Manchester Chess Federation Founded 1890

Manchester entered a team in the recently formed 4NCL Women’s League. The first match was played in Kenilworth. Final positions as shown. Manchester came joint third but placed fourth on tie break. Final results http://www.4nclresults.co.uk/2019-20/media/wncl/we1/prog-div1.html Pictures of the team at the prize giving, unfortunately after Crystal and Allanah had left (Sorry). Photo Credit @Lara Barnes and Julian Clissold.

Individual scores:

Zhu, Yaoyao (Three CR...

Greater Manchester Under 160 county team beat Derbyshire last weekend 12.5 -3.5.

A big thanks to the players and car drivers, who made the trip to Buxton. Also to team manager John Reyes for sorting the team out and venue out. Also to Jon Lonsdale who captained the team on the match day. A full list of individual results from the match  found at the link below.

https://www.manchesterchess.com/county-chess

Entry form  download for the event can be found on the Manchester Junior Chess page of the website. At the link below.

https://www.manchesterchess.com/manchester-junior-chess

The world Chess Champion GM Magnus Carlsen is  playing. Plus English GMs Howell, Jones, McShane, and Arkell, all playing.

Live games https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-grand-swiss-2019/1/1/1

Players and pairings  http://chess-results.com/tnr478041.aspx?lan=1

Official Website https://iominternationalchess.com/

The MCF Results website

http://www.manchesterchess.org.uk

is now fully operational to receive results.

All captains should have received their log-in credentials.

Please report any difficulty to the Records & Registrations Secretary David Hardy

davidghardy57@gmail.com, copy to me, and we’ll deal with it as soon as we can.

Phil Adams

phil1948a@hotmail.com

Manchester League Fixtures Secretary

Manchester League Fixtures 2019-20 version 3.2 (thanks again to Mick Norris). can be found on the download page of the website. https://www.manchesterchess.com/downloads

Some Wahltuch Trophy fixtures have been added.

Heywood CC will not after all have two teams in C division. In consequence,

1. Heywood 4’s fixtures have been expunged from C Division.

2. Heywood 5 has been renamed as Heywood 4

3. Heywood 6 has been renamed as Heywood 5

The MCF Re...

MCF Directory 2019-20 v.2: minor corrections and improved formatting. https://www.manchesterchess.com/downloads

The MCF Directory has now been updated, ready for the new season 2019-20.  https://www.manchesterchess.com/downloads It is recommended that earlier editions be destroyed. Please report errors, omissions or any changes needed to

Phil Adams: phil1948a@hotmail.com

All MCF clubs, not just clubs with juniors, should have a safeguarding policy and that clubs could do worse than adopt or adapt the ECF policy, available at

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/safeguarding-children-policy/

https://www.twitch.tv/uk_chess_challenge