Updated and latest on CDCL

Div Cup results updated (29 Nov. to include Div 1) + Div Cup results for 13 December also added.

NOTE: The KO Cup draw for the Coventry and District Chess League is as follows:

Rug C v Cov A; Cov C v Cov B; Cov F v Cov D; Cov E v Rug B; Nun B v Cov G

Matches to be played on 03.01.2012 (From Cov Club site)

LEAGUE RESULTS ARE HERE ...

Well things have been tough without some of our best players, so its not entirely unexpected. But Rugby players please fortify yourselves before looking at the league table (up to 7 Dec) now posted on the CDCL site.

Other tables now also updated:  See League and Div Cup recaps to figure out how it all happened.

On the plus side, plenty of chess books and chess practice time coming our way?  Every match will count in 2012 ...

Have a nice break and please note that we have a juniors chess event on the 22 Dec in Rugby Art Gallery and Museum. You will be very welcome to join us.

Chris

A losing battle vagainst Dave Kearney

Another battle with Dave Kearney, this time I didn't escape with a draw !

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[Event "Cov League Div 1"]
[Site "Rugby v Nuneaton"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dave Kearney"]
[Black "Bob Wildig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 a5 6. a3 Na6 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
Nc5 9. Be3 Ne6 10. b4 Ng4 11. Nd5 Nxe3 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. fxe3 e4 {Well this
seemed a good idea at the time !} 14. dxe4 f6 15. Qd5 Kh8 16. Nd4 Nd8 17. Nf5
Qf7 18. c5 Be6 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. Qc3 dxc5 21. bxc5 Ne5 22. Nd4 Qe7 {Its not
obvious what this is for. Bd7 and then Bc6 loos more useful.} 23. Rfb1 Rfb8
24. Rb5 a4 25. Rab1 Bc8 26. c6 b6 27. Nf3 Ba6 28. Rd5 {Whites pieces have
become too active for Black to control and now he makes a fatal mistake.}
28... Bc4? 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Qxc4 Qxa3 31. Nxe5 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 g6 33. Rf1 Rf8
34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Qe6 {Black can't stop the fatal check on f6, eg Qd4 is met by
e5. So ...} 1-0

A good draw against tough opposition

Due to pressure from Bob, here is my game against Mark Page. I hope it shows how to rebuff attacks and take the initiative in the center.

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[Event "Cov A vs Rug B"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "N Kadodwala"]
[Black "M Page"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "158"]
[BlackELO "185"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 {The normal move would be 5.d4
and would take the game into King's Indian territory but since Mark has played
this defence since forever I make it clear that I want to stay away from those
lines and play a more 'English Opening' line.} 5... O-O 6. Rb1?! {A waiting
move to see how black deploys his pieces but this is too elaborate. The simple
Bg5 would have been better.} 6... e5 7. e4 {Now that black has committed to
..e5 white can play a botvinnik setup.} 7... Nc6 8. Nge2 Nh5!? {Mark makes it
clear that he wants to attack but white is well prepared to meet this so maybe
..Be6 would have been more flexible.} 9. O-O {White seems to be 'castling into
it' but the attack should not be damgerous for white.} 9... f5 10. exf5
gxf5?! {I didn't expect Mark to take with the pawn. The idea behind 10.exf5
was to gain the square e4 for a knight and I guess Mark didn't want that to
happen. However, after the move played white has a strong reply.} 11. f4!
{This move is crucial to stop the black attack. If this was not played then
black himself would play ..f4 with a very strong attack. This is what white
had to calculate before he castled.} 11... h6 12. Be3 {Notice that white is
the one with the only important pawn break now (d4) but has to prepare it
first before rushing into it.} 12... Nf6 13. Kh1 {A necessary move so that the
threat of ..Ng4 can be met with Bg1 still keeping an eye on d4.} 13... Be6
14. b3 {played to protect c4 after an eventual d4.} 14... Qe7 15. d4 {At last
the move comes but not without a lot a calculation. Black does not have any
tricks based on ..Bxc4 and uncovering the Queen along the e file. Fortunately
my computer agrees with me (a rare occurance).} 15... Ng4 16. Bg1 {We see the
useful square for the bishop being used.} 16... exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4
c6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7?! {I think taking with the Queen is slightly better and what
I expected. } 20. Qf3!? {Not sure about this. Maybe the simple Qd2 is best.}
20... Rad8 {Mark offers me a draw here. White is definitely better here with
easy pressure down the center files and easily the better minor pieces.
However, I'm not the most consistant of players and would have probably let
black back into the game somewhere along the line plus the fact that Mark is
rated somewhat higher than myself. I chickened out and accepted.} 1/2-1/2

I was very pleased with the way I played in this game as the last time we played (again I had the white pieces) I got demolished in about 15 or so moves.

Please feel free to post comments on what you think. Criticism welcomed.

Another struggle from a few years ago

A fortunate win for Black in the following game a few years ago.

