ECF Newsletter - October

The October edition of the ECF Newsletter - Chess Moves - is now available to view.

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Table Toppers

Ashby 1 and Ashby 3 both top their respective Divisions following last week's matches.

Ashby 1 whitewashed Heathcote Arms 1 in Division 2, helped in no small part by the visitors defaulting on 2 boards. Ashby 1 are now joint leaders of Division 2, along with Anstey 1, with both teams having the same number of points and an identical Game Point Difference.

Ashby 3 beat Anstey 8 by 3-1 to take a 1 point lead at the top of Division 5, with only GM Mick Brown failing to make any contribution to the match score card.

LRCA Appeal Decision

The LRCA have upheld our appeal concerning the Ashby 2 match against Leicester University 2. The result of Chris Tipper's game on board 3 will stand for rating purposes, but Leicester Uni have been penalised by a point because of outside interference in the game. This alters the match result to 2-2.

New Club Champion

Congratulations to Andrew Wilson on winning the 2026 Club Championship with a score of 4.5/5. He beat Tom Gerrard in the deciding game last night to finish half a point clear of the joint runners-up, Richard Vann and Larry Hayden.

Ashby 3 Draw At Kirby Muxloe.

Ashby 3 drew 2-2 at Kirby Muxloe on Thursday evening, although the match score card on the LRCA website is incorrectly showing a 3-1 win for the home team. Ric is showing as losing on board 4 when, in fact, he won. There were draws for David Holmes and Paul Harrison on boards 1 and 3 but, unfortunately, GM Brown disgraced himself again on board 2. 

Ashby 2 Beaten At Leicester Uni But Appeal Result

Ashby 2 were beaten 2.5 - 1.5 at Leicester University 2 on Tuesday but are appealing the result. There was an incident in Chris Tipper's game on board 3 where the Leicester Uni player was short on time and forgot to press his clock. His Captain noticed and pressed it for him, which is totally against all FIDE rules and should be an immediate loss for the player concerned. The game continued and ended in a draw over the board. However, assuming our appeal is upheld, as it should be, the game will be awarded to us and the match result changed to 2-2.

Ashby 4 Whitewashed

Ashby 4 were up against a much stronger Latimer team in Division 5 last night, being heavily outrated on all four boards. Given the rating difference the 4-0 defeat was not entirely unexpected.

Ashby 2 Off To Winning Start

Ashby 2 got their season off to a winning start last night with a 3-2 win against Market Harborough 3 in Division 3, courtesy of wins for Patrick and Steve on boards 2 and 5 and draws for Larry and Chris on boards 3 and 4.