Hampstead Festival Chess Congress - Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th June 2012

Hampstead Festival Chess Congress

Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th June 2012

Part of the Hampstead Summer Festival, in aid of the Children’s Society and Henderson Court, an Age UK Camden resource centre.

VENUE

Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohns Avenue, London, NW3 6NS

View the location via Google maps

The centre is situated 5 minutes walk from Hampstead tube station. Bus stop for numbers 46 and 268 are nearby.  

ACCOMMODATION

If you need to stay overnight I recommend the Anchor House Hotel www.anchorhousehotel.co.uk/ in Golders Green (a very quick bus ride), or La Gaffe on Heath Street - http://www.lagaffe.co.uk/.

FORMAT

Five Rounds, games graded by the ECF for the national grading database.

Maximum 40 players, divided into two sections by ECF grade.  £150 1st and £80 £2nd in each section. Swiss format tournaments.

Time Control: 30 moves in 90 minutes, plus 15 minutes each to finish (3.5 hour session).

Round Times: Saturday (1) 10.30am to 2pm, (2) 2.30pm to 6.00pm, (3) 6.30pm to 10pm.  Sunday (4) 10.30am to 2pm, (5) 2.30pm to 6.00pm. Prizegiving at 6.30pm.

TO ENTER

You must be a member of the English Chess Federation (any category) to participate. Ring 01424 775 222 to join or visit http://www.englishchess.org.uk/.

A donation of a minimum of £40.00 is requested to participate.  Profits will be donated to the Festival in aid of our two charities.  

Please pay by PayPal using the button on the web page to pay by PayPal or credit/debit card - and quote your ECF membership number.  

A list of the entrants will appear on the web page.

If you pay by cheque please make it payable to ‘Hampstead Summer Festival’ and send it to me at the address below.

ORGANISER

Adam Raoof (English Chess Federation Director of Home Chess)

328 Watford Way, Hendon, London NW4 4UY.

07855 036 537

 

Golders Green Rapidplay, 12 May 2012

Congratulations to Grandmaster Alex Cherniaev and FM Peter Sowray on
winning the FIDE rated Golders Green Rapidplay chess tournament this
weekend! FM John Richardson and Tom Villiers were third. Imanol Segura
won the FIDE rated Major Under 170, Charlie Nettleton won the Minor
Under 145 and Walter Thorpe the Amateur Under 120. 91 played, and the
FIDE rated sections had a record 50 players between them!

FULL RESULTS

FIDE OPEN
GM Alex Cherniaev and FM Peter Sowray 5/6 £45 each
FM John Richardson 4.5/6, Tom Villers (139) 4.5/6 and £20 for the
Under 175 grading prize.

FIDE MAJOR Under 170
Imanol Segura 5.5/6 £60
Nasarullah Sheikh (144) and Joseph Skielnik (162) 4.5/6 £15 each
Under 155: David McNish (148) 4/6 and £15

MINOR Under 145
Charlie Nettleton (143) 5/6 and £60
Tom Rixon (144) 4.5/6 and £30
Under 130 prize to Adrian Kelly Riley (121) 4/6 and £20

AMATEUR
Walter Thorpe 5.5/6 and £60
David Everitt (graded 102, winning the Under 105 grading prize), Faye
Ainscow (113) and John Kelly (118) 4.5/6 and £15 each.
Thanks to Geoff Gammon, Chris Andrescu for arbiting, and Norman and
yElena Went for providing the refreshments and doing the grading /
FIDE rating.

 

Czech Tour 2012/2013

Dear chessfriends,

Let us invite you most cordially to this year's upcoming tournaments
held within the frame of 12th CZECH TOUR 2012/2013 Series:

12.-29.7. 2012 23 rd CZECH OPEN (Pardubice)

http://www.czechopen.net/en/

1.-9.8. 2012 15th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER

http://www.czechtour.net/olomouc-chess-summer/

1.-9.9. 2012 11th SUNNY BEACH OPEN (Sunny Beach, Bulgaria)

http://www.czechtour.net/sunny-beach-open/

With best regards

 Dr. Jan Mazuch, Director of CZECH OPEN & CZECH TOUR - j.mazuch@avekont.cz
CZECH OPEN - International Chess and Games Festival - http://www.czechopen.net
CZECH TOUR - International Chess Festivals Series - http://www.czechtour.net
International Chess Calendar - http://calendar.avekont.cz/
Sachovy kalendar turnaju v CR a SR - http://kalendar.avekont.cz/
Sachovy obchod / Chess shop - http://www.avekont.cz/shop
Rekreacni chalupa Jadrna - http://www.chalupajadrna.cz/

 

Hendon Blitz Tonight

May 3: Hendon Chess Club Blitz. First Thursday of each month at Golders Green Unitarians Church, 31½ Hoop Lane, Golders Green, London NW11 8BS (5 minutes from Golders Green tube station). Buses H1, H2 and H3 pass along Hoop Lane.
 

