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Notices
|
(notice date)
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Rotherham Online Rating-Limited
Events
Entries
invited for Season 5
|
25/02/2021
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Contribution from David Mills
Inc.
2 games from Hull CC Handicap 1969-70
|
22/02/2021
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|
Website Revamp
Departure
from Year Book-oriented left panel
|
21/02/2021
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New ECF Registered
Coaches Scheme
Info,
including how to become registered
|
19/02/2021
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On-Line Chess in Yorkshire Present
state,
also
a game, and a brief lesson in Gaelic
|
14/02/2021
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|
ECF Newsletter Piece on
Gawain Jones
Additional
bits
|
13/02/2021
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|
Next YCA On-Line Team
Event Plans
“Ridings”
(or “Farthings”) Cup
|
10/02/2021
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|
S. Yorkshire Online Rapidplay
Tournament
Entries
invited
|
10/02/2021
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|
Next Rotherham Online
Tournaments
Follow
supplied link to enter
|
13/01/2021
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Death of Malcolm R Peart
of
Scarborough
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10/01/2021
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On-Line League Round-3 Fixtures
Date
and pairings
|
05/01/2021
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|
Death of John Bycroft
of
Hull
|
04/01/2021
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|
Yorkshire Junior
Chess 2020
A
report by Peter Cloudsdale
|
20/12/2020
|
|
Yorkshire On-Line Chess
League
update
and date for Final
|
17/12/2020
|
|
Northumbria Masters
now
deferred to August 2021
|
10/12/2020
|
|
Yorkshire On-Line Chess
League &c
Invitation
to clubs to enter teams
|
11/11/2020
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|
Death of Ian Thackray
of
Leeds and Rose Forgrove
|
04/11/2020
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|
Black Holes and Chess
Happy
birthday to Dr Jonathan Penrose
|
07/10/2020
|
|
Hull 4NCL Congress 2020
now
on line – details from Stephen Greep
|
07/10/2020
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|
ECF AGM, 17/10/2020, Zoom
How
should Yorkshire CA vote?
|
29/09/2020
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|
Yorkshire Junior CA Goes On-line
Four
Grand Prix Events Planned
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29/09/2020
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|
Harrogate Congress
Cancelled leaving o-t-b congress calendar empty Oct to Dec
|
29/09/2020
|
|
Some Event Reports Total
Garbage
further
warning re new ECF rating website
|
21/09/2020
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League Result
Presentation Problems
on
new ECF Rating website
|
20/09/2020
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Farham Congress Cancelled – but plans for
Doncaster
Congress 2021 being developed
|
18/09/2020
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|
Northumberland
Congress Cancelled
due
to Covid “double whammy”
|
18/09/2020
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|
Yorkshire Extract of ECF Rating List
as
at the end of August
|
13/09/2020
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|
New ECF Rating System Goes Live
with
monthly rating now operational
|
12/09/2020
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|
New Restrictions on Social
Gatherings
impact,
& how to run a 6-player otb team event
|
12/09/2020
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|
Death of John Brooke
of
Bradford by birth and residence
|
11/09/2020
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August Update to ECF Grades Corrections made to
86 Yorkshire players’ July grades
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30/08/2020
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North v South On-Line Challenge
Match
exhortation
to sign up for the North team
|
24/08/2020
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|
Congress Calendar 2020-21
updated
to reflect later date for Harrogate
|
19/08/2020
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|
Northumberland
Congress, 25-27-09-2020
still
on course; an update
|
18/08/2020
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|
YCA Plans for 2020-21 League still
suspended, but interim alternatives proposed
|
11/08/2020
|
|
Return of Over-the Board
Team Chess
ideas
and a case study from Holmfirth
|
05/08/2020
|
|
Death of Dave Greensmith
formerly
of Sheffield
|
04/08/2020
|
|
Congress Calendar 2020-21
cancellation
