Northern Counties Chess Union
Established 1899
A constituent unit of the English Chess Federation
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Forthcoming Congresses
Bolton Easter Congress
29-31/03/2024
Sheffield International
10-14/04/2024
Durham Congress
10-12/May
Scarborough CC Rapidplay
11/05/2024
Warrington Rapidplay
25/05/2024
South Lakes Congress
07-09/06/2024
Ilkley Congress
22-23/06/2024
Yorkshire Blitz Championship
13/07/2024
British Champions’
20-30/07/2024
NCCU County‑Match Schedule 2023‑24
NCCU Inter-County Team Championships 2023-24
ECF County Championship Schedule 2024
Open
Under 2050
Under 1850
Under 1650
Under 1450
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Event Results/Reports
(event date)
Final NCCU County Matches for 2023-24
Final four matches
24/03/2024
7th Darnall & Handsworth Rapidplay
Outright winner of 1st place in each section
23/03/2024
Yorkshire v Merseyside, Under-1850
won by Yorkshire
17/03/2024
Doncaster Congress 2024
193 participants, as in 2023
25/02/2024
Leyland Rapidplay
Top section won by Mike Surtees
3rd Lancaster Rapidpay
Gediminas Sarakauskas wins Open
18/02/2024
Greater Manchester v Northumberland
Open & Under-165 matches won by Gr. Manchester.
17/02/2024
47th Blackpool Conference
Open won by Brandon Clarke on 5 out of 5
11/02/2024
Greater Manchester v Cleveland, Under-2050
7˝-4˝ win for Greater Manchester
04/02/2024
36th Stockport Rapidplay
Report to be expended in due course
28/01/2024
Yorkshire v Cumbria, Under-1850
Comfortable win for Yorkshire
4NCL Harrogate Congress
180 participants at the Old Swan Hotel
21/01/2024
Cumbria v Greater Manchester, Under-1850
Comfortable win for GM: 4-8
20/01/2024
Pennine Cup 2023-24
16-team event won by Yorkshire A with Gr. M/c A 2nd
14/01/2024
Hull & East Riding Rapid Play 2024
108 participants; 3-way tie in Open
07/01/2024
Sheffield Chess Centre One-Day Rapidplay
72 participants; Open won by Andrew Ledger
16/12/2023
Ribble Weekend Congress December 2023
10/12/2023
Bolton Rapidplay December 2023
3-way tie for 1st place in Open
03/12/2023
Yorkshire Open Rapidplay
Open 1st-2nd: Gawain Jones & Jacob Connor Boswell
26/11/2023
NCCU County Championships
Second match weekend
25/11/2023
First match day produces three very close matches
12/11/2023
Scarborough Congress 2023
335 participants
29/10/2023
Scarborough Junior Rapidplay 2023
incorporating qualifier to EPSCA U-11 team trial
28/10/2023
ECF National Club Championships
All sections won by teams from the North!
22/10/2023
Sheffield Congress 2023
A successful revival of a formerly-popular event
08/10/2023
Northumberland Congress
4-way tie for 1st place in Open; 121 participants
01/10/2023
Sheffield Chess Centre Open Junior Congress
Open won by Maksym Kryshtafor of York
24/09/2023
54th Rhyl Congress
NCCU’s most westerly chess congress
Hull 4NCL Congress
with 6 games to play through
10/09/2023
6th Darnall & Handsworth (Sheffield) Rapidplay
Entries down on March event
02/09/2023
Leyland Congress
Open won by Rishi Vijayakumar from Scotland
28/08/2023
Northumbria Masters
(now with norm-qualifier results added)
28/08/2028
Manchester Summer Congress
and Junior Championship
20/08/2023
Lancaster Congress
Four sections; 96 entrants
06/08/2023
Ashton Rapidplay 2023
Three-section “Stars Barred” event
09/07/2023
Northern “Gigafinal”, Manchester
Qualifier for ultimate UK Chess Challenge Final
02/07/2023
ECF County Championship Finals
Yorkshire wins U-1650; Greater Manchester wins U-1450
01/07/2023
3rd Ribble Rapidplay
Mike Surtees and Ali Janooby 1st-2nd= in top section
