Saturday, 27 July 2019

British Chess Championships

THE 2019 British Chess Championships began yesterday morning at Torquay's Riviera Centre with the first rounds of the under-11 and under-nine events.
There were 1,098 entries, including people who have entered more than one event - hardly the statistic of a sport in crisis.
The official website is unfortunately showing out-of-date ratings, but presumably these will be updated for the actual events.
I have entered the 50+ seniors, which runs from Monday through Sunday and currently has 54 entries, including two FMs (Terry Chapman and Oliver Jackson) and one WGM (Sheila Jackson).
The time limit, as with the 65+ seniors, the main championship and the major open, is 40 moves in 90 minutes, followed by 30 minutes to finish, with a 30-second increment throughout (I think all moves in two hours with a 30-second increment would be better - there is no need for a "windback" when increments are used).
There are ten GMs and 15 IMs in the main championship.

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