, optimism and uncertainty
|
04/08/2020
|
|
Death of Winston Williams
player
and coach from Bradford
|
02/08/2020
|
|
Northumberland
Congress, 25-27/09/2020
planned
to go ahead
|
01/08/2020
|
|
Yorkshire July 2020 Grading
List
being
an extract from the ECF List
|
31/07/2020
|
|
ECF Membership Renewal
To
renew, or not to renew, that is the question
|
29/07/2020
|
|
Hull Congress 2020 OTB
event cancelled,
but
replacement on-line even planned
|
27/07/2020
|
|
Death of Bill Pinder,
Pontefract
I. M. Brown captain
|
27/07/2020
|
|
ECF July 2020 Grading List
Published
but
the downloadable file is wrong
|
25/07/2020
|
|
Re-Opened Holmfirth Chess Club
Photographs
illustrating the 2-board system
|
23/07/2020
|
|
Re-Opening Chess Clubs
A
review of the way things are going, maybe
|
20/07/2020
|
|
World Chess Day
Anniversary
of establishment of FIDE
|
20/07/2020
|
|
Peter Cloudsdale Back On
Line
Internet
connection now established
|
05/07/2020
|
|
Yorkshire League
2020-21 Consultation
Andrew
Zigmond opens discussion of 2020-21
|
03/07/2020
|
|
ECF Council Finance
Meeting
to
be held via Zoom on 18/07/2020
|
30/06/2020
|
|
Another On-Line Cheating Allegation
this
time aimed at Anglian Avengers
|
25/06/2020
|
|
First (?) On-Line Congress
Trailblazing
4NCL initiative
|
17/06/2020
|
|
On-Line County
Championship Fixtures
Group
pairings and dates now published
|
12/06/2020
|
|
Cheating Accusation in 4NCL On-line
aimed
at a Chessmates player
|
08/06/2020
|
|
On-Line County
Championships Launched
Yorkshire
has apparently entered one team
|
05/06/2020
|
|
ECF Matters
On-line
Play, County Chess, Grading, Finance
|
28/05/2020
|
|
YCA AGM 2020 not to be held
and
a speculative forward look
|
26/05/2020
|
|
County-Match Update
NCCU
nominations to ECF
|
15/05/2020
|
|
County-Match Update
O-t-b
uncertain.
Specifically
on-line Championship mooted.
|
11/05/2020
|
|
CSC ChessKid More re on-line
chess
training/playing
for kids/parent in lock-down
|
28/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
Writer
takes a rest.
|
27/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
Tale
of Two Endings
|
26/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
Chess
On Line - A Century or so Ago
|
25/04/2020
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|
Thing of the Day
Unexpectedly
Drawn Endings
|
24/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day The “unknown” YCA
existing
between the first and the present ones
|
23/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
Awkwardly
Placed Kings in the Ending
|
22/04/2020
|
|
Chess Kids on Line
On-line
initiative for primary school children
|
21/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
Chess
Meets Snakes and Ladders
|
21/04/2020
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|
Thing of the Day
A
Rose by Any other Name . . .
|
20/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
European
Wars and Yorkshire Chess
|
19/04/2020
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|
Thing of the Day
Chess
in Victorian Humberside
|
18/04/2020
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|
Thing of the Day
Winning
a “drawn” game, drawing a “lost” one
|
17/04/2020
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|
Thing of the Day
Some
flashy finishes
|
16/04/2020
|
|
Keighley CC Online Blitz
Tournament
Wednesday
15/04/2020, open to others
|
15/04/2020
|
|
Playing 2019-20 County
Finals on Line
being
considered by ECF
|
15/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
Atkins
& Yates in British; Yates beats Alekhine
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15/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
How
to beat Capablanca
|
14/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
Yorkshire
player after whom opening named
|
13/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
First
lady of Yorkshire chess
|
12/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
Walter
Grimshaw of Whitby
|
11/04/2020
|
|
Death of Jacoba Ives
past
Yorkshire lady player, due to Coronavirus
|
10/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
First
(unofficial) Yorkshire Chess Champion
|
10/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
Harrwitz
in Hull
|
09/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
James
White of Leeds
|
08/04/2020
|
|
Thing of
the Day
Scarborough
Congresses of the 1920s
|
07/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
Jacob
Bronowski
|
06/04/2020
|
|
Thing of the Day
Victor
Brentnall Rush
|
05/04/2020
|
|
“Thing of the Day”
Daily
article launched
|
05/04/2020
|
|
Working from Home
Humour
offered by a contributor
|
05/04/2020
|
|
4NCL Launches On-Line League 4-board
teams, starting 7th April (enter by 3rd April
|
30/03/2020
|
|
Have You Considered On-Line
Chess?
