Poole edge exciting Team Battle
Review of the Year Feedback
In Bulletin No.43 we asked you for feedback on the bulletins and other chess related issues. These are the replies we received via the feedback form: Keith Gregory I look forward to the Dorset chess newsletters – they are always imaginative, entertaining & enlightening and it’s great to feel part of a “chess community” at […]
Wimborne U125 Tournaments Tuesdays 2 pm
Wimborne have been running online tournaments on Tuesday afternoons for a while and would like to notify everyone that these are open to players from other local clubs. The details are: Held on lichess for players graded under 125 old money Tuesday 2 pm – 5 pm Time limit: 20 minutes + 10 seconds increment. […]
1st Team Battle of the Year: Southbourne win
Online Tournament Schedule Changes
The format of the Monday and Wednesday sessions is changing in the new year.
Southbourne win last Team Battle of the year
Poole make it 3 in a row in team battle.
Wessex Some Stars, 4NCL Semi-Finals – B & C teams knocked out
Poole win again in Team Battle
Wessex Some Stars, 4NCL Final Round: A good night!
Terry Walsh – R.I.P.
It is with great sadness we report that Terry Walsh (Southbourne) passed away in early November. Terry was a regular, active and much valued Southbourne Chess Club member since the mid 1980s and a keen cyclist. More details can be found here … https://southbournechessclub.weebly.com/
Poole Win 10th Team Battle
Wessex Some Stars, 4NCL Round 6 out of 7: Results, Standings and Game
Southbourne Win Team Battle
Junior Chess Newsletter 8 Available
In Newsletter 8 Nikki Forster reports on the success of Dorset Juniors in the Delancey Chess Challenge, explains the latest opportunities for junior practice and training online, and covers lots of other interesting chess snippets! Past newsletters are available here in the Junior section of the website.
Wessex Some Stars, 4NCL Round 5 Results and Game
Western Counties Championship Online – Call For Dorset Players
Poole Win Again In Team Battle
Menu Changes
In case you were wondering where things have gone… The Archives page is now on the top (blue) menu The Bacchus League page is now under Dorset League on the main (black) menu.
Wessex Some Stars, 4NCL Round 4 Results and Game
New ECF Rating System Live
The new ECF rating system is live and can be found here. It features 4 digit ELO style ratings and will be updated monthly (though presumably due to the coronavirus there will be little or nothing to update for a while). Clubs are encouraged to enter any rated internal competition results through LMS which automatically […]
Update to Bulletin No.30 – The Chess Problem Column in the Echo
After Bulletin 30 on the Chess Problem Column in the Bournemouth Echo was published, Roy Egginton kindly sent us more scans of Ivor Sander’s problem articles from the Bournemouth Echo, all of which give a good insight into the types of problems involved and how the competitions ran. The extra scans have been added to […]
Poole Win 7th Team Battle
Wessex Some Stars, 4NCL Round 3 Results and Game
Online Schedule Change
Please note that the Ringwood Online tournaments that are run by Martin Clancy and are open to all local players have had a schedule change: the Friday afternoon arenas are being discontinued because of insufficient interest. Monday and Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons are continuing as usual. As you can see on the home page, […]
Southbourne Win 6th Team Battle
More Clubs Starting to Meet – Updated
Bournemouth and Wimborne join Purbeck in resuming over the board chess.
Wessex Some Stars, 4NCL round 2 results and game.
2020 Dorset Blitz Cancelled
It is with much regret that I have decided to cancel this year’s Dorset Blitz Championship. The three main reasons are: 1. Although I understand that a couple of chess tournaments are planned for late September, I’m not entirely convinced that such a gathering is legal yet. 2. As far as I’m concerned, the Blitz […]
Historical League Tables Added to Archives Section
The B&DCL and Dorset League tables for 2004/05 through to 2016/17 have been added to the Archives section. For most years cross-tables have been added too. Records for 2017/18 onwards are held on LMS
Dorset Juniors UK Chess Challenge success: bring on the Terafinal!
The weekend of the 5th and 6th of September sees the final and toughest round of the prestigious UK Chess Challenge tournament, the Terafinal. Dorset Chess are very proud to have two of its juniors, Leo Camopy (U8 boys) and Larissa Cuthbert (U12 girls), taking part in this weekend’s final. Congratulations to both and good […]
Southbourne win 5th Team Battle
Wessex Start 2nd 4NCL online season
Online Team Events Schedule
Martin Clancy has set the dates for the forthcoming Ringwood Invitational online team battles, all at 7:30 pm: Monday 31st August Monday 14th September Monday 28th September Monday 12th October Monday 26th October Reports on past events and the winners are here: Poole Poole Southbourne Ringwood
Success as Dorset juniors reach the Delancey UK Chess Challenge Terafinal
2020 Dorset Open cancelled
Ian Clark advises that the Dorset Open which was provisionally scheduled for 16th – 18th October has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus.
Southbourne win 3rd Online Team Battle
Mind Sports Olympiad: Online, Free to Enter, Cash Prizes
The 2020 Mind Sports Olympiad runs from August 1st to 30th and includes chess and other games such as draughts, backgammon and poker. This year it is online and there are 15 different chess events to be held over the month starting with blitz on the evening of Saturday August 1. All the chess events […]
July 2020 Grades Out
The latest ECF grades are out. This will be the last set of grades in the old 3 digit ECF format. Later in the year, probably in October, we will be moving to 4 digit Elo style grades and monthly updates.
