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Numbers now over 100 with a GM plus 2 IMs in the Open section.
Last chance to play in a long play tournament in South of England before the British

The 9th Weald Chess Congress will take place 11th - 12th July 2015 at Copthorne, near Crawley, Sussex. The venue is spacious and conveniently located just off the M23. 5-round swiss in 4 sections: Open, Major (U175), Intermediate (U140) and Minor (U110). British Championships 2015 qualifying place. ...

This comes at a time when the Government has announced a significant tightening of the rules on absence during termtime - http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/pupilsupport/behaviour/attendance/a00223868/regulations-amendments In the past it has been reasonably easy to apply for up to 10 days leave du...

The 7th Weald Chess Congress will take place 13th - 14th July 2013 at Copthorne, near Crawley, Sussex. The venue is spacious and conveniently located just off the M23. 5-round swiss in 4 sections: Open, Major (U175), Intermediate (U140) and Minor (U110). British Championships qualifying place. Prize...

Full U16 list:

1st Lancs 27
2nd Yorkshire 24½
3rd Sussex 20½
4th Greater Manchester 18½
5th South Wales 18
6th Cheshire & N. Wales 13
7th Berkshire 11½
8th Northamptonshire 7½
9th Merseyside 3½

The 6th Weald Chess Congress will take place 7th - 8th July 2012 at Worth, near Crawley, Sussex. The venue is spacious and conveniently located just off the M23. 5-round swiss in 4 sections: Open, Major (U175), Intermediate (U140) and Minor (U110) - part of the ECF Grand Prix. New for this year - Br...

This year the SCCU U18 & U14 jamboree is being organised by Sussex on SUNDAY 11th MARCH at London Meed School, Burgess Hill, RH15 9YQ. U18 Open – 8 boards U18 Minor - (all players graded below 140 with average grade below 110; treating any grade under 70 as 70) – 6 boards U14 Open – 8 boards U...

Results and crosstables - http://www.wealdchesscongress.org/Resul ... s2011.html

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Many thanks to Keith, Jim & Team for a very well organised event - very refreshing to arrive half an hour before the start to find everything set up & ready to go! The information sent out in advance (maps etc) was excellent. Great to see the results posted so quickly. For the future? Possibly consi...

The 5th Weald Chess Congress will take place 16 - 17th July 2011 at Copthorne, near Crawley, Sussex. The venue is spacious and conveniently located just off the M23. 5-round swiss in 4 sections: Open, Major (U175), Intermediate (U140) and Minor (U110) - part of the ECF Grand Prix. Prizefund increase...

Open: 1st IM Susan Lalic 4.5 2nd IM Graeme Buckley 3.5 3rd= IM Chris Baker, Dave Graham, David Grant, George Salimbeni 3 Grading prize Robin Haldane Major: 1st= Alan Hayward, Peter Lalic 4 3rd= Anthony Higgs, Stephen Thomas 3.5 Grading prize Matthew Payne Intermediate: 1st David Howes 4 2nd= Jonatha...

Thanks Neill for all your hard work on this event and for posting the results so quickly. Really enjoyable day in tricky conditions - very hot day, .....some sort of ball game going on elsewhere... Format was good - having minor sections allowed us to select players who otherwise rarely get a chance...

The Weald Chess Congress will take place 10th - 11th July at Copthorne, West Sussex. The venue is spacious and being close to Gatwick Airport conveniently located for rail and motorway links. It is a 5-round swiss in 4 sections - Open, Major (U180), Intermediate (U150) and Minor (U125) - and part of...