Leicestershire & Rutland Chess Association is the body recognised by the English Chess Federation as being responsible for chess in the city of Leicester and the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. The Association is affiliated to the Midland Counties Chess Union.
All matches in the 2023–24 League season have now been played. Congratulations to Wigston 1 for winning Division 1 for the third season running. Congratulations also to the other Division winners: - Division 2: Wigston 2 - Division 3: Heathcote Arms 1 - Division 4: Market Harborough 3 - Division 5: Market Harborough 4
The report from the Rating Officer and Webmaster is now available. Full article
By Alan Agnew Full article
Treasurer's Report & Accounts Full article
LRCA League Secretary's Report 2026 Full article
The LRCA AGM will be held virtually on Monday 1st June at 7:30pm
We invite clubs and their delegates to join us - the more the merrier! Full article
Chairman's Report 2026 Full article
Loughborough’s Hejin Francis recorded a perfect 5/5 in the Intermediate section (u1700 ECF) of the 49th Nottingham Congress. With black pieces in the final game, Hejin beat Liverpool’s Daniel Westhead. The event saw a number of Anstey youngsters excel, Zara Mehta finished joint third in the Intermediate section, winning three and gaining two half points, one of which was a bye. In the Major section (u1900 ECF), bottom seed of all 61, Reidan Minhas, was undefeated with four draws and a bye. Reidan’s opponents were ECF rated: 1758, 1802, 1754, 1856. Given Reidan’s ECF rating is just 1367, this is clearly a superb performance. Also in the Major section, Anstey’s Yvon van Neerven was undefeated too with 3.5/5. The congress, played at Nottingham High School, included three games on the Saturday and two on the Sunday.
The LRCA Facebook page was last updated back in 2017 and the link to our Website no longer works. I would like to revive or replace our Fb pages (and in time, I'm hoping we can get other social media platforms up and running, to grow interest in what we do.) Are any players familiar with Facebook and willing to help? If so, please contact me - 07426 442 482. We also need to know the log in details for the old Facebook site, if anyone still has them!
I recently heard of the passing of Terry Clay of the former Hinckley club, which was formerly a part of the Leicestershire Chess League when I first started playing in 2010.
I knew Terry as a tough opponent when I played him and many of you will have the same thoughts as me! Our thoughts are of course with his friends and family. He was 87 years old.
His funeral will be at Nuneaton Crematorium on Monday 23rd February at 2pm.