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[Event "Cov league div 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "C Green"]
[Black "R Wildig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. O-O Bg4 8. f3
Bd7 9. Be3 Qc8 10. Qd2 Bh3 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. g4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 h6
15. Ng3 Nd4 16. h3 Qc6 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Nce2 Qa4 19. c3 Nc6 20. b3 Qa5 21.
f4 e5 22. g5 hxg5 23. fxg5 Nd7 24. Rf2 Nd8 25. Rh1 Ne6 26. h4 f6 27. gxf6+
Nxf6 28. h5 Nxh5 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Nxh5+ gxh5 31. Rxh5 Rf6 {A miracle move
which solves all of Blacks problems} 32. Kg1 Rg6+ 33. Kh2 Qd8 {and after Black
had struggled he finds himself getting an easy attack.} 34. Ng3 Nf4 35. Nf5+
Kg8 36. Nh6+ Kf8 37. Qf2 Rg2+ 38. Qxg2 Nxg2 39. Kxg2 Qa5 40. Rf5+ Ke8 0-1

Another old Cov League game

Here is another old game which seesawed eventually ended as a draw....

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[Event "Cov League Div 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R Wildig"]
[Black "D Kearney"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe2 d5 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nb5 Qe5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. h3 Rfe8 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Ba6
Rc5 21. b4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Ne4 23. Rc2 Qd6 24. a3 Qg6 25. Kh2 Ng5 26. Bd3 Qd6+
27. Kg1 Ne6 28. Nf5 Qe5 29. Qd1? Ba4 30. Qc1 Bxc2 31. Bxc2 Nf8 32. Ba4 Re6
33. Nd4 Rf6 34. Bd1 Ne6 35. Nc6 Qc7 36. b5 Nd8 37. Bf3 Rd6 38. e4 dxe4 39.
Bxe4 Rd4 40. Qe1 1/2-1/2

G'day folks !

I am downunder trying to publish an old game I played against Tony Green of Nuneaton. Here goes !

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[Event "Cov league division1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R Wildig"]
[Black "A Green"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. c4 Nc6 {Startling White on his very first move!} 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4.
g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 {Nasty for White is Nxe5 Qe7 and he is bad trouble.} 5... Nxf3+
6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qc2 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Re8 10. d3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3
c6 13. O-O Bh3 14. Rd1 Qd7 15. Qc2 Qe6 16. b4 Bg4 17. Bh1 Qg6 {Now White gets
concerned about the threats of h5 and h4 or f5 and f4} 18. f3 Bh3 19. e4 Nc7
{White wanted to play Be3 and then d4 but Blacks last undermines this with the
idea of Ne6} 20. d4 exd4 21. Rxd4 Nb5 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Bb2 Qg5 24. f4 Rxd2
25. Qxd2 Rd8 26. Qe1 {Qe3 was natural and better} 26... Qg4 27. Kf2 Qd7 28.
Bf3 Qd2+ 29. Qe2! {Phew!} 29... Nc3 30. Bxc3 Qxc3 31. Rd1 {and the balance is
restored} 1/2-1/2

Results from the B & D teams @ Coventry (18 Oct)

From Nigel: Div 1.

 

Cov 'A' 2.5 beat Rugby 'B' 1.5

1. M. Page drew with Nalin Kadodwaia
2. D Ireland beat Simon Turner
3. P Wood beat Nigel Malka
4. D Filer lost to Paul Hardstaff

From Chris: Div 3.

Cov 'F' 2.5 beat Rugby 'D' 1.5 (some consistency there!)

1. Rajan Parek drew with Jim MacDonald (that Coventry junior gets stronger and stronger)
2. M Parek (Rajan's dad) lost to Roy Talbot (long determined game by Roy who rightly rejected an earlier offer of a draw)
3. Clive Osman won against Chris Pegler
4. won against Joe Oswell

CDCL 11 Oct results received last night so they will be posted soon.

 

Another of my favourites games !

Here is another of my favourite games, this time time by the ultra cautious Tigran Petrosian - World Champion in the 1960's and a pretty much misunderstood player.
Here he conjures up a mate from nothing dragging the King out into the open by a Queen sacrifice and cutting off the monarchs retreat to safety - forcing resignation from a world class player.

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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian"]
[Black "Pachman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5
d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nb3 Nd4 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Ne5 Nxb3 14. Nc4 Qb5
15. axb3 a5 16. Bd6 Bf6 17. Qf3 Kg7 18. Re4 Rd8 19. Qxf6+ Kxf6 20. Be5+ Kg5
21. Bg7 1-0

Some changes to University teams and match location ....

From Bob's recent email: Note that the University have added a team to play in Division 2 (position 5 in the table) and called it University E. So - more games in Div 2. (I have not updated the tables attached to this blog yet but will do so shortly).

Also note that the University have changed their chess location.

It is now in Rooms 4 and 5 of the Students Union HQ. To get there find the Costcutter supermarket on the site and it is up the stairs to the RHS.

Chris's note: As you would expect from a Student Union location this is much nearer to the bar :-)

A marvellous book

I don't read many chess books these days - they can be a bit deep and dull at times but I read an absolutely brilliant one recently called 'The Immortal Game'.

