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EACU Closed Championship Results |
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The EACU 2021-22 Individual Championships were held over the weekend of 8-9 January 2022 at the Turner Hall in Newmarket.
This was the first Over The Board Union congress since the COVID pandemic started in March 2020, and attracted a total of
47 players in 3 sections. The results can be found at
https://www.c4results.org.uk/chess/php/DisplayEvents.php?EventId=37, and all the games in the Open section are included
in the pgn file here. Understandably, not all players were fully match fit, but you
will still find some interesting and entertaining games.
I’d like to thank all players and spectators for abiding by the stricter mask-wearing restrictions than were originally
anticipated, and for being so polite when you had questions or concerns. You all made the arbiters’ job a lot easier
than it might have been in the circumstances.
All sections were closely fought, with an outright winner in each section with 4 out of 5, and two or more players in
each section on 3.5/5. The winners were Matthew Payne in the Open section, Oliver Lenton in the U-1950 section, and Gert
De Block in the U-1650 section. The Open junior champion was Toby Cox on tie-break, and his brother Lucian won the U-1650
junior championship. Congratulations to all these worthy champions.
Richard Freeman, Chief Controller
The results are also on chess-results.com and can be found at:
Open section
Under 1950 section
Under 1650 section
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EACU Closed Championship Update 4th Jan 2022 |
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The EACU Closed Championship will still be held at The Turner Hall in Newmarket on 8th-9th January 2022.
However, in accordance with current Government restrictions and ECF guidance, all attendees will have to
wear a mask or face covering at all times when inside the Hall, including when playing, unless exempt for
medical or other reasons. There will be 3 sections, Open, Under 1950 and Under 1650. It incorporates the
EACU Junior Championships and is part of the EACU Marcus Misson Memorial Grand Prix. |
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A report on the EACU Patrick Ribbands Team Championship can be found here.
Detailed results can be found here. |
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EACU Closed Championship |
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The EACU Closed Championship will be held at The Turner Hall in Newmarket on 8th-9th January 2022. There will be 3 sections, Open, Under 1950 and Under 1650. It incorporates the EACU
Junior Championships and is part of the EACU Marcus Misson Memorial Grand Prix.
Entry form in Word format - here
Entry form in pdf format - here
Enter online - here |
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PATRICK RIBBANDS
Patrick Ribbands, who died suddenly at the end of January, was a stalwart of
Cambridgeshire chess for as long as anyone can remember. He played and
captained teams for Linton in the Bury League for the past decade, and
played a similar role for Royston in the Cambs and Herts Leagues. Before
that he played for Cambridge City and was club president. He was a regular
at local Congresses and also in the supporting events at the British
Championships.
It will be as an indefatigable administrator that he will be best remembered
and most missed. Among many other roles he captained the Cambridgeshire
county second team for 30 years and was grading officer for 22 years. For
the East Anglian Chess Union he was County Match Controller for 22 years
and grading officer for 15 years. He initiated and ran the East Anglian
Club Championship from 2008. At the time of his death he had just
completed this season’s event online and had planned an East Anglian
online League for this spring. He had been Match Secretary in the Bury
League.
Patrick was a kindly and gentle soul, who always made sure that there were plenty
of opportunities for the lower-graded and junior players in events that he
organised. He had a long history of coaching juniors, who have themselves
paid tribute to the influence he had on them when they were starting out.
He was always full of ideas, as evidenced by the Ribbands pairing system
which he devised as an alternative to Swiss pairings, organising rapidplay
tournaments to try it out! He will be greatly missed: as a club member
always willing to fill a gap in the team sheet, as an organiser prepared
to take most things on, and as a friend.
