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Accuracy of club information &

Yearbook: further copies &

YCA Honorary Life Members &

Yorkshire Individual Championship 2019

Message from the President

Officers 2018-19

Annual Fees (as revised 2018)

County Match Fees & Petrol Allowance

Junior Chess Contacts

YCA League Match Venues

Secretaries of Competing Clubs

Match Correspondents ‑ Woodhouse Cup

Match Correspondents ‑ IM Brown

Match Correspondents ‑ Silver Rook

YCA League Fixtures 2018-2019

ECF Delegates Reports

Joining the ECF

Standard-play Grading Trends 2002-18

Notes on the YCA Grading List

Results Graded July 2017 to June 2018

YCA Grading List, July 2018

Yorkshire Junior Reports

Correspondence Chess Report

County Correspondence Champ 2016-17

Kitchin Memorial, Avison Shield 2016-17

League Tables & Match Results 2017-18

County Match Results 2017-2018

Recent Winners of YCA Events

Constitution and Rules (as revised 2018)

YCA League Rules (as revised 2018)

Index to Rules

Individual Championship Rules

Contact Details Index

Event Calendar 2018-19

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Next Congresses:				Other Imminent Events:
4NCL Harrogate Congress 18-20/01/2019	Stockport Rapidplay 27/01/2019	Doncaster Congress 22-24/02/2019	Blackpool Congress 08-10/03/2019	YJCA York Junior Congress 19/01/2019	Yorkshire Junior League Rd 2 09/02/2019

Please e-mail Year Book amendments, calendar updates, event reports, and notices to sjmann@gmx.co.uk.

Remember, however, that it is a club’s responsibility to inform opponents of club information changes.

For archived material see Year Book 2017-18, Calendar 2017-18, and http://www.chessnuts.org.uk/ny5/ and link below:

Yorkshire League Results etc

Player Stats 18/19:	Div. 1: Woodhouse 18/19	Div. 2: I. M. Brown 18/19	Div. 3: Silver Rook 18/19	Archived Results
Appearance Counts	Div. 1: ECF LMS Matches	Div. 2: ECF LMS Matches	Div. 3: ECF LMS Matches	-
Player Score Totals	Div. 1: ECF LMS X-Table	Div. 2: ECF LMS X-Table	Div. 3: ECF LMS X-Table	-

