News 2010 - July to Dec > News Index 19/12/10 - B Div - 1pt Deducted The Recent B division match between Redcar B and Redcar A on 15th December, reported a default on board 1 for Redcar B. This default was assigned to a late illness from the Redcar B board 5 player. However the decision to allow the default to be taken on board 1 is in breach of the CCA rules, namely rule 8.4. It is accepted that this was agreed by the two teams on the day, and was not an attempt by Redcar B to gain an advantage in any way. Redcar B will be deducted 1 league point for failing to comply to CCA league rules, namely rule 8.4. 18/12/10 - Estimated Grades The following ungraded players have now been issued estimated grades based on their 1st 5 competitive games: Matthew Carty (Peterlee) 122e Soumya Baxi (Elmwood) 90e Chris Edwards (Synthonia) 95e A Div Great Ayton 'A' v Middlesbrough 'Bishops' re-arranged for 12/01/11 09/12/10 - Nominated Players List Updated Middlesbrough Bishops have nominated Paul Gregory. 08/12/10 - B Div Match Darlington B v Hartlepool - re-arranged for 22nd Dec 05/12/10 - Match Postponements M'bro Bishops v M'bro Rooks - re-arranged for 13th December Plate Preliminary Round Elmwood B and Synthonia A - 09/12/10 03/12/10 - Details Updated Bill Metcalfe's Contact details updated Captains - please update your records Match Postponements - updated 01/12/10 B Div Redcar A v Guisborough B - re-arranged for 22nd Dec Whitby v Redcar B - provisionally re-arranged for 6th Dec Darlington B v Hartlepool - provisionally re-arranged for 8th Dec C Div Synthonia B v M'bro Knights - provisionally re-arranged for 5th Jan 2011 Peterlee Bishopbashers v T Hungarians - re-arranged for 21st Dec KO Cup Peterlee v Guisborough A - re-arranged for 21st Dec 26/11/10 - KO CUP Preliminary round (for Jeremy Burnett Plate) to be completed by 31st December 2010. Elmwood B v Synthonia A 25/11/10 - Estimated Grade Larry Gonzales (Elmwood) has now completed 5 competitive games and his estimated grade is 110. The above player (ungraded at the time) played out of grading order in the recent league match Great Ayton A v Elmwood A, due to mis-information supplied by the league organiser. In these circumstances no penalty will be enforced for this breach of league rules. CCA Match Organiser Individual Rd3 Pairings for Rd 3 are now available online! Thanks to everyone for completing Rd 2 so promptly! 24/11/10 - ERROR - Estimated Grade Larry Gonzales (Elmwood) has *NOT* completed 5 games at this time and so remains un-graded. 23/11/10 Larry Gonzales (Elmwood) has now completed 5 competitive games and his estimated grade is 138 22/11/10 - New Registered Player Thornaby Griffin Registered New Player Alan Tapster u/g 16/11/10 - Div A Fixture Guisborough V Peterlee has been re-arranged to 13th Dec 15/11/10 - CCA MO Updated 14/11/10 - Grading List Updated Robin King (Guisborough) 17 09/11/10 - Grading List Updates The Following players have now completed 5 games and their estimated grades are: Rosauro Belgras (Elmwood) 158 Arjun Tapasvi (Elmwood) 91 KO CUP Updated Some match dates added + 1st Round result : Middlesbrough Bishops w/o v Middlesbrough Knights (not taking part this year) (w/o = Walk Over) This means there is now a vacancy for one team in the 1st round of the plate, which will be contested by the two losers of the preliminary matches. The closing date for this playoff match will be 31st December. 07/11/10 - New Registered Player Brian Robinson (137) - Redcar 05/11/10 - CCA Announcement 1) The Executive Committee has co-opted Ron Stather of Middlesbrough Chess Club to be the Chairman of the C.C.A. His contact details will appear on the Website shortly. 2) Peter Ridsdale has agreed to assume the role of Individual Organiser on a temporary basis. Participants are hereby notified that, from 4th November, 2010 all pertinent communications in the competition must be directed to him to be valid. His contact details appear on the Website. Would any Member who is willing to assume the role of Individual Organiser until the end of the season, kindly inform any member of the Executive Committee CCA Exe 02/11/10 - Individual Updated - IMPORTANT PLEASE READ Round 2 pairings for the Cleveland Individual are now online HERE Norman Stephenson has stepped down from controlling the Individual, could *BOTH* players please email with your match results. Thank You 31/10/10 - Individual Updated The Individual web page has been updated - there are still 2 outstanding result to be submitted. Please NOTE, send your Individual Match Results to Norman Stephenson - thanks. 