You can find it in Rugby Library by David Shenk and is a very lively portrait of chess and its changes from its Middle East origins to the effects of computers on the game today. It has quite a lot on the effects of chess on people like Napoleon, Fischer, Benjamin Franklin and others but also has some great stuff on how - used wisely - it can help the education and learning of young people using some pioneering approaches in New York.

It has one or two of the great games of chess history so I will add below one of my favourites - the game between Rotlevi and Rubinstein in 1907. Its just a masterpiece !

4th October results (League Matches)

Are you looking at the new CDCL site yet? Its got the results from 4th Oct matches up. DIRECT LINK.

A, B and D all drew last week with C securing a win. So far so good and steady.

A pretty ancient game

I was wondering about putting an old game or two on the blog when up popped Mike Donnelly (regular player for Coventry until about 3 years ago) and he gave me this link to a game we played in 1996.

All the notes are his and they show his pretty strong commitment to trying to uncover the 'truth' behind the games he played. He is as far as I know still a very strong postal player.

Have a look at it and see if you think his analysis reflects the battle accurately.

http://chesspagesofmikedonnelly.co.uk/DrMJDonnelly/new/donnellywildig.htm

Draws all around? Divisional Cup (Nuneaton vs Rugby) and Rugby D vs. Coventry G

The scores for the Divisional Cup games on 27 Sept have been posted to the CDCL site and were:

Which works out as a draw. More recently Rugby D in its first league game of the season also delivered a 2:2 match result with Nicola in her first league game compounding on her success in the Divisional Cup match with another win and Chris surprising Ravi Sian (and herself), with a win. Roy and Jim did not fare so well so Rugby D drew wuth Coventry G on this occasion with the efforts from the women of Rugby came in real handy. (Yes, more than one female player now - take note!)

Any news from the other teams? Phill has posted for Rugby C (some excellent reports). Would be nice to see some others too. And perhaps even some games?

Tables turned at Newdigate

The season for Rugby C started last week with a visit to Newdigate for a division 2 cup match. John Hall had a very quick game that ended in a draw. Jamie Kearney, playing his first match for Rugby C on board 4, was next to finish with a win. Malcolm Harding’s game ended with a loss. So scores were even 1.5:1.5 with Shola still playing in the last (very long) game. Although slightly ahead on points, a slip let his opponent give check with a pawn while at the same time threatening a rook on the back rank. The rook was lost, the pawn was Queened and the game was over :-(. Newdigate won the match 2.5:1.5.

The team returned to Newdigate tonight for the first league game. This time Simon Turner was playing board one and quickly got the team off to a good start with a win. Jamie Kearney playing against the same opponent as last week had a longer game but confidently finished with another win. John Hall was next to finish, unfortunately on the losing end of a good match. So once again the final result was down to Shola, playing another very long game against last week’s opponent, but this time, in a tense finish, Shola got his revenge :-). Rugby won the match 3:1

Divisional 3 cup success for junior team !

Our junior team did well in their first ever match in the Coventry chess league (Divisional 3 cup) last Tuesday. Following some practice on Monday night they held a useful Coventry G team to a 2-2 draw!
Read about it on the junior blog :
http://rugbyjuniorchess.blogspot.com

Design done for now ... feedback required

I took some photos at the club on Monday and then - because photography is not a strength of mine - I doctored them so that they could be used in the background. So what you see is our very own chess sets, clocks and hands. In fact you may recognise some of those hands.

Let me know if its too arty, too dull, or too strange. Also let me know if there is anything missing here from the site now its changed.

Well ... we are ready for business (as it were). Hope everyone has some games to share this season [hint]. Good luck to all teams (we'll try not to miss Andrew too much).

Chris

Something looks different about this site ...

Well lots of things look different and although the appearance will change again when I get a mo (more us and less corporate!) the tabs along the top are a key change. You can access information about the two leagues and other useful information there.

Can I draw your attention in particular to the League documents under 'Cov League' including the one which is cutomised just for Rugby. It lists which team is where and when - go to COV LEAGUE for the link or directly to http://tinyurl.com/3v6kaj2

Yes, you can print this out and carry it around with you :-)

Best of luck everyone. And please post news here (getting bored of the sound of my own voice!) Likewise if there are links that should be added then let me know.

Chris

New Season off to great start (Leamington League results)

The new season has already started for some. John Hall has reported great news of the first match in the Leamington League. A win against Stratford which was quite a test of the team's stamina.

Jim Macdonald won first on Board 3, followed by Nigel Malka on Board one. John was playing the son of the Board 3 player on Board 2.
After a long struggle the game was won at 10.20pm, so the overall result was 3-0.

Congratulations on a great start.

Upcoming Rapidplay tournaments

I have flyers for 2 external tournaments:

1. Sunday 11th September at Leamington Spa, organised by the Leamington & District Chess League. Closing date for entries is 10th Sept.

2. Sunday 23rd October at Quinton, in Birmingham. Organised by the Birmingham & District chess league, the closing date for entries is 17th Oct.

Give me a call on 07816056868 if you require further details. Otherwise the flyers will be left in the chess equipment storeroom from Mon 5th Sept.

