100th British Chess Championship Begins Sunday

Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013

Hi everyone,

The 100th British Championships will take place from Sunday 28 July to Saturday 10 August 2013 at the Riviera International Centre, Torquay, England. The event is expected to attract a record-breaking number of entrants of well over 1000. The current record is 1010 in Edinburgh in 2003.

Players from England, Guernsey, Ireland, Jersey, Scotland and Wales are entitled to compete in the 32 Championships which include British, Seniors to Under 8 and even a Pairs Championship. In addition there are tournaments open to anybody from anywhere.

(Left: Second seed GM David Howell) The recent winner of the Scottish Championship Gawain Jones is the first seed so far. David Howell, who is participating in Leiden, is the second seed. Mark Hebden, Jonathan Hawkins, Daniel Gormally and Peter Wells follow close behind. The event starts at 10am on Sunday 28 July with a THINK DRINK Bullet Chess (all the moves in one minute) Challenge Match between GM Keith Arkell and IM Gary Lane.

It is hoped that the games will be broadcast live on the website, but there may be problems. The match will last one hour and will create a new World Record for the number of games in one hour. (Chessdom.com)

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Earn Chess Norms in Beautiful Countryside - e2e4 Basingstoke Chess from October 27 in UK

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

Hi everyone,

Here is the latest tournament chess news via Fide: The e2e4 Basingstoke Chess International is set to take place on from October 27-31 at the Basingstoke Country Hotel, Scures Hill, Nately Scures, Nr. Hook, Hampshire, RG27 9JS. 

The Masters is a nine-round swiss that will offer players the opportunity to play exclusively stronger players and achieve GM and IM norms. The Masters is strictly open only to players rated 2100 or above, titled players, and those who have qualified via a previous International Challengers section. e2e4 will invite at least three GMs to play, with at least one extra GM for every 10 paying players. This will be a very special event! 

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