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News archive
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Entry guidelines for the 2007/08 season here.
Entry guidelines for the 2006/07 season here.
Index to 2006/07 season here.
Index to 2005/06 season here.
Index to 2004/05 season here.
Index to 2003/04 season here.
Index to 2002/03 season here.
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21/4/08
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4NCL Super Rapidplay
We're going to hold a Super Rapidplay at the final weekend at Sunningdale. This event has been designed for your entertainment, as a fast, furious and fun way to spend your Sunday night at the 4NCL. I hope that as many of you as possible will be able to enter the tournament. You can download the entry form here.
With thanks to Claire Summerscale.
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17/4/08
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Transport to Wokefield Park
There will be the usual taxi shuttle service between Reading railway station and Wokefield Park at the forthcoming weekend 3rd to 5th May. Details as follows:
Saturday May 3rd: shuttle leaves Reading railway station for Wokefield Park at 11.00, 12.00 and 13.00. This includes an additional vehicle for the 12.00 and 13.00 trips.
Monday May 5th: shuttle leaves Wokefield Park for Reading railway station at 16.00, 17.00, 18.00. Includes additional vehicle for the 16.00 and 17.00 trips.
The cost of the shuttle will be £3.00 per person per trip, payable to the driver, please.
People wishing to assure themselves of a seat will be able to pre-book. Please contact Claire Summerscale in advance with your name and the time of the trip you wish a seat for. Seats for people who do not pre-book will depend on availability.
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9/4/08
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Division 4 - Weekend 4
Division 4, Round 7 results
Division 4, Round 8 results
Division 4 score table
20/3 - includes correction to the round 7 match Bristol 2 vs. Guildford-A&DC 5.
Division 4, Round 7 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 4, Round 8 games in PGN or in game viewer
With thanks to Neville Belinfante, Robert Parker and Andrew Mayhew.
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29/3/08
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GM Nick Pert reports
Some photos from the March weekend - click here.
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25/3/08
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Kings Head Rapidplay
The next Kings Head Rapidplay event will be held on Saturday 5th April at the Porchester Hall, W2. Click here for details and an entry form or contact the Kings Head 4NCL Captain, details on the team contacts page.
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21/3/08
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Divisions 1,2 & 3 - Weekend 4
Division 1, Round 7 results
Division 1, Round 8 results
Division 1 score table
Division 1, Round 7 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 1, Round 8 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 2, Round 7 results
Division 2, Round 8 results
Division 2 score table
Division 2, Round 7 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 2, Round 8 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 7 results
Division 3, Round 8 results
Division 3 score table
4/3 - includes various amendments, in particular the Round 7 match in Division 3 between Anglian Avengers and Mind Sports is now correct (I hope ...).
Division 3, Round 7 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 8 games in PGN or in game viewer
With thanks to Neville Belinfante, Malcolm Armstrong, Paul Talsma and Robert Parker.
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17/3/08
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Division 4
The draw for Round 9 has been made - click here.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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16/3/08
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Richmond Rapidplay
The 76th Richmond Rapidplay event will be held on Sunday March 30th at the White House Community Association. Click here for details, including an entry form, previous results and next year's diary.
The organising committee is now IM Susan Lalic, Angus French & Paul Dupré.
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10/3/08
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GM Nick Pert reports
Nick has prepared a report on Weekend 4 - click here.
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10/3/08
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Playing Catch-Up
Thanks to Robert Parker, the following are now available:
Division 4, Round 5 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 4, Round 6 games in PGN or in game viewer
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6/3/08
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FIDE crosstable
Click here for the FIDE crosstable for the season to date (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet). The spreadsheet shows players' FIDE rating performances.
FIDE have changed their ratings policy so that tournaments completed before two weeks prior to the publication of a new list can be included. This means that all games in March, including the forthcoming Division 4 games, will be included in the next rating list due out on April 1st.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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6/3/08
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Division 4
The draw for Round 7 has been made - click here.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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6/3/08
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Transport arrangements - Sunningdale Park 15th/16th March
Following discussions with both the venue and to the main local taxi service Atlas Cars, it seems that the short distance between Sunningdale railway station and the Sunningdale Park venue does not warrant arranging a separate shuttle service. We therefore suggest that people arriving at Sunningdale railway station approach the Atlas Cars taxi rank, where we are told there are usually a number of Atlas Car taxis in attendance. Atlas Cars' telephone number is 01344 874874 for those who wish to prebook taxis or to call a taxi from the station. We understand the cost of the journey to be in the region of £5 or so, although on a per person basis this will of course reduce if chessplayers share taxis. For the return journey from Sunningdale Park to Sunningdale railway station, we suggest that people either contact Atlas Cars on the above number or arrange a taxi via Sunningdale Park reception.
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3/3/08
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Title norms
Anyone who thinks they are in line for an GM, IM, WGM or WIM norm should contact Neville Belinfante prior to the final weekend so he can check exactly what they would need.
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26/2/08
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Live games
We expect to have live coverage of the coming weekend's play. Here's the link.
With thanks to Dave Clayton.
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19/2/08
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Transport to Wokefield Park
There will be a shuttle service between Reading railway station and Wokefield Park for the forthcoming weekend. Details as follows:
Saturday March 1st: shuttle leaves Reading railway station for Wokefield Park at 11.00, 12.00 and 13.00.
Sunday March 2nd: shuttle leaves Wokefield Park for Reading railway station at 16.00, 17.00, 18.00.
We will run an extra coach (i.e. two instead of one) for the last two trips on Saturday and the first two trips on Sunday.
The cost of the shuttle will be £3.00 per person per trip to help defray some of the costs of hiring the coaches. This will be collected by the coach driver.
People wishing to assure themselves of a seat will be able to pre-book. Please contact Claire Summerscale in advance with your name and the time of the trip you wish a seat for. Seats for people who do not pre-book will depend on availability.
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16/2/08
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Divisions 1,2 & 3 - Weekend 3
Division 1, Round 5 results
Division 1, Round 6 results
Division 1 score table
Division 1, Round 5 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 1, Round 6 games in PGN or in game viewer
18/1 - includes correction to Pein vs. Kilpatrick, 16/2 - includes correction to Tebb vs. Pert.
Division 2, Round 5 results
Division 2, Round 6 results
Division 2 score table
Division 2, Round 5 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 2, Round 6 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 5 results
Division 3, Round 6 results
Division 3 score table
Division 3, Round 5 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 6 games in PGN or in game viewer
With thanks to Neville Belinfante, Malcolm Armstrong and Richard Pert.
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16/2/08
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4NCL Super Rapidplay
The 1st 4NCL Super Rapidplay will take place on the 1st March at Wokefield Park. This event has been designed for your entertainment, as a fast, furious and fun way to spend your Saturday night at the 4NCL. I hope that as many of you as possible will be able to enter the tournament. You can download the entry form here.
With thanks to Claire Summerscale.
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16/2/08
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Division 4 - Weekend 3
Division 4, Round 5 results
Division 4, Round 6 results
16/2 - includes correction to the Conquistadors 1 vs. Celtic Tigers 1 match.
Division 4 score table
With thanks to Neville Belinfante and Angus French.
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14/2/08
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League Rules
There is a correction to rule 2.3 (the date should have read 2007, rather than 2008). Complete rules here.
With thanks to David Welch and Claire Summerscale.
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3/2/08
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Golf, anyone?
