Events in 2021

Details of upcoming UK events, please provide working links if possible.
Wadih Khoury
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Re: Events in 2021

Post by Wadih Khoury » Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:10 pm

Not sure if already posted, dates of the British (OtB) have been published:
Open Championship Final – 2nd-10th October
Womens Championship Final – 11th-17th October
Senior Championships Finals – 4th-10th October
Junior Finals – 2nd-3rd October

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Re: Events in 2021

Post by David Sedgwick » Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:27 pm

Wadih Khoury wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:10 pm
Not sure if already posted, dates of the British (OtB) have been published:
Open Championship Final – 2nd-10th October
Womens Championship Final – 11th-17th October
Senior Championships Finals – 4th-10th October
Junior Finals – 2nd-3rd October
Those dates were only announced yesterday. You got here first.

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Re: Events in 2021

Post by Simon Rogers » Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:50 am

Roger de Coverly wrote:
Mon Apr 12, 2021 7:02 pm
I took a look at https://ratings.fide.com/rated_tourname ... ountry=ENG out of curiosity to see what's there.

There was a rapidplay in Hull listed for yesterday, but I rather think that's just not been removed.

Otherwise it's just the Northumbria Masters in August, the Northumberland weekender in September, Scarborough in October and the London Junior/Open in December.

Nothing notified to FIDE yet for the 4NCL, Hastings and others. Scarborough hasn't been FIDE rated in the past.

Nothing for Wales, Scotland or Ireland either.
Don't worry all.
Your roving reporter has found some other events taking place. It's just a case of visiting certain websites.
I've also found a large number of International events taking place to go in the obscure topic.
Apologies for not posting sooner as I had to wait for my phones' data allowance to renew.

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Re: Events in 2021

Post by David Sedgwick » Thu Apr 15, 2021 4:42 pm

Nick Burrows wrote:
Mon Apr 12, 2021 8:07 pm
IOM International are hoping to hold a Major & Minor alongside the Grand Swiss but waiting on developments.

Late Oct / Early Nov
A decision will be taken during the summer as to whether the Grand Swiss can proceed as scheduled. If it does not, then it is almost certain that the Major and Minor Tournaments will also be postponed or cancelled.

The provisional dates for the Major and Minor, if they do go ahead, are Saturday 30th October to Friday 5th November. Anyone considering entering should bear in mind that I have accepted an invitation to be the Principal Arbiter for these tournaments.

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Re: Events in 2021

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:02 pm

South Lakes Congress is off for 2021, because the venue (Kendal Leisure Centre) is going to be unavailable until the end of the year.

The better news is that it has already been booked for the tournament to return in mid 2022 :)
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Re: Events in 2021

Post by Chris Rice » Sat Apr 17, 2021 11:39 am

Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:02 pm
South Lakes Congress is off for 2021, because the venue (Kendal Leisure Centre) is going to be unavailable until the end of the year.

The better news is that it has already been booked for the tournament to return in mid 2022 :)
Just some more detail on Matt's post from the organisers:

"The good news though is that we plan to hold the 2022 event in Kendal on the
weekend of June 3rd, 4th and 5th. The Kendal Leisure Centre is booked and we
hope to see you there; an entry form will be available at the end of the
year."

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Re: Events in 2021

Post by Gareth T Ellis » Tue Apr 20, 2021 12:53 pm

To be confirmed - Warrington 15th -17th October 2021

Subject to venue confirmation.

I'm currently working with a potential sponsor to initiate a new annual event.

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Re: Events in 2021

Post by LawrenceCooper » Tue Apr 20, 2021 3:11 pm

Gareth T Ellis wrote:
Tue Apr 20, 2021 12:53 pm
To be confirmed - Warrington 15th -17th October 2021

Subject to venue confirmation.

I'm currently working with a potential sponsor to initiate a new annual event.
Excellent news :)

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Re: Events in 2021

Post by David Sedgwick » Thu Apr 22, 2021 5:07 pm

David Sedgwick wrote:
Thu Apr 15, 2021 4:42 pm
Nick Burrows wrote:
Mon Apr 12, 2021 8:07 pm
IOM International are hoping to hold a Major & Minor alongside the Grand Swiss but waiting on developments.

Late Oct / Early Nov
A decision will be taken during the summer as to whether the Grand Swiss can proceed as scheduled. If it does not, then it is almost certain that the Major and Minor Tournaments will also be postponed or cancelled.

The provisional dates for the Major and Minor, if they do go ahead, are Saturday 30th October to Friday 5th November. Anyone considering entering should bear in mind that I have accepted an invitation to be the Principal Arbiter for these tournaments.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe ... n-56847501

I have also posted this link in the (Chess) Life returning to normal thread, where there are other comments about the events in the Isle of Man

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Re: Events in 2021

Post by David Sedgwick » Thu May 06, 2021 12:55 am

Caplin Hastings International Chess Congress Announcement:

http://www.hastingschess.com/caplin-has ... s-2021-22/

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Re: Events in 2021

Post by Roger de Coverly » Thu May 06, 2021 10:08 am

David Sedgwick wrote:
Thu May 06, 2021 12:55 am
Caplin Hastings International Chess Congress Announcement:
The planned Congress will take place between (Wednesday) 29th December 2021 and (Sunday) 9th January 2022 and will include 10-round Masters tournament, Christmas, New Year and Weekend events as in previous years.
From the dates, we can infer the likely format. In recent years one of the schedules for the Christmas and New Year tournaments has been double round. It's a bit like playing in a weekend tournament that's not at a weekend and where the first round is in the afternoon.

Depending on travel rules some non-resident foreign players may have difficulties.

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Re: Events in 2021

Post by Ian Thompson » Thu May 06, 2021 10:19 am

Roger de Coverly wrote:
Thu May 06, 2021 10:08 am
Depending on travel rules some non-resident foreign players may have difficulties.
On the other hand, some British players who prefer to play abroad at that time of year might find they can't and Hastings is their only viable option.

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Re: Events in 2021

Post by Nick Grey » Thu May 06, 2021 10:25 pm

Let's hope for a London Chess Classic.

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Re: Events in 2021

Post by Mike Gunn » Fri May 07, 2021 2:37 pm

Normally Hastings would start on the 28th. Is it starting one day later to allow for extra covid-related preparations?

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Re: Events in 2021

Post by Mike Gunn » Fri May 07, 2021 2:40 pm

Wadih Khoury wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:14 am
Adam Raoof wrote:
Mon Apr 12, 2021 10:43 pm
I am doing four rapidplay events in July and August, but I would like to have 10 all play sections of 6. However FIDE would charge £70 per section to rate them!

So I think I will just stick to ECF rating these...
Can't you do it as a swiss (they'll still be playing al, but the pairing would be determined each round)?
Or more practically, why limit to 6 your sections? If all goes to plan, there will no longer be a rule of 6 in effect indoors and you can resume normal sections.
If you are running a tournament with a small number of participants the pairings won't work near the end if you run it as a Swiss - it has to be an APA.

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