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The following weekends for the Junior
4NCL 2012/13 season at the Hinckley Island Hotel and Daventry Court
Hotel have been booked;
1. 17th-18th November 2012
2. 19th-20th January 2013
3. 6th-7th April 2013.
And in case you missed them, the dates for the main 4NCL
for 2012/13 are also here.
Yorkshire Teams at 4NCL
10.05.2012 - Here is another
nice report, this time on the fortunes of the
Yorkshire teams
at the final 4NCL weekend - with thanks to Andrew Bak (Bradford DCA).
Fifth Weekend Team Report
10.05.2012 - Many thanks to John Carleton, Spirit of
Atticus Captain, for providing an
entertaining team report
from the final weekend.
Final Weekend Report
09.05.2012 - A report from the fifth and final weekend is available
here- with thanks to
Lawrence Cooper.
FIDE crosstables
09.05.2012 - Final Players Crosstable
(Excel format) and Crosstables after rounds 9-11 (CSV format) are now
available - with thanks to Neville Belinfante.
09.05.2012 - We are grateful to John
Upham (AMCA) for producing an excellent
set of photos during weekend 5 at Hinckley Island.
PGNs Rds 9-11
08.05.2012 - Several are
now available with more to follow soon.
Please allow time, as the task particularly for division 3, is
considerable. A combined set of files for each division including
replays will be created
when any errors and/or adjustments have been made.
Corrections
08.05.2012 - Some small but important
corrections were needed to the Div 1c & d round 11 results and tables (three
games only). NB. These have now been made.
Norms achieved
07.05.2012 - Congratulations to the
following for achieving title norms.
11 Round GM - Richard Palliser (White Rose)
11 Round IM - Sam Franklin (Barbican)
10 Round IM - Michael JR White (Oxford)
Division 3 Round 10 pairings
06.05.2012 -
Please note there has been an adjustment to
the round 10 pairings; details
here.
CHESS Monthly
04.05.2012 - We are
grateful to Malcolm Pein and his team at Chess & Bridge
for permission to publish three articles
about the 4NCL which were published in
recent issues of
CHESS
Monthly.
01.05.2012
- Rd9 Saturday 5th 14:00, Rd10 Sunday 6th 13:00 and Rd11 Monday 7th
11.00. Rate of play (as usual): 40 moves in two hours, then 20 moves
in one hour and an extra 30 minutes for each player to complete the
game. A seven-hour session. [More
here]
Revised Div 3 Rd9 pairings
27.04.2012 -
Following expiry of the deadline for further withdrawals without penalty
and following the withdrawal of Holmes Chapel, the
revised pairings for Rd9 of Div 3 are
now published - Dave Thomas.
From Barcelo to Puma
26.04.2012 - The
ownership of the Barcelo Hotels has now changed to
Puma Hotels. However
nothing has changed going forward in terms of the 4NCL's arrangements
with these hotels - Mike Truran.
Important deadlines
24.04.2012
- Thursday this week midnight - for registering extra players and telling if you cannot raise a team. Regretfully Holmes Chapel
have withdrawn from Division 3. A revised draw will be made as soon as
this deadline has been reached. Thursday next week midnight - for team
lists although much earlier would be preferable. As usual, team
lists should be sent to Neville and .
2012/13 venue change (Div 3n)
14.04.2012
- A change has been made to the venue arrangements for the
weekend of 12th-13th January 2013 from The Majestic Hotel Harrogate to
the
Redworth
Hall Hotel.
Division 3: Rd9 pairings
12.04.2012
- These are
now available -
with thanks to Dave Thomas, Dave Welch & Neville
Belinfante.
FIDE Crosstables
04.04.2012 -
Crosstables (xls and csv
format) are available with details (of all players) up to and including
Rds 7&8.
If any player believes he or she may get a title norm this
season, please contact with details.
04.04.2012 - A report from the fourth weekend is available here- with thanks to
Lawrence Cooper.
Yorkshire Teams at 4NCL
03.04.2012 -
Here is a nice report, this time on the fortunes of the various
Yorkshire teams
at last weekend's 4NCL.
Fourth Weekend Team
Report 02.04.2012 -
Many thanks to John Carleton, Spirit of
Atticus Captain, for providing another
detailed report this time
about his team's matches during rounds 7&8.
Weekend 4, rds 7&8
01.04.2012 -
Results, tables and most PGN's are already available. Some photos to
follow. Many thanks to everyone for another successful and enjoyable
weekend at Hinckley Island.
Zukertort Fund
29.03.2012 - The fund for restoring the grave of
Johannes Zukertort (1842-1888), who is buried in Brompton Cemetery,
London, now stands at over £1,000. Donations are still welcome.
Official permission has been granted, and
work will begin soon.
Anyone who would like to contribute should speak
to Stuart Conquest, who will be at the 4NCL this weekend.
LIVE games
28.03.2012 - We plan to
broadcast
LIVE matches this weekend - with thanks to
David Clayton & Steve Hughes.
28.03.2012 - We are pleased to announce that 4NCL now
has new Facebook and
Twitter accounts.
Div 1&2 Final Pool Pairings
27.03.2012 - The final pool pairings for
Division 1 and
Division 2 which
start with Round 8 on Sunday are available - with thanks to Neville
Belinfante.
Revised Div3 pairings
23.03.2012 - Following the deadline and taking
account of the Sons of Anarchy withdrawal, the newly revised pairings
for weekend 4 are here - with
thanks to Dave Thomas, Neville Belinfante and David Welch.
Blackpool 2012
19.03.2012 - The Blackpool Conference held recently at
the The Imperial Hotel Blackpool was a successful event. The connection with
4NCL being that we arrange the venue!
Click to see a pictorial summary.
Div 3 Weekend 4
18.03.2012 -
Sons of Anarchy have found it necessary to withdraw from the fourth
weekend of Division Three. However, revised pairings will not be
published until Friday after the deadline by which additional teams may
withdraw without penalty - Dave Thomas.
J4NCL on Chessbase
12.03.2012
- Chessbase have
published
the final report by Mike Truran. Photos are provided by Ray Morris-Hill.
The J4NCL weekends took place 26-27 Nov 2011, 21-22 Jan
and 3-4 Mar 2012, all at
Hinckley Island
Hotel.
J4NCL (final) Weekend
3
11.03.2012 - A pictorial report from the last weekend of the
J4NCL 11/12 season is available here- with thanks to
Mike Truran.
More Junior Photos
05.03.2012 - There are more photos from day 2 (of 2) of the final J4NCL weekend from Hinckley
Island here
- with thanks again toRay Morris-Hill.
Junior 4NCL Photos
03.03.2012 - There is a excellent set of
pictures from day 1 (of 2) of the final J4NCL weekend from Hinckley
Island here
- with thanks toRay Morris-Hill.
Older items for this season can be found
on the News Archives
page.
CONGRESS ORGANISERS
Whilst we are happy to display entry
forms for forthcoming congresses at the
4NCL weekends, please
send
any such
information to Dave Welch. You can find
Dave's address
here.
at the final 4NCL weekend - with thanks to Andrew Bak (Bradford DCA).