To go to Yorkshire Chess Calendar (live) click here

Event Results/Reports	(event date)
Yorkshire Girls' Chess Day 29 Girls at Chess Day in York	12/01/2019
British Knock-Out Championship Won by Gawain Jones	17/12/2018
Yorkshire v Lancashire, U-100 Details & photos  now added to original report	02/12/2018
Yorkshire v Lancashire, U-140 and U-100 both matches won by Lancashire	02/12/2018
UK Open Blitz Final James Adair finishes 4th	01/12/2018
British Rapidplay, Ilkley won by Gediminas Sarakauskas of Guildford	24-25/11/2018
Girls' Chess Day in York Training and competition for 23 girls	17/11/2018
Yorkshire U-180 match Conceded due to ill-advised clash with 4 NCL	11/11/2018
Yorkshire U-120s beat Merseyside First Yorkshire County match of 2018-19	11/11/2018
4NCL Weekend 1 Round-up of results of Yorkshire-based teams	11/11/2018
Yorkshire Junior League Round 1 Runaway win for Hull juniors	10/11/2018
Chess in Netherton J&I School highlighted by a visit from local MP	08/11/2018
Hull Congress 2018 Dietmar Kolbus (IoM) and Jim Burnett 1st=	04/11/2018
Scarborough Congress 2018 Robert Starley wins Yorkshire Championship	28/10/2018
Yorkshire Junior Chess Day Report on WRJCA event at Upperthong	20/10/2018
ECF AGM 2018 Report on meeting held in Birmingham	13/10/2018
18th (Noel Boustred) Harrogate Congress Report with final cross-tables	28/09/2018
NCCU Pennine Cup (under-16 teams) Northumberland retain trophy in close event	06/10/2018
43rd Chess Olympiad, Batumi, Georgia Final results; England 5th in Open	05/10/2018
4NCL Nottingham Congress 2018 How Yorkshire players fared	30/09/2018
Northumberland Congress Paul Salisbury first equal in Minor	30/09/2018
County Correspondence Champs 2017-18 Yorkshire wins Ward-Higgs	2017-18
Bradford Congress 2018 Report, now with section cross-tables added	16/09/2018
UK Blitz Qualifiers How Yorkshire players fared	02/09/2018
Hull Junior Chess Summer School Report on late-July junior training in Hull	25-26/07/2018
WGM Jovanka Houska Simul &c in Hull Report on an early-July weekend in Hull	07-08/07/2018
Darnall & Handsworth FIDE Rapidplay Preliminary report and cross-tables	01/09/2018
European Seniors 50+ Peter Gayson, 3rd-6th=, gets IM norm	13/08/2018
Problem-Solving at the British A specialist sideshow’s results and prizes	08/08/2018
British Championships, Hull (report 3) Yorkshire participants who won prizes, etc	05/08/2018
British Championships, Hull (report 2 updated) Yorkshire participants listed with results to date	29/07/2018 to 05/08/2018
British Championships, Hull (report 1) Introductory report; links to live coverage	28/07/2018
Delancey UK Schools’ Challenge Gigafinals How Yorkshire Juniors fared	14-15/07/2018
English County Finals, Leamington Spa Yorkshire wins Under‑180 section	07/07/2018
Whitby Congress 2018 Another of Noel Boustred's stars-barred events	29-01/07/2018
Castle Harrogate Congress – results late in coming show Mate Ther won the Open	11-13/05/2018 (updated)
YCA 2018 AGM: Report with photos (not the official minutes as such)	16/06/2018
English Counties' Champ's Semi-Finals Yorkshire wins all its four semi-final matches	09/06/2018
Northern Counties Chess Union AGM Proposed county rapid-play jamboree	09/06/2018
From 2017-2018:
North & West Yorkshire Gigafinal 2nd of two Delancey “Gigafinals” in Yorkshire	26/05/2018
Huddersfield Congress 2018 Results from Yorkshire only 6-round Congress	25-27/05/2018
English County Championships, ¼-finals U-140 team wins.	19/05/2018
Castle Harrogate Congress 2018 Interim report; no results yet	11-13/05/2018
English County Championships, ¼-finals Open team and U-160 teams both win.	12/05/2018
4 Nations Chess League (Final) Weekend 5 White Rose 1 finishes 3rd in Division 1	05-07/05/2018
Yorkshire Junior League Third day of new Yorkshire Junior League	29/04/2018
Calderdale Congress 2018 Ambitious new format proves a disaster	27‑29/04/2018
English Chess Federation Finance Meeting Brief report by Steve Mann	28/04/2018
York Junior Congress Aditya Tangirala wins YJCA Grand Prix	22/04/2018
Nottingham Congress, 2018 How Yorkshire players fared.	21-22/04/2018
South Yorkshire Gigafinal 1st of two Delancey “Gigafinals” in Yorkshire	21/04/2018
Yorkshire v Lancashire, U-120 Newly-formed Yorkshire team loses first match.	15/04/2018
