It comes free with membership of the ECF, and since membership is more-or-less compulsory for English people wanting to play competitive chess in England, ChessMoves is effectively a freebie.
The ECF could easily turn out any old tosh, but on the contrary ChessMoves is full of interesting articles, many of which are highly instructive.
The latest issue arrived in my email inbox today, with grandmaster Danny Gormally's piece, headed Time, Planning and Speed, being the pick of the articles, at least on a first read-through.
But at least as interesting to me are the dates for the English Seniors Championships and the Cambridge International, announcements which were eagerly anticipated.
The seniors' events will apparently be at Kenilworth Holiday Inn from April 24-28, while the Cambridge tournament is down for May 26-31.
I write apparently because a little later in the magazine there appears: "The English Seniors Championships usually takes [sic] place around May, but there are no further details at this stage."
Nevertheless, it is probably a good idea to at least pencil in the above dates.
Unfortunately, the Kenilworth clashes with tournaments planned for Guildford, Oxford, Yarmouth and elsewhere, but such clashes are difficult to avoid in today's chess world.
The mentioned timing of the seniors is the week commencing Easter Monday, which is irritating as I’ll be away then and first year I can play over 50s chess………
ReplyDeleteI guess it's just after the school holidays, or at least at a time when the venue expects fewer bookings.
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