Liverpool & Merseyside -v- Manchester
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- Published: Sunday, 03 May 2020 14:46
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Liverpool & Merseyside -v- Manchester
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Merseyside League and Cup competitions 2019/2020
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- Published: Saturday, 25 April 2020 20:36
- Written by Dave Pearcey
Merseyside League and Cup competitions 2019-2020
- Due to the ongoing coronavirus situation we have had to take the decision that the 2019-2020 league season is now ended.
- In the circumstances no attempt will be made to complete the fixtures.
- The AGM planned for May will not now be held. It may be rearranged at a later date if need and circumstances allow.
Over the next few weeks the committee will need to decide how best to finalise the 2019-2020 season:
- Will any trophies be presented and, if so, on what basis - the league positions as of 19th March, 2020 or by some other means or not at all?
- The promotion of teams who were clearly better than the divisions that they were in will be managed regardless of any decision on trophies.
Preparations for next Season 2020/21:
- We will then need to receive entries for next season which we would hope to start in September 2020.
- The continued closure of pubs and clubs may prevent this.
- Another major issue may be the availability/willingness, particularly of our older members, to play over the board(OTB) chess in the near future.
- If the number of players does fall we may want to consider, at least temporarily, reducing the numbers of boards in some divisions and/or relaxing the eligibility rules.
- We may also wish to set up a separate internet based league to satisfy those unable to play OTB chess.
The Committee welcomes your club's views on the above and if people feel a committee meeting over remote video conferencing platform would be useful, do let me know.
Regards,
Dave
MCA Clubs @ Lichess.org
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- Published: Wednesday, 25 March 2020 09:52
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List of MCA Clubs @ Lichess.org
Atticus: https://lichess.org/team/atticus
Prescot & Knotty Ash Chess Club: https://lichess.org/team/prescot-and-knotty-ash-chess-club
Liverpool Chess club (current club members only): https://lichess.org/team/liverpool-chess-club
Liverpool Chess Club and friends: https://lichess.org/team/liverpool-chess-club-and-friends
Please inform me about your Lichess-team. I will publish this link. This enables us to play fixtures (after the MCA Committee has agreed) and matches against each other.
Lichess: your club nights online
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- Published: Friday, 20 March 2020 12:13
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Keep you Club Nights alive - online!
With Lichess (info on wikipedia) you can organise club nights online. Lichess offers tournaments, trainings and much more. Have a look: https://lichess.org/
A few words at the beginning
Lichess is a french charity, non-commercial, without ads, keeps your privacy, does no data-mining and does not transfer any data to third parties. You may read their Terms of Service and their Privacy Policy to confim yourself. It is free and costs nothing.
About lichess.org: lichess.org is a free/libre, open-source chess server powered by volunteers and donations. Most “free” websites subsist by selling ads or selling user data. Others do it by putting all the good stuff behind paywalls.
Lichess does none of these things and never will. With no investors demanding profits, Lichess staff can focus on improving the site as their only goal.
4. Disclosing your information.Your information will only be disclosed if it is legally necessary to do so. For example, if Lichess is ordered to hand over a certain user’s information, or if someone hacks Lichess.
Lichess is a registered French charity. Lichess is open source, non-profit, mainly operated by volunteers, and funded by donations. A full breakdown of costs and expenses is publicised monthly, and can be viewed here.
Please read the "Fair Play and Community Guidelines", they are part of the Terms of Service.
Every club may create a "team" on Lichess and invite for online tournaments. If you want to play on this chess-server, you have to register yourself.
How to Lichess:
Register yourself at https://lichess.org/signup (Username, Password, e-mail). I like to suggest that you may register with your real name to enable everyone to recognise you.
If your club has set-up a team on Lichess, you can join this team. Simply click on the link provided by your club or click on "COMMUNITY, Teams", search for the team (see the magnifier-icon at the top-right) and click on the green button "Join team" at the top-left. The Team Leader will then activate your membership.
Edit your profile: login at https://lichess.org/login, click on your name, then on "profile". Click on the at the top-right on tool-icon ("Edit profile"), enter "Given Name", "Surname" and your ECF-grade/rating. This is important for generating the pairings in a tournament.
Have a good time and stay healty!
Regards,
Martin
MCA announces the suspension of the Liverpool Chess league.
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- Published: Wednesday, 18 March 2020 11:38
- Written by Dave Pearcey
ECF Clubfinder
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- Published: Wednesday, 25 March 2020 09:36
- Written by Super User
The English Chess Federation aims to provide all of its members with up-to-date information, such as members' grades, news, organisational changes in local chess, forthcoming chess events, and the location and details of chess clubs across the country. To do this most efficiently, the Federation depends on club details being correct on the Club Finder here --- https://ecf.azolve.com/clubfinder.htm