CCCCC

[Stewart Reuben]

COLIN CROUCH CELEBRATION CHESS CONGRESS

Director: Stewart Reuben Tel: 020 8892 6660 Email: [email protected]
http://www.colincrouchccc.co.uk
ENTRIES FOR THE MASTERS 2-10 APRIL
Ratings as on 1 January 2016.
last name first name federation Title FIDE Rating Comments
Berkes Ferenc HUN GM 2652
Gareyev Timur USA GM 2605 available to give blindfold simuls in April
Vakhidov Jahongir UZB GM 2554 1= Hastings
Gormally Daniel ENG GM 2506
Fodor Tamas jnr. HUN GM 2500 London resident
Pavlovic Milos SRB GM 2496
Arkell Keith ENG GM 2474
Lalic Bogdan CRO GM 2439
Batchelor Peter ENG FM 2307 1st IM norm Hastings
Ross Chris ENG CM 2205 Member Braille CA
Kalaiyalahan Akshaya ENG 2157 British Women’s Champion
Jackson Sheila ENG WGM 2144
Robinson Nette ENG 1507 female

Details of how to enter, other events future entries and the venue are to be found on the website as above.

[Niall Doran]

Hi Stewart.

Would it be possible to give more details on the other events listed at the bottom of the main page. At the moment, it looks like the other events are there as an afterthought.

I believe there's an U2000 event, which is the one I'm specifically interested in. Could you put up some info on prizes, schedule etc?

[Stewart Reuben]

The events other than the Masters and English Senior are not an afterthought. But they were subject to cha\ng because of input of other people. I just made such a change that I have overlooked previously.
Herewith
INTERMEDIATE TOURNAMENT
A five round Swiss open to players FIDE Rated under 2000 or unrated.
Monday 4 to Friday 8 April daily from 2.30pm. This event will be FIDE Rated
PRIZES

£100 £50 Best relative FIDE Rating performance by a player rated less than 1700 £50.
Entry Fee: £20. Late Fee for all players entering after 14 March 2016 £10

Weekend Event
Four round Swisses in sections of approximately 14-20 players. Open to all. ECF graded and FIDE Rated if appropriate.
Saturday 9, Sunday 10 April. Rounds 1 and 3 at 9.30am, rounds 2 and 4 at 2.30pm.
Rate of play: all the moves in 110 minutes, with the addition of 10 seconds for each move from the start. Players do not need to keep score if their remaining time becomes less than 5 minutes.

PRIZES
£60 £40.
Entry Fee: £15. Late Fee for new players entering after 2 April £5

MORNING EVENTS

Five round Swisses. ECF graded.
Major Under 160 ECF and Minor Under 120 or ungraded.
Monday 4 to Friday 8 April daily from 9.30am.
Rate of play: all the moves in 110 minutes, with the addition of 10 seconds for each move from the start.

PRIZES

£100 £50 Best score by a player graded U140 Major and U100 Minor £50

Entry Fee: £20 Late Fee for all players entering after 14 March 2016 £10

JUNIOR TOURNAMENTS

Six round Swisses. ECF Graded.
Under 16, Under 14, Under 12, Under 10, Under 8 as of 1 January 2016
Tuesday 5 to Sunday 10 April daily from 9.30am.
Rate of play: all the moves in 110 minutes, with the addition of 10 seconds for each move from the start.

PRIZES

£30, £15, £10 in each

Entry Fee: £5 Late Fee for all players entering after 28 March 2016 £2
Rate of play: all the moves in 110 minutes, with the addition of 10 seconds for each move from the start.


TRADEWISE INSURANCE GRAND PRIX

All tournaments will be part of the English Chess Federation Grand Prix.

PRIZEGIVING

Sunday 10 April at 8pm. Events finishing earlier will have prizegivings appropriate to their schedule.

SWISS SYSTEM

All players play in all rounds. These tournaments are not knockout. However, a player can apply for a half point bye in any one round of a given event, apart from the last, provided (a) the arbiter is told at the latest the day before the round and before the pairings are made. GM/IM/WGM/WIM cannot take a half point bye in the Masters.

Visas Players needing visas should apply by 22 February 2016 at the latest. For a formal invitation contact Stewart Reuben: [email protected] telephone 0208 8926660

The Congress reserves the right to refuse any entry. Except in such cases, a deduction of 20% will normally be made from any refund of entry fee. Refunds will be made only if notification of withdrawal is received no later than 24 March 2016.

Harrow is the most accessible of all suburban boroughs of London by public transport.

[Steven DuCharme]

Best wishes to all combatants

[Tim Harding]

Could we have more info on the Seniors event please, Stewart, maybe in the Seniors section of this board?

