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The 43rd annual Kidlington Chess Tournament will take place at Exeter Hall, Kidlington, on Saturday & Sunday 1 & 2 February, 2020. We shall again have four sections, Open, U180, U145 and U120, and a prize fund of over £2200. The Open section will incorporate the second leg of the 2019-20 Oxfordshire...

Simon Charles, who is arranging matters, has told me that Ray's funeral will take place at 2pm on Monday 23 July at the Oxford Crematorium (Bayswater Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 9RZ). (An apology: I mistakenly wrote in the announcement which Nick Burrows posted at the start of this thread that Ray ...

You are invited to the 41st annual Kidlington Chess Tournament, which will be held on Saturday & Sunday 3 & 4 February 2018 at our regular venue, Exeter Hall, Kidlington OX5 1AB. Kidlington is a very well-established event in the English tournament calendar with a seasoned team of experienced contro...

Thanks, Kevin, for your kind comment. I must say I have been greatly taken by surprise by the huge increase in the number of entries. At least since I became involved in the organization of the Kidlington Tournament (2010), we've never come anywhere near reaching the limit of our capacity. The reaso...

My apologies for not updating earlier my previous post of last Saturday, but as those who have visited the Kidlington Tournament website this week will be aware, entries reached our limit of 192 and had to be closed on Sunday afternoon. Entries can now be accommodated ONLY if there are withdrawals, ...

Not much room left at next weekend's Kidlington Tournament Because of the remarkably high number of entries received already this year, and a further surge in the last few days, we are unexpectedly closing in on the maximum number of players (192) that we can accommodate in the venue, Exeter Hall. ...

You are invited to the 40th annual Kidlington Chess Tournament, which will be held on Saturday & Sunday 4 & 5 February 2017 at our regular venue, Exeter Hall, Kidlington OX5 1AB. Kidlington is a very well-established event in the English tournament calendar with a seasoned team of experienced contro...

The 39th annual Kidlington Chess Tournament will be held on Saturday & Sunday 6 & 7 February 2016 at our usual venue, Exeter Hall, Kidlington OX5 1AB. Kidlington is a well-established event in the English tournament calendar with a seasoned team of experienced controllers and a friendly atmosphere. ...

The 37th annual Kidlington Tournament held last weekend (our traditional slot on the first weekend in February), attracted a very satisfying 170 entrants, with 22 starters in the top section (U225), 46 in the U180, 59 in the U145 section, and 43 in the U120. This was considerably up on last year’s...

The 36th annual Kidlington Chess Tournament will be held on 2 & 3 February 2013 at our usual venue, Exeter Hall, Kidlington. There are four sections: Under-225, Under-180, Under-145, and Under-120, with a total prize fund of nearly £2000. The tournament is an ECF Grand Prix event, as well as a Brit...