Ilford Congress

[John Philpott]

This Congress, the 57th to be held under the auspices of the Essex Chess Association, will take place over the bank holiday weekend of 26, 27 and 28 May 2007 at the Redbridge Institute, Gaysham Avenue, Gants Hill, Ilford IG2 6TD. The venue, which is a short walk from Gants Hill Station on the Central Line, offers free parking.

The event is run as a six round Swiss, with two rounds per day. There are three sections:

Open (entry fee £28). which incorporates the 2006/7 Essex Championship and offers a qualifying place for the 2007 British Championship in Great Yarmouth.

Major (entry fee £26) for players graded under 160, which incorporates the 2006/7 Essex U150 Championship.

Minor (entry fee £26) for players graded under 120.

Entries postmarked before 3 May attract a £3 discount: a late fee of £4 is payable for entries on the day. Other discounts available are £3 for ECF direct members and £5 for juniors.

An entry form giving full details is downloadable from http://www.essexchess.org.uk/files/Ilf07.pdf

[John Philpott]

12 months on from the previous post on this thread, and the 2008 Ilford Congress is fast approaching over the 24-26 May Bank Holiday weekend. Details are not that different from last year: this time around the Open incorporates the SCCU Individual Championship as well as offering a qualifying place for the British Championship in Liverpool.

Entries postmarked no later than tomorrow (3 May) qualify for a £2 early entry discount, so apply now. The entry form can be downloaded from:

http://www.essexchess.org.uk/files/Ilf08.pdf

[John Philpott]

This is a very predicatble thread, as a further year on and we are fast approaching the 2009 Ilford Congress over the late May Bank holiday weekend of 23/25 May, still at the same venue of the Redbridge Avenue in Gaysham Avenue near Gants Hill Station. This is the Diamond Jubilee event, as the first Congress was held in May 1950 under the auspices of Ilford Chess Club to celebrate the club's 50th anniversary, and the event was taken over by the Essex Chess Association the following year. For a downloadable entry form, go to:

http://www.essexchess.org.uk/files/congs/Ilf09.pdf

[Ben Purton]

Any British place available?


Ben

[Sean Hewitt]

Any British place available?


Ben

There is at Amersham !!

[Matt Harrison]

There is indeed a British Championships place available at Ilford.