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.

Leics v Worcs MCCU U1650 Championship Result

Leicestershire travelled to Stratford-On-Avon this afternoon to play Worcestershire at a neutral venue in  the MCCU U1650 Championship. Three Ashby players were in the team - Steve E., Graham Bird and David Holmes. Leicestershire won the match 10-2. Steve won his game on board 6 after a long struggle lasting 4 hours, and being the last game to finish. Graham and David did not get a game unfortunately as both of their opponents defaulted. Click here to view the full match score card,

Next up is a home match against Staffordshire on the 21st November. Anybody interested in playing should contact the Team Captain, Rene Butler, by email -  rene@consumerking.co.uk.

Ashby 1 Off To Winning Start

Ashby 1 had a great start to their season last night with a 3.5 - 1.5 win at Anstey 3, courtesy of wins for Georghe, Richard and Andrew on boards 1,2 and 4, and a draw for Tom D. on board 3. Click here for yet another one of Tom Dove's inimitable  match reports.

In one of the remaining two games in the Club Championship, Larry beat Patrick to draw level with Richard at the top of the table. Everything now hinges on the last game between Tom G. and Andrew.

Bragging Rights Shared

Ashby 4 held Ashby 3 to 2.5 - 2.5 draw in last night's Division 5 derby match, despite being significantly outrated on 4 of the 5 boards. Ashby 3, fielding 2 titled players in GM Brown and IM Maskery, were unable to make the rating difference count, with inspirational Captain Ric Dawson on board 3 being the only player to score a full point, offsetting an Ashby 4 win on board 1 by Paul Mayer.