18/06/2023
2nd Ilkley Chess Festival Open 1st place shared by
Thomas Wills (Sheffield) & Darwin Ursal (Halifax)
ECF County Championship Semi-Finals
Three Northern County teams through to the Finals
11/06/2023
South Lakes Congress 2023
Pete Large of Epsom wins Open
04/06/2023
Gediminas Sarakauskas & Jonathan Arnott 1st= in Open
27/05/2023
ECF County Championship Quarter-Finals (leg 2)
Two of three Northern teams win their matches
20/05/2023
Durham Congress 2023
5-way tie for 1st place in Open
14/05/2023
ECF County Championship Quarter-Finals (leg 1)
All three Northern teams competing win their matches
13/05/2023
ECF Finance Council Meeting
webmaster’s personal report
22/04/2023
Bolton Congress
74 participants; Mike Surtees wins Open
09/04/2023
NCCU County Matches
Last Two of Season
25/03/2023
Darnall & Handsworth Rapidplay
107 participants in Sheffield event
Four More County Matches Played
leaving just two more to be played
05/03/2023
Open won by Mike Surtees
26/02/2023
Doncaster Congress
incorporating NCCU Individual Championships
Open Section County Match
Important win by Greater Manchester over Yorkshire
19/02/2023
Blackpool Chess Conference 2023
345 participants
12/02/2023
One County Match
Greater M/c v Cumbria, U-1850
11/02/2023
Cumbria v Yorkshire in U-1850
29/01/2023
Two County Matches
1 in Open, 1 in U-2050
28/01/2023
27% increase in entries
22/01/2023
2nd Lancaster Rapidplay
54 entries, at new venue
21/01/2023
Hull Rapidplay
101 participants
16/01/2023
Bolton Rapidplay
110 participants
04/12/2022
2nd County Match Weekend
Two Under 1850 matches
03/12/2022
Start of new season
26/11/2022
47th Scarborough Congress
337 participants
30/10/2022
UK Chess Challenge
Finals at Blenheim Palace
16/10/2022
Hull Congress
152 participants
Crewe Congress
116 participants
Clear winner in each section
02/10/2022
Ilkley Chess Festival
Run by the Chess Centre (Ilkley)
18/09/2022
08/04/2022
returns after Covid
27/02/2022
Notices
(notice date)
ECF County Championships 2024
Participating teams and schedule
25/03/2024
IM-qualifier and FIDE-rated Open
02/03/2024
British Championships 2024
to be held in Hull, also Glorney Cup
14/02/2024
EJCOA Champs – S Yorks Zonal
in Sheffield on 20th April
05/02/2024
On Saturday 25th of March.
22/01/2024
Scarborough Chess Club Rapidplay
on 11/05/2024; notice, entry forms
12/01/2024
Reminder re team detail request
29/12/2023
Further update: now 16 teams
29/11/2023
List of entries
20/11/2023
ECF AGM 2023
Report by NCCU President Tim Wall
18/10/2023
Fire alarm delays start
16/10/2023
Pennine Cup 2023-24 (updated)
Notification of arrangements
15/10/2023
NCCU County Matches 2023-24
Entrants & pairings (but no dates yet)
21/09/2023
ECF Awards 2023
Four NCCU-based recipients
20/09/2023
Getting Events ECF-Rated
How its done, and help available
15/08/2023
NCCU AGM 2023
interim report on outcomes
12/08/2023
More Papers Added
to Agenda Notice below
09/08/2023
Notice, agenda etc
19/07/2023
Cleethorpes Rapidplay
Entries invited
06/06/2023
ECF County Championship Pairings
and dates
ECF County Championship
nominations from all Unions
05/04/2023
NCCU Nominations for ECF Stage
of County Championships
28/03/2023
details announced
17/01/2023
Entry form now available
12/12/2022
NCCU AGM 2022
Minutes now posted
13/11/2022
ECF AGM 2022
Brief interim report
18/10/2022
5 outcomes of interest or importance
09/10/2022
Update on AGM 2022
now purely by Zoom due to rail strike
30/09/2022
Notice of AGM 2022
on 08/10/2022, Bradford/Zoom
18/08/2022
Nafferton School Wins NCCU Award
inc. citation and photograph
13/06/2022