28/10/10 - KO Cup Update KO Cup page has now been updated and is linked into the auto submit results form. The KO Cup Submit results form is now live and ready. Please check the draw and inform Steve Cole (KO Cup Organiser) of the date you have agreed to play - ASAP - thanks. Grading List Updated Bill March (Griffin) has now completed 5 games and his estimated grade is 137 27/10/10 - Sad News It is with great sadness that we report the death of David Castle. Our deepest sympathy and condolences to all family and friends Cleveland Chess Association More links placed on the Archive Page 26/10/10 - KO Cup Updated Preliminary Rounds & 1st Rd Draw now online - HERE Steve Henderson has kindly volunteered to stand in as temporary webmaster until a permanent webmaster can be found. Our thanks to Steve for offering his services. CCA Exec ****************** Links Page Updated Darlington & Hartlepool Chess Blogs added Officers Page Update Contact details for the Individual Organiser Updated Please send all results for the Individual to Norman Stephenson Links Archived Some links have now been placed on the Archived page 22/10/2010 – Acting CCA Webmaster Resigns Paul Douglass has stepped down from the Acting CCA Webmasters post. 20/10/2010 – CCA Officers Update (updated on 21/10/2010) Ernie Lazenby has informed the CCA Executive that he is standing down from all CCA activities with immediate effect. In the Interim Norman Stephenson will be taking over the running of the Cleveland Individual championship and Mike Creaney will be resuming as previously his role as acting grader with Steve Cole seeing to any necessary estimates. More to follow CCA Executive 01/10/2010 (Part 2) – Thanks from CCA President I wish to offer a very big thank you to all club officials who have ensured that the season can start without any problems with player registration/fees. Also to Steve Cole, Peter Ridsdale, Philip Mitcheson who have been very busy sorting out the admin for the new season and not least to Paul Douglass and Keith Smith without whose work on the web site we would not have been able to start the season so smoothly. I wish everyone a good season of competitive chess. Well done one and all. Ernie Lazenby CCA president. 01/10/2010 (Part 1) – CCA Individual Round 1 Published Please go to Individual page for more details Ernie Lazenby, CCA Individual Controller 30/09/2010 CCA MO replaced by CCA Members Please click on CCA Members on top menu to see list of CCA Registered players for the 2010/2011 season. If there are any issues/queries, please inform me accordingly. Peter Ridsdale, CCA Registration Secretary/Treasurer 27/09/2010 (Part 2) – CCA Member Registration update Please be informed that you are expected to have handed in the CCA Registration form and cheques to Peter Ridsdale by 30th September 2010 Peter Ridsdale, CCA Registration Secretary/Treasurer 27/09/2010 (Part 1)– Submission of CCA League Results Please click on Submit Results and click on the League Submission link. Any problems with the submission of results should be related to Steve Cole, CCA Match Organiser. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Steve Cole, CCA Match Organiser. 26/09/2010 (Part 2) – Team Captains 2010/2011 Updated Please download here 26/09/2010 (Part 1) – CCA League Rules updated at 01/09/2010 EGM Please download here for rules and download here for all amendments. CCA Secretary, Philip Mitcheson 20/09/2010 (Part 2) – CCA Individual 2010/2011 – Update During the next week entries will be finalised for the Cleveland Individual Championship. Check the list of entries to see if your name is included. Download If not and you want to enter please contact Ernie Lazenby ASAP. 1st round draw will be published on 1st October. 20/09/2010 (Part 1) – CCA League Fixtures 2010/2011 – Published The 2010/11 league table formats and fixtures are now available. Please note that due to the reduced number of teams in the B division only one team will be relegated from this league this year. Can all teams please provide me with their team captain details asap so these can be published on the website. Can I also remind clubs that nominated player lists are also required for all clubs's teams who have a team/teams playing in lower divisions. To avoid confusion the following teams will require to to provide nominated player lists: Elmwood A, Peterlee A, Middlesbrough Rooks, Middlesbrough Bishops, Guisborough A, Great Ayton A, Darlington A Finally I wish everyone a successful season. CCA League Organiser, Steve Cole RIP Bent Larsen 1935 – 2010 CCA President sent a note of commiserations to the Danish Chess Federation President on 16th September 2010 Dear Sir. It is with very great regret and sadness we read of the passing of Bent Larsen. Mr Larsen was an Honorary Vice President of Cleveland Chess Association something he was very pleased to accept when he visited Teesside in the 1970's. I recall with great pleasure his talks and simultaneous display when he took on nearly of 70 of the areas best players. A memorable event. One of our very best players recalls Bent getting a chair at the simul and saying to him as they finished the game(he was the last to finish) 'now take great care Norman you are winning this'. Norman won the game. All of us who are still around who saw Bent play in the Teesside Grandmaster Tournament in 1972 and listened to his talks recognise he was one of the all time great chess talents and a very decent man. His passing sees another chapter in the history of great players closing. Very sad. On Sunday 19th September we are holding a memorial quickplay tournament in memory of two of our players, I will have the players present also reflect on the passing of our Hon. Vice President. Our very best regards and sympathies Ernie Lazenby President and acting Chair Cleveland Chess Association (UK) 15/09/2010 – Mike Closs / Harry Cable Memorial Update Cleveland Chess Association is pleased to announce that Senior International arbiters Alex McFarlane and Lara Barnes have kindly offered their services for the Mike Closs and Harry Cable memorial quickplay tournament on Sunday 19th September. To have these very well known and highly respected officials helping at the event adds kudos and is very welcome. Ernie Lazenby. CCA President. 