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Buckinghamshire Chess

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This site provides information about chess governed by The Buckinghamshire County Chess Association, and gives details about active Chess Clubs, their meeting times and their locations. Use the navigation bar at the bottom of this page to visit other parts of the site.

The Chiltern League has its own website. This is now the authoritative source for all three of the Buckinghamshire county teams' fixtures, results, and league tables.

Bucks Individual Results - Published Tuesday, 08 May 2012.
Bucks League Results - Published Tuesday, 08 May 2012.
News from the Controller - Published Saturday, 17 December 2011.

May 8, 2012 BCCA AGM
Submitted by Jonathan Melsom

This note is to formally advise county officers, club secretaries and their members of the forthcoming county AGM. Attendance at the AGM is open to all members of county clubs and also those who play in the county teams and the individual event.

The meeting will be held on Tuesday 29 May at Aylesbury. The start time will be 20:00. Relevant papers will be circulated in advance of the meeting. If there are any substantive proposals for the meeting please can these be advised to the Secretary in good time to assist in the onward notification.

The constitution requires the draft accounts to be circulated in advance of the AGM, so please can any outstanding expense claims be submitted to the Treasurer as soon as possible.

 

April 12, 2012 Bourne End One Day Congress
Submitted by David Langford The results of this year's congress are now available.

 

April 09, 2012 Chiltern League - Bucks U125 Report
Submitted by Chris Stothert A good season for the U125 team, Chris's report is now available.

 

March 17, 2012 Phil Makepeace - Chess Blog
Submitted by Dave Turner For those who are not already devotees of the Bucks Free Press online pages, I strongly recommend the blog of Wycombe and Hazlemere's Phil Makepeace which is published regularly (usually on Wednesdays).

 

March 1, 2012 Slough Chess Club - New Venue
Submitted by Dave Turner Slough Chess Club has relocated to the clubhouse of the Polish Association in Slough. Further details are on the Slough club page.

 

January 17, 2012 Best Game Prize 2011-2012
Submitted by Nick Butland

A reminder that there will be a "best game prize" again this season. Any game played in the club championship, county individual or for the Bucks team is eligible. Winning games from previous seasons include Jonathan Melsom vs J Watts (or an annotated version for those who can read ChessBase files) and Darrell Watson vs Han Hansen and Nick Butland vs Manfred Egby

Entries should be emailed to the league chairman .

 

December 17, 2011 Controller's Mid-Season Report
Submitted by Jon Melsom The controller's Mid-Season Report is now available.

 

October 20, 2011 Bucks League Fixtures - Electronic Calendar
Submitted by Dave Turner If anyone uses Electronic Calendars on their PCs or smartphones and requires a calendar for relevant Bucks league fixtures, please contact me and I will send you one. You may choose a calendar for the entire club and/or specific teams. By default, the calendar will show you as busy between 1900 and 2300 on match days and a display alert will occur 24 hours before the event.

 

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