BDCL

The BDCl online club is holding a 4 round Easter swiss tournament at 2:30pm on Good Friday (15th) at 2:30pm with a time control of game in 10 minutes with a 2 second increment per move. The direct link to join the tournament is: https://www.chess.com/play/tournament/3062807 Registration is from 1:30 p.m. on the day Each round will begin as soon as all the games in the previous round have finished.

BDCL has been challenged to a 'daily' match by the Film and TV Buffs online club.  We need to find up to 12 players graded under 1900 on chess.com.  The time control allows players to take up to 3 days for each move - although you and your opponent can move a lot faster than this if you both wish!  Participants will play one game as White and one as Black against the same opponent. The team captains will attempt to ensure that opponents are roughly matched in terms of grading. There is as ye...

The next BDCL online tourney is scheduled for Thursday, 27th January, at 7.45 p.m..  This will be an Arena event, meaning that players can potentially be re-paired almost immediately after their previous game has finished.  It also means that it will be possible for participants to arrive a little late or leave the event early - as long as we have at least 5 players present at the exact start-time! The time-control will be a flat 10 minutes per player per game and the event will last a maximu...

The BDCl online club is holding a 10 minute with a 2 second increment Arena tournament at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday 13th November. The direct link to join the tournament is: https://www.chess.com/play/arena/1451255 Registration is from 6.30 p.m. on the night. We need 4 players to register by 7:30pm for the tournament to go ahead.

BDCL's next event will be an Arena tournament on Monday, 11th October, with a time-control of 5 minutes plus 5 second increments.  It will run from 7.30 p.m. onwards for a maximum of 2 hours.  The direct link to register is:  https://www.chess.com/play/arena/1423593 Members can join the tourney from 6.30 p.m. on the night.  It will be possible to join the event late and to pause or cease playing whenever you wish - as long as we have sufficient players at the start-time (and throughout) to m...

The next online event organised by the 'BDCl' club has been scheduled for Monday, 13th September. This will be a Swiss with a time-control of a flat 10 minutes.  If there are 10 or more entrants logged-in at the 7.30 p.m. start-time then there should be 5 rounds.  If there are fewer entrants then the number of rounds will be automatically reduced by the chess.com software.The direct link is:  https://www.chess.com/play/tournament/2561301  or  you should be able to join the event by going to t...

Our next event will be a four-round 10 minute + 5 second increment Rapidplay Swiss on Monday, 9th August.  Kick-off is 7.30 p.m..  The direct link is:  https://www.chess.com/live#t=2501150  Please try to be on time as last month the number of rounds was automatically reduced to three by chess.com's software because we were one player short of the quorum at the start-time. Also, please note the post left by our administrator, Julie Wilson, on the BDCL's forum page.   We are seeking feedback o...

So far we have two tournaments planned for July:  On Monday, 12th July, at 7.30 p.m. there will be a four-round Swiss with a time control of 10 minutes plus 5 second increments.  The link is:  https://www.chess.com/live#t=2454542 On Monday, 26th July, at 7.30 p.m. there will be a 5 + 5 Arena format event. Registration for the tourneys starts at 6.30 p.m. on the actual nights.  Please would players try to be there at the start-time - particularly for the Swiss tourney.  It is possible to jo...

The BDCL's next event will be a 10 minute + 5 second increment Swiss tourney on Monday, 14th June, at 7.30 p.m..  All BDCL members and West Midlands chess players very welcome. Tonight (10th June) our sister-club, Birmingham Chess League, is also planning another Swiss event.  This will have a flat 10-minute time control and is scheduled to start at 7.45 p.m..