Tuesday Evening Chess Sessions

Paul Mayer has been organising some informal chess sessions on Tuesday evenings, which are currently being attended by a handful of Members. If anybody else is interested in coming along, just turn up from 7:30 onwards. Meetings take place in either the back bar or the main bar, depending upon which other meetings might be taking place.

Club Championship Results

There were 5 games played in the 3rd round of the Club Championship last Thursday.  Tom Gerrard beat Paul Gibson, Chris Tipper beat Ric Dawson, Larry Hayden beat Paul Mayer, Nick Wyld beat Graham Bird and Ollie Fordham beat Steve Emmerton.

Steve's game against Ollie was an unmitigated disaster as he was a Queen up, and had mate on the move, but he kept forgetting to press his clock and lost on time !! Having said that, Ollie played exceptionally well in the opening and middle game and, regardless of how the game ended, he certainly deserved from the game anyway. 

The leading players in the U1450 Championship, Neal Roberts and Ian Maskery, played each other in the 3rd round, with Ian coming out on top and now leading the field with a perfect score of 3/3.

Ashby 1 and Ashby 2 have been drawn to play each other in the 2nd round of the Harrod Cup. This match will be played on the 2nd July.

ECF Monthly Newsletter - Chess Moves

The ECF publish a monthly newsletter, called Chess Moves. This is a digital newsletter, sent by email, that all ECF Members are entitled to receive. However, after speaking to several Club Members, it would appear that many of you are not receiving it.

The reason for this is simple - you need to opt in to receive it when you renew your ECF Membership. To ensure that you receive the newsletter you should login to the Membership Portal, using your ME number and, on the profile page, click on the Opt Ins tab and check the box that says you agree to receive the ECF Monthly Newsletter. You don't need to wait until you next renew your Membership - you can do it now and it is completely free of charge.

You can click here to view previous editions of the newsletter.

The May edition isn't yet officially available online, but you can view it here now :

Mobile Version

 Computer Version

Archived Records

You will notice that I have added an Archive tab to the website. This will contain as many historical records as we can find, from whatever sources we can find. Any input from Club Members would be most welcome.

I have already begun to populate it and, with Neil's help, will expand it as far aas possible.

Ashby On Instagram

Ben thought it would be a good idea to have a presence on Instagram to enable us to reach out to a younger audience. To this end,  I have created an Instagram account for the Club, which Ben will manage, and added a link to it on the website towards the bottom left hand side of the page.

2026 AGM

There was an excellent turnout for the AGM on Thursday evening. The Minutes of the Meeting will be available to view on the website very soon.

2026 AGM

Just a reninder to everybody that the 2026 AGM takes place this Thursday @ 7;30. You can click here to view all of the various reports, or use the link on the left hand side of the page. These are not yet complete but will be updated as they are received. Please take the time to read them as it will save time on the night.

Last Week's News

Ashby 2 were held to a 4-4 draw by Anstey last Thursday in the 1st round of the Harrod Cup.

There were 2 games played in the 3rd round of the U1450 Championship, with Ric Dawson beating Tyler Rowney and Paul Harrison beating Ben McDermott.

The draw for the 3rd round of the Club Championship was made and can be viewed here.