Solihull Chess Club

The club's summer championship took place last night. 5 rapidplay games in 3 sections.
Congratulations to the winners...
Open : Don Mason
Inter : Mike Warden
Minor : Rohith Bangalore Kumar

On Monday evening Solihull's minor B team won their playoff match against Lichfield B 2-1 to win the Birmingham League Minor Division Title, making it 3 wins in the last 4 years for this trophy.

It is with deepest regret that I have to share this sad news with you. Trevor Reece has passed away in hospital suffering from pneumonia, heart and lung complications which regrettably he was unable to overcome. Trevor was a true gentleman with a good sense of humour. He was a valued member of our chess club for over the last 9 years - always willing to play and help out with the driving and will be sorely missed.

Julian Summerfield,
Chairman Solihull Chess Club

Solihull are winners of BDCL's division 3, after beating Lichfield last night to secure promotion to division 2 next season

Solihull Chess Club are BDCL Summer League 5800 max rapid play winners, having beaten Redditch last night in a closely fought match

Once more Solihull Chess Club are BDCL Division 1 champions - for the third time in four years! 👑

As usual, Solihull Chess Club will be hosting the annual LDCL Lightning Tournament on Wed 3rd May.

Always great fun!

9 rounds of 5 minute games, £2 entry fee.

7.30pm start, but please arrive by 7.10pm to register.

More success to report... Solihull Chess Club beat Redditch in the BDCL Division 2 play-off, thus gaining promotion to Division 1 - we now have two teams in Division 1 next season!

Following on from our BDCL div 1 & minor league successes, Solihull Chess Club are now also LDCL U1600 cup winners, after beating Kenilworth in the final last night 🏆🥇

It is with great pleasure that we can announce that Solihull Chess Club are BDCL Division 1 champions for 2021/22, as well as BDCL minor league champions!

Below is a message from div 1 captain John Green...

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Hi all Facebook viewers and chess players,

As captain for our Solihull Div 1 Team in the Birmingham & District Chess League, I am honoured and pleased to announce on behalf of Solihull Chess Club that we have won the prestigious Division 1 championship title for the present season of 2021/22. We last won the championship in the 2018/19, and I feel confident that we can sustain our high competitive standard and challenges for the title again for many years to come. Our website presently shows excellent photographs of Solihull members celebrating our success from 2018/19 season.

I would like to publicly congratulate and give my whole hearted thanks to ‘The Team’ from Solihull Chess Club. This includes all our Div 1 players inclusive of our top player GM Keith Arkell, reserves from our Div 2 Team and support from all our other teams and all our club officials. It would be amiss of me not to mention congratulations and thanks to all players, organisers and officials from Warwick University Chess Club who have assisted and contributed tremendously over the last 4-5 years during the special relationship between Warwick University and Solihull Chess Club, setup by Hok Chiu and myself. It has been, and still is, an invaluable partnership for both our clubs, and for the promotion of our wonderful game of chess - long may it continue for many years to come.

I always welcome more top players, and players of all standards to join us at Solihull Chess Club now or later in this year in preparation to play for us in the BDCL/LDCL chess leagues from Sept 2022 onwards. More teams is a winner for everyone. Contact myself any time of day for a chat if interested, or come along to the club on any Wednesday from 7.30pm at Blossomfield Club, Solihull or contact our secretary Penny Wood – contact no. on our website.

Very kind regards
John Green mob tel 07975 530977

The club AGM will take place on 25th May, starting at 7.30pm
All members are encouraged to attend.