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A high-class rapidplay tournament where grandmasters, titled players and serious players, compete for £1,000 - one of the highest cash prizes in British chess. Plus a simul over 30 boards by Grandmaster Julian Hodgson.

Supported by Kings Place, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Guardian.

The tournament is a six-round rapidplay with 30 minutes per player in each round.

Join one of four sections depending on your experience level, based on English Chess Federation (ECF) rapidplay grades: Open (for the strongest players), Major Under 170, Minor Under 145 & Amateur Under 120. All sections are FIDE rated. £1000 1st in the Open, £100 1st in the other sections.

If you have never played in a tournament before and you have never had a rating, the Amateur is the section for you! All players must be ECF Silver members or above to participate. Please call 01424 775222 to join or visit the English Chess Federation website to join

Schedule

Round 1: 10am – 11am
Round 2: 11.15-12.15pm

Lunch: 12.15pm-12.45pm

Round 3: 12.45-1.45pm
Round 4: 2.00pm-3.00pm — and the start of the GM Hodgson Simultaneous
Round 5: 3.15pm-4.15pm
Round 6: 4.30pm-5.30pm

Prizes will be awarded no later than 6pm

Plus: Watch the tournament live
Watch the action unfold live on the tournament relay screen - with a commentary by Grand Master Julian Hodgson and others. No ticket required!
Subject to capacity

Tickets to enter the Rapidplay Tournament will be available shortly - register your interest here and we will contact you when tickets go on sale.

http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/rapidplay-t ... s-festival

Organised by Adam Raoof, with arbiters Tim Dickinson, Geoff Gammon.

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Kings Place a.k.a. the Guardian offices? If so, a very nice building with excellent amenities; have been there a couple of times. And just down the road from me

Tickets for this event are now on sale at the box office!

It is free for GMs and IMs to enter, but you should contact me directly to register, [email protected].

Several people have asked me how to get to the Kings Place Festival venue - it couldn't be easier.

You can go to Kings Cross and then exit following the signs for the canal- that's the easiest route.

Take a look at these photos, they'll be a useful guide.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamraoof/tags/150613/

Adam Raoof wrote:All players must be ECF Silver members or above to participate.

Non-members won't be able to pay the ECF's Pay-to-play fee?

The reason I ask is:
a) because most congresses seem to allow for payment of the £6 Pay-to-play fee; and
b) as the congress takes place late in the membership year and people who sign up for Silver membership (or higher) will have little opportunity to make further use of their membership.

Any chance of a change of mind?

Angus French wrote:

Adam Raoof wrote:All players must be ECF Silver members or above to participate.

Non-members won't be able to pay the ECF's Pay-to-play fee?

The reason I ask is:
a) because most congresses seem to allow for payment of the £6 Pay-to-play fee; and
b) as the congress takes place late in the membership year and people who sign up for Silver membership (or higher) will have little opportunity to make further use of their membership.

Any chance of a change of mind?

Of course that is possible, just not with the ticketing system we have. If you enter and are a non member or Bronze, I will write you a reminder to either upgrade or be prepared to pay six pounds at the venue!

Adam Raoof wrote: Of course that is possible, just not with the ticketing system we have.

It should say that on the promotional material then. If you were visiting London as a tourist from outside of England, it might discourage your entry if you were given the impression that it was a closed shop for ECF members only and that you would have to pay a year's membership for one day of use.

Adam Raoof wrote:

Angus French wrote:

Adam Raoof wrote:All players must be ECF Silver members or above to participate.

Non-members won't be able to pay the ECF's Pay-to-play fee?

The reason I ask is:
a) because most congresses seem to allow for payment of the £6 Pay-to-play fee; and
b) as the congress takes place late in the membership year and people who sign up for Silver membership (or higher) will have little opportunity to make further use of their membership.

Any chance of a change of mind?

Of course that is possible, just not with the ticketing system we have. If you enter and are a non member or Bronze, I will write you a reminder to either upgrade or be prepared to pay six pounds at the venue!

Thanks Adam. I shall let S&BCC and Streatham Library CC members know.

Top players in the Open so far

GM Gawain Jones
GM Mark Hebden
IM Richard Palliser
IM Jonathan Hawkins
IM Simon Ansell
IM Craig Hanley
IM Alexey Slavin
IM Yang-Fan Zhou

and room for a few more Grandmasters

List of players in the other three sections to come.

GM Mark Hebden joins the Open!

GM Gawain Jones
GM Mark Hebden
IM Richard Palliser
IM Jonathan Hawkins
IM Simon Ansell
IM Craig Hanley
IM Alexey Slavin
IM Yang-Fan Zhou

International Master Ameet Ghasi has joined the Open! Four sections, £2000 in prizes, get your entry in now!

GM Gawain Jones
GM Mark Hebden
IM Ameet Ghasi
IM Richard Palliser
IM Jonathan Hawkins
IM Simon Ansell
IM Craig Hanley
IM Alexey Slavin
IM Yang-Fan Zhou

http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/chess

ALSO

Saturday, 15 June 2013 - 2:00pm / Kings Place

Challenge British International Grandmaster and four times British Champion Julian Hodgson, as part of a 30-board simultaneous display.

Tickets (Entry Fee to the Simultaneous Display)
Adult: £29.50
Under 16's: £27.50

Newly entered: GM Peter Wells and IM Gavin Wall

70 entries so far to the Festival - here is a live link to the list of entrants;

https://kingsplace.wufoo.com/reports/ki ... -festival/

Don't forget that you can play GM Julian Hodgson in the afternoon simul - places going fast!

Adam Raoof wrote:... here is a live link to the list of entrants; https://kingsplace.wufoo.com/reports/ki ... -festival/

The link is showing a 'This Page is Not Accessible to the Public' message. (I'd have PM'd you but that facility seems to be disabled.)

Angus French wrote:

Adam Raoof wrote:... here is a live link to the list of entrants; https://kingsplace.wufoo.com/reports/ki ... -festival/

The link is showing a 'This Page is Not Accessible to the Public' message. (I'd have PM'd you but that facility seems to be disabled.)

aha - can you access the link on the Chess Circuit site about halfway down?

http://chesscircuit.blogspot.co.uk/