Use this coupon to save 10% in 2025
on any Golders Green or Muswell Hill tournament
Happy New Year! I hope to see you more often in 2025, and if you play regularly in either Golders Green or Muswell Hill, here is a late Xmas present - HAPPY2025 is the code you can use all year to save money when (and only when) paying in advance! Always check www.chewssengland.com for a calendar and tell your friends to subscribe to this newsletter.
Adam Raoof
London Chess League Weekend Congresses
ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST BE MEMBERS OF THE ENGLISH CHESS FEDERATION AT GOLD OR PLATINUM OR PAY TO PLAY AN EXTRA £15.00
Venue is the Mindsports Centre, 21 Dalling Rd, London W6 0JD.
5-round FIDE and ECF rated tournaments held at the London Mindsports Centre.
Friday 03/Jan/2025 - Sunday 05/Jan/2025
Friday 14/Feb/2025 - Sunday 16/Feb/2025
Friday 14/Mar/2025 - Sunday 14/Mar/2025
Friday 30/May/2025 – Sunday 01/Jun/2025
Register here - https://form.jotform.com/223566285096970 Who is playing? - https://www.jotform.com/grid/230093816998065
There are FOUR sections, Under ECF and FIDE 1400, 1650, 2000 and Open. You must be a Gold or Platinum member of the ECF.
OPEN, U2000 and U1650 SCHEDULE
Round 1 on Friday 18.30 (6.30pm to 10.30pm) / Round 2 & 3 on Saturday 10.00am and 15.00 (3pm) / Round 4 & 5 on Sunday 10.00am and 15.00 (3pm) /
Time control: (90min + 30 sec/move)
MY FIRST TOURNAMENT ECF U1400 SCHEDULE
Three rounds on Saturday (10.30am, 1.30pm and 4.30pm). Two on Sunday (11am and 2.00pm). Time control: (60min + 30 sec/move)
APRIL
The Southend Easter Chess Festival 2025 has been launched on the Festival website, organised by Giant Chess.
We look forward to seeing all our friends again at Easter for this popular festival. Let’s see if we can beat last year’s modern record entry!
Look out for the discount coupon box during online payment for 5% off:
se25early - Enter by 5 January 2025 (inclusive)
se25u16 - Junior (U16 at 31 Aug 2024)
se2560+ - Senior (60+ at 17 Apr 2025)
The discounts apply only to the section Entry Fees (£32 for the Rapid and £48 for the 7-Round sections) and you can only use one of them, even if you fall in two discount categories! But if you enter the Rapid and a 7-Round section, both fees will be discounted with the one coupon. However, there is NO deduction from the ECF Pay to Play Fee (if this applies to you) nor from Donations (which we are always grateful to receive).
Those who participated in the Rapid in 2024 will recall that the facilities available that day were less than ideal. The good news is that there will be no repeat of that state of affairs for the Rapid 2025. All facilities that regular competitors, friends and families are used to will be available, together with yElena’s acclaimed catering.
There will also be a Masters event, embracing not one but two tournaments, each 10 player all-play-all, i) GMs; ii) IMs. These events are being organised by Lance Leslie-Smith.
Giant Chess
John Chapman, Ian Hunnable, Norman Went
Organisers of the Southend Easter Chess Festival 2023
https://southendchesscongress.org/