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Sadly my 91 year old mother passed away today. I had enter Congress at Fareham for same dates but has been cancelled now. Im amazed the North Shields going ahead with 6 in room government rules. Thats why Fareham was cancelled

From tonymrcorfe email dated 15/09/20 Today I have spoken with the manager of the Lysses House Hotel at Fareham. Nikki had spoken with NHS England who have confirmed that the new government guidance prohibits the running of events like the one which Castle Chess is trying to organise. The comment pa...

PLease try as well and hopefully you can login as well

After 3 weeks I have managed to login at last.

Still not working for me

Thanks John

Have been a member on chessgames for over 10 years but since last Friday the site is unavailable. Anyone know why ??

2020 DCCA “Paignton” Congress: CANCELLED In light of the ongoing uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, and the need for stringent social distancing measures to keep the community safe, the organisers of the DCCA “Paignton” Congress have decided – after considerable discussion – to formally CANCEL this y...

Dear Chess Player I am sad to inform you that as organisers of the Torbay Chess Congress we have decided to cancel the 2020 Congress because of the ongoing implications of the Coronavirus pandemic. It is in the nature of chess congresses that any form of “social distancing” will be impossible, and r...

Due to the Covid 19 virus the Guernsey Chess Federation very much regrets to confirm the cancellation of the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival. We very much hope that all our chess friends will understand that in making this decision we consider the safety of players to be of paramount impo...

From my friend John Bass All, If you've nothing better to do on Friday night (and who has these days), you might want to watch 'Pawn Sacrifice' on BBC2 at 11:20pm, which apparently, is a dramatization of Bobby Fischer's chess career including the 1972 match versus Spassky. How accurate it is I have ...

Alan has entered two tournaments at Torquay (Paignton) - 1st Week of September

Looking at Torquay/Paignton entries for Sept Alan has entered two tournaments . Glad to see his return to playing chess again

Hope to see Alan in September at Torquay (Paignton) Congress.

Alan was due hip operation in Feb /March so I imagine if this happened he will be back at the chess board May / June. He was in a lot of pain hence non playing chess before operation. When fully fit plays over 300 games a season which is amazing for someone in Mid 80's.