International Round-Up
I encourage players to send me details of events they
or others are playing in abroad and I will do my best
to include them in my round-up.
- Lawrence Cooper
The English Chess Federation
Future events:
Certificate of Merit
4NCL Divisions 1, 2 & 3 15-16 January 2011
Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island
4NCL Northern League De Vere Wychwood
Park (nr Crewe)
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/index.htm
The second weekend of the 4NCL 2010-11 season
takes place this weekend with Divisions 1, 2 and 3 all
taking place at the exotically named Hinckley Island
whilst the Northern League is in Crewe.
The Certificate of Merit (COM) is centred on a number of online tests, which enable chess students to
measure their progress and to earn certificates and
badges. The tests are taken entirely online, and payments for the credits can be made online or by
cheque. Examinees can practice as many times as
they wish before they take the CoM test. All questions are multiple-choice, and the result comes
through automatically - the certificate is issued by
email and the button badge for the particular level is
sent out by the ECF Office shortly afterwards. Please
see the shop on the ECF website
www.englishchess.org.uk for details of purchase of
the full package or individual items.
73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament Wijk aan Zee
14-30 January 2011
http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tournament/participants/group/2
http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tournament/livegames
England’s number two (on the January 2011 rating
list) Luke McShane plays in Grandmaster Group B.
He is eighth seed in the fourteen player all-play-all
event that includes four players rated over 2700.
New! Each credit costs £6 or £150 for 30.
Once a student has paid for a credit,
he or she can then take the test as many
times as necessary until a pass is achieved.
New! Students can track each question answered
wrongly and find out the correct answer.
New! The answers now have an explanation
included (where appropriate)
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 24 Jan -3 Feb
2011
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
Entrants include Michael Adams, Nigel Short,
Gawain Jones, Jon Speelman and Jovanka Houska.
English results abroad:
Rilton Cup 27th December – 5th January 2011
http://www.rilton.se/1011/index.html
http://www.chessresults.com/tnr42335.aspx?art=9&lan=1&fed=ENG
&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000&snr=38
Ian Thompson finished on 4.5/9 with a 2245 performance.
There is also a package available of many goodies for details, go to www.certificateofmerit.org.uk
For further information contact the ECF Office:
01424 775222 / [email protected]
www.certificateofmerit.org.uk
Basle Open 2011 1st-5th January 2011
http://www.schachfestivalbasel.ch/
Nathan Alfred finished on 3.5/7.
In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at the following
link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic844.html
ECF Live Games Calendar
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?page_id=5052
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