Jim

New Gradings Out Now

Hello everybody, I hope you have been having an enjoyable summer, and that my news will bring further enjoyment as the fruits of your labour are now available in electronic format.
I have incluced the link for rugby club players specifically on the database, but if you want to check out any other players ratings then just go to the home page (I am sure many people will already know of the grading database anyway)

ECF grades for 'Rugby' chess club players

P.S. For those interested, I got a new rating of 195 which I am quite pleased with as it is my highest ever!

***********************************************************************
Thanks Tyrannosauruschex for the link. I’ve added to your post (above) using my super-moderator powers to create a table which takes out a couple that aren't (as far as I am aware) players for Rugby (Murray David of Checkmates and Russell James of Widnes). I’ve kept in James who was with us last season the by the looks of things is playing for several down south clubs.

Making a date for the next AGM

need to decide on an AGM date to talk about teams and stuff.

The proposed dates are 27th June and 11th July. Those members we have emails for will have received an invite from Chris via Meet-o-matic (silly name but cool system). Here is the same link.

Tick the box for the date that suits you and in the comments box tell us whether you would be interested in a swiss tournament that night, and whether a 7.30pm start is okay for you.

If you have comments on using this system for setting meetings leave these below or email to Chris. You do not need to login, or download, so just press the link - unless you have already done that.

Thanks

The first team won the cup v Nuneaton A !

Last week the first team won the Coventry league cup beating Nuneaton A 2.5 to 1.5 in the final. Jonathan, Nalin and Bob all drew and john Naylor won his game on top board against Andrew Patterson.

Although not very exciting here is Bobs game against John Collins. (But there was a good move by John at the end of the game).

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[Event "Cov League Cup final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.4.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R Wildig"]
[Black "J Collins"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 {A better move was
Ne5 as pointed out to me by John Naylor afterwards. Then there are dangers to
the black squared bishop if black plays a knight to d7.} 6... Qxd6 7. e3 Nd7
8. Qc2 Ndf6 9. Bd3 Nh6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Kb1 Ne4 12. h3 O-O-O 13. Ne5 Nxc3+
14. Qxc3 Be8 15. g4 Rf8 16. f4 g6 17. Be2 Kb8 {Black is struggling for useful
moves now that he has shut his bishop in. But White is probably guilty of over
optimism about closing the position with his next 2 moves.} 18. c5 Qc7 19. g5
Nf7 20. Nd3 Rh8 21. h4 h5 22. gxh6 Rxh6 23. Rdg1 Nh8 24. Ne5 Qh7 25. Qe1 Nf7
26. Nf3 Bd7 27. Qg3 Rh8 28. Rh3 Kc8 29. Rgh1 g5! {A remarkable move which
catches white half asleep. The pawn cannot be taken in any one of 4 ways!}
30. R3h2 g4 1/2-1/2

games

Does anybody know how to get a diagram of a chess board on here? was hoping to put some games up as i have spare time but have forgotten how to do it!

Last Friday's social

A thoroughly enjoyable evening, with the topics of conversation ranging from the latest trends in chess openings (see below the finishing touches being made to the Wildig-Cox defence!) to the politics behind playing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. It was great to see everyone, and I think we can now recommend the Bengal curry house in Church Street for a great after-pub meal.

Individual Lightning Tournament: Leamington League

From Jim Macdonald news of a Leamington League event on 20th April.

The Blossomfield Club, The Wardens, Widney Lane, Solihull B91 3JY

Open and U140 sections.

Starts 7.30. Register by 7.15,
£1.00 per entry
All entry fees returned as prizes
9-round swiss tournament
5 mins each per game

Normal [Leamington] lightning rules apply. (Which for Leamington is ALL moves in 5 mins. Coventry is 10 sec moves). Thanks to Mike Johnson for pointing out.

Strangers in our midst ... !!

Well not exactly strangers (tho perhaps strange?). Two past (no longer playing) Warwick University webmasters have asked to be able to post to this blog and Bob and I (being generous sorts) have said Yes. As long as they are not too rowdy.

So Tyrannosaurus Chex is Joey Stewart and Michael Smith may be appearing in some guise shortly. Who he? He who said this about us on the WU chess site.

If anyone from Rugby CC wants another go at becoming a member of this blog - so that you too can write facetious comments about Nalin drop me an email. The more of you, the less work for me :-)

Chris

Social evening Friday 8th April

Does anyone fancy the idea of celebrating the end of our (moderately!) successful season by going on an evening out? The plan is to meet up at The Merchants next Friday at 8pm and then after a couple of hours those that want to can go on for a curry. It'll be a good opportunity to meet up with everyone else in the club who we don't normally see because they're in another team.

See you there!

