WIGSTON CHESS CLUB
News
8 March 2006
The Learning page has been updated and now includes two videos that Lewis Turner has recorded, as well as a link to the notes in Lichess.12 February 2026
Lewis Turner will be doing a series of online coaching sessions. The first one, on openings, will be broadcast on Monday 16th February at 7.30pm. If you are unable to join it live then it is recorded and can be viewed afterwards.5 January 2026
A new annotated game has been added.19 December 2025
This year’s Christmas doubles blitz event threw up some challenges for the organisers with a record number of entries that was unhelpfully an odd number. 11 pairs were randomly chosen, plus a team of three which made things even more chaotic than usual. Just as we were ready to start, the computer pairing software decided to down tools, so we had to switch to a manual approach, based on a modified round-robin (the “Christmas robin” system). The winners of the event, with an impressive 5/5 were Sathsara Dissanayake and Madhav Eradi. In joint second on 4/5 were Lee Robinson and David Marshall, plus the trio of Fahim Nasiri, Peter Mottram-Epson and Harley Hudson. An enjoyable evening was rounded off with a trip to the Cuisine of India.7 October 2025
A new annotated game has been added.19 September 2025
Congratulations to Fahim Nasiri who won this year’s county championship, scoring 4/5 to finish a point clear of the field.
April 2026
Wigston 2 moved joint top of division 2 with a game to play following
wins against Thurnby and Ashby 2 (twice).
Wigston 3 narrowly missed out on winning division 3 after a draw in
their final match against Anstey 4, following an earlier win against
Melton 2 and a draw with Market Harborough 2.
Wigston 5 went joint top of division 5 with wins against Syston 3 and
Melton 3 (twice).
March 2026
Wigston 1 clinched the division 1 championship following narrow
wins against Market Harborough 1 and Syston 1.
Wigston 2 had a win, draw and loss in the month and are 4th in
division 2.
Wigston 5 are 3rd in division 5 after a draw with Anstey 8, a win
against Ashby 5 and a loss to Kirby Muxloe 2.
February 2026
Wigston 3 are 2nd in the table after beating Wigston 4 and drawing
with Ashby 3. Wigston 4 won their other games in the month, against
Braunstone and Anstey 4.
Wigston 5 had a large win against Anstey 7.
Wigston 2 won both games in the month, against Anstey 3 and
Melton 1.
Wigston 1 beat Anstey 1 but could only draw with Anstey 2.
January 2026
Wigston 1 remained top of division 1 with a win against Ashby 1.
Wigston 2 moved up to 4th in division 2 after beating Shepshed and
having a win by default against Loughborough 2.
Wigston 3 fell to 2nd in division 3 after losing to new leaders
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