Hello
and welcome to the official Merseyside Chess Association
website. Here you will find all the latest match results and
divisional tables from the Liverpool & District chess league and
its Cup competitions.
MCA Team Lightning Tournament -
9th June
Congratulations to Waterloo 1 winners of this year's event with 16pts followed by Atticus 1 with 15˝.
Eleven teams, 6 rounds. John Littlewood (Formby), Richard Noonan (Atticus 1), Andreas Vogt (Aigburth 1) and Nick Wall (Atticus 2)
all scored 5˝/6.
Photos with a report by John Carleton.
British Championships 2008
The 95th British Chess Championships will take place in St George’s Hall, Liverpool Sunday 27th July - Saturday 9th August. The various events will attract
hundreds of
entries, the showpiece being the British Championship.
The ECF are now making funds available to attract leading players. This should ensure that the main event will be worthy of the magnificent St. George’s Hall.
A new list of entrants has been uploaded on 3rd July and news about
additional prizes has been announced for the British Championships ... more. If you are planning to compete in an event please note that the deadline in
7th July after which surcharges apply. To download an entry form (PDF) click here.
4th EU Individual Championships at the World Museum 9th – 18th September.
Michael Adams and Nigel Short have confirmed their
entries together with GM's Stewart Haslinger, Nigel Davies, the newly crowned European Champion Sergei Tiviakov and many more.
Further announcements about other very strong GM's will be made in the near future. Other information about the event can be found on the
official site.
Glorney and Faber Cups
Liverpool John Moores University
IM Marsh campus
is hosting this prestigious and famous tournament from July 22nd–25th 2008.
In 1948 a Dublin businessman created the Glorney Cup (for boys) and it was joined twenty years later by the Faber Cup (for girls).
The Cups were last played for in Liverpool in 2005. More information about last year's competition is on the
ECF site.
Data about both cups is well documented on the Olimpbase website and the Irish Union
website has photos and match results from last year's event (won by England) in Dublin.
John Ripley and Knotty Ash Cups Finals
Widnes were winners of the JR Trophy and the KA Cups. Final scores:
John Ripley Trophy - Atticus 1˝-4˝
Widnes and Knotty Ash Cup - Atticus 2 1˝-3˝
Widnes. See details with photos and match report by John Carleton.
A small piece of history
History has been made in a small but significant way in recent weeks. For the first time ever two GM's competed against each other in a match in the
Liverpool (MCA) league ... more.
Officials reports 2007/8
Reports by MCA officials were presented at the AGM on 20th May. See them all here.
Final scores and results
Tables are complete and
leading players
details
too.
Thank you to everyone for sending results and other data for the website during the season. Thank you too for helping with error corrections.