Stephen Maguire is taking his son, Robert (KJCA Kings), to Staverton Park next weekend and is looking for someone who would like to play a round of golf on the Saturday or Sunday morning. Nothing too serious, just a friendly game. Contact Stephen if interested.
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31/1/08
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Shuttle to Staverton Park
The shuttle service between Northampton railway station and Staverton Park has now been arranged.
The schedule is:
Saturday 9th February - From Northampton Train Station to Staverton Park @ 11.00, 12.00 and 13.00.
Sunday 10th February - From Staverton Park to Northampton Train Station @ 16.00, 17.00 and 18.00.
Just a couple of points to note:
1. The cost of the shuttle service is considerably higher than for Wokefield, so we will need to ask for a small contribution of £5 per trip for those who use the service to help defray some of the costs - still good value compared with the cost of a taxi from Northampton to Staverton. This will be payable on boarding the shuttle.
2. Given that space on each trip will be limited to eight seats, people will be able to book a seat on the shuttle coach in advance. If they want to do this, they should call Georgina Porter at Staverton Park on 01327 302001.
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24/1/08
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GM Nick Pert reports
Some photos from Weekend 3 - click here.
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24/1/08
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Junior 4NCL
Photo report on the inaugural 4NCL Junior weekend - click here.
With thanks to Claire Summerscale.
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24/1/08
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Paul Littlewood - ECF President's award
Congratulations to Paul Littlewood, who was presented with the English Chess Federation President's Award for Services to Chess at the 4 Nations Chess League on the 12th January 2008. Thank you to David Anderton for presenting the award to Paul in recognition of his many years of dedicated work for chess. | | Photo - Claire Summerscale |
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22/1/08
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Mark Hogarth
Mark Hogarth's current work commitments mean that he has decided with reluctance to stand down as a director of 4NCL following many years of service to the league. Our grateful thanks go to Mark for his contribution to the Board over this time.
As a result of Mark's resignation, a vacancy for a team representative director on the Board has arisen, and we would very much welcome expressions of interest from any of the team captains who would like to be considered for this role. The main requirement of the role is to represent the interests of the teams on the Board, and in particular to attend (usually) two Board meetings a year and the various captains' meetings over the course of the season.
In the event of expressions of interest from more than one team captain, our suggestion is that a secret ballot be conducted to allow team captains to vote confidentially for their preferred choice. As part of this process, we would envisage each candidate providing a short election address setting out their background, credentials for the role etc. Incidentally, if anybody feels that a different process for the appointment should be adopted we would be glad to hear from them.
We should also stress that it is not a requirement to be a team captain to be a team representative on the Board, so if any team captain, whilst not necessarily wanting to be considered for the role him/herself, feels that any of their team members would be interested, we should be grateful if they would pass on the contents of this communication to those people.
We would be grateful for expressions of interest by the end of January please. Please contact Claire Summerscale.
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21/1/08
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Weekend 3 - photo report
I'm grateful to Meri Grigoryan-Lyell for another set of photos from the recent weekend's play ... click here. | | Photo - Meri Grigoryan-Lyell |
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17/1/08
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GM Nick Pert reports
Nick has prepared a report on Weekend 3 - click here.
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14/1/08
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Wellington College International
The Wellington College International is a 9 round FIDE-rated tournament taking place over the next two weekends. IM norms possible, British Championship place available. Web site including entry form here. Further details from John Rawlinson, Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 7PU (Telephone: 07717 337185, email here).
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3/1/08
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9th/10th February
We have secured Staverton Park as our venue for the 9th/10th February 2008 weekend.
The contacts at Staverton are Fiona Arrowsmith (farrowsmith@deverevenues.co.uk) or Georgina Porter(gporter@deverevenues.co.uk). The switchboard number is 0870 609 1156.
More details are on the hotels page.
We are pleased that we have managed to find a reasonably central venue at very short notice. The choice of Sunningdale and Wokefield Park for the other weekends was dictated as much by availability of venues as anything else.
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3/1/08
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Paragon Hotel - important notice
The new management team at the Paragon Hotel have refused to honour the agreed arrangements between the 4NCL and the hotel for the 2007/2008 season and have said that with immediate effect they intend to levy hire charges for the playing areas, totalling nearly £7,000 per day, and to withdraw the bedroom booking commission arrangements previously offered to the 4NCL.
Clearly this course of action on the part of the Paragon Hotel is financially untenable for the 4NCL and we have therefore had no option but to sever the 4NCL relationship with the Paragon Hotel forthwith both for the current and forthcoming seasons. Fortunately De Vere Venues have been able to step into the breach at short notice and the new venues are as follows:
2007/08 Season
9-10 February 2008: Staverton Park
1-2 March 2008: Wokefield Park
2008/2009 Season
18-19 October 2008 (previously "to be confirmed"): Sunningdale
Please can you therefore cancel all future room bookings with the Paragon Hotel as soon as possible, in order to reduce as far as possible the risk of cancellation charges being levied.
The Paragon Hotel have assured us that they will endeavour to ensure that no cancellation charges are levied for bookings made directly with the hotel (whether by phone, email or the Paragon web site) but given that no system is foolproof (particularly where the Paragon is concerned) you will need to check this and follow up with the hotel if this does happen.
There will unfortunately be some cases where captains/players have booked via third party websites such as Expedia - in such cases it may be both that cancellation charges are levied and that there is no redress, given that the booking was not made with the hotel, but hopefully these cases will be in the minority. The risk of this happening will be reduced if the bookings are cancelled as soon as possible.
I apologise for any inconvenience caused, but I'm sure you all appreciate that this course of action was necessary given the way in which the Paragon Hotel has behaved.
Please address any queries on this to Mike Truran.
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2/1/08
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Shuttle service to Wokefield Park
There will be the usual free shuttle coach service between the venue and the railway station for the forthcoming weekend (January 12th/13th).
The planned times are:
Saturday: 11 a.m. / 12 noon / 1 p.m. from Reading station to Wokefield Park.
Sunday: 4 p.m. / 5 p.m. / 6 p.m. from Wokefield Park to Reading station.
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1/1/08
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2007/08 Registrations
Updated registration lists, good for the next weekend, are now available - click here. FIDE ratings from the January 2008 list are now included.
Congratulations to the following players on their first FIDE rating:-- George Tunstall (AMCA)
- Megan Owens (Cambridge Uni)
- Brandon Clarke (Littlethorpe)
- Andy Johnson (Littlethorpe)
- Radha Jain (Pride and Prejudice)
- Sam Walker (Slough Sharks)
There are a number of Bristol players who are listed but can only play if their ECF membership is confirmed.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante, the League's Registration Secretary:- please contact Neville with any queries, etc.
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1/1/08
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Junior 4NCL
Full details of this brand new competition are now available. Click here to download an entry form and here for the Junior League Rules. All questions to 4NCL Chairman, Claire Summerscale.
UPDATE 1/1:- Our first two entries are Winchester College Wildcats and Royal Grammar School Guildford.
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1/1/08
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4NCL Rapidplay
We've received two entries to the Summer rapidplay tournament:- Metropolitan Police and Celtic Tigers.
Details on how to enter here.
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1/1/08
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Daily Telegraph
Malcolm Pein writes a daily column in the Telegraph. To access the column on-line, you need to register, which is free. The daily chess column can be found by clicking the "Chess Club" link in the Arts section.
Alternatively, you can read his recent articles on the 4NCL here and here.