Andrew

A narrow escape for Mark Page

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[Event "Rugby C v Coventry A"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.3.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mark Page"]
[Black "Nigel Stanley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "195"]
[BlackELO "ungraded"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 {I was surprised by this move
by White. Clearly White wishes to speed up his development and centralise his
rooks, but the queen is exposed on d4, as we will see later.} 5... Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxd7
Qxd7 {I was more than comfortable with my position as Black here. In moving
from f3, white's knight has left the h2 pawn exposed and weakened his control
of d4. Black is now equal in terms of development and can counter-attack
swiftly, using the open files on the queenside. Moving the bishop to c5 will
be useful.} 13. Rad1 Rfc8 14. Rfe1 {This might look good for white, but it
weakens the pawn on f2.} 14... Rab8 {White now has to defend the pawn on b2.}
15. Bc1 Bc5 {Black is now on the attack. Another possibility instead of Bc5
was Rb4.} 16. Qd3 Rb4 {This prevents Ne4, and threatens to move to c4 or d4.}
17. a3 Rc4! {Black now has a powerful attack down the c-file. Black is also
threatening Bxa3. If bxa3, RxNc3.} 18. Ne2 {Perhaps trying to prevent Rd4. A
simple move now by Black might win the game: Rxc2. White cannot, of course,
re-capture the the queen, because of Bxf2+. I saw this, but for a bit of fun
I decide to launch another attack on f2 and h2, thinking I could win more
quickly that way. This was a mistake. If the white rook ends up on f2 (as it
will) and the white knight moves to g3 (as it will), the rook on f2 will be
defending the c2 square. I missed this by going to get a drink and thinking I
had an easy win here. So I should have taken the pawn, but instead played
Ng4.} 18... Ng4 19. Rf1 Qc7 20. Ng3 Rxc2? {Too late now ! This should have
happened a couple of moves ago. This now loses a piece. White was in time
trouble, and for a long time thought he could not re-capture on c2, until he
realised that it is now safe to do so.} 21. Qxc2 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2
Rxc2 {So black has lost a bishop for two pawns, by taking too late on c2. But
the game is now lost as well. White has a queenside pawn majority, and his
extra bishop will win. I played on for a few more moves but knew that the
game was now lost.} 24. Nf1 Nf2 25. Ne3 Re2 26. Kf1 Rxe3 27. Kxf2 Rb3 28. Ke2
f6 29. Rd3 {Perhaps black should keep the rooks on, but I wanted to get home
by now - I think black is lost anyway.} 29... Rxd3 30. Kxd3 e5 31. b4 Kf7 32.
a4 Ke7 33. Ba3 Kd7 34. b5 Kc7 35. Bf8 {Black resigns. But here was a game
which I could have won by keeping it simple when I was on top, rather than
adding complications.} 1-0

John Hall's game - at last

I extracted the notation from John some weeks back, but have only just managed to get it up. (Note to self, when offering to put up games I should check how long they are first!). Thanks for parting with this one John. I really enjoyed the ending. :-) [And John is now shown as playing WHITE!]

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[Event "CDCL Match"] [Site "?"] [Date "2011.3.8"] [Round "?"] [White "John Hall"] [Black "Wesley Beeston"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteELO "?"] [BlackELO "?"] %Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 d6 8. Re1 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qc7 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. Qxc6+ Qxc6 12. Nxc6 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. d3 Re8 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nc4 Bf8 17. Rxe5 Bd7 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. N6e5 Bf5 20. g4 Bc8 21. Bd2 Nd5 22. Re1 Bb7 23. Kf2 Rd8 24. g5 f6 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Rg1+ Bg7 27. Ng4 Kh8 28. Nh6 Rd7 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. d4 Ne7 31. Nxe7 Bxe7 32. Be3 Bd5 33. Nb6 Rd6 34. dxc5 Rd8 35. Nxd5 Rxd5 36. b4 a5 37. a3 axb4 38. cxb4 Rd3 39. Ra1 f5 40. a4 Bf6 41. Ra2 Bh4+ 42. Ke2 Rb3 43. b5 Rb4 44. c6 f4 45. Bd2 Rc4 46. a5 Bd8 47. a6 Rc5 48. a7 Re5+ 49. Kd1 Kg7 50. a8=Q Bb6 51. Qb7+ Kf6 52. Qxb6 Rh5 53. c7+ Kf5 54. c8=Q+ Kg5 55. Qcc5+ Kh4 56. Be1+ Kh3 1-0

IF YOU CANNOT SEE THIS then click on the button [View PGN] and either read through the game there (if you are that way inclined). Or copy the PGN notation there (all of it), go to the caissa website and select the [Import PGN file] option, paste the PGN there and click to confirm that you want to [Import]. You will see John's game (finally) and be able to click through. This is a temporary fix but should help whenever you cannot see the game properly on this site.

The cup - Tuesday 22 March

Well the A team had a good time with a 4-0 win v Nuneaton B.
I believe the D team lost by a similar score to Nuneaton A - ok but you were playing a top team.
But I've heard that the C team drew 2-2 with Coventry A and won with the handicap - well done guys ! Lets hear more about it !!

What happened to the B team ??

Just to balance the previous post a bit let me add the following game from our match where I managed to beat someone I normally lose to ...