Currently
at least 6 “clubs” in Yorkshire
|
29/03/2020
|
|
Death of Adrian Dawson
of
Halifax, a YCA Hon. Life Member
|
28/03/2020
|
|
Candidates Match Suspended
at
halfway stage
|
26/03/2020
|
|
On-Line Chess Blossoming
Doncaster
and Rotherham go on line.
|
25/03/2020
|
|
British Championships
Cancelled
and
the English Women’s Championships
|
21/03/2020
|
|
ECF Over-50, Over-65 and
County Champs
postponed
|
19/03/2020
|
|
Durham Congress Cancelled
Content
of note to entrants from organiser
|
18/03/2020
|
|
Progress Report on
Monthly Grading
More
web programmers would help
|
17/03/2020
|
|
ECF Finance Council
Meeting Cancelled
Setting
of Membership Fees may be by e-mail
|
17/03/2020
|
|
Yorkshire League
Suspended also
Nottingham Congress
Cancelled
|
16/03/2020
|
|
ECF 2019-20 County Team
Championship
arrangements
being put under review
|
16/03/2020
|
|
U-100 Match v Cumbria
Postponed
as
precautionary measure due to Covid-19
|
12/03/2020
|
|
First Precautionary Cancellation
of
a chess event in Yorkshire due to Covid-19
|
09/03/2020
|
|
More Scanned YCA Bulletins
Added
Scanned
bulletins now go back to 1970-71
|
08/03/2020
|
|
Maurice Kent Funeral
Arrangements
10am, 18th March, Rose Hill Crematorium, Doncaster
|
07/03/2020
|
|
Corrected January
Grading List Issued
79
Yorkshire players’ grades corrected
|
28/02/2020
|
|
NCCU County Team Tables
added
to County Fixtures & Results Page
|
21/02/2020
|
|
Webmaster Sought by NCCU
Opportunity
for website whizz-kid
|
19/02/2020
|
|
Scam E-Mails
purporting
to be from Jim Burnett
|
19/02/2020
|
|
Digital YCA Bulletin Archive
New
feature added to website
|
17/02/2020
|
|
Increased Durham Congress
Prize Fund
with
1st prizes now increased to £500
|
07/02/2020
|
|
Problems at ECF with
January Grading List
Correction
in preparation
|
06/02/2020
|
|
January 2020 Grading List
Now Published
January
grades added into list on this site
|
05/02/2020
|
|
Death of Maurice Kent, of Doncaster
YCA
President briefly in early 1990s
|
02/02/2020
|
|
Death of Bill Pettigrew,
of
Sheffield: soldier, policeman, conjurer
|
02/02/2020
|
|
! Nottingham Rapidplay and
Congress
Everything
is now back on track, so enter now!
|
21/01/2020
|
|
Doncaster Change of Home Venue
with
immediate effect
|
17/01/2020
|
|
International Chess
Problem-Solving 2020
in
Sheffield on Sunday 26/01/2020
|
17/01/2020
|
|
Chess in Schools &c Course
in Leeds
on
21st May, and later in Sheffield
|
15/01/2020
|
|
NCCU Club Championships
Renewed
invitation to enter
|
12/01/2020
|
|
! Notice for Nottingham
Congress Entrants
Would-be
entrants PLEASE READ
|
11/01/2020
|
|
Chess in Libraries
In
this instance York central library
|
11/01/2020
|
|
White Rose 4NCL
Sponsorship
by
Chessable
|
10/01/2020
|
|
Update on Grading Data
Submissions
for
January 2020 Grading List
|
10/01/2020
|
|
Yorkshire U-100 Captaincy
Peter
Cloudsdale to act as captain
|
10/01/2020
|
|
Death of Sam Scurfield
Bradford
& DCA President
|
07/01/2020
|
|
U-140 and U-120 County Match
Fixtures
Dates
and venues now arranged
|
20/12/2019
|
|
“Plug” for Durham Congress
incorporating
Northern
Counties Individual Championships
|
15/12/2019
|
|
Recent ECF Developments
other
than those regarding grading
|
13/12/2019
|
|
ECF Grading End-December result
submissions and plans for Monthly Grading
|
11/12/2019
|
|
Players Wanted for
Copperworks Team
in
Leeds League Division 1
|
05/12/2019
|
|
Leeds Chess Club History
Website
A
new enterprise of Bernie Hare
|
30/11/2019
|
|
Players Sought for U-180 County
Match
on
Sunday 15/12/2019
|
11/11/2019
|
|
Death of David Welch
The
ECF and FIDE arbiter has died
|
10/11/2019
|
|
English County Team
Championships
Rules
and dates for 2020 published
|
05/11/2019
|
|
Death of Keith Smith
NCCU
Club Champ. organiser and webmaster
|
05/11/2019
|
|
NCCU Club Championships
Entries
invited (revised 05/11/2019)
|
24/10/2019
|
|
Year Book Distribution
Free
copies now in post, to those listed
|
08/10/2019
|
|
Year Book Complete
and
now at with printer (web version finished)
|
26/09/2019
|
|
England Players in World
Top 100
Five
in top 100 placed from 40th to 56th
|
22/09/2019
|
|
FIDE Website Revamped
but
it does not work in all browsers
|
22/09/2019
|
|
Revised Match Result Form
updated
to reflect current variables
|
21/09/2019
|
|
Doncaster Congress Date
Confirmed
as
21st-23rd February 2020
|
12/09/2019
|
|
British Championships 2020
to
be held in Torquay again.
