48th Scarborough Chess Congress

[Simon Rogers]

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

[Simon Rogers]

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.

[Simon Rogers]

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

[Simon Rogers]

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.

[Rob Coles]

Record entry of 445.

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

[Simon Rogers]

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.

[Nick Burrows]

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[Mick Norris]

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