18th 4NCL Congress, Doncaster Third of three Doncaster Congresses in 2017-18	13-15/04/2018
Yorkshire v Lancashire, U-180 & U-140 Yorks. beats Lancs. in NCCU championships	08/04/2018
Bolton Congress 2018 How Yorkshire players fared.	30-01/04/2018
4 Nations Chess League Weekend 4 White Rose 1 finishes 2nd in Division 1a	17-18/03/2018
Sheffield Junior Congress Results from 3rd YJCA Junior Grand prix event	17/03/2018
Blackpool Congress 2018 Lancashire’s rival to Scarborough	09-11/03/2018
Yorkshire v Lancashire, Open & U-160 Lancashire win Open, Yorkshire win U-160	04/03/2018
ECF Under-18 Team Event Yorkshire 2nd in U-130 6-team jamboree	25/02/2018
Hull Junior Congress Results from 2nd YJCA Junior Grand prix event	24/02/2018
26th Doncaster Congress Jonathan Hawkins wins Open	23-25/02/2018
Yorkshire v Merseyside, U-120, at Wakefield Merseyside win 8½-3½	18/02/2018
4 Nations Chess League Weekend 3 How 6 Yorkshire-based teams fared	10-11/02/2018
Yorkshire Junior League Second day of new Yorkshire Junior League	03/02/2018
Frodsham Congress 2018 John Cawston 1st in Under-160	02-04/02/2018
Leeds Junior Congress 1st event in Junior Grand Prix	27/01/2018
York Rapidplay, 2018 Dave Adams and John Cooper 1st=	27/01/2018
4NCL Harrogate Congress Mark Hebden wins at Harrogate	19-21/01/2018
4 Nations Chess League Weekend 2 How 6 Yorkshire-based teams fared	13-14/01/2018
York Junior Rapidplay Report by Noel Stewart	13/01/2018
E. Yorks v N. Lincs U-140 match report (or Hull & DCA v Lincs. CA) by David Mills	11/11/2017
NCCU Council Meeting 02/12/2017 Report from Yorkshire viewpoint; minutes	02/12/2017
Preston Congress 2017 How Yorkshire players fared	28/11/2017
Junior Chess Day with Problem-Solving White Rose Chess Academy event at Ackworth	19/11/2017
British Rapidplay 2017, Ilkley GM Daniel Alsina Leal wins Open	18-19/11/2017
Hull Rapidplay 2017 1st J G Cooper;  2nd J Thackray & J Burnett	12/11/2017
4 (5?) Nations Chess League Weekend 1 How 6 Yorkshire-based teams fared	11-12/11/2017
Yorkshire Junior League First day of new Yorkshire Junior League	11/11/2107
County Corres. Team Champ’ ships 2016-17 results now to hand	2016-2017
Hull Congress 2017 Mark Hebden wins Open, John Cooper wins Yorkshire Championship.	27/10/2017
Scarborough Congress 2017 Matthew Webb wins Open, ahead of Hebden, Merry et al.	20/10/2017
English Chess Federation AGM Brief report by Steve Mann	16/10/2017
York Junior Chess Day Report by Peter Cloudsdale, photos David Mills	07/10/2017
Harrogate Congress 2017 Report with Swiss cross-tables	29/09/2017
Yorkshire League Round 1 Report Report and round-up by Andrew Zigmond	23/09/2017
Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire ECF U-140 SF Full report with games & photos by David Mills	(10/06/2017)
Yorkshire v Hampshire ECF U-140 QF Match Full report with games & photos by David Mills	(20/05/2017)
Yorkshire v Lancashire NCCU Open Match Full report with games & photos by David Mills	(26/03/2017)
Yorkshire v Lancashire NCCU U-160 Match Full report with games & photos by David Mills	(26/03/2017)
Yorkshire v Lancashire NCCU U-140 Match Full report with games & photos by David Mills	(05/03/2017)
Yorkshire League Round 1 Results Easy-to-read match results with tables	23/09/2017
Bradford Chess Congress 2017 Peter Shaw wins Open with 5 out of 5	15-17/09/2017
4NCL Doncaster Congress First of three Doncaster Congresses in 2017-18	08-10/09/2017
Darnall & Handsworth (Sheffield) Rapidplay Entries up; Richard Britton wins Open	02/09/2017
Chester-le-Street Congress Four Yorkshire players win place prizes	18-20/08/2017
104th British Chess Championships Yorkshire players win prizes	28/07/2017- 06/08/2017
English Counties Finals (Yorks. Open & U160) Yorkshire wins U-160 (+photos)	01/07/2017
Sheffield Chess Congress 2017 Numbers increase year on year	23‑24/06/2017
YCA Annual General Meeting 2017 A rude awakening and rough road ahead?	17/06/2017
Northern Counties Chess Union AGM 2017 Inter-county chess at a low ebb in the North	10/06/2017
ECF Semi-Final County Matches Catch-up on matches played earlier	June 2017
ECF Quarter-Final County Matches Catch-up on matches played earlier	May 2017
NCCU County Matches Catch-up on matches played earlier	Feb-Mar 2017

