County Championships

COUNTY INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENTS 2025

Andy Morley 07 Feb 2025

Entries are now invited for the 2025 County Individual tournaments which will be held at the Wigston Chess club and the Anstey Chess club during the summer. The Tournament controller is Andy Morley, with Ben Vaughan managing the events being held at Anstey
The deadline for entries is April 25th See the County Championships section for more details

COUNTY INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENTS 2025
Entries are now invited for the 2025 County Individual tournaments which will be held at the Wigston Chess club and the Anstey Chess club during the summer. The Tournament controller is Andy Morley, with Ben Vaughan managing the events being held at Anstey
The deadline for entries is April 25th

ALL PLAYERS MUST BE ECF REGISTERED BRONZE MEMBERS (Minimum)
There are 4 sections:
* The Championship. This will be 5 rounds, open to all.
* The Challengers. This will be 5 rounds, for players graded below 1900
* The Major. This will be 5 rounds, for players graded below 1750
* The Minor. This will be 5 rounds, for players graded below 1600
The grades used will be the APRIL 2025 STANDARD PLAY ECF grades, not the ones used for the 2024/25 league season.
The time control in all events will be 80 minutes for all moves + a 10 second increment throughout
The CHAMPIONSHIP and CHALLENGERS tournaments will be played at WIGSTON. The MAJOR and MINOR tournaments will be held at ANSTEY.
All rounds are on THURSDAY EVENINGS. Mostly every 4 weeks:

Round 1 15th May
Round 2 5th June (NB ONLY 3 WEEKS AFTER ROUND 1)
Round 3 3rd July
Round 4 31st July
Round 5 28th August

It is expected that all games will be played on the scheduled dates. Recognising that the tournament is played during the holiday season, there will inevitably be some dates which players cannot make, in which case every effort should be made to play the match BEFORE the scheduled date, if possible. Players may request no more than 1 half point bye, if they anticipate it will be difficult for them to complete a round in time.
Entries should be submitted to ANDY MORLEY stating your name, the tournament you wish to enter, your ECF Membership number, your contact phone numbers (mobile or landline, and work if applicable), and your e-mail address if you have one. Players in the Major and Minor sections will be requested to join a tournament Whatsapp group as an experiment to improve communications during the tournaments
Please give any of the scheduled dates for which you already know you will be unavailable (eg due to holiday bookings)
Send your entry: Online to a.morley953@btinternet.com
Or text or ring mobile phone: 07769721980

Challengers and Minor Tournament Winners

Andy Morley 25 Sep 2024

Congratulations to the winners of all of the tournaments this year. The Challengers has now been won by Omar Oliveri of the Market Harborough Club. The Minor goes to Les Fancourt of Ashby after he won a two game play-off against Yingxin Chen (Leicester University) after both players finished first equal with 4.5 / 5.

Tournament winners

Andy Morley 29 Aug 2024

Congratulations to Mark Hebden, who has won the 2024 County Championship with a perfect score of 5/5. This is Mark's 4th County Championship victory. Congratulations also to John Pattinson who has won the Major tournament,with 4.5 /5

County Champs 2024 - Pairing and Results Website

Paul Mottram 04 May 2024

Open
Challengers
Major
Minor

Once on the results/pairings site you can navigate between sections by using the top left drop-down menu

COUNTY INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENTS 2024

Andy Morley 07 Feb 2024

Entries are invited for the 2024 County Individual tournaments. There are 4 separate events: The County Championship (open to all) and the Major (U1750) will be held at the Wigston Chess Club. The Challengers (U1900) and the Minor (U1600) will be held at Anstey Chess Club. The tournaments will be controlled by Andy Morley. Entries should be sent to Paul Mottram. See the attached entry form for all of the tournament details.

County Tounaments Entry form

THE MINOR TOURNAMENT HAS A WINNER!

