Bourne End One Day Congress - Sunday 10th April 2022

[Roger de Coverly]

The Bourne End One Day Congress will be running on Sunday 10th April 2022 at the Bourne End Community Centre, SL8 5SX. That's the weekend before Easter and avoids a clash with the St Albans Congress.

Sections of 12 to 20 players of similar standard. Five rounds of 40 minutes on the clock for the whole game with clock substitution available in the event of "unable to win" claims.in the last couple of minutes, First round starting at 10 am, last round scheduled to finish by 6:10 pm.

Entry forms should be at the Bucks website http://www.buckschess.org.uk/

Andrew Smith will be taking entries etc.

[Wadih Khoury]

... with clock substitution available in the event of "unable to win" claims.in the last couple of minutes,

I am not familiar with the expression, what does it mean?

Also, 40 on the clock means this will be rated for standard play? I assume ECF only?

[Roger de Coverly]

I am not familiar with the expression, what does it mean?

Also, 40 on the clock means this will be rated for standard play? I assume ECF only?

40 minutes is rated as rapid play, ECF only. Standard is minimum of one hour.

Whwn playing without an increment it's possible to claim with two minutes remaining that the opponent is unable or not attempting to win by normal means. Mostly this protects players against losing on time with an obviously winning position, but could also be used to make a clearly drawn posirion into a draw, It's moved around the FIDE Laws of Chess quite a bit over the years, it's now relegated to an appendix.

Clock substitution is easy enough to apply. You have a standby clock with an increment mode set, and just set the substitute clock by reference to the times on the normal clock.

[Roger de Coverly]

The entry form is at
https://e-voice.org.uk/bourneendchesscl ... d-congress

You can enter by email to Andrew Smith apstubs at aol.com

Salient Details

Five round Swiss tournaments (12 to 20 players) with competitors of similar ratings.
40 minutes on the clock, first round 10 am, last round finishing by 6:10 pm,

Venue Bourne End Cimmunity Centre, Wakeman Road, Bourne End SL8 5SX

Entry fee £ 20 (Silver and above) or £ 29 otherwise. On line payments accepted - see entry form or contact Andy for detail.

Prizes per section, £120, £60, £ 30