Chester Chess Club 1919-2019

Manchester Summer Congress
2018-08-17 18:30 - 2018-08-19 19:00 UTC | Owens Park, 293 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M14 6HF, United Kingdom
Weekend congress. Three sections. £2800 total prize fund. £500 first prize each section. Free car parking on site. Cafe with tea, coffee and excellent low priced lunches next to the playing hall. Accommodation on site. Five minutes from Manchester’s famous curry mile. Excellent dining and night life in city-centre Manchester

British Chess Championship
2018-07-27 - 2018-08-05 | Lancashire
This year to be held at Hull City Hall in our 2017 UK City of Culture. There are various events being held throughout the week long period, please see the event website for further details.

3rd North Wales FIDE Open
2018-06-22 19:00 - 2018-06-24 19:00 | Venue Cmyru, Llandudno, LL30 1BB, United Kingdom
Once again to be held at Venue Cymru in Llandudno (as per the British Chess Championships 2017) – £1,625 guaranteed prize fund. There are Three sections, a FIDE-rated Open and a Major (U1900 / 160) and an ECF/WCU graded Minor (U120 / 1600). The prizes are 1st: £250 2nd: £150 3rd: £75 with a grading prize of £50 in each section, plus a £50 junior prize.

Heywood Chess Congress
2018-06-16 09:00 - 2018-06-17 18:30 | Heywood Civic Centre, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 1LW, United Kingdom
Five Sections – Open, U180, U160, U140 and U120. Free parking all weekend. A £2200 prize fund and ECF championship qualifying places in the Open for the NCCU Champion.

Crewe Rapidplay
2018-05-20 10:00 - 19:00 | Ibis Hotel Crewe, Emperor Way, Crewe Business Park, CW1 6BD, United Kingdom
A brand new event this year so please do make an effort to support it, The event is split into four sections held over six rounds. FIDE-rated Open, U165, U135, U105. There are three prizes in each section plus grading prizes. Importantly there is also FREE parking (register on arrival).

Bolton Easter Congress
2018-03-30 08:00 - 2018-04-01 17:00 | Bolton Ukrainian Club, 99 Castle Street, Bolton, BL2 1JP, United Kingdom
FIDE rated Open, Major & Knights sections. Two rounds on Friday & Sunday, one round on Saturday morning. A fun Busy Persons Blitz tournament is held on the Saturday afternoon and can be entered separately from the main congress.

Blackpool Chess Congress
2018-03-09 18:30 - 2018-03-11 18:30 | Imperial Hotel – Blackpool, North Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 3HB, United Kingdom
The largest congress in the North West. Five sections – Lancashire Open, The Imperial Major (U181), The Intermediate (U155), The Minor (U135) & The Standard (U115).

Leyland Rapidplay
2018-02-18 10:00 - 17:00 | Academy@Worden, Westfield Drive, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 1QX, United Kingdom
Three Sections: Major Tournament – Under 190, grading prize U165; Intermediate Tournament – Under 145, grading prize U120; Minor Tournament – Under 100, grading prize U80 & ungraded prize.

Frodsham Congress
2018-02-02 - 2018-02-04 | Frodsham Community Centre, Fluin Lane, Frodsham, WA6 7QN, United Kingdom
Frodsham Congress is one of the longest running of our local congresses. Details on entering the 2018 event will be posted soon at: http://www.kisekigo.com/frodsham18.html

Stockport Rapidplay
2018-01-28 10:00 - 18:30 | Stockport Guildhall, 168 Wellington Road, Stockport, SK1 3UA, United Kingdom
A one day Rapidplay event held annually by Stockport Chess Club.
6 round Swiss tournament. Each player has 30 minutes for all moves in each round.
4 Sections, Open (open to all), Major ( U 170), Intermediate ( U 140), Minor ( U 110).
Prizes each section £140, £90, £40 and £40 grading prize.
For further details on Entry please visit: http://www.stockportchessclub.org/rapidplay.html for further information.

Christmas Blitz
2017-12-19 19:30 - 22:30 | Town Crier, City Road, Chester, CH1 3AE
The Christmas Blitz is back! Put Tuesday the 19th of December in your diaries. For those who remember Dave Hulme’s Handicap Christmas Blitzes we will be running something similar (if not identical) this year on the final Tuesday before Christmas at the Town Crier. For those who don’t remember the handicap is based upon time rather than material. All members of all strengths welcome, a fun time is had by all. Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Chester and District League Individual Championship
2017-11-25 09:30 - 2017-11-26 18:00 | Town Crier, City Road, Chester, CH1 3AE
Tim Soar of Colwyn Bay has agreed to take over from Jon Maybery as the C&D League Individual Competition Controller this year. This is a four round tournament restricted to members of chess clubs affiliated to the Chester and District League. This year it is to be held at the Town Crier with 2 games taking place on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.

36th Bolton Rapidplay
2017-11-05 10:00 - 18:30 | Bolton Ukrainian Club, 99 Castle Street, Bolton, BL2 1JP, United Kingdom
3 sections: Open; Major; Knights
Entry Form

Crewe Congress
2017-10-13 19:00 - 2017-10-15 18:00 | Ibis Hotel Crewe, Emperor Way, Crewe Business Park, CW1 6BD, United Kingdom
Crewe Congress starts at 7pm on the Friday evening and is a relatively new addition to the local tournament calendar so please try to support it if you can.
For further details and to enter please see https://crewechessclub.co.uk/congress2017/

English Rapidplay Championship
2017-09-23 - 2017-09-24 | Cunard Building, Water Street, Liverpool, L3 1DS, United Kingdom
Liverpool Chess Club will be hosting the English Rapidplay Chess Congress/Championship 2017 this year at the Liverpool Cunard Building.
The main competition is a nine round swiss tournament with civilised starting times of 11:30 am, making it relatively painless getting to the venue on time, even on public transport! There are four sections (Open, u180, u150, u120). Top Prize £1500 in the Open, £550 in the Major, £500 in the Intermediate and Standard.
See http://englishrapidplaychampionship.co.uk/ for further details on how to enter.