Paul Kemp |
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The 2020 Bury St Edmunds Congress has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Read More Online |
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This year's 3rd EACU FIDE Congress has been cancelled following the Coronavirus outbreak. |
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This year's Great Yarmouth Congress has been cancelled following the Coronavirus outbreak. |
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EACU Closed Congress 2020 games - click here and save. |
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Entries to the EACU FIDE-rated Tournament, 5th-7th June, are now being
accepted by Richard Freeman. See Fixtures and Events page for details. |
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Entries to the Norfolk Blitz Tournament on 31st May are now being
accepted by John Wickham. See Fixtures and Events page for details. |
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Newmarket 2019 games - click here and save. |
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Entries to the EACU Team Championships 2020 are now being accepted by Patrick Ribbands. See Fixtures page for details. |
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Entry forms for the Cambridgeshire Rapidplay, on the 29th
September, Bury St Edmunds Congress, 26-27 October, and the Lowestoft Rapidplay, 24th
November, can be found on the Fixtures page. |
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Dates for Open and Under 160 County matches for the 2019-20 season can be found on the Fixtures page. |
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Sad news about Marcus Misson
Received from Pete Wells of Warboys Chess Club:
Really sorry and saddened to have to convey the terrible news that Marcus died of a heart attack on Wednesday night.
As you may know he
had been unwell and was in hospital in Sheffield having treatment for his condition when it happened and that they could not rescusitate
him. He was 52 years old.
He leaves his partner Helen and two young sons, William and Matthew
The funeral will be at 12:00 on
Friday 12th July in The Free Church, St Ives, followed by a private burial
for the family.
Everyone welcome to attend the wake after
the burial but the location for that is not finalised yet.
The wake is to be held at the Dolphin Hotel, London Road, St Ives, PE27 5EP, in
the Terrace Suite. Further details here. This includes details of how to get there.
The family has asked for
donations rather than flowers. Donations, if desired, made payable to
SR.UK (Scleroderma & Raynaud's) or The Mountain Bothies Association,
may be
sent to Easton and Cook Independent Funeral Service, 2b Harding Way, St Ives, Cambs, PE27 3WR.
For those not familiar with St Ives, The Free Church is in the town centre, Market Hill, St Ives, PE27 5AL
Friday is a market day so the
town centre will be closed to vehicles.
Depending on where you are coming from best parking is probably the Cattle Market car park, off Meadow Lane (near
Waitrose)
The map at this
link shows other car parks in St Ives
Anybody requiring further information should contact Pete Wells of Warboys Chess Club at pete.wells1@gmail.com
For tributes to Marcus, click here.
At the EACU AGM, it was decided that the EACU Grand Prix would be renamed the EACU Marcus Misson Memorial Grand Prix.
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EACU Closed Championships
For a report on the 2019 EACU Closed Chess Championships, click here.
For the results of the 2019 EACU Closed Chess Championships, click here.
For the games of the 2019 EACU Closed Open Chess Championship, click
here.
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ITTER PARK GIANT CHESS EVENT
On Sunday 12th August 2018, in Itter
Park, Peterborough, Cambs, there will be a giant chess set and GM Keith
Arkell will be on hand to play. Full details on the ECF
Calendar |
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EACU FIDE-rated Chess Congress 2018
Open Crosstable in Excel format here and select 'Save Target as'
Open games in pgn format here and select 'Save Target as'
Under 170 Crosstable in Excel format here and select 'Save Target as'
Under 130 Crosstable in Excel format here and select 'Save
Target as' |
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Cambridgeshire County Closed Chess Championships
2018
For Details and Entry Form click here |
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Bury St Edmunds Chess Congress 2016
All results are available on the congress website - http://www.bsecongress.org.uk/
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EACU Chess Congress 2016
Open Crosstable in Excel format here and select 'Save Target as'
Open games in pgn format here and select 'Save Target as'
Under 170 Crosstable in Excel format here and select 'Save Target as'
Under 130 Crosstable in Excel format here and select 'Save
Target as' |
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EACU Chess Congress 2015
Congress Winners in pdf format here and select 'Save Target as'
Congress Winners in Excel format here and select 'Save Target as'
Results in pgn format here and select 'Save Target as'
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EACU Grand Prix 2014
Top Players - right click here and save.
All Players results - right click here and save. |
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| Newmarket 2013 games - right click here and save. |
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| East Anglian Championship crosstable - click here. |
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| Grand Prix scores - click here. |
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