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1/1/08
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Richmond Rapidplay
The 75th Richmond Rapidplay event will be held on Sunday January 20th at the White House Community Association. Click here for details, including an entry form, previous results and next year's diary.
The organising committee is now IM Susan Lalic, Angus French & Paul Dupré.
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14/12/07
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Division 4 - Weekend 2
Division 4, Round 3 results
Division 4, Round 4 results
Division 4 score table
28/11 - Includes a correction to Poisoned Pawns 2's score.
Division 4, Round 3 games in PGN or in game viewer
7/12 - Includes a correction to Kingston vs. Farrall.
Division 4, Round 4 games in PGN or in game viewer
With thanks to Neville Belinfante, Robert Parker and Ian Kingston.
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11/12/07
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Division 4
The draw for Round 5 has been made - click here.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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11/12/07
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2008/09 season
Dates and venues for next season are announced - click here for details.
More details on the venues here.
Please note the following:
1. Although the date is firm, the venue for the 18-19 October 2008 weeekend has still to be finalised - we have provisionally booked a hotel, but we want to ensure that some concerns we have with its current performance in a number of areas are resolved before we confirm the booking.
2. We have tried to get a more central balance to the venues in response to a number of comments received.
3. We will be using a new hotel chain in the 2008/2009 season - the Barcelo Group (Hinckley Island and Daventry).
4. Hinckley Island is of a sufficient size to enable us to hold all divisions there - which we will be doing for two weekends during the season.
5. Please note the following instructions when booking rooms at Hinckley Island and Daventry:
Booking Details
To make your room reservation please call Barcelo Hotels 0870 161 0797
(Lines open Mon - Fri 9am - 9pm, Saturday - Sunday 10am - 6pm)
Please quote CHESS when making your booking.
When making a reservation, a Barcelo Events agent will ask you for a £10 per person deposit, balance payable at the hotel. You can pay by Access/MasterCard, Visa, Switch and all major credit cards.
Sorry but deposits cannot be refunded unless under special circumstances of ill health, injury or other unavoidable events.
On receipt of your booking you will be sent a confirmation showing your reservation details, the deposit and balance payable at the host hotel. All reservations must be made through the central reservations office; please do not try and make a booking direct to the hotel.
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3/12/07
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Coulsdon Chess Fellowship (CCF)
CCF has one or two spaces left for its Christmas Internationals. They are possibly looking for an IM, maybe another FM and maybe an un-rated player to complete the field of the 2nd IM norm tournament. In addition, there are 3 or 4 spaces left in the Challengers' B event (where the winner will receive a free entry into a future IM norm international).
Details here.
Please contact Scott Freeman if interested.
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2/12/07
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Online Chess Club
The English Chess Federation has launched an online chess club ... more details here.
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28/11/07
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Paragon Hotel
With immediate effect, room bookings at the Paragon should be made directly with Paul Upton, Revenue Development Manager (direct phone number 0121 606 4907, or by email). Please quote 4NCL when booking.
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23/11/07
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Division 4, Weekend 1
Division 4, Round 1 games in PGN or in game viewer
19/11 - includes correction to the result of Cork vs. Graham.
Division 4, Round 2 games in PGN or in game viewer
With thanks to Robert Parker and Ian Kingston.
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21/11/07
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Cheddleton
Cheddleton have unfortunately had to withdraw from Division 4. This has meant that some Round 3 pairings have been changed. Full details are here.
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20/11/07
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GM Nick Pert reports
Nick has prepared a photo report on Weekend 2 - click here.
There are more photos from other events on Nick's web site.
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19/11/07
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Divisions 1,2 & 3 - Weekend 2
Division 1, Round 3 results
Division 1, Round 4 results
Division 1 score table
Division 1, Round 3 games in PGN or in game viewer
13/11 - includes a correction to the game van Weersal vs. Shepley.
Division 1, Round 4 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 2, Round 3 results
Division 2, Round 4 results
15/11 - includes a correction to the result of the Hilsmark Kingfisher 2 vs. Pride & Prejudice result.
Division 2 score table
19/11 - includes correction to Barbican Youth score.
Division 2, Round 3 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 2, Round 4 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 3 results
Division 3, Round 4 results
Division 3 score table
Division 3, Round 3 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 4 games in PGN or in game viewer
With thanks to Malcolm Armstrong, Neville Belinfante, Julien Shepley and Jonathan Rogers.
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18/11/07
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Last weekend
Barbican 4NCL 2 captain Jonathan Rogers has written some observations from last weekend's play, here.
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18/11/07
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Shuttle service to Wokefield Park
There will be the usual free shuttle coach service between the venue and the railway station on Saturday and Sunday.
The planned times are:
Saturday: 11 a.m. / 12 noon / 1 p.m. from Reading station to Wokefield Park.
Sunday: 4 p.m. / 5 p.m. / 6 p.m. from Wokefield Park to Reading station.
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15/11/07
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More photos
Thanks to Meri Grigoryan-Lyell for a bumper crop of photos from last weekend ... click here. | | Photo - Meri Grigoryan-Lyell |
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13/11/07
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Emma Bentley
Rising young star Emma has her own web site - click here.
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13/11/07
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Photos from the weekend
There plenty of photos from the weekend on the Atticus web site - click here.
With thanks to Stephen Connor.
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11/11/07
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English Chess Federation: One Member, One Vote
From Peter Sowray:
I'm writing this in my personal capacity, rather than as 4NCL webmaster or ECF official ... I spoke to many of you who attended this weekend's 4NCL about the ECF OMOV campaign. Thank you to those of you who signed the petition and my apologies to all the folk I didn't manage to talk to. Several of you asked me to post the link - it's here.
Hopefully this will be of interest to anyone who cares about chess in England and not just 4NCL players.
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8/11/07
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A round of golf?
Stephen Maguire, who is taking his son Robert to Wokefield Park next weekend, would like find a partner for a round of golf either on the Saturday or on the Sunday morning. Nothing too serious just a friendly game. Anyone interested can contact Stephen via his wife Sue, here.
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5/11/07
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League Rules
There is a change to rule 9.1:
9.1 Prior to the two-hour deadline for the submission of team lists a team may nominate one male and one female player (Divisions 1-3) or two players regardless of gender (Division 4) as reserve players.
Complete rules here.
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3/11/07
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Live games
We expect to have live coverage of the coming weekend's play. Here's the link.
With thanks to Dave Clayton.
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31/10/07
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European Club Cup
Lawrence Cooper wraps up Hilsmark Kingfisher's participation at the European Club Cup here.
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30/10/07
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Division 4 - Weekend 1
Division 4, Round 1 results
Division 4, Round 2 results
Division 4 score table
The draw for Round 3 is now available - click here.
30/10 - includes corrections to the round 1 match FCA Solutions 2 vs. Athenaeum.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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24/10/07
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Sandhurst
... have unfortunately withdrawn from the League. For the coming weekend, their original opponents Sussex Smart Controls have been repaired into a triangular fixture against both Conquistadors 2 and Grendel's Mother.
Players who were originally registered with Sandhurst are able to join any other team in the League, although if they play this weekend it would be as a wildcard.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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19/10/07
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Hastings Chess Club
Anyone in the East Sussex area interested in an introduction to chess, is invited to contact Richard Almond of Hastings Chess Club who is running a course starting November 6th.
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15/10/07
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Nick Pert
Grandmaster Nick Pert has a new web site - click here.