Hendon Blitz and other delights

|highlights for may|

May 3: Hendon Chess Club Blitz. First Thursday of each month at Golders Green Unitarians Church, 31½ Hoop Lane, Golders Green, London NW11 8BS (5 minutes from Golders Green tube station). Buses H1, H2 and H3 pass along Hoop Lane.

May 12: Golders Green Rapidplay (www.goldersgreenchess.blogspot.com) at St Albans Church Hall, West Heath Drive NW11 7QG.  This year is a big year for us, come and find out why we’ve been going for so long!

|noticed on the web|

Please have a look at www.chessbites.com - entirely the work of ex-Maltese international Tim Mifsud. It’s so good we plug this superb site on the ECF Grading Database (see their advertisement at the bottom of the page).  Free.  Subscribe. Never look back.

|this is your year in chess|

+ Golders Green Rapidplay (www.goldersgreenchess.blogspot.com - monthly)
+ London Rapidplay (www.londonrapidplay.co.uk - bi-monthly)
+ Docklands Rapidplay (www.spanglefish.com/docklandschessclub - bi-monthly)

May
Letchworth One-Day Congress (no date for this year), usually 5 rounds, 40 mins pppg
Brussels Rapidplay (http://www.creb.be/), which is usually on the first Bank Holiday in May, and easy to reach with Eurostar.

June
18-24 June: Hampstead Summer Festival 18-24 June (www.hampsteadsummerfestival.com) will feature at least one small weekender and a training weekend for juniors.
EACU Congress (http://www.eacu.org.uk/) at Newmarket

July
22 July-4 August: British Chess Championships (North Shields) 22 July-4 August (www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk/)
or if you fancy a trip to Spain then Andorra has a lovely Open - http://www.escacsandorra.com/

August
Steve Boniface Memorial Congress - http://www.chessit.co.uk/

September
Jose Tonoli Memorial (Brussels, 9rds x 15 mins per person per game),
'Forge du Sud (Luxembourg, Sunday 11 Sept) http://open.ced.lu/  
Paignton Congress - http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/

October
13-20 October: Etten-Leur Festival (Netherlands) 13-20 October (website under construction!)
Guernsey Festival - http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/festival/festival.htm

November
British Rapidplay Championships http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
Herts CA Congress, Hatfield - http://www.hertschess.com/

December
1-10 Dec, The 4th London Classic - http://www.londonchessclassic.com/

January
Hastings International (inc weekender) 28th Dec 2010 to 5th January 2011

February
Kidlington Congress - (http://home.btconnect.com/OCA/) and very very good.  
Cappelle la Grande is a well known French tournament at the end of February and very popular http://www.cappelle-chess.fr/en2/default.php

March
Blackpool Congress - http://www.blackpoolchess.org.uk/ the biggest in the UK!
Kings Head rapidplay, one section, nice new venue - http://www.khcc.org.uk/,
St Albans Congress

April
see above, plus consider the e2e4 Dublin Easter International - or in fact any http://www.e2e4.org.uk event!
Easter also features the Southend Congress, which is FIDE rated, has multiple sections and I thoroughly recommend it for a break.

|planning the future|
March 2013 will see the Candidates matches in London
Start thinking about the 100th British at Torquay, July/August 2013
2014 Norway, Olympiad, 1-14 August

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Simul by IM Lorin d'Costa at Hendon Chess Club

A Chance to Play an International Master, Author and Future Grandmaster!

Simultaneous Display by IM Lorin D'Costa

http://www.hendonchessclub.com/simul

Date: Thursday 26th April 2012
Time: 7.30pm-10pm
Fee: £10 Juniors / £10 HCC members (adult) / £15 non-HCC members (adult)
Venue: Hendon Chess Club. The club meets at Golders Green Unitarians Church, 31½ Hoop Lane, Golders Green, London NW11 8BS
To Sign Up: Email Adam Raoof adamraoof@gmail.com

Lorin
 

Results: Golders Green Rapidplay #Chess, 14th April 2012

Golders Green Rapidplay, 14th April 2012

85 played

OPEN
GM Alex Cherniaev 5.5/6 £60
IM James Sherwin and Phil Tozer 4.5/6 and £15 each
Under 175 prize to Tim Rogers 3.5/6 and £20

MAJOR Under 170
Helge Hjort 5/6 and £60
Ostap Orishko and Soumen Roy 4.5/6 and £15 each
Under 155 prize shared by Roman Mitra and Chris Clegg on 4/6 and £10 each

MINOR Under 145
Jagdeep Dhemrait 5/6 and £60
Kenneth Dan 4.5/6 and £30
Under 130 prize to Genga Somupillai 4/6 and £20

AMATEUR Under 130
Rob Williams and Lee Bullock 5/6 and £45 each
Under 105 prize to David Everitt, Andrew Gillard and Michael Goran
Springett 4/6 and £10 each

