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After lots of unsuccessful searching for a reasonably priced venue in the city centre, the Congress moves to Bolton Arena, next to Horwich Parkway railway station, near the football stadium

The Bolton Arena, Arena Approach, Horwich, Bolton BL6 6LB; Parking is Free

ACCOMMODATION
Premier Inn and Whites Hotel are adjacent to the venue.

FIDE rated Open
ECF rated Major (Under 1930) and Knights Under 1630)
Five round Swiss tournaments.
Time control for Open 110 + 10. Major and Knights 80 + 10

FIDE OPEN: 1st Place £500; 2nd Place £250; GP Under 2050: £75

MAJOR: 1st Place £300; 2nd Place £150; GP Under 1750: £50

MINOR: 1st Place £300; 2nd Place £150; GP Under 1550: £50

Registration
Entrants to the FIDE RATED OPEN should be ECF Gold Members or higher
Entrants to all other sections should be ECF members at Silver Level or higher

Online entry

Junior Championship 18th August 2023
Junior Championship: Trophies for Boys and Girls for the top three places plus three best game prizes.
Manchester Junior Championship 20 minutes plus 10 seconds increments each move,

BOOKSTALL by Howard Wood

Registration and Entry Fee
FIDE Open £45 Major £40 Knights £40 Junior Championship £25 (£20 for Girls) Refunds will be made up to Wednesday 16th August 2023.

The FIDE Open has been named the Harry Lamb Memorial

Less than a month to go

Brandon Clarke currently top seed in the Harry Lamb Memorial FIDE Open

Thanks to sponsorship from the University of Bolton, the Junior event on the Friday is now free to enter (those who have already paid will receive a full refund)

Currently 5 players over 2300 in the FIDE Open among the 52 entrants

26 in the Major and 54 in the Knights

50 juniors in Friday's event, which is free to enter

Late fee after today, places still available

The Twitch stream will be from FM Jonathan Blackburn and WIM British Ladies champion 2023 Lan Yao Rounds 1-3 and GM Pete Wells will cover round 4 and 5 with Jonathan Blackburn

Twitch Stream will start 30 minutes after the round starts

Live Games

Round 1 18:00 to 22:00
Round 2 10:00 to 14:00
Round 3 14:30 to 18:30
Round 4 10:00 to 14:00
Round 5 14:30 to 18:30

Hi Mick, Perhaps see you there?

Hi Keith, yes might call in tomorrow evening, been a busy week, Kristin's reasonably happy with her A level results today so she's off to Hull in a month to do Psychology, and passed her driving test yesterday

Chess results:

Open

Major

Knights

Junior

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 17, 2023 11:51 am

Hi Keith, yes might call in tomorrow evening, been a busy week, Kristin's reasonably happy with her A level results today so she's off to Hull in a month to do Psychology, and passed her driving test yesterday

Congrats to Kristin on both counts. How time flies!

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 17, 2023 11:54 am

Chess results:

Open

Major

Knights

Junior

The link for the Open shows "no tournament details", but this one works - https://chess-results.com/tnr807380.aspx?lan=1

Those were the links Ian sent me but they may have changed

Following the Open a bit...

Guess it counts as light training...

What's happening to Wainwright?

Nice to see Bogdan on 3/3... not a draw in sight! Chatted to him before... interesting character...

Mark Howitt wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 19, 2023 5:04 pm

Nice to see Bogdan on 3/3... not a draw in sight!

Wow, he must be motivated

Motivated by cash read he got to num 3 in world at one stage.