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Contact: Hok Yin Stephen Chiu Email: coventrydistrictchess@gmail.com Web: https://covchessleague.blogspot.com/p/2nd-rapidplay.html [MAP]
6 rounds – each player has 20 minutes + 10 second increment per round. 3 sections – Open, Major (U145), Minor (U110). Entry £15.00 (Juniors £10.00). All players welcome, from both inside and outside the League!
Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: daniel@ccfworld.com [MAP]
Another chance for juniors to get FIDE rated
Contact: David Clayton Email: fidecongress@gmail.com Website: http://congress.popmalc.org.uk/congress/49/home [MAP]
Major U1900 (ECF U160); Minor U1500 (ECF U107) | Flyer
Contact: Douglas Vleeshhouwer Email: douglas.vleeshhouwer@gmail.com Web: http://www.hullchess.com/Rapid+Play+2020 [MAP]
5 round Swiss rapid tournament – FIDE-rated Open, FIDE-rated U1900, ECF U120
20 mins + 10 secs increment from move 1. In each section – 1st prize £100, 2nd prize £50, one £30 grading prize
Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: chess@ccfworld.com Web: https://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Adult%20Competitions/Rapidplay_New%20Year.html [MAP]
Rapidplay with an Open section plus as many rated sections as numbers (and the grades and ratings of the players) reasonably allow
Contact: Edward Mospan Email: kingstonchessrapidplay@gmail.com Web: https://www.kingstonchessrapidplay.co.uk [MAP]
Three sections FIDE-rated and ECF graded. GROUP A – OPEN; GROUP B – ECF UNDER 160 (FIDE 1900); GROUP C – ECF UNDER 120 (FIDE 1600). 25 minutes per player per game, with the addition of 5 seconds a move throughout
Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: chess@ccfworld.com Web: https://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Junior%20Home%20Page/ECC_Qual_info.htm [MAP]
7 round Open tournament for players Under 18 @ 31 August 2019. Qualification event for the later stages of the 2020 English Chess Challenge
Contact: Gareth Griffiths Email: rapidplay@stockportchessclub.org Web: http://www.stockportchessclub.org/rapidplay.html [MAP]
6 round Swiss tournament with 4 sections – Open (open to all), Major (U170), Intermediate (U140), Minor (U110).
Prizes in each section £140, £90, £40 and £40 grading prizes. Veteran and Junior prizes and Stockport League trophies in Major, Intermediate and Minor sections | Entry form
Contact: Paul Jones Email: jitsujones@yahoo.co.uk [MAP]
5-round standard play tournament with Minor, Intermediate and Major sections, with Fischer time controls. Each player will have 110 minutes with the addition of 10 seconds for each move made
Contact: Edward Mospan Email: kingstonchessrapidplay@gmail.com Web: https://www.kingstonchessrapidplay.co.uk [MAP]
Three sections FIDE-rated and ECF graded. GROUP A – OPEN; GROUP B – ECF UNDER 160 (FIDE 1900); GROUP C – ECF UNDER 120 (FIDE 1600). 25 minutes per player per game, with the addition of 5 seconds a move throughout
Contact: Bill O’Rourke Email: blackpoolchessconference@virginmedia.com Web: http://www.blackpoolchess.org.uk [MAP]
£6700 in prizes. Five sections – Lancashire Open, The Imperial Major (U181), The Intermediate (U155), The Minor (U135) & The Standard (U115) | Live games at http://www.blackpoolchess.org.uk | Entry form
Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: chess@ccfworld.com Web: https://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2020-03-14_CLC_SE.htm [MAP]
Primary School (FIDE-rated & ECF graded) Team tournament. This is the 2nd Leg of 2 rounds of qualifying for the Summer Term Final
Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: chess@ccfworld.com Web: https://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2020-03-15_CLC_SW.htm [MAP]
Primary School (FIDE-rated & ECF graded) Team tournament. This is the 2nd Leg of 2 rounds of qualifying for the Summer Term Final
Contact: Edward Mospan Email: kingstonchessrapidplay@gmail.com Web: https://www.kingstonchessrapidplay.co.uk [MAP]
Three sections FIDE-rated and ECF graded. GROUP A – OPEN; GROUP B – ECF UNDER 160 (FIDE 1900); GROUP C – ECF UNDER 120 (FIDE 1600). 25 minutes per player per game, with the addition of 5 seconds a move throughout
Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: chess@ccfworld.com Web: https://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2020-03-28_CLC_K.htm [MAP]
Primary School (FIDE-rated & ECF graded) Team tournament. This is the 2nd Leg of 2 rounds of qualifying for the Summer Term Final
Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: chess@ccfworld.com Web: https://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2019-11-17_CLC_M.htm [MAP]
Primary School (FIDE-rated & ECF graded) Team tournament. This is the 2nd Leg of 2 rounds of qualifying for the Summer Term Final
Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: chess@ccfworld.com Web: https://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Adult%20Competitions/Rapidplay_Easter.html [MAP]
Rapidplay with an Open section plus as many rated sections as numbers (and the grades and ratings of the players) reasonably allow
Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: chess@ccfworld.com Web: https://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2020-05-08_CLC_Final.htm [MAP]
Primary School (FIDE Rated & ECF Graded) Team Finals
Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: chess@ccfworld.com Web: http://www.englishchesschallenge.co.uk/ [MAP]
Age group (and gender specific) semi-finals for primary school aged players who have qualified from the opening round of the 2020 English Chess Challenge
Contact: Daniel GLiddon Email: chess@ccfworld.com Web: https://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Adult%20Competitions/Rapidplay_Summer.html [MAP]
Rapidplay with an Open section plus as many rated sections as numbers (and the grades and ratings of the players) reasonably allow
Contact: Edward Mospan Email: kingstonchessrapidplay@gmail.com Web: https://www.kingstonchessrapidplay.co.uk [MAP]
Three sections FIDE-rated and ECF graded. GROUP A – OPEN; GROUP B – ECF UNDER 160 (FIDE 1900); GROUP C – ECF UNDER 120 (FIDE 1600). 25 minutes per player per game, with the addition of 5 seconds a move throughout
Contact: Daniel Gliddon Email: chess@ccfworld.com Web: http://www.englishchesschallenge.co.uk/ [MAP]
Age group (and gender specific) semi-finals for primary school aged players who have qualified from the opening round of the 2020 English Chess Challenge
Contact: Edward Mospan Email: kingstonchessrapidplay@gmail.com Web: https://www.kingstonchessrapidplay.co.uk [MAP]
Three sections FIDE-rated and ECF graded. GROUP A – OPEN; GROUP B – ECF UNDER 160 (FIDE 1900); GROUP C – ECF UNDER 120 (FIDE 1600). 25 minutes per player per game, with the addition of 5 seconds a move throughout