Nick wins the Blackpool Major
At the weekend Nick Burrows traveled up to Blackpool to play in the Blackpool Chess Conference. We are happy to announce Nick won the Major with 4.5 from the 5 games. Congratulations from all of us. A...
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Oxfordshire Easter holiday chess events for juniors
Monday 8 April – Thursday 11 April Oxford New Generation chess & activity holiday club. The February half term club was fully booked some time beforehand. The holiday club ethos is to keep groups...
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Oxfordshire A win the Chiltern League Open
Congratulations to the Oxfordshire A team who won the Open section of the Chiltern League on Sunday (31st March) with a 9 – 7 victory against Buckinghamshire. It was played at Cumnor and 25% of the...
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Ray Starkie Memorial Award
Please get your thinking caps on and if you think you played a brilliancy this season get your game entered. “As some of you will be aware at the last OCA AGM it was decided that an annual best game...
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Cowley Summer Blitz (& OCA Prizegiving), 24 June 2019
The Cowley Summer Blitz is taking place on the 24th June, Cumnor will be receiving the Second Division Trophy so please attend if you can. “Cowley Chess Club invites you to its 2019 Summer Blitz...
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The Grunifeld Defence (aka Oxford University) win the 2018/19 FWS
The final match of the 2018/19 season was played this week and it saw The Grunifeld Defence, a team made up from Oxford University, lift the cup. After winning the title last year (check out our...
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Summer time 2019
The season concludes on Monday (24th June) with the Cowley Summer Blitz and the OCA Prizegiving. The first team will receive Trophy for winning the second division and Nick will receive the Bernard C...
View ArticleCasual games in Witney in August
Gareth has organised an afternoon of Chess in the Como Lounge in Witney, please see below for more detail. “Hi all, Please join us for a casual day of chess at The Como Lounge in Witney, on Saturday,...
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Final Club Night of the Season
The club will close throughout August and will reopen on the first Thursday in September, which is the 5th of September. So Thursday 25th July will be final club night, we hope to see many of you there...
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Fixtures are out!
The new season is upon and is due to kick off this week. Cunmor 1 will playing in division 1 for the first time and will play their first match away to City 1 on 7th October before home matches against...
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7th Witney Weekend Congress
The playing area on Sunday morning by BrendanThe 7th Witney Weekend Congress will take place on the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd November 2019 at Cokethorpe School. More information and the entry form...
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Frank Woods Shield
Since the Frank Woods Shield was revamped a couple of seasons ago we have had some good results in the competition, winning the inaugural year and reaching the semis last season. This year we have...
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Merry Christmas!
As normal we will be taking our two week Christmas break. The club will be open on the 19th December before being closed on Boxing Day (26th December) and the 2nd January. We will reopen on the 9th...
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Kidlington Chess Tournament 2020
It was a successful weekend for the Cumnor players at Kidlington. Gareth won the U145 with 4.5 (out of 5)! While in the Open, Eldar ended with 2.5 (all out of 5) and Nick and Nigel both finished with 2...
View ArticleCumnor Chess Club and Coronavirus
I’m sure this won’t be a massive surprise to any of you, but the decision has been made to close the club with immediate effect, until things start to improve on the Coronavirus front. So, no more...
View ArticleCumnor v Cowley match this Sunday!
With the way the world is at the moment we will have to get used to finding a new “normal”. We have been in contact with our friends over in Cowley and we are very happy to announce that we are going...
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Final Club Night of the Season
The club will close throughout August and will reopen on the first Thursday in September, which is the 5th of September. So Thursday 25th July will be final club night, we hope to see many of you there...
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Fixtures are out!
The new season is upon and is due to kick off this week. Cunmor 1 will playing in division 1 for the first time and will play their first match away to City 1 on 7th October before home matches against...
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7th Witney Weekend Congress
The playing area on Sunday morning by BrendanThe 7th Witney Weekend Congress will take place on the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd November 2019 at Cokethorpe School. More information and the entry form...
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Frank Woods Shield
Since the Frank Woods Shield was revamped a couple of seasons ago we have had some good results in the competition, winning the inaugural year and reaching the semis last season. This year we have...
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