Andy Morley 22 Sep 2023

The 2023 Minor tournament has been won by Dominic Lennon of the Ashby Club, after an exciting play-off against Yuvraj Sadhra of Anstey. Both players finished the regular tournament with 4 /5, and then won a game each in the 2-match play-off before Dominic triumphed in the Armageddon decider.

County Individual tournaments winners

Andy Morley 09 Sep 2023

Congratulations to the winners of this summer's individual tournaments:
COUNTY CHAMPION: Shabir OKHAI. Scoring 4/5, Shabir retains the title he won last year - a feat not achieved since Alan Byron in 2009 & 2010.
CHALLENGERS TOURNAMENT: Lindsay PYUN, with 4/5
MAJOR TOURNAMENT: George GOWERS, with 4.5/5. George won the Minor tournament last year
The Minor tournament has not yet finished, with a play-off needed to decide the winner

52 players took part in the tournaments

County Champs Pairings and Results Site 2023

Paul Mottram 11 May 2023

Open
Challengers
Major
Minor

Once on the results/pairings site you can navigate between sections by using the top left drop-down menu

County Championship games

Andy Morley 01 Nov 2022

Games from the 2022 County Championship are now available. See the "County Championships" news feed for more details.

The games from the 2022 County Championship can be viewed by clicking on this link or copying it into your browser:
https://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/game/?p=cPyhaHllypMCq9CN2k5ZAR5woNtp6BtOI+bH3EKj/PNJtbA0BhiqWt2NsB5HO1Fi
One game is displayed initially. Use the arrow to move to the full list of games.

County Tournaments winners now complete

Andy Morley 04 Oct 2022

The 2022 County individual tournaments are now decided. Congratulations to the winners:
County Championship: Shabir Okhai 4.5/5 (one game still to play)
Challengers: Julian Tarwid 5 / 5
Major: Ben Horspool 4 / 5
Minor: George Gowers 4.5/5

45 players took part in these events. All of the results can be found under the heading "County Championship 2022 Results and Pairings"

County Championship update

Andy Morley 08 Aug 2022

The Championship is progressing well although as players have not all played the same number of games, the tournament position is not yet clear. See the attached spreadsheet for the latest results and scores

County Championship update

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP is now an all play all event

Andy Morley 08 Jul 2022

Due to a player withdrawal, the County Championship has been changed from a SWISS tournament to an all play all.

The pairings and results are shown on the attached spreadsheet

County Championship

County Championships 2022 - Results and Pairings Site

Paul Mottram 05 May 2022

Please use the following links to get to the Results and Pairings Site for each section. Once on the site you can flip between sections by using the dropdown on the top left navigation.

Open

Challengers

Major

Minor

Individual County Championship 2022

Paul Mottram 02 Apr 2022

Entries are now invited for the 2022 County Individual tournaments which will be held at the Wigston Chess club during the summer. There are four sections Open, Challengers (U1900), Major (U1750) and Minor (U1600). The deadline for entries is 30th April and all entries should be sent to Andy Morley. All details are on the attached document.

County Individual Tournaments 2022

Individual County Tournaments 2020

Andy Morley 30 Jan 2020

Entries are now invited for the Individual County Tournaments 2020. The events will once again be played at the Wigston Chess Club on Thursday evenings throughout the summer. See the attached document for details of the tournaments and the round dates.

Tournament details

Charles Eastlake wins the County Minor tournament

Andy Morley 16 Sep 2019

Congratulations to Charles Eastlake who has won the 2019 Minor Tournament with a score of 4.5 /5

Challengers Tournament won by Jason Lv

Andy Morley 16 Sep 2019

Jason Lv has won the Challengers tournament. He won the minor tournament last year, and was unbeaten in the Challengers this year finishing with 4/5

Mark Hebden wins the County Championship

Andy Morley 16 Sep 2019

Mark Hebden, playing in the event for the first time in many years, has won the County Championship with a score of 6/6. Congratulations to Mark, who last won the tournament in 1980!

