The club’s 2022 ECC booklet will be going to print shortly, so if any club member is interested in getting a copy, let me know! Price will depend on interest, but probably about €8 (+ P&P if relevant) as this year’s booklet looks like being the biggest yet, plus of course printing prices, like everything else, have gone up lately. It’ll hopefully be going to print later this month.
There’s a draw for this week’s third round of the Frank Scott Shield.
Continue ReadingJust to confirm the results of the straw poll last week, which was that as this is exam week, round 3 of the Frank Scott Shield is deferred to next week. So this week is a normal club night (plus some Armstrong games)
With Christmas only a few weeks away, and no Wednesday league games in that time, the schedule for the coming weeks is –
A BEA derby, the Ennis get off the mark, and the Armstrong B make it two wins in a row against full teams for the first time.
Continue ReadingJust past the half-way mark in the European Youth Championships in Antalya, and Kavin is already up 60 FIDE points, having beaten beaten two 2250s in the past three rounds.
Continue ReadingThe draw has been made for the second round of the Frank Scott Shield on 23rd November.
Continue ReadingThere’s a rolling report from Slavko and Venkat on the EYC in Antalya, at which Kavin, Leon and Lara are in action, on the ICU website here.
There were no upsets in the opening round of the 2022 Frank Scott Shield – though not for want of trying!
Continue ReadingThere’s a couple of upcoming events which may be of interest to some of the lower-rated players in the club.
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