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Macmillan Cancer Support
Chess Knockout Contest 2010

If you enjoy chess and would like to help a worthy cause, this could be the contest for you.  All Profits go to Macmillan Cancer Support. This is a national competition so anyone can enter - wherever you live.

Once you have sent in your entry form, you will be sent details of who your opponent is.  In the early rounds, you will be drawn against opponents from your own county/region.  In each game, you have an hour to make all your moves.  The winner of each game goes through to the next round.

There are three separate sections.  In September, the last 16 players in each section will meet in the Chasetown, Staffs for the one-day national final.

If you have a grade,

  • The Open section is for players of any rating and is for the best players.
  • The Major section is for players graded under 160,
  • The Minor section is for players graded under 120.

In the event of a dispute, the arbiters are: Andrew Moore and Matthew Carr.

Prizes

  • First Place £250
  • Second Place £130
  • Third Prize £70
  • Fourth Prize £50
Prizes are subject to change at the organiser’s discression.

Simultaneous
On the day of the finals, a noted player will give simultaneous display at the venue.  Entry to this will be £5.

Entry forms

The 2010 Macmillan Cancer Support Chess Knockout Contest will start on:

1st February 2010.

The last 16 players in each section will compete in the national final on

Saturday
11th September 2010

at:
Chasetown Methodist Church,
Lawnswood Avenue,
Chasetown,
Staffordshire
WS7 4YE
.

Entry forms
MS Word entry form MS Word
(127 KB)

PDF Acrobat entry form PDF Acrobat
(100 KB)

If you have any questions about the competition, please contact

Mr Ray Dolan.

dolan_ray@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: 07980 101744

Mr Ray Dolan
8 Coalway Road,
Walsall,
Staffordshire.
WS3 2PU.

 

Macmillan Cancer Support.
Retreat Street,
Wolverhampton.

01902 312460

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