Notices	(notice date)
Progress with ECF Grading Submissions Huddersfield & York only ones awaited	22/12/2018 13/01/2018
Yorkshire Junior League, Round 2 Venue and times announced	13/12/2018
Enter the Hull Rapidplay (06/01/2019) first Yorkshire Chess Calendar event of 2019	11/12/2018
Durham Chess Congress (7-9/12/2018) is now CANCELLED (click above for website)	04/12/2018
Doncaster Congress 2019 Entry forms now available on line	25/11/2019
Yorkshire in English Primary Schools CA Initial aim to field Girls’ Under-11 team	22/11/2018
Urgent Appeal for U‑120 Players for match on Sunday 11/11/2018	04/11/2018
Imminent County Matches (U-140, -120, -100) 3 have been arranged for before Christmas	04/11/2018
Local Leagues' Take-Up of Using LMS Most local leagues up and running on LMS	25/10/2018
Observations on ECF Membership Take-Up and reliability of documentation thereof	23/10/2018
ECF Development-Manager Paper Ideas on how to re-invigorate English chess	16/10/2018
Mike Butt, died 21/09/2018; RIP Passing of past Hull & DCA President	14/10/2018
Stephen Greep gets ECF Award (late addition to original list)	13/10/2018
FIDE Presidency Arkady Dvorkovich of Russia is elected	11/10/2018
Mike Denison’s Services to Chess Award Slight update on earlier notice.	08/10/2018
Yorkshire Junior Chess Day, 20/10/2018 At Holmfirth – entries invited	03/10/2018
2018 YCA Year Book Distribution Most now in post.	20/09/2018
NCCU Club Championships Invitation to clubs to enter	18/09/2018
Yorkshire League Result-Reporting for 2018-19.  Note from Andrew Zigmond	15/09/2018
YCA Year Book 2018-19 Chance to check.  Expected time of despatch.	13/09/2018
August 2018 ECF Grades Now Published See revised (final) list at ECF Grading Website	12/09/2018
2018 YCA AGM Minutes official minutes added to added to Minutes Page	02/09/2018
UK Blitz Championship Qualifiers Notice sent by ECF	29/08/2018
Yorkshire Grading List 2018 The 2018 YCA Grading List is now published	13/08/2018
Yorkshire League Fixtures 2018-19 Finalised fixture list now published	06/08/2018
Michael John Haygarth, 1934-2016 Somewhat belated obituary	04/08/2018
Claire Cloudsdale – R. I. P. Death of Peter Cloudsdale’s wife	01/08/2018
July 2018 ECF Grades Now Published See them at ECF Grading Website	28/07/2018
Paying for ECF Membership for 2018-19 New web system available soon, it’s hoped	28/07/2018
Joseph Henry Blackburne, by Tim Harding Another book review added.  (David Mills)	28/07/2018
More Local-League Grading News Calderdale decides; York revises its policy	24/07/2018
FIDE Presidency End of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s reign	13/07/2018
ECF County Championship Schedule A provisional schedule for 2018-19 is out.	13/07/2018
Provisional Yorkshire League Fixtures published.  (Subject to possible revision)	11/07/2018
Mike Denison to receive an ECF Award, i.e. ECF President’s Award for Services to Chess	01/07/2018
Girls’ Chess Day, York, 17/11/2018, leading to selection of U-11 team for 23/03/2019	30/06/2018
NCCU Pennine Cup, U-16 teams, Ackworth on 06/10/2018; Yorkshire to field a team	30/06/2018
York & DCA Opts for Partial ECF Grading first division only, though a review possible	29/06/2018
Yorkshire Junior Chess Day Announced in Holmfirth, Saturday 20/10/2018	20/06/2018
New Arrangements for ECF-Grading of Yorkshire chess events	18/06/2018
English County Finals Match Scores as far as the semi-finals	10/06/2018
From 2017-2018:
Note from ECF Re 2017-18 Membership Renew or take out membership to avoid fines.	08/06/2018
Bradford & DCA Opt for  ECF Grading and action on grading needed by YCA AGM	07/06/2018
Agenda for YCA AGM 16/06/2018 read or download	05/06/2018
Side Events at British Championships in Hull, 27th July to 5th August	05/06/2018
