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There are three tournaments, FIDE Open, Major and Minor.

I played last year and would recommend this congress - there are very few opportunities to play FIDE rated chess in the North West

I presume since I last played there in 2010, they have improved the playing conditions

I know for a fact that the space for each board was definitely not to FIDE standards

Alan

I thought it was Ok on my first visit last year, although my play wasn't to FIDE standards

http://aigburthchessclub.atspace.com/Co ... %2009.html Some pics from 2009 ...

Leyland has moved venue since then (and the B of the Bang sculpture at the CoM has been scrapped too, nice photos though)