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League tables 09/10
See our latest team
positions in Divs 1, 2, 3 & 5
(updated 10 Mar for Atticus
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Nigel Short simul at Atticus Chess
Club
Former World Championship contender & elite Grandmaster,
Nigel Short, is willing to play a simultaneous exhibition at the club in the
week beginning March 22.
This will be a once-in-a-lifetime chance to play Nigel. If
any club member is interested in organising such an event - 20 boards minimum;
30 boards maximum; with an individual board fee - please let
Dave Robertson know.
Nigel is an author, columnist and coach, working with several
top contemporary chess talents, including Harikrishna, Negi and Karjakin. In
appreciation of his many accomplishments, he was awarded an MBE in 1999.
His many achievements include being a candidate for the world
championship several times, including runner up to Kasparov in 1993. He won
countless open and closed tournaments since the early 1980’s. Nigel is a
multi-time British and Commonwealth champion with a current FIDE rating of 2686.
More details about this fabulous opportunity and occasion
will follow soon.
Atticus History - Part 3: by John
Carleton
Sensational archive material has recently been released by
the British Library, and, as with all documents relating to the noble game, a
priority copy was promptly forwarded to the Club in recognition of the high
esteem in which we are held throughout the academic world. Here is an extended
extract from the most exciting document, one which casts
new light on the origins of Atticus.
British Championships, 2010
The University
of Kent, the UK’s European University with 17,000 students will host this year's
Championships.
Established in
Canterbury in 1965, it has grown significantly whilst retaining the academic and
social structure that makes it a popular place to work and study. Kent has
campuses at Canterbury, Medway, and Brussels.
Click
to see the first set of entrants for 2010; 50 @ 9th March.
4NCL Rapidplay Championships 9-10
October 2010 by Mike Truran
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Mike Truran |
The 4NCL will be holding its first team and individual
rapidplay championships on 9-10 October 2010 for which entries are invited from
all interested teams and players.
For those of you with long memories, the
format we are using is not dissimilar to the now defunct British team lightning
championships (held between 1953 and 1992), with the team championship held on
the Saturday and the individual championship on the Sunday.
Winners will hold
the title of 4NCL Team and Individual Rapidplay Champion respectively for
2010/2011. We are guaranteeing a prize fund of at least £2,000 for the weekend.
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4NCL
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Hopefully both the format (significantly different from the
previous 4NCL rapidplay events last held in 2008), the time control (10 minutes
+ 5 second increment per game) and the time of year (a month before the start of
the new 4NCL season) will prove attractive.
Although it would of course be unrealistic to expect entry
fees to be paid in advance of the deadlines (30 September, or 30 June for
discounted entry fees), I would very much appreciate it if you could let me know
whether you expect to enter. That will help me give the venue an idea of likely
numbers in advance.
Click for
full details of this event.