[Stewart Reuben]

Dear Tim,
Fuller details of the Masters and Seniors are given on http://www.colincrouchccc.co.uk as at the start of the thread.

I am unclear whether you are eligible. I have forgotten. Were you born in England and lived here for many years? If so, that makes you eligible and I can reword the details to make that possible. Of course you re fully eligible for the British Seniors as that is open to Irish players.

Niall Doran, I have renamed the Major, in which you expressed interest as the Intermediate. Only following your query did I realise I had two tournaments, both called Major.

[Michael Flatt]

The Entry Form for all tournaments is now available on the Congress website: http://colincrouchccc.co.uk/enter/

In summary, the tournaments are:
The Masters: 9-round Swiss, Open, FIDE rated
The English Senior Chess Championship 5-round Swiss, FIDE rated
Intermediate Tournament 5-round Swiss, under 2000 FIDE rating, FIDE rated
Weekend Tournaments 4-round Swiss, ECF graded, potentially FIDE rated
Morning Events: 5-round Swiss, Major (under-160 ECF), Minor (under-120 ECF), ECF graded
Junior Tournaments: Under 16, Under 14, Under 12, Under 10, Under 8 (ages as of 1 January 2016), ECF graded

See Entry Form for eligibility and other details.

[Stewart Reuben]

Latest entry list for the Masters

last name first name federation Title FIDE R Comments U-21?
Berkes Ferenc HUN GM 2652
Gareyev Timur USA GM 2605 available to give blindfold simuls in April and later

Vakhidov Jahongir UZB GM 2554 1= Hastings
Gormally Daniel ENG GM 2506
Fodor Tamas jnr. HUN GM 2500 London resident, chess coach
Gasanov Eldar UKR GM 2497
Arkell Keith ENG GM 2474
Tan Justin AUS IM 2440 Until recently at school in England U-21, ineligible for JR Trust bursary
Lalic Bogdan CRO GM 2439 London resident, chess coach
Haria Ravi ENG FM 2406 tbc U-21
Eggleston David ENG IM 2396
Mirzoeva Elmira RUS WGM 2365 journalist
Batchelor Peter ENG FM 2307 1st IM norm Hastings U-21
Wadsworth Matthew ENG 2273 U-21
Rudd Jack ENG IM 2255 Also IA
Ross Chris ENG CM 2205 Member Braille CA
Kalaiyalahan Akshaya ENG 2157 British Women’s Champion U-21
Jackson Sheila WGM ENG 2144 Chess coach
Psaila Clarence MLT 2067
Harari Zaki ENG 2043
Golding Alex ENG 1965 U-21
Golding James ENG 1929 U-21
Hilton Stephen SCO 1890 Member Braille CA tbc
Phillips William ENG 1876
Robinson Nette ENG 1507 female
Ratings as on 1 February 2016.

[IM Jack Rudd]

25 entries so far, at least 17 of whom are either already qualified or ineligible for the British Championship. Could be a record low score qualification for it.

[Roger de Coverly]

17 of whom are either already qualified or ineligible for the British Championship.

The British Championships website appears commendably up to date with details of qualifiers.

http://www.britishchesschampionships.co ... 16/#events

But what happened to the Tradewise Gibraltar Open? Is there a rule which says that no qualification places are available if there are only a small proportion of players eligible?

[Chris Rice]

I have tried to access the link http://www.colincrouchccc.co.uk today both through the ECF calendar and through this thread to check for an updated list of entrants but my security software keeps blocking me saying its a known dangerous site. The Norton system I have also tells me why and lists the problem or threat as "Annoyance Factor". Thought this was unusual as such things as Phishing and Trojans etc I'm familiar with. Under the heading it further details the Annoyance Factor as "Items that do not necessarily do harm but are a nuisance, such as joke programs or a site that isn't what it seems".

Anyway thought I'd flag it up just in case anyone else has had the same issue.

[Stewart Reuben]

Odd that. I just tried http://colincrouchccc.co.uk/ and had no such problem. I sometimes have that message come up when trying for aol and have wondered whether it is, in itself, a nuisance factor. So I always ignore it.
But currently Tony Corfe, the entry fee acceptor is in Zambia and the list won't be updated until after 9 March.

Sadly Sheila Jackson has had to withdraw. Miguel Santos Ruiz ESP FM 2416, James Moreby ENG 2005, Sasha Brozel 1808 have entered which I know because they have communicated directly withe me.

[Ken Norman]

I have encountered the same problem. My anti-virus programme also describes the Colin Crouch website as a known dangerous site.

There would appear to be a problem on the Colin Crouch tournament website.

I hope it can be rectified when Tony Corfe returns from Northern Rhodesia.

[Stewart Reuben]

I'll refer it to the webmaster, Andrew Walker of the ECF.

[Brian Towers]

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