|
05/09/2019
|
|
UK Open Blitz Championship
3
minutes with 2 seconds added per move
|
03/09/2019
|
|
Under-180 Captaincy
A
volunteer has come forward
|
01/09/2019
|
|
ECF August 2019 Grading List
Published
Extract
now added to panel on left of page.
|
01/09/2019
|
|
J Speelman 0-1 D M Denison
(simul. 1984)
Game
add to Games pages
|
29/08/2019
|
|
English Women’s
Championships
are
being held in Hull 30th Aug to 1st Sep
|
28/08/2019
|
|
Setting up and Using DGT 2010
Clocks
Guidance
tailored to the Yorkshire League
|
11/08/2019
|
|
Official Photography at
the British Champs
Chris
Stratford of Huddersfield behind lens
|
02/08/2019
|
|
P Keres 0-1 M A Haigh (in simul,
1955)
Game
add to Games pages
|
01/08/2019
|
|
NCCU Pennine Cup 2019-20
Peter
Cloudsdale provides background
|
25/07/2019
|
|
Bulk Delivery of Digital Clocks
Delivered
Next
phase: distribution. (Trickier?)
|
25/07/2019
|
|
Silver Rook Fixtures Published
See
2019-20 fixtures page.
|
24/07/2019
|
|
ECF July 2019 Grading List
Published
Here
is a “Yorkshire” extract.
|
23/07/2019
|
|
Hull Chess-player Retires from
Work at 83
to
spend more time on painting and chess
|
18/07/2019
|
|
ECF Direct-Member Representatives
including
an interesting new “Bronze” rep
|
18/07/2019
|
|
Organisation
Membership of ECF
Leagues/congresses
can get their say (free!)
|
17/07/2019
|
|
Ackworth School to Receive
BCET Award
though
probably not until September
|
06/07/2019
|
|
Trust Funds – Untapped Pots of
Gold?
Probably
not!
|
30/06/2019
|
|
Chess in Schools & Communities
report
to YCA AGM by Dan Staples
|
26/03/2019
|
|
Source of Cheap Digital
Chess Clocks
Deal
arranged by Rupert Jones
|
25/03/2019
|
|
From 2018-2019:
|
|
Murray Chandler 0-1 Mike Denison
game
(simul in Leeds) added to Games page
|
23/06/2019
|
|
YCA AGM
Further
items added to above notice
|
21/06/2019
17/06/2019
|
|
YCA AGM Agenda
now
added to above notice
|
08/06/2019
|
|
Girls’s Chess Day, 20/10/2019
Venue
changed to Ackworth; entry form added
|
06/06/2019
|
|
YCA AGM Notice
updated,
and some documents added
|
02/06/2019
|
|
U-140 ECF Quarter-Final v Hampshire
now
has photos and games added
|
30/05/2019
|
|
Games Added to Recent Match
Reports
three
playable on screen (more to be added)
|
28/05/2019
|
|
Girls’s Chess Day, 20/10/2019,
Wakefield
Initial
notice of 2nd WRJCA Girls Chess Day
|
27/05/2019
|
|
Hull & DCA Summer/Autumn
Events
potentially
of interest to those outside Hull
|
18/05/2019
|
|
British Championships, 2020
Special
arrangements to avoid Olympiad etc
|
18/05/2019
|
|
U-100 Match v Warwickshire
conceded
due to player shortage
|
17/05/2019
|
|
U-180 Match v Warwickshire
to
be conceded due to player shortage
|
08/05/2019
|
|
Woodhouse Cup Relegation
Play-Off
to
be played 11/05/2019
|
07/05/2019
|
|
Reactions to ECF Finance
Council Meeting
for
and against outcomes
|
30/04/2019
|
|
ECF Finance Council
Meeting, 27/04/2019
So,
how much did the fees go up?
