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Apologies for the delay in posting this but I have just had surgery on one of my eues and I'm trying to avoid looking at a computer sctreem !!

Ashby 2 took the bragging rihts in their Harrod Cup match against Ashby 1, with a 5-3 win that takes then up to 3rd in the table. Ashby 1 will now play Wigston in the 4th round on the 16th July, while Ashby 2 will play Heathcote Arms on the 30th July. Both of these are home fxtures.

In the Club Championship, Patrick Buckley beat IM Ian Maskery, despite Ian being a piece and pawn up at one stage he tells me.

In the U1450 Championsip, the two Pauls - Harrison and Mayer, drew their 4th round match, as did The Bird Man and Ben McDermott.

The July edition of Chess Moves, the monthly ECF magazine, has just been published. If you have not signed up to receive it you can click here to view the mobile version for phones and tablets, or here to view it on your laptop or desktop.

U1450 Championship

Dan Vernon drew with Peter Anderton in the last outstanding game of the U1450 Championship last night. The draw for the 4th round has now been made and can be viewed here. All games to be completed by the 14th August.

Club History

Neil has updated the Club History and it can now be found via the link on the right hand side of this page. The previous tab at the top of the page has now been removed.

Tuesday Evening Chess Sessions

Paul Mayer has been organising some informal chess sessions on Tuesday evenings, which are currently being attended by a handful of Members. If anybody else is interested in coming along, just turn up from 7:30 onwards. Meetings take place in either the back bar or the main bar, depending upon which other meetings might be taking place.

Club Championship Results

There were 5 games played in the 3rd round of the Club Championship last Thursday.  Tom Gerrard beat Paul Gibson, Chris Tipper beat Ric Dawson, Larry Hayden beat Paul Mayer, Nick Wyld beat Graham Bird and Ollie Fordham beat Steve Emmerton.

Steve's game against Ollie was an unmitigated disaster as he was a Queen up, and had mate on the move, but he kept forgetting to press his clock and lost on time !! Having said that, Ollie played exceptionally well in the opening and middle game and, regardless of how the game ended, he certainly deserved something from the game anyway. 

The leading players in the U1450 Championship, Neal Roberts and IM Ian Maskery, played each other in the 3rd round, with Ian coming out on top and now leading the field with a perfect score of 3/3.

Ashby 1 and Ashby 2 have been drawn to play each other in the 2nd round of the Harrod Cup. This match will be played on the 2nd July.

ECF Monthly Newsletter - Chess Moves

The ECF publish a monthly newsletter, called Chess Moves. This is a digital newsletter, sent by email, that all ECF Members are entitled to receive. However, after speaking to several Club Members, it would appear that many of you are not receiving it.

The reason for this is simple - you need to opt in to receive it when you renew your ECF Membership. To ensure that you receive the newsletter you should login to the Membership Portal, using your ME number and, on the profile page, click on the Opt Ins tab and check the box that says you agree to receive the ECF Monthly Newsletter. You don't need to wait until you next renew your Membership - you can do it now and it is completely free of charge.

You can click here to view previous editions of the newsletter.

The May edition isn't yet officially available online, but you can view it here now :

Mobile Version

 Computer Version

Archived Records

You will notice that I have added an Archive tab to the website. This will contain as many historical records as we can find, from whatever sources we can find. Any input from Club Members would be most welcome.

I have already begun to populate it and, with Neil's help, will expand it as far aas possible.

Ashby On Instagram

Ben thought it would be a good idea to have a presence on Instagram to enable us to reach out to a younger audience. To this end,  I have created an Instagram account for the Club, which Ben will manage, and added a link to it on the website towards the bottom left hand side of the page.