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[Event "KO Cup "]
[Site "Rugby A v Nuneaton B"]
[Date "2011.3.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R Wildig"]
[Black "Dave Kearney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor
1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8.
O-O Qf6?! {Perhaps creating problems for his Bishop} 9. Qb3 c6 10. Nd2 Qe7
11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bd2 Nh6 15. e4 c5 {A good move because
although he loses control of d5 he stops Nd4 which White had considered
playing on the previous move. So now white decides on the knight tour} 16.
Ne1 O-O 17. Nc2 Ng4 18. f3 Ne5 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Qc2 Nc6 {This retreat was
overlooked by White so now he has to watch out what the knight will do when it
gets to d4 ..} 21. Rae1 Nd4 22. Qd3 Qd7 23. Nd5 Rae8 24. Be3 Nc6 25. b3 {Both
sides are casting around for useful moves before the time control.} 25... Qd8
26. Kh1 f5 {A call to arms !} 27. f4 g4 28. Qb1 Nd4 29. Qd3 Qd7 30. Bg1 Nc6
31. exf5 Bxf5 32. Be4 Bxe4+ 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Qxe4 Re8 35. Qd3 Nd4 {Although
Black had been aware of the dangers of Nf6 ch before he overlooked them when
making this move.} 36. Bxd4 Bxd4 37. Qxd4! {Here Black resigned but it wasn't
quite all over as the following moves show.} 37... cxd4 38. Nf6+ Kf7 39. Nxd7
d3 40. Rd1 Ke6 41. Rxd3 Kxd7 42. Rd2 {And White would have to rely on the
strength of his protected passed pawn to win the game (which it should do)}
1-0

Devon Loch

Well for you younger guys you may wonder what the heading means. It was the Queen Mothers horse which in 1953 was romping home to win the Grand National only for some unaccountable reason to fall flat on its belly and lose the race. With respect to my opponent there are some parallels to that in this game. (It wasn't a bad mistake that I made was it ?..... - it was just that Mark was more awake than I was !)

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[Event "Cov League Div 1"]
[Site "Rugby A v Cov A"]
[Date "2011.3.8"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mark Page"]
[Black "Bob Wildig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Nd7 8.
cxd5 Nef6 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Bg5 Nbxd5 11. Re1 Be6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Bb1 c6 14. Qd3
Nb4 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. a3 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Re5
Rae8 21. Rce1 Nf6 22. Ne3 Rd7? {From a position of considerable positional
advantage Black cleverly homes in on the losing move. Simpler and better would
have been Bd5 or Bc8 giving White problems on the e file} 23. Nf5 Rf8 {Asleep
to the danger. Was there a better move - probably but not enough to save the
game.} 24. Nxg7!! {And suddenly its all over. Nothing can save Black from Qg5
etc. Oddly enough White had been in timetrouble and Black had plenty of time -
but that's irrelevant now ... Mark generously said that he had been lucky.
Maybe so but he never misses chances like the one I gave him !} 1-0

What happened next ?

Here is a game from earlier on in the year. I was playing white and played c4 and offered a draw (which was accepted). Was there a better move?

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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andrew Turk"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/p4pp1/3p1bb1/2p1p2p/Pp2P1P1/1PPP1N1P/1B2RP2/R5K1 w KQkq - 0 1"]

%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor

League final positions

Herewith the league final positions for 2010-11.
There is no significance to the lines in the table - its just that I am on a voyage of discovery about this type of publishing.

Anyway I think that congratulations are due to Nuneaton who could scarcely have done better - position wise - in the final mix.

Well done to them on behalf of the league!

An ancient game !

We've been having a big sort out in our house and I discovered the following game which I played in the days when I knew how the pieces moved.
It ticks most of the right boxes, Short, nearly get checkmated, but instead give checkmate with a Queen sacrifice. At least it made up for a few games where Peter mercilessly mashed me up in a positional grind.
Enjoy (as they say).

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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R Wildig"]
[Black "Peter Gibbs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qd5 Nc5 9. b4 Ne7 10. Qd1 Ne6 11. Nbd2 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Ne4 Rf8 14. Neg5
d5 15. Re1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Rxe7! Qxe7 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Re1 Qxe1+ 20.
Nxe1 Rxf2 21. Kh1! Bf5 {An error but Black is possibly a tad shell shocked!
Now the standard smothered mate.} 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Qg8+ Rxg8 25.
Nf7# 1-0

Advice please

Last night I was left in no doubt that the move that I made after this was a really really naff choice. Thank you to those chess commentators from Coventry who brought me to recognise quite how foolish I had been. :-) I now know what not to do. Opinion was divided on what it would have been best for me to do. So if you have a mo and would like to comment then share ideas I'm in listening mode.



Also tell me whether you like this puzzle idea so I can work out an easy way to do it and share that with you. (Thanks to John Hall for allowing me to wrestle his game sheet from him. That one is a long game as it will appear in a couple of days).

Chris

PS. Some match scores would be nice.

Three hours of chess and it ends in a draw !

Here's my game from last Tuesday in Nuneaton. Mine was the last game to finish, which meant I ended up with what seemed like loads of people looking over my shoulder. The general consensus (amongst the slightly partisan crowd, it seemed to be) was that I was lucky to get the draw against their player. In the end I had about 4 minutes remaining and my opponent had less than 1.

