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Team Events

The DCCA runs a number of team events throughout the season. These are one-day events open to all Devon clubs with most having a grade-restricted component to ensure the most competitive environment.

The events for this year are as follows. All are standard play unless specified:

  • Newman (Rapidplay) 4 player total grading <7300, 14th Dec 2025
    (Axmouth)
  • Moyle 4 players total grading <6100, 18th Jan 2026
    (Plymouth Chess Club)
  • Schofield 4 players total grading <6850, 15th Mar 2026
    (Alverdiscott, Bideford)
  • Mamhead 4 players total grading <7600, 18th Apr 2026
    (Newton Abbot Chess Club)
  • Bremridge 6 players no grading restrictions, 17th May 2026
    (Clyst St Mary Village Hall)
  • Peter Rooke 8 players total grading <14000, 20th Jun 2026
    (Newton Abbot Chess Club)

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Team Entries So Far...

Featured Game

Manning v Wilby 18 January 2026

Event Report: DCCA Team Quickplay 15 Feb 2026

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Published: 18 February 2026

A hall of people sitting ready to play chessMany thanks to everyone who came to Clyst St Mary Village Hall for the DCCA Team Quickplay - 15th February 2026. We were delighted to have 17 teams competing this year - a record in recent memory! Here is an event report - and you can see the YouTube video here.

The list of final scores appears below, along with details of who won this year's trophies.

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Bude Surfers

 

Read more: Event Report: DCCA Team Quickplay 15 Feb 2026

DCCA Team Quickplay - 15th February 2026

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Published: 16 January 2026

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This event has now taken place. See the Event Report: DCCA Team Quickplay 15 Feb 2026 for results!

Devon County Chess Association warmly welcomes your entries to its annual TEAM QUICKPLAY TOURNAMENT taking place on Sunday 15 February 2026, 1:00pm till 5:15pm, at Clyst St Mary Village Hall, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1AA

Enter your team through the Team Quickplay Entry Form or you can view a one-page pdf of the event information.

Entries so far: Exeter Honey Badgers, Exeter Honey Monsters, The Flying Dutchmen (Seaton), The Abbots (Newton Abbot), The Bishops (Newton Abbot), The Pawns (Newton Abbot), Totnes Hippies, Bude Surfers, Ragebaiters (Exeter Uni), Sid's Stars (Sidmouth), Barnstaple Bishops, Barnstaple Knights, Torquay Grammar Grandmasters, Teignmouth, Downend and Fishponds, Exeter Juniors, Devon Wanderers

Read more: DCCA Team Quickplay - 15th February 2026

DCCA Individual Blitz Tournament - 15th February 2026

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Published: 16 January 2026

This event has now taken place. See the Event Report: DCCA Team Quickplay 15 Feb 2026 for results!

Fans of blitz chess will be pleased to hear that an Individual Blitz tournament will be taking place at Clyst St Mary Village Hall (Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1AA) on the morning of Sunday 15 February 2026 (9:30am-12:15pm), prior to the DCCA Team Quickplay tournament (which takes place in the afternoon at the same venue - see www.devonchess.org for details of how to enter a team of four).

This will comprise 7 rounds of fast chess at a time control of 5min+3sec increment for the game, and will be managed via computer-generated pairings.

You can enter the event using the Individual Blitz Entry Form

Entries so far: Paul Hampton (2151), Tim Paulden (2101), WFM Tatiana Frolova (e2075), Chris Gant (2009), Stephen Quartey (1916), Joshua Blackmore (1869), Paul Aston (1823), Ellis Manning (1699), Vincent Dong (1661), Michael Truong (1564), Toby Ralph (1555), Daniel Spurling (1544), Ruslan Moossa (1476), Joe Forty (1440), Luke Garner (1425), Jim Forty (1394), Richard Robbins (1271), Yuan Lui (1206), Rob Scott, Bethany Scott, Ilya Ionov

Read more: DCCA Individual Blitz Tournament - 15th February 2026

Event Report: DCCA Moyle Cup 2025-26

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Published: 15 January 2026

The Moyle Cup jamboree event moved for the first time to Plymouth this year at the invitation of Tony Tatam, Plymouth having won the trophy in 2025 at Newton Abbot. Seven teams took part with Plymouth being given dispensation to enter a third team given the ample available space and the demand for places in the Plymouth teams from their members - a good sign!  Pairings between members of the same club were kept to a minimum, three between Plymouth players and one between Newton Abbot's. Two rounds at a rate of 80+10 were completed shortly after 5.30 p.m.

Read more: Event Report: DCCA Moyle Cup 2025-26

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Welcome to the new Ivybridge Chess Club!

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Published: 15 January 2026

We would like to offer a warm welcome to the new Ivybridge Chess Club! Hazel and Andrew have just started this club and they meet at the Exchange Pub every first Monday of the month starting January 2026! They offer casual social chess games, a warm and friendly atmosphere, and a dedicated 1:1 teaching table for anyone wanting to learn. All ages and levels welcome! See their Facebook page for more details.

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