BEAU CHESS - the post-work workings-out of a chess amateur

I begin this blog after getting back into league chess following many years' absence due to work. My post-job status also means I am able to play more tournament chess. My new club in London is Battersea and my first game for them is on Thursday September 14, 2017. I start with a Fide rating of 1858, an ECF grade of 169 (=1968 elo) and an ICCF correspondence rating of 2267. My current Fide is 2009, my ECF is 1955 and my ICCF is 2325.

Wednesday 25 August 2021

Northumbria

ARRIVED in Gateshead for Tim Wall's Northumbria congress, which starts tomorrow, split into four sections.

In the Masters there are 81 entries, including four grandmasters: Daniel Gormally, Marian Petrov, Keith Arkell and Peter Wells. Among the other titled players is international master Michael Basman.

In the Challengers (U2000), which I have entered, there are 59 players, the Major (U1750) has 19 players and the Minor (U1500) has 33 players.

The format is one game tomorrow and then two a day for four days. The time control is 90 minutes with a 30-second increment.

There are apparently also two all-play-all invitationals, but I cannot find information about them at the official site: https://northumbriamasters.com/

1 comment:

Tim Spanton25 August 2021 at 18:06
It seems I did not look closely enough - all six tournaments are listed at http://chess-results.com/tnr574712.aspx?lan=1
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