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11/10/07
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4NCL rapidplay
The 4NCL management has asked the webmaster to compose some suitably exhortatory words to encourage you to enter next year’s rapidplay event. So here goes ...
Hear ye! Hear ye! Roll up to play in the 2008 4NCL rapidplay tournament, to be played on the weekend of 28-29 June 2008 at Harben House conference centre.
Full entry guidelines are here.
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11/10/07
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Tournaments in Hungary
This document, detailing a large number of tournaments to be organised in Hungary over the coming 6 months, may be of interest to 4NCL players.
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10/10/07
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European Club Cup
Mark Hogarth provides a final round report here.
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8/10/07
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Yet more from the European Club Cup
Lawrence Cooper summarises rounds 1 to 5 here and Mark Hogarth updates us on today's play here.
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6/10/07
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European Club Cup (continued)
Hilsmark Kingfisher are now on 2 out of 6 match points and play Turk Hava Yollari today. Full results here.
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5/10/07
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Daily Telegraph
Malcolm Pein writes a daily column in the Telegraph. To access the column on-line, you need to register, which is free. The daily chess column can be found by clicking the "Chess Club" link in the Arts section.
Alternatively, you can read his recent article on the 4NCL here.
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4/10/07
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European Club Cup (continued)
Hilsmark Kingfisher's manager, Mark Hogarth, reports on the first round here.
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3/10/07
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European Club Cup
Hilsmark Kingfisher are currently playing in the European Club Cup - web site here.
The starting ranks and results can be found on www.chess-results.com via this link.
The top seeds, OSC Baden-Baden, boast the newly crowned 15th world champion amongst there number, Hilsmark will be 32nd seeds!
UPDATE! - Hilsmark had a tough 1st round draw against Bosna Sarajevo:
| 1.4 | 32 | Hilsmark Kingfisher | | ½ - 5½ | 4 | Bosna Sarajevo | | | 1 | GM | Arkell Keith C | 2479 | 0 : 1 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2787 | | 2 | IM | Greet Andrew N | 2441 | 0 : 1 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2691 | | 3 | IM | Houska Jovanka | 2404 | 0 : 1 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2670 | | 4 | | Tavoularis Nicholas | 2246 | 0 : 1 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2673 | | 5 | | Briscoe Chris | 2273 | ½ : ½ | GM | Short Nigel D | 2649 | | 6 | WIM | Andersson Christin | 2209 | 0 : 1 | GM | Predojevic Borki | 2645 |
With thanks to Mark Hogarth.
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3/10/07
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October FIDE rating list ... continued
Updated registration lists including October FIDE ratings will be available later this week. At least 20 registered players have got ratings for the first time.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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30/9/07
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October FIDE rating list
A quick point about the forthcoming FIDE rating list. FIDE's deadline for games to appear in the October list was the end of August, which means that the first weekend's games will not be included. All first weekend results will be submitted before the end of November to allow them to be included in the January list.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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28/9/07
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League Rules
Apologies.
We made a complete pig's ear of publishing the revisions to the League Rules yesterday. Thanks to the many people who pointed this out.
There are some changes to the League Rules, in particular clauses 2.7, 8.6, 10.5 and 10.6. Full rules here.
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27/9/07
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Richmond Rapidplay
The 74th Richmond Rapidplay event will be held on Sunday November 4th at the White House Community Association. Click here for details, including an entry form, previous results and next year's diary.
The organising committee is now IM Susan Lalic, Angus French & Paul Dupré.
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14/9/07
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Live games
We intend to have live coverage of the coming weekend's play. Here's the link.
With thanks to Dave Clayton.
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18/9/07
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GM Nick Pert reports
Nick reports on Weekend 1 - click here.
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18/9/07
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Divisions 1,2 & 3 - Weekend 1
Division 1, Round 1 results
Division 1, Round 2 results
Division 1 score table
Division 1, Round 1 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 1, Round 2 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 2, Round 1 results
Division 2, Round 2 results
Division 2 score table
Division 2, Round 1 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 2, Round 2 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 1 results
Division 3, Round 2 results
Division 3 score table
Division 3, Round 1 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 2 games in PGN or in game viewer
With thanks to Neville Belinfante, Paul Dupre and Malcolm Armstrong.
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18/9/07
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More photos
Thanks to Meri Grigoryan-Lyell for some more photos from last weekend ... click here. | | Photo - Meri Grigoryan-Lyell |
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18/9/07
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Photo report
There is an extensive photo report from the first 4NCL weekend on the Atticus web site - click here.
With thanks to Stephen Connor.
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13/9/07
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Captains' meeting
Claire Summerscale will chair a meeting open to all team captains on Sunday morning. If anyone has specific points for discussion, you may wish to contact Claire in advance.
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13/9/07
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Sunningdale shuttle service - weekend 15th/16th September
UPDATE - The Shuttle is provided by Atlas Cars. The driver has been asked to display a sign on the windscreen: SUNNINGDALE PARK CHESS.
There will be a shuttle service to/from the playing venue at the following times:
Saturday: Depart from station 11.00, 12.00, 1.00
Sunday: Depart from Sunningdale 16.00, 17.00, 18.00
The service is on a 'first come, first served' basis and cannot be booked in advance.
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10/9/07
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Bristol & Grendel's Mother
... have merged. A combined registration list is available here.
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5/9/07
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Athenaeum
... has a new web site - click here.
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3/9/07
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2007/08 Registrations
Registration lists good for the first weekend of the coming season are now available - click here.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante, the League's Registration Secretary:- please contact Neville with any queries, etc.
A few lucky people have managed to appear on more than one team's registration list. Perhaps the following could let Neville know who they want to play for:- Simon McCullough
- Peter Poobalasingam
- Jovica Radovanovic
- Daniel Sparkes
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30/8/07
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Division 4
Round 1 fixtures for Division 4 are now available - click here.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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29/8/07
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League Rules
We have amended rule 12.1, covering promotion to Division 2 this season.
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28/8/07
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Richmond Rapidplay
The 73rd Richmond Rapidplay event, with a new prize fund of £700, will be held on Sunday September 9th at the White House Community Association. Click here for details, including an entry form, previous results and next year's diary.
The organising committee is now IM Susan Lalic, Angus French & Paul Dupré.
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27/8/07
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2007/08 seasom
The list of competing teams for the coming season has now been finalised - click here for the full list.
Fixtures for the top three divisions are also available - Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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26/8/07
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2007/08 season
For the record, here are the details of dates, venues, prizes, entry fees, etc.
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18/8/07
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Management Board Newsletter
Click here for the latest news from the 4NCL Management Board.
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16/8/07
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4NCL Management Board
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Claire Summerscale to chair the 4NCL Management Board. Claire's appointment see the League headed by a woman for the first time. Claire takes over from Paul Littlewood, to whom we offer our thanks.
You may find Claire's pen portrait here and some details of Paul's time in charge here.
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26/7/07
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2006/07 4NCL complete
All the games from the 2006/07 season are now available for download.
PGN format (size 2.14 MB)
ChessBase format (size 341 KB)
Also, as a special treat, we have compiled all the 4NCL games since 1996. These are big files, so you may have to make yourself a cup of cocoa while they are downloading.
PGN format (size 13.51 MB)
ChessBase format (size 2.16 MB).
With thanks to Ray Ryan for help with compiling these databases.
