WIGSTON CHESS CLUB
News
30 May 2025
At the AGM the Player of the Year was awarded to Arav Ajaykumar who won all his 11 games in the league. This is the second year in a row that the trophy has been won with a 100% score. The full statistics for the season can be found here. The Junior Player of the Year was won by Laurence Norton who had a very succesful season on board 1 for the 4th team and gained over 150 rating points. The Clubmanship Trophy was awarded to Madhav Eradi who took on the captaincy of the 5th team and won division 4 in his first season in the role. A 5 round handicap blitz tournament held after the AGM was won by Martin Burrows with 5/5.11 May 2025
The decisive game from the match against Syston 1 has been annotated in the games section.3 April 2025
A new annotated game has been added.12 March 2025
A new set of three puzzles have been added.31 January 2025
The final instalment of ‘The 10 endgames you should know’ has been added to the Learning page. There is also a new puzzle to solve.7 January 2025
The 2nd instalment of ‘The 10 endgames you should know’ has been added to the Learning page, covering Rook and Pawn endings.
May 2025
The Division 1 championship came down to the final match against
Syston 1. After a hard fought match with no draws, Wigston 1 won 3-
2 to retain the league title.
It was also a succesful week for Wigston 5 who beat Braunstone 2 to
win Division 4.
April 2025
Congratulations to Wigston 4 who beat Heathcote 1 and Market
Harborough 3 on the way to winning Division 3 by a huge margin.
Wigston 5 retain a 1 point lead at the top of Division 4 after a draw
with Braunstone 2 and a narrow win against Ashby 4.
Wigston 2 lost their final match to Anstey 1, but will finish the season
in an excellent 3rd place in Division 1.
March 2025
Wigston 1 followed a rather fortuitous win over Loughborough with a
draw against a strong Anstey team, and remain top ahead of the key
match against Syston 1.
Wigston 2 had an excellent win against Shepshed to follow a
comfortable win versus Syston 2.
Wigston 4 beat Kirby Muxloe 1 to maintain a big lead at the top of
division 3.
A win and a draw in the month saw Wigston 5 stay top of division 4,
with Wigston 6 also having a win and a draw.
February 2025
Wigston 2 followed a win over Market Harborough with a draw
against Syston 1. Wigston 1 took advantage of further dropped
points by Syston 1 to open up a 3 point lead at the top, with 5-0 wins
against Syston 2 and Shepshed.
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