th in the Major with 3.5/5.
The highest placed NSDCA players in the Minor Section were Nigel Gardner of Crewe and Lea Podmore of Fenton, both finishing joint 6th with scores of 3.5/5.
Very well done to all the other NSDCA players who took part.
The full results can be viewed at www.chess-results.com and searching for Shropshire Congress.
Thursday, 5 January 2023
FIDE Laws Of Chess 2023
The FIDE Laws Of Chess have been updated and can be viewed here, or from the link on the left hand side of the page.