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21/7/07
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Division 4
Once again, apologies that this has taken forever, but the following are now available for download:
Division 4, Round 9 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 4, Round 10 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 4, Round 11 games in PGN or in game viewer
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17/7/07
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FIDE ratings
The webmaster has had some queries about the way last season’s results were submitted for FIDE rating. A particular issue arises when a game was played involving a player who did not have a rating when the season started.
When an event is submitted for rating, FIDE use the ratings as at the start of the event in question. For the 2006/07 4NCL, this means that July 2006 ratings were used and a player who did not have a rating in that list counted as unrated. Thus the result of any game involving that player did not count in his opponent’s rating calculation.
FIDE encourages national leagues to submit games in each rating period (see here), which is what the 4NCL does.
In other national leagues (e.g. France) each weekend is submitted for rating as a separate event. We have decided not to do this for the 4NCL because unrated players need to play a minimum of 3 games in an event to get a part rating.
Thanks to Howard Grist, the ECF International Rating Officer, for clearing this up.
I think I’ll go and lie down now.
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8/7/07
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Facebook
Some intrepid soul (a.k.a. John Upham) has set up a 4NCL group on the Facebook system. The link is here.
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7/7/07
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4NCL rapidplay
Congratulations to BARBICAN 4NCL, winners of the inaugural 4NCL Rapidplay. Barbican scored 18/20, second were Hilsmark Kingfisher on 17/20 and third were 3Cs Oldham on 14/20.
Full results / crosstables are now available here.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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24/6/07
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Richmond Rapidplay
The next Richmond Rapidplay event, the 72nd, will be held on Sunday 15 July at the White House Community Association. Chess Bites and Francis Bowers will be back to provide catering and a bookstall. Click here for details and an entry form.
The organising committee is now IM Susan Lalic, Angus French & Paul Dupré.
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24/6/07
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4NCL rapidplay
The first 4NCL Team Rapidplay tournament takes place next weekend, 30th June / 1st July. Entry is open to any team - you don't have to be a current participant in the 4NCL itself.
Details on how to enter are here.
Details on the venue, the De Vere Harben, are here.
UPDATE 9/5: We are now able to confirm that we have enough entries to enable the 4NCL's inaugural team rapidplay tournament to take place as planned.
The 4NCL will guarantee a prize fund of £1,000 if at least twenty teams in total enter the tournament, so please keep those entries coming in! The entry deadline will be extended accordingly.
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21/6/07
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De Vere Harben
Details (including directions) on the De Vere Harben, the venue for our Rapidplay tournament, are now available on the Hotels page.
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20/6/07
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Divisions 2 & 3, Round 11
Now available:- the Division 2 games in PGN or in game viewer, and the Division 3 games in PGN or in game viewer.
With thanks to Malcolm Armstrong.
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17/6/07
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Leicester 4NCL
The Leicester 4NCL side are running a couple of events that 4NCL players may be interested in.
Leicester FIDE Rated All Play All. Open to All. The aim of the event is to give players without a FIDE rating the opportunity to obtain a full rating in just one event. The tournament will consist of 4 rated and 6 unrated players. Provided they score at least 1/9 the unrated players are guaranteed to obtain a FIDE rating at the end of the event. The tournament will be held at The Plough Inn, Station Road, Littlethorpe, Leicester, LE19 2HS and will run 10-12 August and 18-19 August.
Leicester Weekend Congress (H E Atkins Memorial), Wyggeston College, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RJ. 21-23 September 2007. British Championship Qualifier. 5 Sections Open / U150 / U125 / U100 / U80.
Contact for both events is Sean Hewitt, 07845 518 972, 0870 288 4393 (fax).
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13/6/07
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FIDE crosstable
Click here for the final FIDE crosstable for the 2006/07 season (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet) and here for the ECF grading performances (text file). The spreadsheet shows players' FIDE rating performances.
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13/6/07
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League Rules
League Rules for the forthcoming season are available here.
13/6 - oops ... we made a mistake on the date in rule 2.3 ... apologies.
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13/6/07
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4NCL back catalog
First of all an apology - we have been running behind in posting games on the web site, particularly for Divisions 2, 3 & 4. Thanks to the efforts of Malcolm Armstrong, we are catching up. Game files will be posted on this page, or here.
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10/6/07
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4NCL Rapidplay
The confirmed list of participating teams is as follows:- 3Cs Oldham
- Barbican 4NCL
- Bristol
- Brown Jack
- Celtic Tigers
- FCA/MKOU 1
- FCA/MKOU 2
- Guildford
- Hilsmark Kingsfisher
- Jutes of Kent
- King Supports Pawn
- Kings Head 1
- Kings Head 2
- Leighton Buzzard
- Metropolitan Police
- Poisoned Pawns Revisited
- Wessex
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30/5/07
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Steve Giddins reports
Steve reports on the final Division 4 weekend - click here.
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29/5/07
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2007/08 season
Thinking of entering a team for next season?
We hope this page will answer most of your questions. You'll find details of dates, venues, prizes, entry fees, etc.
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29/5/07
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Division 4 - Final Weekend
Division 4, Round 9 results
Division 4, Round 10 results
Division 4, Round 11 results
Division 4 final score table
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
Congratulations to JUTES OF KENT, winners of Division 4 and to PANDORA'S BOX, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 2 and ANGLIAN AVENGERS, who are also promoted to Division 3.
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25/5/07
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Steve Giddins reports
Steve previews the Division 4 final weekend - click here.
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23/5/07
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Daily Telegraph
Malcolm Pein writes a daily column in the Telegraph. To access the column on-line, you need to register, which is free. The daily chess column can be found by clicking the "Chess Club" link in the Arts section.
Alternatively, you can read his recent articles on the 4NCL here, here and here.
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23/5/07
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Transport from the Railway Station to Sunningdale
Message from Paul Littlewood, 4NCL Chairman:
I am aware that for those people travelling by train a further taxi ride is needed to reach the venue and this obviously adds to the expense of the weekend. Consequently a shuttle service is being introduced (paid for by the 4NCL) to help those people in this situation. However, if the take-up proves poor, the service will be discontinued so please use the shuttle if you can.
I would stress that this is a free service on a first come, first served basis.
Sunningdale
SATURDAY 26 MAY:
Depart from railway station for Sunningdale Park at 11.00, 11.30, 12.00, 12.30, 13.00 and 13.30.
MONDAY 28 MAY:
Depart from Sunningdale Park for railway station at 16.00, 16.30, 17.00, 17.30, 18.00 and 18.30.
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23/5/07
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Division 4 - revised draw
Sutton Coldfield and London Masters 1 have withdrawn from the league. Conquistadors have kindly supplied a third team to make the numbers of teams even. As a consequence, some repairing has been done, and the new pairings are:
Leicester vs. Weald Collective 1
Nottinghamshire 2 vs. Conquistadors 2
Pontypridd vs. Conquistadors 3
The full draw is here.
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18/5/07
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Divisions 1,2 & 3 - Final Weekend
Division 1, Round 9 results
Division 1, Round 10 results
Division 1, Round 11 results
Division 1 final score table
Division 1, Round 9 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 1, Round 10 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 1, Round 11 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 2, Round 9 results
Division 2, Round 10 results
Division 2, Round 11 results
Division 2 final score table
Division 2, Round 9 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 2, Round 10 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 9 results
Division 3, Round 10 results
Division 3, Round 11 results
Division 3 final score table
Division 3, Round 9 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 10 games in PGN or in game viewer
4NCL Champions are GUILDFORD-ADC 1, who take the title with a 100% record.