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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "Andrew Turk"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Nd5 Be7 9. Nxe7 Nxe7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qf3 f5 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14.
Qh5+ Kd7 15. O-O-O b6 16. exf5 exf5 17. g4 f4 18. Qxe5 Nc8 19. Qg7+ Ne7 20.
Qe5 Qc7 21. Qxf4 Raf8 22. Qe3 Kc8 23. Rd3 {You've probably spotted what's
coming next, but I didn't!} 23... Rd8 24. Rc3 Nc6 25. Nd4 Rde8 26. Qd3 Kb7
27. Nxc6 Qf7 28. Kb1 Qxf2 29. Qd1 Re2 30. Nb4 {In retrospect, Rd2 is a better
move than Rhe8} 30... Rhe8 31. Qd5+ Kb8 32. Qxd6+ Ka8 33. Qc6+ Kb8 34. Qc7+
Ka8 35. Qc6+ Kb8 36. Nxa6+ Ka7 37. Qd7+ Ka8 38. Nc7+ Kb8 39. Na6+ Ka8 40.
Qc6+ Ka7 41. Qd7+ Ka8 42. Nc7+ Kb8 43. Na6+ Ka8 44. Qc6+ {By now I was
thinking "If only he'd stop checking me...!"} 44... Ka7 45. Rd1 Re1 46. Rcd3
Rxd1+ 47. Rxd1 Re1 48. Qd7+ Kxa6 49. Qa4+ Kb7 50. Qd7+ Ka6 51. Qa4+ Kb7{Draw by repetition}

Does anyone know the results from last Tuesday?

Coventry and District Chess League - LATEST!!

In case you were curious this is what the CDCL tables looks like at the mo. (Hot off Bob's press).

Its not easy to add a table to Blogger - or at least I've never managed to get one to work. So shortly there will be a post on how to make a table into an image using Powerpoint. As the one above is. (Now Bob will know all my secrets :-)).

Chris

The things people say about us ...

Rugby - that place just up the road (or the railway line) where someone once had the idea of picking up a football and trying to run away with it, and everyone else decided this was cheating and piled into him. Theirs is a bit more interesting (and a bit more eccentric) than most chess club websites, which is pretty much what you'd expect from Rugby - they're a lovely bunch of guys but they're nutters the lot of them. They must be as they think Nalin is some kind of deity, a supposition which is clearly refuted by his 0/4 record against me.

Now who said that? Warwick University Chess Club that's who. (Here is a video that I found just for them). I would expect Nalin to be the star of any video that we made :-)

Chris

Can you see Bob's game more clearly now?

I have no idea why Bob's game looks odd on my machine - and it may just be my machine? So, if the game below does not display in your machine but this one (same game) does then let me know please. (Might actually get me to an answer).

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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "O'Neill"]
[Black "Wildig"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Be7 5. Bd3 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. h4 Nc6
8. Bd2 Bf5 9. Bc3 O-O 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. hxg5 Qxg5 12. Kf1 Rad8 13. Na3 Be4 14.
f3 Bxd3+ 15. cxd3 Nf5 16. Bd2 Ne3+ 17. Bxe3 Qxe3 18. Qe2 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3
20. Ke2 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 a6 24. Kd2 f6 25. Nc2 Kf7
26. Ke3 Ke6 27. a3 h5 28. g3 g5 29. f4 Kf5 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. Ne1 Kg4 32. Kf2
Ne5 33. b3 c5 34. Kg2 c4 35. bxc4 Nxc4 36. Nc2 b5 37. Kf2 a5 38. Kg2 Kf5?
{Black goes to sleep for the first time.} 39. Nd4+ Ke4 40. Nxb5 Ke3 41. Kh2
Kf2 42. Kh3 Nd2 43. Nd6 Kf3 44. Nf7 Ne4 45. Ne5+ Kf2 46. Nd3+ Ke3 47. Ne5 a4
48. Nc4+ Kd3?? {Black falls asleep for the second time.} 49. Nb2+ {Draw
offered and accepted. Back has fallen asleep for the third time - at least
according to post game analysis which seemed to show there was still a win
for Black. As follows.} 49... Ke2 50. Nxa4 Kf3 51. Nb6 Nxg3 52. a4 Ne4 53. a5
Nc5 {and various attempts from here did not help White.}

Fingers crossed.

Chris

A couple of wins for the A team

A couple of wins for the A team means that we are finally above 50 percent (9 points from 8 games) I think.

However it was not helped by this fairly ordinary effort on board 2 where Black 3 times helped out White !

But by all means have a laugh !