 

Golders Green Rapid #Chess this Saturday, 14 April IM Lorin d'Costa Simul 26 April

Saturday 14th April at Golders Green Church Hall, West Heath Drive NW11 7QG

4 sections
£400+ in prizes
http://goldersgreenchess.blogspot.co.uk/

Thursday 26th April at Hendon Chess Club, Hoop Lane NW11 8BS

website: http://www.hendonchessclub.com/simul/

Simultaneous Display by IM Lorin D'Costa
Time: 7.30pm-10pm
Fee: £10 Juniors / £10 HCC members (adult) / £15 non-HCC members (adult)
Venue: Hendon Chess Club
To Sign Up: email Adam Raoof adamraoof@gmail.com

you don’t have to be a member of Hendon to take part
maximum 30 participants
simul-giver White on all boards
prompt 7.30pm start
games will be adjudicated if not finished by 9.30pm
book prize for best game
talk by Lorin from 9.30pm-10pm
book signing at 10pm

 

No Blitz Tonight

 

put these #chess tournaments in your diary

|highlights for april|

April 5: Hendon Chess Club Blitz is cancelled. We don’t like to cancel stuff but our new venue at Unitarians Church ain’t big enough for a league match and a blitz tournament without upsetting someone. Future events on the First Thursday of each month should be ok. If you want to come along anyhow and play some friendly games, you’ll be welcome.

April 14: Golders Green Rapidplay (www.goldersgreenchess.blogspot.com) at St Albans Church Hall, West Heath Drive NW11 7QG. 4 sections for beginners to grandmasters.  This year is a big year for us, come and find out why we’ve been going for so long!

April 20-22: Bournemouth ‘Grand’ Chess Congress (www.bournemouthchesscongress.org.uk) is a really excellent initiative by Martin Simons and his colleagues in a lovely venue. First prize is a grand - geddit?

April 26: Simultaneous Display over 30 boards plus a lecture by International Master  Lorin d’Costa at Hendon Chess Club (http://www.hendonchessclub.com/simul/) - our strongest member, and now the proud author of several excellent books, which he will sign for you. If you buy them.

28 April-1 May: Bratto (Italy) Amateur Chess Tournament 28 April-1 May (www.chesspro.it). For some reason Italy’s answer to Sean Hewitt, organiser Matteo Zoldan, thought I would be a good addition to the arbiting team at this new event in the Dolomite mountains. Lovely spa hotel and wonderful views, under 2300 and under 2000 sections with generous prizes. Come and join us.

|noticed on the web|

Please have a look at www.chessbites.com - entirely the work of ex-Maltese internnational Tim Mifsud. It’s so good we plug this superb site on the ECF Grading Database (see their advertisement at the bottom of the page).  Free.  Subscribe. Never look back.

|this is your year in chess|

[Brendan, any recommendations? Of course the monthly Golders Green Rapidplay is on your list already]

April
see above, plus consider the e2e4 Dublin Easter International - or in fact any http://www.e2e4.org.uk event!

May
Letchworth one day Congress
Brussels Rapidplay (http://www.creb.be/), which is usually on the first Bank Holiday in May, and easy to reach with Eurostar.

June
18-24 June: Hampstead Summer Festival 18-24 June (www.hampsteadsummerfestival.com) will feature at least one small weekender and a training weekend for juniors.
EACU Congress (http://www.eacu.org.uk/) at Newmarket

July
22 July-4 August: British Chess Championships (North Shields) 22 July-4 August (www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk/)
or if you fancy a trip to Spain then Andorra has a lovely Open - http://www.escacsandorra.com/

August
Steve Boniface Memorial Congress - http://www.chessit.co.uk/

September
Jose Tonoli Memorial (Brussels, 9rds x 15 mins per person per game),
'Forge du Sud (Luxembourg, Sunday 11 Sept) http://open.ced.lu/  
Paignton Congress - http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/

October
13-20 October: Etten-Leur Festival (Netherlands) 13-20 October (website under construction!)
Guernsey Festival - http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/festival/festival.htm

November
British Rapidplay Championships http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/
Herts CA Congress, Hatfield - http://www.hertschess.com/

December
The 3rd London Classic - http://www.londonchessclassic.com/

January
Hastings International (inc weekender) 28th Dec 2010 to 5th January 2011

February
Kidlington Congress - (http://home.btconnect.com/OCA/) and very very good.  
Cappelle la Grande is a well known French tournament at the end of February and very popular http://www.cappelle-chess.fr/en2/default.php

March
Blackpool Congress - http://www.blackpoolchess.org.uk/ the biggest in the UK!
Kings Head rapidplay, one section, nice new venue - http://www.khcc.org.uk/,
St Albans Congress

|planning the future|
March will see the Candidates matches in London
Start thinking about the 100th British at Torquay, July

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