GUILDFORD-ADC2 were runners-up.
Division 2 winners are BARBICAN 4NCL 2, who pip RICHMOND on game points.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 are also promoted.
Division 3 winners are KINGS HEAD.
CHEDDLETON-POINTON and PRIDE & PREJUDICE are also promoted.
Congratulations to all the above-named teams.
The result of the Division 3, Round 11 match between Slough Sharks 3 and Wessex 2 may be adjusted.
A total of 6 title norms were achieved this season. Congratulations to the following:
11 round GM norm - Gawain Jones (Slough Sharks)
9 Round GM norm - Stephen Gordon (Oldham 3Cs)
9 Round GM norm - Stewart Haslinger (Oldham 3Cs)
11 Round IM norm - Stefan Macak (North West Eagles)
11 Round IM norm - Mike Twyble (Barbican 4NCL)
9 Round IM norm - Jack Rudd (Bristol)
18/5 - includes correction to the game Yeo vs. Horton, Division 2, Round 10. With thanks to Neville Belinfante, Paul Dupre, Steve Giddins, Malcolm Armstrong and Justin Horton.
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14/5/07
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2006/07 Registrations
Updated registration lists, good for the final Division 4 weekend, are now available - click here.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante, the League's Registration Secretary:- please contact Neville with any queries, etc.
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12/5/07
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Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield have withdrawn from the league ... This will entail some changes to the Division 4, Round 9 draw. Details will be published shortly.
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10/5/07
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Photo report
There is an extensive photo report from the last 4NCL weekend on the Atticus web site - click here.
With thanks to Stephen Connor.
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10/5/07
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Guildford-ADC
We're sure this press release will be of interest to many ...
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8/5/07
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Guildford-ADC breaks all records!
Guildford-ADC rewarded their sponsors, A&DC the Godalming-based HR consultancy, with two records, when Guildford-ADC 1 became the first team to win the 4NCL with 100% scoring 11 out of 11 and Guildford-ADC 2 ensured an unprecedented top two finish, scoring 10 out of 11!
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8/5/07
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GM Nick Pert reports
Nick reports on the final weekend - click here.
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4/5/07
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Richmond Rapidplay
The next Richmond Rapidplay event, the 71st, will be held on Sunday 20 May at the White House Community Association. Chess Bites and Francis Bowers will be back to provide catering and a bookstall. Click here for details and an entry form.
The organising committee is now IM Susan Lalic, Angus French & Paul Dupré.
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27/4/07
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Division 4, Round 9
Click here for the draw. The triangular match will last two rounds.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante and David Welch.
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26/3/07
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Division 4 - Weekend 4
Division 4, Round 7 results
Division 4, Round 8 results
Division 4 score table
London Masters 2 have withdrawn from the league. Grendel's Mother did not attend Weekend 4, but intend to play in the final May weekend.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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23/4/07
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Live games
Please note that the link for live games has changed to this.
We intend to have live coverage of the final weekend May 5th to 7th. With thanks to Dave Clayton.
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23/4/07
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Transport from the Railway Station to Wokefield Park & Sunningdale
Message from Paul Littlewood, 4NCL Chairman:
I am aware that for those people travelling by train a further taxi ride is needed to reach the venue and this obviously adds to the expense of the weekend. Consequently a shuttle service is being introduced (paid for by the 4NCL) to help those people in this situation. However, if the take-up proves poor, the service will be discontinued so please use the shuttle if you can.
I would stress that this is a free service on a first come, first served basis.
Wokefield Park
SATURDAY 5 MAY:
Depart from Reading railway station for Wokefield Park at 11.00, 12.00 and 13.00.
MONDAY 7 MAY:
Depart from Wokefield Park to Reading railway station at 16.00, 17.00 and 18.00.
Sunningdale
SATURDAY 26 MAY:
Depart from railway station for Sunningdale Park at 11.00, 11.30, 12.00, 12.30, 13.00 and 13.30.
MONDAY 28 MAY:
Depart from Sunningdale Park for railway station at 16.00, 16.30, 17.00, 17.30, 18.00 and 18.30.
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17/4/07
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April FIDE list
Because of the late inclusion of the Gibraltar tournament in FIDE's April list, lots of ratings will be revised and will be corrected when the next registration list is published later this month in time for the May weekend.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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19/3/07
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Divisions 1,2 & 3 - Weekend 4
Division 1, Round 7 results
Division 1, Round 8 results
Division 1 score table
Division 1, Round 7 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 1, Round 8 games in PGN or in game viewer
19/3 - includes corrections to Cherniaev vs. Martin and Cooper vs. Berzinsh.
Division 2, Round 7 results
Division 2, Round 8 results
Division 2 score table
Division 3, Round 7 results
Division 3, Round 8 results
Division 3 score table
With thanks to Dave Clayton, Paul Dupre and Neville Belinfante.
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12/3/07
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4NCL Team Rapidplay
Congratulations to Wessex on becoming the first team to enter this event. Details on how to enter are here.
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9/3/07
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FIDE crosstable
Click here for the updated FIDE crosstable (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet), showing players' FIDE rating performances.
Could anyone who believes that they are in line for a norm, please let Neville Belinfante know. The ones that Neville knows about are Gawain Jones (GM), Stephen Gordon (GM), Mike Twyble (IM) and Jack Rudd (IM).
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8/3/07
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Daily Telegraph
Malcolm Pein writes a daily column in the Telegraph. To access the column on-line, you need to register, which is free. The daily chess column can be found by clicking the "Chess Club" link in the Arts section.
Alternatively, you can read his recent article on the 4NCL here.
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6/3/07
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Summer Rapidplay
Entry guidelines for the 4NCL team rapidplay tournament can be found here.
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6/3/07
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Photos
There is an excellent selection of photos from the weekend on the Atticus web site; click here to view.
With thanks to Steve Connor.
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4/3/07
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Roy Woodcock
At this weekend's 4NCL there was a tribute to Roy Woodcock, who died recently. You can read Roy's obituary on the English Chess Federation site here.
With thanks to Susan McFarland.
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4/3/07
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Hull & District Chess Association rapidplay
The Hull & District Chess Association are holding their annual rapidplay tournament on the April 29th. There are more details here.
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27/2/07
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Kings Head Rapidplay
The next Kings Head Rapidplay event, the 31st, will be held on Saturday 24 March at the Porchester Hall, W2. Click here for details and an entry form or contact the Kings Head 4NCL Captain Colin Mackenzie.
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27/2/07
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Division 4, Round 7
Click here for the draw.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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20/2/07
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4NCL Team Rapidplay
The 4NCL are thinking about holding a team rapidplay tournament over the weekend of 30 June - 1 July. The tournament would probably be based on teams of four players with an entry fee of around £40-50 to cover running costs, prizes etc., and would be open to all teams who wish to enter, whether or not they currently play in the 4NCL. We have provisionally booked De Vere Harben conference centre (a member of the De Vere Venues chain which the 4NCL already uses for its weekends) near Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire just off the M1 and not far from Milton Keynes, which has fast rail connections to Birmingham, Manchester and London. More details on the venue can be found here.
The 4NCL would like to get an early idea of the likely level of interest for such a tournament in order that the venue booking can be confirmed, so it would be very helpful if interested teams could get in touch as soon as possible with Paul Littlewood, David Welch or Mike Truran, whose contact details can be found here.
