Under 2200 / 190 ECF Congress, Hampstead 19-20 January 2013

[Adam Raoof]

NOW A MONTHLY EVENT!

ECF Membership Gold or Platinum required for English players.

Easy to get to venue in Hampstead, very near to the Underground Station (Northern Line). Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohns Avenue, London, NW3 6NS. The entrance to the venue is on Prince Arthur Road. Arbiters: Adam Raoof and Geoff Gammon, food by Norman and yElena Went.

FORMAT
Five Rounds, games are FIDE rated and graded by the ECF for the national grading database. Maximum 60 players, limited to players rated (standard rating) Under 2200. Unrated players should be Under 190 ECF, or the national equivalent. Swiss format tournaments.

BYES: if you cannot make a round (some people like to get an early night on Saturday) you can ask for a half-point bye in advance by informing the arbiter. Not available in the final round!

TIME CONTROL - ALL MOVES IN 90 MINUTES per player (3.0 hour session).
Round Times: Saturday (1) 10.30am to 1.30pm, (2) 2.00pm to 5.00pm, (3) 5.30pm to 8.30pm. Sunday (4) 11.00am to 2pm, (5) 2.30pm to 5.30pm. Prizes will be transferred by BACS after the event, so please let us have your details if you have won a prize.

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http://www.hampsteadchess.blogspot.co.uk/

[Roger de Coverly]

FORMAT
Five Rounds, games are FIDE rated and graded by the ECF for the national grading database. Maximum 60 players, limited to players rated (standard rating) Under 2200. Unrated players should be Under 190 ECF, or the national equivalent. Swiss format tournaments.

The first of the series offered a British Championship place, has this now been withdrawn?

[Adam Raoof]

FORMAT
Five Rounds, games are FIDE rated and graded by the ECF for the national grading database. Maximum 60 players, limited to players rated (standard rating) Under 2200. Unrated players should be Under 190 ECF, or the national equivalent. Swiss format tournaments.

The first of the series offered a British Championship place, has this now been withdrawn?

Not withdrawn, but we had special dispensation for the first event. Under 2200 events shouldn't really qualify for a BCQ, though there are some weekenders that still have grading limited top sections with a BCQ such as Kidlington.

[David Sedgwick]

... there are some weekenders that still have grading limited top sections with a BCQ such as Kidlington.

The grading limit at Kidlington and other such events is at or above the level required for automatic qualification for the British Championship. Hence everyone not already qualified is eligible to play.

Under 2200 events shouldn't really qualify for a BCQ ...

If you were to remove the "really", I would agree 100%

[Adam Raoof]

The January 2013 rating list is now out, so if your rating is under 2200 then you still have time to enter next weekend's congress in Hampstead, now a monthly event!

[Adam Raoof]

We're up to 31 entries for the weekend, and NW London is two degrees warmer than the rest of the country, so we hope to avoid too much snow!

http://www.hampsteadchess.blogspot.co.uk/

[Nick Burrows]

I wished I'd come the other way now!

Hope your event goes well Adam..

[Adam Raoof]

Several more entries today, maybe we will get 32 players? So still space, and the snow isn't too bad in london...

[Adam Raoof]

Hampstead FIDE Chess Congress 19-20 January 2013

http://www.hampsteadchess.blogspot.co.uk/

NEXT EVENT: Under 2200, 16-17 February 2013

Final Standings (30 played)
1st: Rob Willmoth 4.5/5, £200
=2nd: Tomer Eden, Cengiz Hasman (£50 each) and Nick Fordham (U2000
rating prize of £80) all with 4/5
Under 1700 rating prize of £80 to George Hassabis with 3/5

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[James Pratt]

Very impresed by this new venture, Adam.

BCM has already reserved some space to shout about it.

James Pratt
Editor
www.britishchessmagazine.co.uk

[Adam Raoof]

Very impresed by this new venture, Adam.

BCM has already reserved some space to shout about it.

James Pratt
Editor
http://www.britishchessmagazine.co.uk

Thanks James! We have added three more dates to our online entry form and already have a few entries to the next event on 16-17 February. There are some nice photos on Brendan O'Gorman's photoblog and most of the games are on the site.