Thursday, 13 March 2025

Springing Into Action

MY tournament plans for the next three months are more-or-less finalised, but with a major query in May.

Mar 14-16: Fareham, Hampshire. Six-round weekender, although I am taking a bye on the Saturday afternoon.

Mar 21-29: Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria. Nine rounds over nine days, I am playing in the seniors, but there is also an open and an U2000.

Apr 11-19: Bad Soden, Hesse. Nine rounds over nine days - seniors only.

Apr 24-28: Kenilworth, Warwickshire. English Seniors Championship in two sections: 65+ and 50+. Seven rounds over five days, but I am taking byes on the two double-round days.

May 3-5: Daventry, Northamptonshire. Hoping to play for Wessex in the Four Nations Chess League.

May 12-18: Großschönau, Saxony. I would love to play in this seven-round seniors' tournament, but getting there from London seems a nightmare, involving at least three changes of buses/trains (as well as flights).
The following details are from Tim Harding's seniors' calendar:
32nd Upper Lusatian Senior Championships, close to the Czech border. Details available (PDF in German). There will be one tournament but with separate prize lists for the age groups 60+ and 70+. Women aged 55+ can also enter. Played over 7 rounds using the slower FIDE time limit where players get an extra 30 minutes after the 40th move. Morning play except for round 1.
 
May 25-31: Bregenz, Austria. Seven rounds of senior chess over seven mornings. There is also a nine-round open, starting a day earlier and finishing a day later, with play mainly in the afternoons.
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous13 March 2025 at 10:00

    Have you considered flying to Berlin to get to Großschönau? It's quite a long journey but would, at least, mean you could get all the way there by train (Flughafen Berlin Bahnhof -> Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt -> Zittau Bahnhof -> Großschönau (Sachs) Bahnhof).

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    1. Tim Spanton13 March 2025 at 10:54

      Yes, thank you, I think that might be my best option. It means four(!) trains, which will be a pain in the neck. One way of ameliorating this might be to fly to Berlin, stay overnight in a hotel, and take the trains the following day (and vice versa when coming back).

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    2. Tim Spanton14 March 2025 at 15:11

      Correction! Three trains, not four, from Berlin to Grosschoenau

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  2. Anonymous13 March 2025 at 22:23

    Berlin is Proberbly the best option.From Prague is more complicated with trains and buses.And indeed when you take your time for the journey its maybe not so bad at all.
    C you next week in B.W.

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  3. Tim Spanton14 March 2025 at 11:31

    Thanks. I did look at Prague, but, as you say, connections from there are even more convoluted than from Berlin.

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