Welcome to the Ashby Ivanhoe Chess Club website. We meet on Thursday evenings from 19:30 onwards at the Ivanhoe Social Club, Wilfred Place, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, LE65 2GW. We are open to members of all ages, sexes and abilities, whether novice or experienced, so please come along and join us. You are assured of a warm welcome. Use the tabs below to navigate the website. Use the Contact Form lower down the left hand side of this page if you would like more information.
IM Ian Maskery was confirmed as this years U1450 Champion following his draw against Paul Harrison last Thursday evening. Ric Dawson beat Neal Roberts to finish joint second, along with Paul Mayer, who won his game against Tyler Rowney by default. Ollie Fordham beat Peter Anderton to finish joint 4th.
There was also one game played in the 5th round of the Club Championship, with Paul Mayer beating Graham Bird.
Further to a previous post, it has now been confirmed that our teams will be playing in the following Divisions this season:
The draw for the 5th round of the Club Championship has now been made and can be viewed here.
With 3 players on 3.5 points, and 3 more lurking just behind on 3 points, it's all to play for. The standings going into the final round can be viewed here.
Unfortunately our two titled players, GM Brown and IM Maskery, are out of contention, but IM Maskery is still the favourite to take the U1450 crown, needing only a draw from his final game.
We are pleased to welcome one of our former players, David Holmes, back to the Club after several years of playing for Market Harborough. He will be a welcome addition to our playing squad.
Following a meeting of the Team Captains last week, it was decided that we did not have the numbers to run 5 teams this season so will only be running 4.
The Captains will be as follows;
We aso appear to have lost one of our first team players, Reece Whittington, who has moved away to Exeter.