3rd Kings Place Festival, 11th July 2015

[Adam Raoof]

3rd Kings Place Festival, Saturday 11th July 2015

Dear Friends,

I'm writing to invite you to the 3rd Kings Place Festival, which is taking place on 11th July 2015. The venue is superb and is situated right next to King's Cross so it's easy to get to. We had 170 players last year, and this year we have more space and aim to break the 200 barrier!

The first prize in the Open is £1000, and if you are interested in taking part, then please register here - http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/chess and there is no entry fee to the Open for IMs and GMs but we have a finite number of places. If you know anyone who might enjoy the event please do forward the links to them.

The event is in now in five sections, Open (for the strongest players), Major Under 170, Minor Under 145 and Amateur Under 120. These are based on ECF grades. Under 85 My First Chess Tournament If you have never had a grade over 85, then you should play in this section. Ideal for your first competitive event!

www.kingsplace.co.uk/chess is the website.

GM Chris Ward and Nick Murphy will be doing live commentary with the assistance of the players, and Dave Clayton will be covering the top boards on the internet, so we'd love to see you there!



Adam

[Adam Raoof]

top seeds Gawain Jones, Simon Williams, Jonathan Rowson, John Emms and Mark Hebden so far!

Aiming for 200 players and over halfway there now at 136 players. PLEASE register in advance, preferably before next Wednesday

Links to the list of players are being updated on the right hand side of the main site, gradually...

PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE NOW UPDATED THE LIST OF PLAYERS ENTERED AS OF TODAY 30/06/15 - if you are not on the list then email me.

Please pay your entry fee to the box office on 020 7520 1490 before travelling and avoid a queue.

[Adam Raoof]

238 players this Saturday! top seeds in the Open;

Players

Rank Name Flags Fed. M/F Rating
1 GM Howell, David W L ENG M 265
2 GM Hebden, Mark L ENG M 258
3 IM Ghasi, Ameet K ENG M 254
4 GM Jones, Gawain C B ENG M 253
5 GM Rowson, Jonathan SCO M 248
6 GM Emms, John M ENG M 243
7 GM Williams, Simon K ENG M 243
8 GM Gordon, Stephen J 4NCL ENG M 242
9 IM Eggleston, David J ENG M 235
10 IM Rendle, Thomas E ENG M 233
11 IM Trent, Lawrence ENG M 233
12 IM Ansell, Simon T ENG M 229
13 GM Summerscale, Aaron P i ENG M 226
14 IM Cobb, James WLS M 226
15 IM Pert, Richard G ENG M 225
16 GM Fodor, Tamas Jr. HUN M 222
17 IM Pein, Malcolm ENG M 218
18 FM Sowray, Peter J ENG M 218
19 Swanson, Stephen SCO M 217
20 Malhotra, Tarun ENG M 215
21 IM Wall, Gavin IRL M 213
22 Brooks,Phil M 210

[Adam Raoof]

3rd Kings Place Festival, 11 July 2015
The strongest one-day rapidplay in the UK
260 players over 5 sections, over £2200 in prizes, trophies and books
www.kingsplace.co.uk/chess

"probably the best chess venue in London" Grandmaster Aaron Summerscale
"We have had the opportunity to travel around the world in various Youth, Schools and Open tournaments...this tournament was one of the best organised tournaments we have experienced" S.L. (India)
4th and 5th editions are planned for Saturday 9th July 2016 and 8th July 2017

OPEN (Arbiter: Tim Dickinson)
Grandmasters Luke McShane and Gawain Jones 5.5/6 £750.00 each
Grading Under 210: Rob Eames, Chris Brisoe, Natasha Regan 4/6 £17.00 each
Grading Under 180: Chris Davison 4/6, £50.00

MAJOR Under 170 (Arbiter: Tim Dickinson)

1st Helge Hjort 5.5/6 £100
2nd Matthew Peat 5/6 £50.00
Grading Under 155 - Amardip Ahluwalia 4.5/6, £50.00

MINOR Under 145 (Arbiter: Geoff Gammon)
Erika Orsagova and David McNish 5/6 and £75 each
Grading Prize Under 130: Gantcho Ganev, Laurentiu Turcan, Gary Reynolds and Eric Fixmer £12.50 each

AMATEUR Under 120 (Arbiter: Geoff Gammon)
Siddanth Lohia 6/6 £100.00
Sebastian Taylor, Noah Shapiro and Rory McLean £17.00 each
Grading Prize Under 90: Eoghan Tucker £50.00, 4.5/6

MY FIRST TOURNAMENT Under 85 (Arbiter: Michael Flatt)
1st - Saidmurodov, Shahjahon 6/6 and a trophy
2nd - James Merriman 5/6 on tiebreak
3rd - Shreyas Royal 5/6 on tiebreak
4th - Steven Jardine 5/6 on tiebreak

Live Games: Dave Clayton
Commentary: GM Chris Ward, Nick Murphy

[LawrenceCooper]

Is anyone else getting the "You are not authorized to access this page." message when trying to access the link www.kingsplace.co.uk/chess?

[Roger de Coverly]

Is anyone else getting the "You are not authorized to access this page." message when trying to access the link http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/chess?

It looks as if that website functions only as a calendar for future events as well as general promotion. As soon as an event has taken place, access to the details of it is removed.

[Adam Raoof]

I am trying to get this page revived, but in the mean time

www.chessengland.com

has what you need!

PS good article by Barden in the Guardian, makes fair points regarding prizes. I need a sponsor - anyone interested in sponsoring the event for next year should contact me directly. If I get any sponsorship I will add it to the prize fund.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/j ... e-festival

Adam

[Adam Raoof]

www.kingsplace.co.uk/chess is back up and running, with a selection of photos from the day courtesy of Kay Joslin and others.