http://www.lrca.org.uk/ Chess in Leicestershire en-gb © 2010 Leicestershire & Rutland Chess Association Limited http://www.lrca.org.uk/lrca/images/players.png http://www.lrca.org.uk/ 104 80 http://www.lrca.org.uk/newlrca/county_teams.html County first team beat Worcestershire by 9-7 The Leicestershire county first team beat Worcestershire on Saturday by 9-7, with controversy before the match started. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.ecfgrading.org.uk New January 2012 ECF grades published The new ECF January Grades for both Standard Play and Rapid Play have now been published. You can check out the new ECF grades for individual players and clubs on the ECF website Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.lrca.org.uk/newlrca/county_teams.html County Under 140 team beat Warwickshire The Leicestershire County Under 140 team beat a strong Warwickshire side on Saturday. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.lrca.org.uk/newlrca/county_teams.html County first team beat Lincolnshire - just! The Leicestershire county first team beat Lincolnshire on Saturday. In a very tight match it all came down to the last two games where Leics came out on top. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.lrca.org.uk/newlrca/county_teams.html County Under 140 team beaten by Worcestershire The Leicestershire County Under 140 team lost the crunch match against Worcestershire on Saturday. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.lrca.org.uk/newlrca/ Graham Sharpe is the new County Champion Graham Sharpe has beaten reigning champion Alan Byron over two rapid play games to become the new Leicestershire County Champion. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.lrca.org.uk County first team lose to Shropshire The Leicestershire county first team suffered a shock defeat away to Shropshire in the second county fixture of the season, losing 10 - 6. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.lrca.org.uk/ County Under 140 team beat Staffordshire The County Under 140 team had a convincing win over Staffordshire to make it two wins out of two and set up a crunch match against Worcestershire, who have also won their first two matches, at Water Orton on November 19th Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.lrca.org.uk Leicester University replaces Loughborough in division 3 The Loughborough 3rd team have withdrawn from division 3 due to lack of players and their place has been taken by Leicester University Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.kirbycastlers.org.uk Kirby Castlers has a new website The Kirby Castlers club now has a new website Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.lrca.org.uk/lrca/clubs/swallow.html http://www.lrca.org.uk/lrca/clubs/swallow.html?reloc_2011_02_22 The Swallow Chess Club has been forced to find new premises. With immediate effect, the club will now play at the Willowbrook Sports and Social Club, Thurnby. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:00:00 +0000 http://www.lrca.org.uk County first team beat Greater Manchester The County first team thrashed Greater Manchester by 12.5 - 3.5 in the first match of the season. Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.lrca.org.uk Charity Quickplay won by Shepshed on tie-break Shepshed win the Charity Quickplay on tie-break from Wigston to take the Smith Trophy Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.lrca.org.uk/newlrca/handbook.html 2011 League handbook now online The 2011 League handbook is now online on the lrca website Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.lrca.org.uk Summer Cups for 2011 completed The winners of the Birstall Cup are Syston who beat Braunstone in the final. The Wylie Cup was won by Heathcote Arms and the Harrod Cup by Loughborough. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.lrca.org.uk Chapman Cup won by Market Harborough Congratulations to Market Harborough who have won the 2011 Chapman Cup Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.lrca.org.uk County teams fixtures The County teams fixtures have been announced, there are 3 teams: 1st team, U160 and U140 Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.lrca.org.uk Spinney Hill becomes Latimer chess club Spinney Hill club has moved to the Latimer Conservative club and changed its name to the Latimer Chess Club Fri, 2 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.lrca.org.uk chess classes launched Braunstone club has launched a series of classes for beginners and players who want to play socially Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.lrca.org.uk Round 5 of the County Championship The penultimate round of the County Championship ends with three players leading with 4 out of 5 points Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.e2e4.org.uk/countychamps/ County Championship Round 5 In the fourth round of the County Championship a tense battle between the leaders ended with Graham Sharpe defeating Ilian Mladenov. Alan Byron joined Graham at the top of the leaderboard with a win against Andy Morley. They will meet each other in round 5, they both have three and a half points. Closely behind them on three points are Nwachukwu Chino and John Denton who meet each other. The fifth round is due to be played on 18th August at the Wigston club Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.leicesterchess.co.uk http://www.leicesterchess.co.uk/ The details of the annual H E Atkins Leicester Chess Congress have now been announced. It will run from Friday September 30th to Sunday 2nd October. There are three sections, the Open which is FIDE rated, the Major for players graded below 160 and the Minor for gradings below 130. Excellent prizes are on offer - please support your local congress! Full details with on line entry can be found on the congress website. Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://michaelfraser.me/league_tables.php http://www.lrca.org.uk/lrca/2010_1/?champ The League has now been completed. Division 1 was won by Wigston 1; Division 2 by Shepshed 2; Division 3 by Ashby 2; Division 4 by Melton Mowbray 3; Division 5 by Spinney Hill 2. Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:30:00 +0100 http://www.lrca.org.uk/lrca/news_rss.xml http://www.lrca.org.uk/lrca/news_rss.xml?start_2008_03_18 LRCA news is being made available as an RSS feed on an experimental basis. If it works well, it will continue. If it doesn't, then it won't. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:00:00 +0000