11th World University Chess Championship Zurich, Switzerland - Sep 5-12
http://www.wucc2010.ch/
http://www.wucc2010.ch/joomla/index.php ... &Itemid=19

England
are represented by Peter Poobalasingam, Vedantha Kumar, Sarah Hegarty
and Hannah Dale. Lorin D’Costa is the manager/coach.

After three
rounds Peter and Vedantha are both on 1.5/3 in the mens event, their
performance ratings so far being 2509 and 2391 respectively.

In the womens event, Sarah and Hannah are both on 1/3, with performance ratings of 2088 and 2057 respectively.

http://www.chessbase.com/index.asp

02.09.2010
– He has just topped the latest FIDE rating list,
for the fifth time in succession. Now Magnus Carlsen, 19-year-old chess
phenomenon from Norway, is taking on the world. On Friday, September
10th, as part of his fashion promotion for G-Star, he will play a
one-day match in New York against registered users, who are coached by
three top international players – and Garry Kasparov.

Info and videos.

Sign Up Here

I would like to see an increasing number of games published on the OCA
website (with a possible view to the best game prize.) To this end I
have posted Marcus Harvey's crucial game in the recent British Under 14
Championships and will also post the winning game of the recent George
vs Stephen encounter. See Games HERE

If you would like to add more please send me a
pgn.

Alan Kennedy
Chairman OCA

England (Active players) Only Women

# Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year
1 Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2454 0 1978
2 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2426 11 1980
3 Ciuksyte, Dagne m ENG 2327 8 1977
4 Lalic, Susan K m ENG 2294 9 1965
5 Corke, Anya wg ENG 2257 13 1990
6 Lauterbach, Ingrid wm ENG 2169 0 1960
7 Jackson, Sheila wg ENG 2155 0 1957
8 Bellin, Jana wg ENG 2137 6 1947
9 Regan, Natasha K wm ENG 2131 0 1971
10 Tidman, Sophie E wf ENG 2109 0 1984

The side events taking place during the congress
are a talk by Peter Purland on Monday at 7.30pm, a simul by Mickey Adams
on Tuesday at 7pm, a civic reception hosted by the President of DCCA on
Weds at 8pm, and a blitz tournament on Thurs at 7.30pm.

http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/HTML/congresses/paignton/base.htm has all of the information for the congress on one page.



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http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1930 The Jonathan Latham Memorial Congress. 22nd- 24th October, Gordano Community School, Portishead, Bristol.

Dun Laoghaire Chess Festival Ireland 20-29 August
http://icu.ie/articles/display.php?id=270
http://www.icu.ie/games/list.php?date=2 ... vent=Dun+L

Congratulations to Mark Hebden who won the GM all-play-all with 6/9 and to Simon Ansell who won the IM all-play-all with 7/9.

England (Active players)

# Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year
1 Adams, Michael g ENG 2728 21 1971
2 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2690 0 1965
3 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2657 17 1984
4 Howell, David W L g ENG 2616 19 1990
5 Jones, Gawain C B g ENG 2576 17 1987
6 Pert, Nicholas g ENG 2561 11 1981
7 Hebden, Mark L g ENG 2556 0 1958
8 Haslinger, Stewart G g ENG 2543 18 1981
9 Parker, Jonathan F g ENG 2531 0 1976
10 Conquest, Stuart C g ENG 2529 11 1967

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The 2010 World Juniors and Girls U-20 Chess Championships were held from
August 2 (arrival day) to 17 (departure day) at Chotowa, Municipality
Czarna, close to the city of Tarnow in Poland. England were represented
by Yang-Fan Zhou in the junior section and Anya Corke in the girls
event. Both were coached by Grandmaster Mark Hebden and the players
participation was funded by the John Robinson Trust and Junior &
International Directors.

Completed events:

NH Chess Tournament Rising Stars vs. Experience 12-22 August
http://www.nhchess.com/

David
Howell was part of the ‘Rising Star’ team. He finished on 4.5/10 with
wins against Ljubojevic, Nielsen & Van Wely. The average of his
opponents was 2684. There is also a video clip on the website where
David talks through his round 9 victory against Peter Heine Nielsen.

NH Chess Tournament Rising Stars vs. Experience 12-22 August
http://www.nhchess.com/

David
Howell is part of the ‘Rising Star’ team. He is currently on 2.5/5
having beaten Ljubojevic & Van Wely, drawn with Svidler and lost to
Gelfand and Nielsen.

The ECF Counties Rapidplay Championship 2010-11, organised for the ECF
by the SCCU, will be held on Saturday 18th September 2010 at Wanstead
House, the normal venue for Essex home matches. A County may enter one
or more teams of 12 players. The event will incorporate a Handicap
Competition, based on the difference between actual and expected scores.
The same team cannot win both competitions. The winning team will be
awarded the ECF Counties Rapidplay Trophy

For more details and an entry form click this link or email David Smith – davidandjanesmith@ntlworld.com

Oxfordshire juniors have a long history of success in claiming national age-group titles and they have excelled again this year.

At the recently concluded British Championships – held in Canterbury – Bicester club’s Marcus Harvey beat the favourite, Felix Felix Ynojosa-Aponte, on the way to becoming the British Under 14 Champion. Not to be outdone, Cowley’s famous sister act, Maria and Anna Wang, won the Girls Under 15 and Girls Under 12 titles respectively and Anna also won the Girls Under 11 and the Under 11 (boys and girls) titles. Oxford 4NCL player, Lateefah Messam-Sparks won the Girls Under 18 title for her good showing (4.5/11) in the Championship proper. Congratulations to them all. 

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