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20/2/07
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Management Board Newsletter
Click here for the latest news from the 4NCL Management Board.
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19/2/07
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Richmond Rapidplay
The next Richmond Rapidplay event, the 70th, will be held on Sunday 11 March at the White House Community Association. Chess Bites and Francis Bowers will be back to provide catering and a bookstall. Click here for details and an entry form.
The organising committee is now IM Susan Lalic, Angus French & Paul Dupré.
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17/2/07
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Divisions 1,2 & 3 - Weekend 3
Division 1, Round 5 results
Division 1, Round 6 results
Division 1 score table
Division 1, Round 5 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 1, Round 6 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 2, Round 5 results
Division 2, Round 6 results
Division 2 score table
Division 2, Round 5 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 2, Round 6 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 5 results
Division 3, Round 6 results
Division 3 score table
Division 3, Round 5 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 6 games in PGN or in game viewer
Top scorers after 6 rounds are the following with 5.5 out of 6: Dagne Ciuksyte (Guildford ADC), Nicholas Pert (Guildford ADC), Aaron Summerscale (Pride & Prejudice) and Michael Twyble (Barbican 4NCL).
With thanks to Neville Belinfante and Paul Dupre.
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14/2/07
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Oxford
Oxford have a new web site - click here.
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12/2/07
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Division 4 - Weekend 3
Division 4, Round 5 results
Division 4, Round 6 results
Division 4 score table
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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4/2/07
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BWCA Annual Championships
On 10th and 11th February, the BWCA is holding its National Girls' Championships and, on 11th February, its Women's Rapidplay which incorporates the Under 16 and Under 21 Championships. IM Jovanka Houska is available for between-round coaching free of charge. Both the two-day event for girls under 14 and the one-day rapidplay are at the Elmbank Hotel, York.
This attractive venue is offering substantial reductions on room rates for players wishing to stay. For adults sharing a room, the rate is £30 per person per night including breakfast (single supplement £5). Children sharing with an adult are half price if aged between 10 and 16 or are free of charge if aged under 10.
The British Women's Chess Association (BWCA) has just launched a new website here from which entry forms can now be downloaded for the BWCA National Girls' Championships, 10th and 11th February, and for the Women's Rapidplay, 11th February.
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23/1/07
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FIDE crosstable
Click here for the updated FIDE crosstable (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet), showing players' FIDE rating performances.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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18/1/07
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Daily Telegraph
Malcolm Pein writes a daily column in the Telegraph. To access the column on-line, you need to register, which is free. The daily chess column can be found by clicking the "Chess Club" link in the Arts section.
Alternatively, you can read his recent article on the 4NCL here.
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18/1/07
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Steve Giddins reports
Steve reports on the fifth round - click here and the sixth round - click here.
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13/1/07
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Wellington College International
The Wellington College International scheduled for February 2007 has been cancelled.
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10/1/07
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Metropolitan
Metropolitan have a new web site - click here.
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8/1/07
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4NCL Live Coverage
We're hoping to have live coverage of the forthcoming weekend's play ... You should be able to see live games here.
With grateful thanks to Dave Clayton.
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22/12/06
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Division 4
Warwickshire Select 2 have withdrawn from Division 4. In view of this, the draw for Round 5 has been revised - details here.
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16/12/06
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Richmond Rapidplay
The 69th Richmond Rapidplay will take place at the White House Community Association, The Avenue, Hampton on Sunday January 7th. Click here for details and an entry form.
The organising committee is now IM Susan Lalic, Angus French & Paul Dupré.
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12/12/06
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SOS - Save our Scoresheets!
Despite Paul Dupre's heroic efforts, we're missing a few games from Division 4, Rounds 3 and 4. You'll find almost all the games below, but if there are any additions, corrections etc., please let the webmaster know.
Division 4, Round 3 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 4, Round 4 games in PGN or in game viewer
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9/12/06
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2007/08 season
Dates and venues for next season - click here for details.
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9/12/06
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Coulsdon Christmas International - urgent appeal
The good folks at Coulsdon are looking for one player of any rating to play in their Christmas International Challengers' event starting Monday. The winner of this event receives free entry into a future IM norm event.
If interested, please contact Scott Freeman.
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9/12/06
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Division 4, Round 5
Click here for the draw.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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7/12/06
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Division 4 - Weekend 2
Division 4, Round 3 results
Division 4, Round 4 results
Division 4 score table
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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30/11/06
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Southern Counties Stars
Southern Counties Stars (SCS) have withdrawn their second team from the league.
For rounds 3 and 4 we have arranged triangular pairings between Conquistadors 2, London Masters 2 & AMCA Hippos.
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27/11/06
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European Individual Championships
I hope the following announcement will be of interest:
The 8th European Individual Championships for Men and Women will be held in Dresden in April 2007. Whilst open to all, these tournaments will be amongst the most prestigious events in next year’s calendar, and will be qualification events for the next World Cup (for men) or the next World Championship (for women). Full details can be found in the attached document.
The English Chess Federation would like to encourage some of our strongest players to participate and is offering some financial support to individuals. If you intend to play in Dresden and would like to be considered for such support, please contact Peter Sowray, the ECF International Director. Prompt applications would be appreciated, in all events by December 17th.
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21/11/06
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Daily Telegraph
Malcolm Pein writes a daily column in the Telegraph. To access the column on-line, you need to register, which is free. The daily chess column can be found by clicking the "Chess Club" link in the Arts section.
Alternatively, you can read his recent articles on the 4NCL here, here and here. In the final article, you'll find a different perspective on the round 4 game, Gordon vs. Rendle.
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19/11/06
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ECF coaching
The ECF has launched a new web site providing information on Junior Coaching here.
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19/11/06
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Photo report
Thanks to Helen Milligan for the latest batch of photos ... click here for more ... including the following one of Slough Sharks' Gawain Jones with his silver medal from the recent European Club Cup. Congratulations, Gawain!
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17/11/06
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Divisions 1,2 & 3 - Weekend 2
Division 1, Round 3 results
Division 1, Round 4 results
Division 1 score table
Division 1, Round 3 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 1, Round 4 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 2, Round 3 results
Division 2, Round 4 results
Division 2 score table
Division 2, Round 3 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 2, Round 4 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 3 results
Division 3, Round 4 results
Division 3 score table
Division 3, Round 3 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 4 games in PGN or in game viewer
With thanks to Neville Belinfante and Paul Dupre.
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16/11/06
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FIDE crosstable
Click here for the updated FIDE crosstable (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet), showing players' FIDE rating performances.
You should note that this season 4NCL results will be submitted to FIDE for rating every quarter. So your results so far should be reflected in the January rating list.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante and Howard Grist (ECF International Rating Officer).
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15/11/06
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Steve Giddins reports
Steve reports on the third round - click here and fourth round - click here.
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13/11/06
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Jack Rudd annotates
Jack annotates his round 4 game against Andrew Martin here.
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6/11/06
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4NCL Live Coverage
We're hoping to have live coverage of the second weekend ... but no promises, as we're not sure whether we'll have the right technical bits and pieces at Coventry. It it all works, you should be able to see live games here.
With grateful thanks to Dave Clayton.
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6/11/06
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Message from the webmaster
I have recently been appointed to the post of International Director at the English Chess Federation (ECF). If you would like to discuss anything with me, I'll be at Coventry this coming weekend. Or if you prefer, you can email me here.
Thanks,
Peter Sowray
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26/10/06
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London 2012?
