The 34th Nottingham Rapidplay will take place on the 2nd February 2025 at Nottingham High School. This will be a six round FIDE rated event. The first round will start at 10.00am. Enter online here. Details can also be downloaded from the entry form.
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Week 6 Highlights
Mansfield motor on in Division 1. University 1 and 2 open with draws. Radcliffe & Bingham, winner of the ECF Small Club Of The Year Award 2024 show they are a club on the rise. R&B 1 continue to set a hot pace in Division 2, defeating Ashfield 1 in the first match between these two teams for decades. Previously […]
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Jonah Willow has secured his first Grandmaster norm at a tournament in Norway. The event was held in the town of Fagernes, which is situated 114 miles north-west of Oslo. Jonah was first equal (second on tie-break) with GM Rinat Jumbayev of Kazakhstan with whom he drew his game in round 7. Jonah was unbeaten on 7/9, with a tournament […]
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Gambit 1 are held to a draw by West Bridgford 1. WB’s Shabhir Okhai has notched an opening top board hat-trick over Julian Cast, Jonathan Tait and now Mike Barnes. A good week for Newark. Newark 1 bounce back to winning form over Nomads 1 with a 4-1 win. Newark 3 better this score. A winning week too for Radcliffe […]
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Mansfield follow up their 5-0 win at Grantham with a 4-1 win over West Bridgford. Gambit 1 trounce Newark 4.5-0.5. In Div 1 the League table already looks telling. After two games, two teams are on 100% – Mansfield with a 9-1 points difference and Gambit 1 on 8-2. The only other unbeaten team is University 1, yet to play […]
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Mansfield, Post-Covid 3x League champions, launch their campaign with a statement 5-0 win at Grantham, despite being outrated on the top two boards. Nomads 1, who last appeared in Division 1 in 2005, narrowly lose at West Bridgford 1. In Division 2 Beeston 1 and R&B 1 fight out a 2-2 draw, of 4 decisive games. In D3 wins for […]
Continue readingNPSCA Chess Lessons Start on 12th October
Th Nottinghamshire Primary Schools Chess Association provides lessons at Nottingham High School. The first session takes place on Saturday 12th October. For for more information please see https://nottsprimarychess.uk/, or email.
Continue readingWeek 2 Highlights – More teams in action, promoted clubs struggle
Grantham 1 returned to the top flight after a 4 year absence and lost narrowly to Gambit 2. It doesn’t get easier for Grantham. Next up, they host the Champions, Mansfield. West Bridgford 2 and Nomads 2, the promoted clubs in Division 2, both lost. WB2 lost narrowly to Radcliffe & Bingham 1. The teams were matched on rating, Alan […]
Continue readingWeek One Update & Week Two Preview
Intra-Club Matches Gambit 2 could not pull off their usual upset win against Gambit 1, losing 1.5- 3.5. As the ‘home’ team they had the disadvantage of 3 Blacks. The reverse fixture in January might be closer. Gambit 5 did share the points with Gambit 4. Three more intra-club matches follow next week. Radcliffe and Bingham 4 host R&B 3. […]
Continue readingNew League Season 2024-25
Fixtures for the new season are now on LMS. The season will kick off on Tuesday 10th September with Gambit 2 v Gambit 1 and Gambit 5 v Gambit 4. Can Gambit 2 pull off another upset? There are new League rules, including that the standard time limit for all clubs is now 65 minutes + 10 second increments. You […]
Continue readingAGM – July 8th 2024 Minutes
The AGM of the Nottinghamshire Chess Association was held on the 8th July 2024. NCA-AGM-Minutes-July-2024.pdf NCA-AGM-2024-Appendix-1-Reports.pdf NCA-AGM-Appendix-2-Treasurers-Report.pdf
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Continue readingAGM Monday 8th July 2024
The Nottinghamshire Chess Association AGM will be held on Monday 8th July at The Wolds, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford starting at 7:30 pm Clubs are entitled to attend, with one voting member per club plus one for each team in the NCA league for 23-24 season (including minor league teams). Officer Reports: please send to Nick London by 1st July […]
Continue readingExecutive Committee 25/04/2024 Minutes
A meeting of the executive committee was held on 25th April 2024. The minutes of the meeting can be viewed by clicking on the minutes link.
Continue readingNottinghamshire County Championships 2024
Nottinghamshire County Championship 2023/2024 Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th June 2024 The Royal British Legion Hall Radcliffe-on-Trent Nottingham NG12 2BB Organised by Gambit Chess Club Eligibility: 1 Born in Nottinghamshire 2 Living in Nottinghamshire 3 Working in Nottinghamshire 4 Attending an educational establishment in Nottinghamshire 5 Member of a chess club based in Nottinghamshire or affiliated to Nottinghamshire Chess Association […]
Continue readingRules Revision Meeting 2024 Minutes
The annual rules and revision meeting will took place at 7:30pm on the 20th May at The Wolds pub, W Bridgford. Minutes of meeting
Continue readingRules Revision Meeting 20th May 2024
The annual rules and revision meeting will take place at 7:30pm on the 20th May at The Wolds pub, W Bridgford. Attached are the proposals for the meeting. Votes during this meeting are on the basis of one vote per club plus one vote for each team participating in the NCA league this season. RRM Proposals 2024.pdf
Continue reading33rd Nottingham Rapidplay
Capacity has now been reached. We are pleased to announce our that our annual Rapidplay will take place on Sunday, February 4th 2024 at our usual venue, Nottingham High School, starting at 10:00 am. This will be a 6 round Swiss system event, with five ECF rated sections. The basic entry fees are £20 for Adults and £15 for Juniors, whilst […]
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During the Coronavirus restrictions there have been no “over the board” county matches and there was little support for playing online team events.
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