B&DCL Captain’s Page
Player Allocations Files and Fixtures
Player Allocation file (updated weekly): Week 26: 11th April 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