I thought you might be interested in an article that appeared in the Daily Telegraph yesterday, featuring the 4NCL's Sponsorship, PR and Marketing Director Mark Hogarth.
You can find the article in the Sports section of the Daily Telegraph web site or directly here.
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19/10/06
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Pride & Prejudice on TV
Pride & Prejudice will be making their small screen debut on Wednesday 25th October on the BBC 2 quiz show Eggheads at 6pm. More details here. | | Photo - Claire Summerscale |
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19/10/06
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Richmond Rapidplay
The 68th Richmond Rapidplay will take place at the White House Community Association, The Avenue, Hampton on Sunday October 29th. Click here for an entry form.
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18/10/06
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Division 4, Round 3
Click here for the draw.
With thanks to Neville Belinfante.
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16/10/06
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Hilsmark Kingfisher
And thanks to Lawrence Cooper for this report on Hilsmark Kingfisher in Europe - click here.
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15/10/06
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We will follow Slough Sharks
Ben Purton reports on Slough Sharks' performance at the recent European Club Cup in Fuegen, Austria - click here. Thanks, Ben!
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15/10/06
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National Federation membership
The webmaster has been asked to post the following message.
Captains and players should be aware that with effect from the next pair of weekends (11/12 November and 2/3 December) rule 12.8 regarding mandatory national federation membership will be applied rigorously. In other words, a non-wildcard player who is not a member of his/her national federation will be allowed to play in matches, but will be treated as an ineligible player in accordance with rule 8.6. This means that although the game in which an ineligible player plays will count for rating/grading purposes, the ineligible player's result will be scored as a zero regardless of the result of the game. To give an idea of the potential scale of the issue if captains and players take no action, around fifty players at the first pair of weekends were not national federation members.
Players who are not yet members of their national federation are therefore strongly recommended to join in advance of the next pair of weekends. Those players wishing to join the English Chess Federation should contact the ECF office (contact details on the ECF website here). Captains wishing to establish the status of their players as regards ECF membership are also able to access the ECF membership database, again by contacting the ECF office.
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6/10/06
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Division 4 - Weekend 1
Division 4, Round 1 results
Division 4, Round 2 results
Division 4 score table
Division 4, Round 1 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 4, Round 2 games in PGN or in game viewer
6/10 - includes correction to the game Woolley vs. Fraser.
With thanks to Dave Thomas, Paul Dupre and Jos Woolley.
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2/10/06
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Lost Property
A magnetic chess set was left at the Paragon Hotel. The item has been rescued by Paul Dupre ... if anyone has lost it, perhaps they can contact Paul directly.
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30/9/06
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Hilsmark Kingfisher in Europe
Thanks to Lawrence Cooper for the following information:
Alongside Slough Sharks, Hilsmark Kingfisher will be representing England in the European Club Cup in Fuegen from 7th to 15th October. The team comprises Grandmasters Ulf Andersson and Keith Arkell, International Masters Simon Williams, Andrew Greet, Jovanka Houska and Lawrence Cooper and 4NCL regular Daniel Lindner and they will be joined by team manager Mark Hogarth in Austria.
The team has received tremendous financial support from Friends of Chess which has made our participation possible and we are therefore very grateful to them. We hope to reward them with a good team performance and one or two individual norms. The team is seeded 27th out of 61 teams which are headed by a Russian team with 4 2700s and 4 2600s!
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29/9/06
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Divisions 1,2 & 3 - Weekend 1
Division 1, Round 1 results
Division 1, Round 2 results
Division 1 score table
Division 1, Round 1 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 1, Round 2 games in PGN or in game viewer
21/9 - includes correction to the game Abayasekera vs. Martin.
Division 2, Round 1 results
Division 2, Round 2 results
Division 2 score table
Division 2, Round 1 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 2, Round 2 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 1 results
Division 3, Round 2 results
Division 3 score table
Division 3, Round 1 games in PGN or in game viewer
Division 3, Round 2 games in PGN or in game viewer
With thanks to Neville Belinfante, Paul Dupre, Roger Abayasekera and John Saunders.
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29/9/06
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Slough Sharks in Europe
Ben Purton writes to say that he will be trying to update the Slough Sharks web site with news of his team's participation in the European Club Cup, taking place in Fuegen, Austria, from 7th to 15th October. Click here to visit his site.
If it proves difficult for Ben to update his site during the competition, we'll try to bring you news, reports and pictures on the 4NCL site.
Ben is grateful to Friends of Chess for helping Slough attend this event.
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22/9/06
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Metropolitan Congress
The Metropolitan Chess Club Congress is taking place on October 7th & 8th at the Bishopsgate Institute, close to Liverpool Street station in Central London.
You can download an entry form here (Microsoft Word format).
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19/9/06
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Daily Telegraph
Malcolm Pein writes a daily column in the Telegraph. To access the column on-line, you need to register, which is free. The daily chess column can be found by clicking the "Chess Club" link in the Arts section.
Alternatively, you can read a recent article on the 4NCL here.
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19/9/06
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European Club Cup
Thanks to Slough Sharks's Ben Purton for pointing out that both the Sharks and Hilsmark Kingfisher will be playing in the European Club Cup, taking place in Fuegen, Austria, from 7th to 15th October. Hopefully we'll have more details nearer the time.
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19/9/06
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Photo report
We're grateful, as always, to Helen Milligan for the latest batch of piccies ... click here.
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18/9/06
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Steve Giddins reports
We're pleased to welcome FM Steve Giddins, who will be writing a series of photo reports on the 4NCL this season.
You can read Steve's reports on the first two rounds here and here. | | Photo - Steve Giddins |
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21/8/06
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2006/07 Fixtures
Fixtures for the forthcoming season are now available ... all rounds for Divisions 1, 2 & 3; round 1 for Division 4.
Click as follows: Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and Division 4.
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19/8/06
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Rule Amendment
After due deliberation we have decided to relax slightly rule 12.8 which deals with National Chess League membership.
The following paragraph has been added, which will give Team Captains more flexibility in team selection and should hopefully lead to fewer defaults.
Wildcards are the only exception to this requirement, and may therefore play in the League at the weekend for which they are nominated as Wildcards without being required to be a fully paid up member of a national federation. Thereafter, however, once Wildcards become registered players under rule 4.3 they fall under the requirements of rule 12.8 in the same way as any other registered player in the League.
The revised rules are here.
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19/8/06
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Surrey FIDE-rated Open
Message from Mark Hogarth, 4NCL PR and Marketing Director
The Surrey FIDE-rated Open is returning after a two year absence!
The tournament is six rounds and takes place over the August Bank Holiday weekend (Saturday 26th August to Monday 28th August) at Surrey University. The playing sessions are 5 hours.
First prize is £500 and there is a paid-for place in the 2007 British Championship. The tournament so far boasts at least one Grandmaster (Bogdan Lalic) and two International Masters (Graeme Buckley and WGM/IM Jovanka Houska).
The usual Major tournaments will also be taking place and a rapidplay tournament as well.
All details on the website here.
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19/8/06
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Meals at the Venues
Message from Paul Littlewood, 4NCL Chairman
Important Note for all Captains (+ Players)
Please could I draw your attention to the following note which is on the 4NCL web-site about the meal arrangements at the venues:
We have evening buffet and mid-day packed lunch arrangements with many of the hotels. These do, however, have to be booked beforehand at the time rooms are booked to allow the hotels to plan ahead. Players will not |
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