|
28/04/2018
|
|
YCA Finances
Recommendations
from the Committee
|
28/04/2019
|
|
ECF Grading-Data
Submission Process
and
the impact of monthly grading lists
|
21/04/2019
|
|
ECF Organiser
Consultation on Grading
Next
stage of ECF Grading Consultation
|
21/04/2019
|
|
U-160 Match Conceded by
Cambridgeshire
Yorkshire
now in Quarter-Finals
|
20/04/2019
|
|
How ECF Membership Fees
are Spent
expressed
as percentages.
|
14/04/2019
|
|
ECF U-140, U-120, U-100
Quarter-Finals
Initial
details, and call for players
|
14/04/2019
|
|
The ECF's Funding Problem
The
web-master's personal view
|
12/04/2019
|
|
ECF Finance Council
Meeting, 27/04/2019
Proposals
re future fees etc.
|
12/04/2019
|
|
ECF U-160 County
Preliminary
Yorkshire
v Cambridgeshire, 28/04/2019
|
11/04/2019
|
|
“GM Clash” on board 1 of
Woodhouse
Rupert
Jones asks about precedents
|
11/04/2019
|
|
Peter Shaw 1-0 Peter
Micklethwaite
IM
Brown game added to game page
|
07/04/2019
|
|
Hull Congress of 2019 to be incorporated
with a 4NCL International Congress
|
04/04/2019
|
|
Results of ECF
Consultation on Grading
Initial
summary of responses published
|
29/03/2019
|
|
Photographs Added to
Palliser Simul
Three
photographs by David Mills added
|
17/03/2019
|
|
Phil Watson ½-½ Mark L Hebden
Blackpool
round 2 game added to game page
|
10/03/2019
|
|
Facility to Play Through
Games
has
been added to this website
|
09/03/2019
|
|
Advance Notice of YCA AGM
22/06/2019,
Huddersfield
|
06/03/2019
|
|
ECF Proposals on Grading
Changes
now
published on ECF website
|
16/02/2019
|
|
Consultation on Yorkshire League
with
a suggestion of adding a Minor League
|
14/02/2019
|
|
Grades Shown on LMS
Re
some reported confusion or concern
|
12/02/2019
|
|
February Revisions
to Jan '19 ECF Grades
Slight
corrections affect 12 Yorkshire players
|
10/02/2019
|
|
Changes to Future ECF
Grading Lists
Consultation
launched on possible changes
|
09/02/2019
|
|
Richard Palliser Simul versus
Juniors
York,
05/03/2019 - announcement
|
09/02/2019
|
|
Yorkshire January
2019 ECF Grade Extract
List
of Yorkshire players' grades in the ECF list
|
26/01/2019
|
|
English Seniors' Champ's (U-50, U-65)
Details
announced for event 4th-7th April
|
25/01/2019
|
|
ECF January 2019 Grading List
Published
View
on line or download
|
23/01/2019
|
|
Girls' Under-11 Team Day to
be Held
Preparations
for EPSCA event in March
|
21/01/2019
|
|
Progress with ECF Grading
Submissions
Now
all complete
|
22/12/2018
18/01/2018
|
|
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
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Urgent Appeal for U‑120
Players
for
match on Sunday 11/11/2018
|
04/11/2018
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Imminent County Matches (U-140, -120, -100)
3
have been arranged for before Christmas
|
04/11/2018
|
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Local Leagues' Take-Up of
Using LMS
Most
local leagues up and running on LMS
|
25/10/2018
|
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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
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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
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|
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
|