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Greater Manchester EJCOA Zonal Qualifier

Sunday January 19th 2025

Entry form HERE

WHO ARE WE

A Chess Club specifically for those under the age of 18



About Us

COME AND VISIT

Broadoak & Smallshaw Community Centre

Broadoak Road

Ashton-under-Lyne

OL6 8RS

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CLUB NEWS

16 Jan 25

Congratulations to the team last night beating 3C's 4-2

9 Jan 25

Well done to the team last night on beating Chorlton 6-2 in the Manchester Rapid League

19/12/24

Congratulations to the team tonight beating Marple 3/5-2/5

18/12/24

Christmas party at the club last night, well, chess with sandwiches !

CHESSABLE BLOG

As well as our own fantastic Blog another good source of chess ramblings can be found on the Chessable website - here is a LINK


When do we meet ?


We meet every Wednesday (including school holidays) from 6:30pm - 9:00pm 


Cost is £2.00 per session


Refreshments are available to purchase on the night.

MATCHES - NEXT FIXTURES


We will be entering Teams in the Manchester and Stockport Leagues this year.


Manchester League:

Division B:

19 Feb 25 - Ashton 1 v Blue Club 1

Division E:

29 Jan 25 - Ashton 2 v 3Cs5

Rapid:

3 Feb 25 - Bolton 5 v Ashton 3


Stockport League:

Limit League:

18 Feb 25 - Chorlton Q v Ashton

Division 1:

22 Jan 25 - East Cheshire A v Ashton

CHESS TOURNAMENTS

The ECF website has a list of tournaments and congress events if you wish to test yourself over the board rather than online.


You can filter the list using the "Tags" and can select by Region.


https://www.englishchess.org.uk/event-calendar/



Some upcoming "local" events with links:


Stockport Rapidplay Congress - Sun 26 Jan 2025

https://stockportchessclub.org/rapidplay


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