Commonwealth Chess Championship 2016

[John Higgs]

The Commonwealth Chess Championship 2016 starts tomorrow in Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka.

The event runs from 30 July to 7 August and there are 10 rounds.

Confirmed English players:

Ollie Willson - Open
Darshan Kumaresan - U14
Savin Dias - U10

The Commonwealth Chess Association has a website http://www.commonwealthchess.com/ but it appears not to be the event website.

[John Higgs]

The event is now into round 4:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr232157. ... d=4&wi=821

[Mick Norris]

I see Liverpool is planning to bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games - is there an opportunity to host the 2026 Commonwealth Chess too?

Glasgow did this in 2014 as part of the Scottish Chess Championships, but would be great to see Liverpool hosting a major event again

[John Higgs]

The pairings for round 8/9:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr232157. ... d=8&wi=821

[LawrenceCooper]

Final scores:

Savin 2nd in the Under 10: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr232123. ... d=9&wi=821
Dharshan finished on 5/9 in the U14: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr232127. ... d=9&wi=821
Ollie scored 5.5/9 in the Open: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr232157. ... d=9&wi=821