English Chess Forum

48th Scarborough Chess Congress
24th to 26th October 2025
5 Rounds
Prize pool over £7000.
£1000 Open 1st Place Prize
Six sections this year.
https://www.scarboroughchess.uk

Record entry of 445.
A number of forum members are playing.
I am playing in the Intermediate Section and will try to do a report after each round.
There is a new team competition, 1st prize of £400.

Good luck to all forum members and guests to the forum.

I won with white this evening against a promising 10 year old from Leamington, finished about 11pm.. The games started 15 minutes late due to a few issues regarding the pairings. It's good to see so many people. Chess and Bridge are doing the book stall again and provided free pens at every board.

Simon Rogers wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 24, 2025 5:57 pm

Record entry of 445.

Thank you for providing the updates and this is tremendous news!

I won this morning with black in a sharp tactical battle against Edward Staples from Hull. Both of us were down to one minute each. This afternoon, I drew against top seed Brendan O'Gorman with white.
Good to see Lara Barnes as chief arbiter.
Nigel Hepworth has organised a terrific Congress.