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Bradford DCA League - Week 4 Results
Results and tables after the fourth week of league chess games played on the 4th November 2008 can now be viewed opposite. Click on the links below to download the results for printing and redistribution in PDF.

Results: Week 4  Week 3  Week 2  Week 1

Scorecards: Week 4  Week 3  Week 2  Week 1

Hepolite Cup Round 3 Results
The results for the third round of the Hepolite Cup and the second round of the Hepolite Plate can now be viewed below.

Click here to download the results in PDF for printing.

Clough Trophy Round 1 Draw
The draw for the first round of the Clough Trophy has been made and fixtures are shown below. Ties to be played on Tuesday, the 25th November 2008.

Click here to download the draw in PDF for printing.

BDCA Individual Championships 2008-2009 - Round 2 Results
Results from the second round and the draw for the third round of the Individual Championships can now be viewed below. The third round matches are to be played on Tuesday, 3rd February 2009. Competition Controller is Winston Williams (icfwp@yahoo.co.uk), Mobile 07813 606953. Competitions include the Barnett (Open), Parkinson (Under 126), Hutchinson (Under 101), Bak (Under 76).

Click here to download the results and draw in PDF for printing.

BDCA Monthly Meeting - Minutes from October 2008
The Minutes from the last BDCA meeting held on the 30th October 2008 are now available from BDCA Meetings link to view. The next BDCA meeting will be held on Thursday, 27th November 2008 at the Latvian Club, Bradford - 8pm start.

New Electronic Scorecard
A new electronic scorecard has been produced reflecting the latest player grades which should be used by Captains to report match results. Click on Scorecards from the menu and follow the instructions. Club Captains/Secretaries please ensure your results are received by Secretary Dennis Breen no later than the Friday following play.

BDCA Chess Calendar for the 2009 Season (Confirmed)
The 2009 BDCA Chess Calendar can now be viewed by clicking here. To download a copy in PDF for printing click here.

Grading List 2008
Jon Griffith has now produced the grading list for games played in 2007-2008. Click Grading List from the menu above. Click Graded Events then Leagues and finally Bradford DCA League.

Click here to download a grading list of active players in the BDCA.

Bradford Chess Congress 2008 Results
The Bradford Chess Congress was held at the Latvian Club on the 12th, 13th and 14th September. Click here to view the results from the Open, Major and Minor tournaments. Pictures from the event have now been added. The 2009 Congress will be held at the Latvian Club on the 18th, 19th and 20th September 2009.

 Click here to download the results and draw in PDF for printing.

Interesting Chess Websites

Latest World Chess News: http://www.chessbase.com/

Games Database: http://db.mychess.com/

Opening Theory: http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/

Opening Explorer: http://www.chess.com/explorer/

Chess Articles: http://www.chesscafe.com/

Click here to download the results in PDF for printing. 

Clough Trophy - Round 1 Draw

Click here to download the draw in PDF for printing.

Congratulations to Viswanathan Anand from India who defeated Russian Vladimir Kramnik 6½-4½ to become World Chess Champion in the twelve match series. Use the links below to review the games and see how the very best play chess!

Click here to review the games.

Click here to review Grandmaster analysis of the games.

BDCA League Results 2008-2009

Click here to download copy of crosstables in PDF format for printing and redistribution.

How Fast Can You Play Chess?
Two top grandmasters, Hikaru Nakamura and Maxim Dlugy battle it out in a 1-minute blitz game after the U.S. Championship. IM Ben Finegold comments on the side.

Derren Brown 9 Board Simultaneous Chess Match
Can you figure out how psychological illusionist Derren Brown could possibly beat 9 of the country's leading chess players in a simultaneous chess match? Click on the video below to watch and find out how!

Bradford Renaissance Academy News - Last Updated: Sat, 2nd August 2008

5th Academy Renaissance Rapid Play Tournament - Sunday, 21st September 2008
The 5^th for 2008 Renaissance Academy Rapid Play Tournament Incorporating the Antonio Fattorini Grand Prix will take place on Sunday, the 21st September 2008. Click here to download and entry form in Word DOC format or click here for a zipped version. The current standings in the Antonio Fattorini Grand Prix Cup are shown below:

"Chess Has Staggering Effect On Education"
After many hard fought rounds in the Bradford Schools Championship, three schools had won the regional's and had earned the right to play for the "Tack McGrath Trophy. Southmere Primary had won the Bradford West title, Park Primary PRU had won Bradford South and Lower Fields Primary won Bradford North (Bradford City is only split into 3 regions). 

The three Regional Champions met in three school 10 players each final. Each school had picked teams from the different groups and ages all with contrasting skills. Gerry Walsh watched over the event as a volunteer Arbiter. As this was the first time a PRU (Pupil Referral Unit) had hosted an event with other mainstream schools in attendance it was understandably a tense affair. 

After the rounds had past Park Primary PRU edged out on top on 28 points to become the Bradford Schools Champions, with Southmere Primary in second on 25.5 points just ahead of Lower Fields Primary on 24 points. The event was such a success another district of Bradford has joined the event for next year making the entrants for the 2009 championship 42 schools which includes 10 Secondries. The individual winner was Hanif Hussain (9), Myles Smith (9) came second, both from Park Primary PRU, and in third came Adam Henderson (9). I would like to thank all the Schools for taking part, especially the kids who made the event a most memorable and enjoyable day.

Click here to view the Telegraph & Argus article in full or click here to view video of the event.

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2008-2009 BDCA Chess Calendar

Yorkshire Chess Association.

For the latest news of what is going on in Yorkshire please check out : www.yorkshirechess.co.uk

Chess Coaching Pages for Juniors/Beginners.

There is an excellent site on the web which gives lots of exercises to help improve your chess.  Click here

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