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, …

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/

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 …