Congress & Events Calendar

Midlands and selected National Events

Links are to tournament organisers' websites or entry forms. Events without links will have links uploaded when they have been received from county officials or organisers. Entries with TBA or TBC will have details uploaded shortly after the webmaster receives information from organisers.

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• Wed 4 Jul. Civil Service Chess Championship at Carrs Lane Conference Centre, Birmingham B4 7SX. A rapidplay event starting 10:30am.
• Sun 8 Jul. Ashton Rapidplay at Broadoak & Smallshaw Community Centre, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 8RS. Six-round tournaments u150, u115 and u80/ungraded sections with 25 min per game.
• Fri 13 to Sun 15 Jul. 4NCL Walsall FIDE-rated congress at Holiday Inn Birmingham-Walsall, WS2 0BS. Open. u2000 FIDE(ECF u175), and u135 tournaments.
• Jul 27 to 5 Aug. British Chess Championships at Hull City Hall, Victoria Square, Carr Lane, Hull HU1 3RQ. Weekend, junior and graded tournaments.
• 31 Oct-4 Nov. ECF International Title-norm Congress at Park Inn, Telford. Planned ECF 9 round congress. Further details awaited.