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2011
 
On 12 - 13 Feb, 2011
Date set for the 2011 Warwickshire Open Congress

2010
 
On 1 - 3 Oct
Date set for the Leicester Congress
 
On 6, 7 Nov
4NCL 2010 to 2011 season starts.
 
On 26, 27 June
Chester Congress
 
On 22 Aug
Macmillan Rapidplay in Walsall
 
On 7- 9 May
Warrington Congress

General Calendar

Events that players of any age might be interested in will be listed here when I know about them.

2010

March

Saturday
20th March

Inter-County
U160

 
Shropshire v U160.

Sunday
21st March

Manchester Rapidplay

(Manchester Arena) 

Sections for Open, U160 and U120 with additional grading prizes
Held at City of Manchester Arena.

Details and entry forms etc
Manchester Chess Federation website.

Rapidplay

27th and 28th
March

Saturday
and
Sunday

4NCL
Div 3

(Daventry) 

Rounds 7 and 8

4NCL event

27th and 28th
March

Saturday
and
Sunday

4NCL
Div 1 and 2

(Staverton Park) 

Rounds 7 and 8

4NCL event

April

10th and 11th
April

Saturday
and
Sunday

Staffordshire Congress

(Bloxwich) 

Rapidly becoming a highlight of the year for local players.
Sections for U200, U160 and U120.  There may be additional grading, junior and senior prizes.
Held in the main hall of Bloxwich Leisure Centre (less than an hour from Birmingham New Street Station)

Full details

Entry forms
MS Word (30 KB)  PDF PDF (21 KB)

Contact:
Traci Whitfield
Tel: 01782 623361   Email: email.

Staffs congress

17th and 18th
April

Saturday
and
Sunday

Nottingham Congress

(Nottingham) 

Sections for Open, U160, U135 and U110.
Held in Nottingham High School, Nottingham.

Details and entry forms etc
www.nottschess.org

May

1st to 3rd
May

Saturday
to
Monday

4NCL
Div 1 and 2

(Sunningdale) 

Rounds 9, 10 and 11

4NCL event

1st to 3rd
May

Saturday
to
Monday

4NCL
Div 3

(Wokefield Park) 

Rounds 9, 10 and 11

4NCL event

7th to 9th
May

Friday
to
Sunday

Warrington Congress

(Warrington) 

Sections for Open (FIDE rated), U170 and U140.
Held in the De Veres Daresbury Park Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire
Part of e2e4 chess.

Details and entry forms etc
www.e2e4.org.uk/warrington

June

26th and 27th
June

Saturday
and
Sunday

Chester Congress

(Chester) 

The last weekend in June must mean the Chester Congress.
Sections for Open, U170, U146 and U120.
Held in "Cheshire View", Plough Lane, Chrisleton, Chester, CH3 7PT

Details and entry forms etc
www.chesterchess.org

July

25th July
to
7th August

Sunday
to
Saturday

British Championships

(Canterbury) 

Details etc
www.britishchess2010.com

ECF event

August

Sunday
22nd August

Macmillan Rapidplay

(Walsall)

30 minutes
per game

Helping raise funds for Macmillan Cancer support, the second Macmillan Rapidplay congress will be held at Bloxwich Working Men's Club, Harrison Street, Bloxwich, Walsall WS3 3HP (home of Rushall Chess Club).
Email: Ray Dolan
Tel: 07980 101744

Entry forms
Acrobat PDF Acrobat   MS MS Word

Rapidplay

October

1st to 3rd
October

Friday
to
Sunday

Leicester Congress

(Leicester) 

Held at the Regent College, Regent Road, Leicester LE1 7LW

Contact:
Sean Hewitt.
Email: email.
www.leicesterchess.co.uk

November

6th and 7th
November

Saturday
and
Sunday

4NCL 
Div 1 and 2

(Daventry) 

Rounds 1 and 2

4NCL event

6th and 7th
November

Saturday
and
Sunday

4NCL
Div 3

(Staverton Park) 

Rounds 1 and 2

4NCL event

20th and 21st
November

Saturday
and
Sunday

British Rapidplay

(Halifax) 

One of the highlights of the rapidplay year.

Details etc
www.british-rapidplay.org.uk

Rapidplay

2011

January

15th and 16th
January

Saturday
and
Sunday

4NCL
Div 1, 2 and 3

(Hinckley Island) 

Rounds 3 and 4

4NCL event

February

12th and 13th
February

Saturday
and
Sunday

Warwickshire Congress

 
Date for the 2011 Warwickshire Congress

Details etc
www.warwickshirechess.org.uk

Contact:
John Pakenham
Tel: 0121 601 3920   Email: email.

19th and 20th
February

Saturday
and
Sunday

4NCL
Div 3

(Sunningdale) 

Rounds 5 and 6

4NCL event

19th and 20th
February

Saturday
and
Sunday

4NCL
Div 1 and 2

(Wokefield Park) 

Rounds 5 and 6

4NCL event

March

26th and 27th
March

Saturday
and
Sunday

4NCL
Div 3

(Daventry) 

Rounds 7 and 8

4NCL event

26th and 27th
March

Saturday
and
Sunday

4NCL
Div 1 and 2

(Staverton Park) 

Rounds 7 and 8

4NCL event

April

30th April
to
2nd May

Saturday
to
Monday

4NCL
Div 1, 2 and 3

(Hinckley Island) 

Rounds 9, 10 and 11

4NCL event


Staffs Congress

Open to players of all ages, this year's

Staffordshire Congress

will be held in Bloxwich on
10 and 11 April, 2010

Full details

Entry forms
MS Word entry form Word (30 KB)
PDF Acrobat entry form PDF (21 KB)

Contact:
Traci Whitfield
Tel: 01782 623361
Email: email.

Calendar symbols

The symbols used on the calendar are:

Rapidplay Rapidplay
4NCL 4NCL event.
ECF event ECF event.

Events

If you know about an event that local players might be interested in, please get in touch and let me know so I can include it here.

Andrew Davies
Email: email.
Tel: 01902 850915

Andrew Davies.
The Penthouse,
Shutt Green Lane,
Brewood,
Staffs
ST19 9LX.

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