5th Hull Grandmaster Challenge Simul. by WGM Jovanka Houska, 08/07/2018	05/06/2018
Four Simultaneous County Matches to be played on Saturday 09/06/2018	02/06/2018
New “YCA” Discussion Forum added to ECF Chess Forum website	02/06/2018
Demise of Sheffield Chess Congress The ever-recurrent lack of volunteers	02/06/2018
Conclusion of the Silver Rook 2018 Resolution of dispute means W Leeds wins	22/05/2018
Outcomes of Meetings re Grading York RI, Doncaster & DCA, Sheffield & DCA	22/05/2018
Crunch Time Cometh Associations consider future grading options	06/05/2018
English County Finals Fixtures in Full superseding the previous notice	03/05/2018
Yorkshire’s Fixtures in Counties’ Finals for Open, U-180, U-160, and U-140 teams	08/04/2018
Yorkshire League Defaults on 24/03/2018 . . . not for want of trying.	28/03/2018
Advance Notice of YCA AGM 2018 on 16th June 2018, in Hull	16/03/2018
Future Grading of Yorkshire Congresses once Jon Griffith steps down in June	09/03/2018
Notice of U-140 Match v Lancashire on 08/04/2018, by David Mills (captain)	03/03/2018
Notice of Date/Venue of YCA AGM 2018 from Noel Stewart (Hon. Sec.)	02/03/2018
Minutes of YCA Exec. Meeting 16/02/2018 from Noel Stewart (Hon. Sec.)	01/03/2018
Guidance on Adverse Weather re-issued by by Andrew Zigmond re Yorkshire league	28/02/2018
Appeal for Players for U-180 team from the captain, Jeremy Hamm	26/02/2018
Albert Beauregard Hodges: The Man Chess Made Book review by David Mills	26/01/2018
Match Rearranged Huddersfield v Sheffield B now 03/01/2018	24/01/2018
David H Milton, 1945-2017 – R. I. P. Death announced of former YCA Hon. Sec.	24/12/2017
Request for Match Postponement Huddersfield v Sheffield B from 09/12/2017	16/12/2017
Match Postponement Calderdale A v Leeds now on 16/12/2017	07/12/2017
NCCU Club Championship Official Notice Win a trophy and a digital clock	04/12/2107
Players Needed for Under-18 Team in ECF U-18 Team Champs, 25/02/2017	29/11/2017
John Toothill, 1938-2017 – R.I.P. Death announced of former Bradford player	24/11/2017 07/12/2017
Hull Coaching Day with James Adair 18/02/2018 (open to those outside Hull)	21/11/2017
Schedule for Junior Chess Day, Ackworth Problem-solving & Rapidplay Sun. 19 Nov.	11/11/2017
Bridge Not a Sport for VAT Purposes hence chess not a sport either, it seems.	03/11/2017
Problem-Solving at Br. Champs. in Hull News for closet chess-problem solvers	28/10/2017
Forthcoming Junior Events Summary of Junior event in Calendar	20/10/2017
Yorkshire U-120 Team Needs Players We now have a captain, but need players!	19/10/2017
4-County Under-18 Team Event Advance notice of plans for March 2018	09/10/2017
Yorkshire Junior Team Rapidplay Brief notice of event on 11/11/2017	07/10/2017
“E Yorks v N Lincs” U-140 Match Hull & DCA v Lincolnshire, 11/11/2017	26/09/2017
Launch of Yorkshire Junior League Entries invited for first event, on 11/11/2017.	25/09/2017
Yorkshire Chess History site back on line on the same server as this site.	22/09/2017
York Junior Chess Day, Sat., 07/10/2017 Note of coming event from Peter Cloudsdale	20/09/2017
British Championships 2018 to be in Hull The “British” returns to Yorkshire	19/09/2017
Yorkshire Chess Association Year Book The 2017 YCA Year Book is now available	04/09/2017
Club Name Changes Leeds CCCC changes name	10/08/2017
Yorkshire League Fixtures 2017‑18 Finalised Fixture List is now out	08/08/2017
NCCU Club Championship Entries Invited Win a digital clock for your club	07/08/2017
U-180 Team Captaincy Filled but U-120 and U-100 still vacant	31/07/2017
Proposal for a Yorkshire Junior League Andrew Zigmond airs a pet ambition	27/07/2017
P. C. Gibbs Retires as MCCU President Bradford-born YCA Hon. Life Member at 83.	20/07/2017