Southport Chess Club News

The previously published closure times have been revised as follows: The Junior Club will not be running on 21st and 28th December and 4th January. Normal activties will resume on 11th January. The Senior Club will only be closed on 28th december and will be open all other weeks.

  We are pleased to confirm that Southport Chess Club restarted on Tuesday 20th July at the Central Club on Bath Street. As before the lockdown, the Junior club meets from 6 - 7.30pm and the Senior club from 7.30pm onwards.

To convert an ELO grade back to the old ECF grade: subtract 700 and divide by 7.5.  

The  Southport Chess Club web-site now uses Google Sites: https://sites.google.com/view/southport-chess-club/home

  The Queen's Gambit, released by Netfix as a mini series in 2020, is based on a book by Walter Tevis first published in 1983. Southport Chess Club member Paul Dansey has produced a review of the book which you can read  here .

   We may not be able to meet in person, but that doesn't stop you playing other members of the club. O ur On-line club is f or members of Southport Chess Club, people we know and people who wish to get to know us in order to play chess. To join our online chess club,  register at  https://lichess.org/team/southport-chess-club  Have fun!

 Due to the Coronavirus, we have suspended all chess club activities for the foreseeable future.  There will be no Tuesday club nights for the Juniors or Seniors.  The Merseyside Chess Association (MCA) has stopped all their competitions so there will be no team matches either, until further notice.  The MCA has not yet decided how or whether to complete the 19/20 season, including issues like promotion and relegation.  Watch this space for news about important future developments........