Ashby Ratings As At 1st August 2025

The ratings of all Ashby players as at the 1st August can be viewed here, or from the tab at the top of this pagre.

2025 AGM Minutes

The Minutes of the 2025 AGM can now be viewed, using the link on the left hand side of this page.

Congress Entries

Richard, Steve and Les are all playing in the Staffordshire Congress on the weekend of 16th/17th August. Steve and Les are in the Intermediate Section and Richard is in the Major Section.

Josh Cherrington is playing in the Intermediate Section at the Lancaster Congress on the same weekend.

Les Fancourt was beaten in the 4th round of the LRCA Major Championship last night, leaving him on 1.5/4. So, with only one round left to play, his presence won't be required at the prizegiving !!

Club Championship 3rd Round Results

There were several games played this evening in the 3rd round of the Club Championship:

Roy Evans 1 Paul Gibson 0

Chris Tipper 0 Tom Dove 1

Richard Vann 1 Ric Dawson 0

Steve Emmerton 1 Neil Roberts 0

Ian Maskery 1 Paul Mayer 0

ECF Award

This post is from Neil Roberts:

Some of you will be aware that, in addition to all the hard work Steve Emmerton does for our website, he also works for the English Chess Federation, administering their League Management System (LMS). In his capacity as the ECF LMS Administrator he provides advice and support to the many hundreds of Leagues, Clubs and Counties up and down the country who use LMS to administer their competitions. Also, as a member of the ECF Rating Team, he deals with any queries that may arise regarding rating issues.

The ECF have awarded Steve and the LMS Developer jointly a well deserved award for this year's ECF Online Chess Contribution Of The Year. When they have received their awards I'm sure there will be a posting on the ECF website, which we will add to our own.

 

Staffordshire Chess Congress

The Staffordshire Chess Congress is another (relatively) close Congress, taking place at the Kings Hall in Stoke over the weekend of 16th/17th August. Click here for further details and online entry.

Steve E. has entered and it would be great to see some other Ashby players there as well.

On another note, Steve E. is going to the British Championships, as a spectator, in Liverpool on Sunday 3rd August, if anybody alse fancies coming along. A great opportunity to see all the top British GM's and IM's in action.

Harrod Cup 4th Round Draw

The draw for the 4th round of the Harrod Cup has now been made. Ashby 1 will be away against Heathcote Arms and Ashby 2 will be away against Latimer. Both matches to be played by the 22nd August. 

2025 AGM Minutes

The Minutes of last night's AGM are now online and can be viewed here.