29 October 2024
Middlesex County Chess Association changes its website
This website was created by Adam Raoof in 2011. It was later taken over by Anthony Fulton, who stepped down as Webmaster at MCCA's Annual Council Meeting on 8 July 2024.
On 29 October 2024 the Association's Executive Committee appointed David Lewis as its Webmaster, with a mandate to replace this website with a new one. He continues in his role as MCCA Treasurer, to which he was appointed in April 2023.
MCCA's new website went live on 29 October 2024. To view it, click on Middlesex County Chess Association.
Adam and Anthony share a record of solid achievement in making the 2011 website an essential information resource for chess administrators and the general chess public. David Lewis intends to build on that achievement with the 2024 website, albeit in his own way.
The 2024 website
Our website will continue to be not only a window for the chess world and the general public, but also a resource for helping our officers to manage MCCA and our member clubs to manage their Middlesex League activities and their constitutional role as members of the MCCA Council.
Much of the contents of the 2011 website has become out of date following Anthony's resignation as Webmaster. For up-to-date and accurate information on MCCA and its activities you should always go to the new website, where we hope you will be a frequent visitor!
The 2011 website
Importantly, the 2011 website includes much of historical interest, thanks largely to Anthony Fulton’s keen interest in the history of English chess, as evidenced by his authorship of The Southern Counties Chess Union - a retrospective, published in 2022.
The 2011 website now becomes our Legacy Website: a resource for chess historians and for casual browsers with an interest in league and county chess in general and Middlesex chess in particular. Gradually key articles from the 2011 website will be added to the 2024 website (and may then be removed from the 2011 website).