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British Championship 2023
I seem to recall Tim Harding asking some time ago whether there was any information about where the 2023 British was due to be held and in the absence of any response, it seemed that no-one did at the time. I thought that the word at the 2022 congress was that an announcement was likely around the end of September, but none seems to have been made. Anybody got any further information?
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Re: British Championship 2023
That could be an AOB or otherwise AGM question for whoever is now the Director responsible for the British Championships. That's why it isn't possible to revert to the old process of announcing both the date and place of the next British Championship before the end of the current ones.John Moore wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 3:52 pmI thought that the word at the 2022 congress was that an announcement was likely around the end of September,
For that matter what has happened to the practice of publishing pgns from all tournaments?
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I assumed it had been announced it was to be Stockport (or was it Southport?) for 2023.
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I did ask the question (to help avoid a clash with my title norm all-play-all event) in late July but although I got a reply there was no specific information on date/location. It sounded likely that the format will return to the extended one week format. Although not mentioned in the reply I have an idea that October was mentioned somewhere regarding an announcement so maybe at the next ECF meeting.John Moore wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 3:52 pmI seem to recall Tim Harding asking some time ago whether there was any information about where the 2023 British was due to be held and in the absence of any response, it seemed that no-one did at the time. I thought that the word at the 2022 congress was that an announcement was likely around the end of September, but none seems to have been made. Anybody got any further information?
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Re: British Championship 2023
It has been in the latter before, dunno about Stockport tho.John Upham wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 5:56 pmI assumed it had been announced it was to be Stockport (or was it Southport?) for 2023.
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I was the person who passed on the snippet about an announcement in late September which I was told by a member of the control team.
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you are in the loop so you should know where the british is being held?John Upham wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 5:56 pmI assumed it had been announced it was to be Stockport (or was it Southport?) for 2023.
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John Reyes wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 1:10 pmyou are in the loop so you should know where the british is being held?John Upham wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 5:56 pmI assumed it had been announced it was to be Stockport (or was it Southport?) for 2023.
My understanding is that the original intention was S****port (not sure which) but Adrian Elwin was informed that the venue had jacked-up its rate and it became unviable. Others may know more.
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Southport is a seaside resort between Liverpool and Blackpool, so more likely than Stockport which is just outside Manchester and is or was an industrial town.John Upham wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 1:15 pmMy understanding is that the original intention was S****port (not sure which)
The British Championships were last in Southport in 1983. Before that BH Wood used it for a few years in the 1960s and 1970s as a venue for his annual summer festivals.
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We would like to bring the British to Manchester, but I don't think even Stockport players would see Stockport as being viable or having a suitable venue
Southport like Blackpool and Morecambe would have viable venues; whether the terms would be acceptable to the British organisers is a different issue
Southport like Blackpool and Morecambe would have viable venues; whether the terms would be acceptable to the British organisers is a different issue
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Re: British Championship 2023
Clearly the sensible decision would be to make Torquay the permanent venue for the British Championships.
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Remember when London was proposed as a permanent venue? As I understand it, that would have come with substantial sponsorship by The Times ...Ken Norman wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 11:52 amClearly the sensible decision would be to make Torquay the permanent venue for the British Championships.
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Would have the ECFs bill for journeys for The Times of London Correspondent by Taxi cab have rivalled that for the total bill to the BCF from the 1993 match? I'm not confident that the ECFs finances could have coped.Tim Spanton wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 12:45 pmRemember when London was proposed as a permanent venue? As I understand it, that would have come with substantial sponsorship by The Times ...Ken Norman wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 11:52 amClearly the sensible decision would be to make Torquay the permanent venue for the British Championships.
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Perhaps Tim was thinking of 1990 or 1991 when the Championship was in Eastbourne two years running possibly as a consequence of the uncertainty. The desire of the The Times to become a chess sponsor was eventually realised with the Short-Kasparov match in 1993.John Upham wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 12:59 pmWould have the ECFs bill for journeys for The Times of London Correspondent by Taxi cab have rivalled that for the total bill to the BCF from the 1993 match? I'm not confident that the ECFs finances could have coped.
I think participants at the Congress were offered a vote on fixed venues and voted against.
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The event that took the BCF to the brink of bankruptcy. Taxi!Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 1:26 pm
Perhaps Tim was thinking of 1990 or 1991 when the Championship was in Eastbourne two years running possibly as a consequence of the uncertainty. The desire of the The Times to become a chess sponsor was eventually realised with the Short-Kasparov match in 1993.
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