Jim Bingham wins the Mjor tournament

Andy Morley 22 Aug 2019

Congratulations to Jim Bingham, who has won the Major (u140) tournament with a score of 4.5 /5. Jim had the rare luxury of having won the tournament with a round to spare, but still had a tough final round game against Andrew Wilson which was eventually drawn. This ensured Jim was unbeaten in the tournament.

2019 County Championships Pairings/ Results

Paul Mottram 29 Apr 2019

Entry lists, Results and pairings for all sections of the County Championships can be viewed here:

Open
Challengers
Major
Minor

Challengers Tournament 2018

Andy Morley 04 Apr 2019

Congratulations to Robert Henfrey of the Shepshed Club who has won the 2018 Challengers tournament, after a play off against Ben Pourmozafari of Syston.

COUNTY INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENTS 2019

Andy Morley 27 Feb 2019

Entries are now invited for the 2019 individual county tournaments, which will be played at the Wigston Chess Club over the summer months. There are 4 sections:
The Championship - 6 rounds; Open to all
The Challengers - 5 rounds; Open to players graded below 160
The Major - 5 rounds; Open to players graded below 140
The Minor - 5 rounds; Open to players graded below 120

All players MUST be ECF Registered, at least BRONZE, members

For further details see the attached

Andy Morley

COUNTY TOURNAMENTS

County Championship tournaments

Andy Morley 21 Sep 2018

The main rounds of all tournaments are now completed. We have two tournament winners so far, with two events now requiring a play off:
Championship: Martin Burrows and Alan Agnew finished tied with 5 / 6,
Challengers: Robert Henfrey and Ben Pourmozafari tied on 4/5
Major: Sasha Kerbel won with 5 / 5
Minor: Jason Lv won 4.5 / 5
The details of all tournaments can be found in the County Championships section of the website.

2018 Pairings /Results Site

Paul Mottram 06 May 2018

Entry lists, Results and pairings for all sections of the County Championships can be viewed here:

Open
Challengers
Major
Minor

To navigate between sections use the dropdown menu under Home

First Round Draws

Andy Morley 30 Apr 2018

The draw for the first round of the 4 sections of the 2018 County Championships has been made.

The draws and full details can be found below.

Please note the pairings have been redone on 30th April due to late entries - please check your pairing!

For more information please contact Andy Morley, the controller, using the contact information on the committee page.

The time control for all events will be 80 minutes for the whole game plus a 10 second per move increment throughout.

The 2018 County Individual Tournaments will take place at Wigston Chess Club. There are 4 sections:

* The Championship. This will be 6 rounds, open to all

* The Challengers. This will be 5 rounds, open to players graded below 160

* The Major. This will be 5 rounds and is open to players graded below 140

* The Minor. This will be 5 rounds and is open to players graded below 120

The grades used are the JANUARY 2018 ECF grades.

The Championship dates are:

1. Round 1 10th May 2018

2. Round 2 7th June 2018

3. Round 3 5th July 2018

4. Round 4 2nd August 2018

5. Round 5 30th August 2018

6. Round 6 20th September 2017 (NB 3 weeks after round 5)

The Major dates are:

1. Round 1 10th May 2018

2. Round 2 7th June 2018

3. Round 3 5th July 2018

4. Round 4 2nd August 2018

5. Round 5 30th August 2018

The Challengers and Minor dates are:

1. Round 1 17th May 2018

2. Round 2 14th June 2018

3. Round 3 12th July 2018

4. Round 4 9th August 2018

5. Round 5 6th September 2018

It is expected that all games will be played on the scheduled dates. This will enable the draw for the next round to be made promptly. Recognising that the tournament is played during the holiday season, there will inevitably be some dates which players cannot make, in which case every effort should be made to play the match BEFORE the scheduled date.

Open 2018 Round 1

Challengers 2018 Round 1

Major 2018 Round 1

Minor 2018 Round 1

Full Details