B&DCL Captain’s Page

This page is aimed at supporting Captains with information and was last updated on 08/02/25

Player Allocations Files and Fixtures

Player Allocation file (updated weekly): Week 17: 7th February 2025

Fixtures can be viewed in a variety of ways in LMS

Rules of Chess

Rules of chess with notes (last checked as being current on 27/09/23):  FIDE Laws 2023

Notes for captains, primarily rule clarifications including those specific to the B&DCL: Captains Notes 2023-24

If the above two documents do not appear on your screen when you click on the links, this will be due to your browser settings.  In that case please look in your downloads folder where you will find the documents as PDFs.

Results Cards

The results cards now reflect Ratings as opposed to Gradings:

In PDF format: B&DCL Results Card

In Excel Format: B&DCL Results Card

B&DCL and Bacchus League Club Information for the 2024/25 Season

This sections contains critical information for visiting teams and a list of captains.

For the time being, please log into LMS to see captains’ contact details.  If sufficient captains agree, contact details will be added to this page for convenience.

Please see the Clubs page for club venues, times, and secretaries.

Bournemouth Chess Club

Captains

A Team, Division 1 – Dennis Stokes Carter

B Team, Division 2 – Daniel Miles

C Team, Division 3 – Paul Errington

D Team, Division 4 – Tony Ackerman

E Team, Division 5 – Paul Errington

Highcliffe Chess Club

Captains

A Team, Division 1 – Richard Ursell

B Team, Division 1 – Ken Smith

C Team, Division 2 –  Andrew Manson

D Team, Division 3 – Roger Howell

New Milton Chess Club

There is a page on the club website that has important information applying to all members of visiting teams, please click on: https://newmiltonchess.wordpress.com/conservative-club-rules-for-visitors/ or google “New Milton Chess” – concerning dress, car parking, consumption of food and drink and signing-in.

Captains

A Team, Division 2 – Tim Jones

B Team, Division 4 – Barry Jolly

Poole Chess Club

Captains

A Team, Division 1 –  David M Fuller

C Team, Division 2 –  Andy Matko

D Team, Division 3 – Damon Guirdham

E Team, Division 4 – Harshal Kulkarni

F Team, Division 5 – Tarik Reghif

G Team, Division 5 – Tarik Reghif

Ringwood Chess Club

Captains

A Team, Division 1 – Peter Anderson

B Team, Division 3 – Rob Davenport

Southbourne Chess Club

Captains

A Team, Division 1 – Martin Simons

B Team, Division 1 – Brian Curran

C Team,  Division 2 – Mark Edwards

D Team, Division 3 – John Harris

E Team, Division 5 – Nikki Forster

Wimborne Chess Club

A Team, Division 1 – Ian Clark

B Team, Division 2 – Graham Hillman

C Team, Division 3 – Simon Young

D Team, Division 4 – Ralph Beales

E Team, Division 5 – Krystian Beclawski