Cost of competing in the UK

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Hello.
I am considering taking part in a UK tournament in Warwick university, Coventry.
I want to know the following:

where can I find food? Where can I see the menu?
What is the strength of each tournament?
How can I get to the university?

Thanks in advance

[IM Jack Rudd]

Assuming you're talking about the British Championships, the strength of each tournament so far can be found here. For tournaments where ECF grades and not FIDE ratings are given, a decent rough conversion is FIDE=(ECF*8) + 600. Thus ECF 100 = FIDE 1400, ECF 125 = 1600, and so on.

[MartinCarpenter]

Warwick Uni is on a campus a little by itself. Lots of buses from Coventry/Leamington Spa railway stations.

Not totally sure about food - several catering places on campus, but its during holidays/maybe special for the British champs. Biggest cost would be accommodation somewhere near enough for the duration.

[David Gilbert]

I want to know the following:

where can I find food? Where can I see the menu?
What is the strength of each tournament?
How can I get to the university?

If you stay at the University (many will) you can get an en-suite room with a shared kitchen at a reasonable price. This is standard student accommodation. Usually five or six people share a fully equipped kitchen. There are shops on the campus where you can buy food to prepare yourself. If you prefer to eat out there’s a list of restaurants here (this is a bit out-of-date but probably still okay):

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac ... 2-food.pdf

Because you are not British you wouldn’t be eligible to play in the actual Championship, or the British Senior’s championships, or the Junior championships, and I don’t think you can play in the graded Championships either (under 120, under 140, under 160 or under 180). You should be okay for everything else (depending on your age).

If your FIDE rating is 1760 that’s equivalent to an ECF rating of 145. You could play either in the Major Open, or the Week 1 and/or Week 2 morning and/or afternoon open events. You might also want to consider the rapid play or blitz tournaments. Or if you just wanted to play on the middle weekend, you should be eligible to play in the Under-150 five round weekender.

To give you an idea of strength you can see the current entries for each event here:
http://www.britishchesschampionships.co ... /entrants/

There are directions to the University here;
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/visiting/

[soheil_hooshdaran]

I want to know the following:

where can I find food? Where can I see the menu?
What is the strength of each tournament?
How can I get to the university?

If you stay at the University (many will) you can get an en-suite room with a shared kitchen at a reasonable price. This is standard student accommodation.

In most tournaments inside Iran, we share a room with other participants (whether we know them or not-it is not pre-arranged). Is there such a possibility there, too?

[David Gilbert]

No.

[Stewart Reuben]

You can however become a member of a group that shares a flat, each person having a single room. The kitchen is then shared.
The problem remains, as we have discussed, whether you can get a visa in time.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Yes, especially since British embassy in Iran will re-open just in October/November.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

I would like to come and see the helpful members of this forum, whose helps were very helpful. But the cost of getting visa and the tickets seems to far exceed my budget.

I can go to the Turkey for getting a visa, since entering Turkey needs no visa for Iranians.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

You can however become a member of a group that shares a flat, each person having a single room. The kitchen is then shared.
The problem remains, as we have discussed, whether you can get a visa in time.

There should not be a big problem with an invitation. I can travel to Istanbul any time.