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[Event "Uni B v Rugby A"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D ONeill"]
[Black "R Wildig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor
%Orient=W
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Be7 5. Bd3 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. h4 Nc6
8. Bd2 Bf5 9. Bc3 O-O 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. hxg5 Qxg5 12. Kf1 Rad8 13. Na3 Be4 14.
f3 Bxd3+ 15. cxd3 Nf5 16. Bd2 Ne3+ 17. Bxe3 Qxe3 18. Qe2 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3
20. Ke2 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 a6 24. Kd2 f6 25. Nc2 Kf7
26. Ke3 Ke6 27. a3 h5 28. g3 g5 29. f4 Kf5 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. Ne1 Kg4 32. Kf2
Ne5 33. b3 c5 34. Kg2 c4 35. bxc4 Nxc4 36. Nc2 b5 37. Kf2 a5 38. Kg2 Kf5?
{Black goes to sleep for the first time.} 39. Nd4+ Ke4 40. Nxb5 Ke3 41. Kh2
Kf2 42. Kh3 Nd2 43. Nd6 Kf3 44. Nf7 Ne4 45. Ne5+ Kf2 46. Nd3+ Ke3 47. Ne5 a4
48. Nc4+ Kd3?? {Black falls asleep for thre second time.} 49. Nb2+ {Draw
offered and accepted. Back has fallen asleep for the third time - at least
according to post game analysis which seemed to show there was still a win for
Black. As follows.} 49... Ke2 50. Nxa4 Kf3 51. Nb6 Nxg3 52. a4 Ne4 53. a5 Nc5
{and various attemps from here did not help White.} 1/2-1/2

D Draws against Uni D

Won two out of our matches to draw against University D (who previously beat us on our home turf). Team was Roy, Ralph, Chris and Joe.

Chris has put her game below because she is so surprised she managed to pull off this escape from what seemed inevitable (and deserved) defeat. Comments appreciated.

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[Event "CDCL Div 3 Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.1.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chris Pegler"]
[Black "Chris Smith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Ne5 O-O 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qd3 Bf5 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Qa4 Rxb2 13. c4 Ne4 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Qa3 {I thought that this was an interesting (possibly even good) move
in a not that fab game from me so far. Comments?} 15... Qxa3 16. Nxa3 Rxe2
17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Rad1 Bh3 19. f3 {Decided to exchange rather than moving
rook. } 19... Bxf1 20. fxe4 Bxc4 {He's definitely making this game very
difficult for me although having less peices is suiting me. } 21. Nxc4 dxc4
22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Rxc4 Rd6 {Starting to feel more possible to me. Those he's
still got the edge. } 24. e5 Rd5 25. Rxc6 Rxd4 26. Rxc7 {Things looking up for
Chris at this stage but a looong way to go. } 26... f6 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Rxa7
e5 {very wary of ... Rd1+,... Rd2+, ...Rxa2} 29. a4 e4 30. a5 f5 31. Kf2 Rd2+
32. Ke1 Rxh2 {I think that this may have been a mistake on his part. Comments.
} 33. Re7 {So if he moves either e or f pawn I will cause trouble here.}
33... Rh6 {Consider Re5 but instead do ...} 34. g4 {Divide and rule? Allows me
to take e-pawn and possibly fork black g-pawn on king afterwards. } 34...
fxg4 35. Rxe4 Ra6 36. Rxg4+ {Wow, a plan that worked! I am pacing the room and
no-one can believe I got to this position from where I was. Including me. }
36... Kf7 37. Rg5 Kf6 38. Rb5 Kg6 {To protect h pawn, giving me the
opportunity to ...} 39. Rb6+ {Resigns. (Note that last time we played Chris
totally wiped the floor with me and this game went on a long time). } 1-0

D Did it again ...

Well not quite so impressive as winning against the top of Div 2 last week (did we mention that?), but its nice to win two matches in a row. We won't let it go to our heads.

Score was 3-1 and my game took longest of all - very unsusual that and a curious see-saw going on with that one. We both gave up on noting moves by the end and I once again regretted my lack of endgame skill.

Not sure what the results for Rugby B vs. Rugby C were. But I confidently predict that Rugby won. Or at least drew. :-)

Now how did are the A team doing?

Chris

More cup results

Well done D team - thats a very good result!

The A team beat Cov Div 3 team 1 4-0 overcoming their handicap advantage of 2.5 points.

The B team drew 2-2 with another Div 2 side and the belief was they had won on board count.

A triumph for Rugby D!

Hot off the press from Team Captain Jim, this message:

'We beat Nuneaton C (Div 2): 2.5 to 1.5

With our handicap (+1.25), we actually won 3.75 to 1.5'

Playing this time were Jim, Roy, Ralph and Joe (not sure of board order or individual results.

Well done guys. This only shows that I should not play more often.

Chris

Rugby Chess Club has moved location

Rugby chess club has moved location and in future all Coventry league and
Leamington league matches will be played at its new venue below.

The Rugby Workers Club, 32 Oliver Street, Rugby CV21 2ET.

For a map of the venue go to http://maps.google.co.uk/ and type in "Rugby near CV21 2ET" .

The club is located on Oliver Street next to Parnell Close - (see ariel image below). Parking is available on the clubs premises by turning down Parnell Close and turning left.

If you are coming to Rugby from the south or southwest you can get to this venue more easily on a new road which leaves the A4071 to bypass the town and then come in by turning right onto the A428 at a major new set of traffic lights. (This is the green route shown on the google map which you see by dragging to the right)