14/09/2010 – CCA Constitution amendments updated Amendments to the CCA Constitution made on the 01/09/2010 EGM Please download here Philip Mitcheson, CCA Secretary 13/09/2010 1st September 2010 EGM Minutes published Please download here Philip Mitcheson, CCA Secretary 08/09/2010 – New CCA Individual Trophy The CCA President has commissioned work on the “old” Teesside & Durham Chess Association Handicap Challenge Cup and this will be used for the 2010-2011 season (and beyond) for the winner of the CCA Individual tournament See Trophy Page 03/09/2010 – Mike Closs/Harry Cable Memorial Quickplay update Sandra Closs will be attending the Mike Closs/ Harry Cable memorial rapid play event on the 19th September to present the prizes. In addition to those prizes already announced a trophy will be awarded to the highest placed members of the Griffin and Hartlepool clubs. Entries are still welcome 01/09/2010 – CCA Membership spreadsheet updated for 2010-2011 Please download the spreadsheet for registering your club membership for the 2010-2011 season. All instructions for completion and sending are on the INSTRUCTIONS worksheet. Peter Ridsdale, CCA Treasurer 22/08/2010 – Webmaster required A volunteer is required to take on the position of web master from early September onwards. The work will involve looking the web site to keep it up to date and posting information from or authorised by the executive officers. Much of the work centres on the league/cup and individual championship and much of the preparatory work has been completed by the current web master who will be unable to continue much after early September. It is essential that a volunteer for this position has the IT skills and time to commit to it. This matter will be an agenda item at the EGM on 1st September by which time we should be in a position to report if any progress has been made. The executive officers thank Paul Douglass for all the work he has undertaken since taking on the position as Webmaster. Anyone interested in taking on the position should contact Ernie Lazenby asap. CCA Executive. 05/08/2010 – Middlesbrough Chess Congress – Best Game Award This was judged by Norman Stephenson. Not many entries and Norman points out he saw some games during the weekend that could have been in the frame but were not entered. Winner is David Eggleston for his excellent game against Bret Addison. David wins the cash prize sponsored by the CCA President. Updated Middlesbrough Congress page with best game 31/07/2010 – Mins Of Meetings updated with 13th July 2010 Executive Meeting at Griffin Chess Club 25/07/10 – Mins Of Meetings updated with 2nd June 2010 AGM Minutes + Reports Updated provisional grading list for 2010-2011 (Supplied by CCA Grader – Mike Creaney) 22/07/10 – Middlesbrough Chess Congress Report + Photos By Ernie Lazenby Middlesbrough Chess Congress Report 16-18th July 2010 19/07/10 – Norman Stephenson Lectures at Darlington Chess Club William Metcalfe has arranged for ECF accredited coach Norman Stephenson to give two chess talks at Darlington Chess Club. Monday 9th August 2010 - 7.15pm (approx) Monday 23rd August 2010 7.15pm (approx) Norman has given this type of talk before and they are always informative and have been very well received. Subject matter still to be decided. This is another opportunity to gain from Normans vast knowledge and experience. Attendance at these talks is free and Cleveland Chess association players are invited to attend. Bar facilities will be available.(not free) Further information can be obtained from William Metcalfe whose contact details are available via the clubs information section. 14/07/10 – Middlesbrough Congress At an executive committee meeting held on Tuesday 13th July it was unanimously agreed to Co-Opt the following officials subject to formal ratification at an EGM to be held on Wednesday 1st September 2010. Minutes of the meeting will be published in due course. Match organiser - Steve Cole. Web master - Paul Douglass ( Ian Elcoate as deputy) ECF Delegate - Gerry Walsh. Junior organiser - position not to be filled pending a review and subsequent discussion at the 2011 AGM. Middlesbrough Congress 16-18th July 2010 English Chess Federation President and TV personality CJ De Mooi (BBC 2 Eggheads) will be in attendance on Sunday. CJ has very kindly offered to say a few words and to present the prizes.