Following on from the successful formation of Lincolnshire
Chess on Chess.com a couple of months ago we have now set up Grantham Chess
Club also on the Chess.com platform. The ECF County Championship matches are
almost finished now and we are looking to set up matches between Lincolnshire
Clubs in the near future.
At the moment we are not sure how this will work but if all
of the Lincolnshire Clubs form their own club teams(some of them already have
done this) then it could be possible to set up a league based on the current
Lincolnshire League with two divisions. The second division would probably be
run as a single division with no separation between the North and the South.
Nigel Birtwistle has invited all Grantham players who are
currently members of Lincolnshire Chess to join our new Grantham club.
If you want to join Grantham Chess Club on Chess.com you
will have to become a Chess.com member by going to:
https://www.chess.com/
and creating a username. It is free to join.
After you have created your chess.com username you can join
Grantham Chess Club using this link:
Grantham Chess Club - Chess Club
I know that some of you are very sceptical about playing
online chess because of the possibility of your opponent cheating. But the
detection methods are getting better and quite a few players have received
online bans recently. If you join us online it is highly likely that you will
be playing against each other(maybe in a Grantham Club Tournament?) and other
Lincolnshire players so the possibility of your opponent cheating will be
reduced. You really have nothing to lose by joining us at Grantham Chess Club.
If you are not satisfied you always have the option of leaving and to stop
playing online chess.
So we are asking you all to give it a try and see how it
goes.
