Preston Chess club meet at The Unicorn Pub each Monday evening at 7:30pm. For full details of our Activities,Championship and
Each year, in November we organise Preston Chess Congress.
We had a couple of new people down on Monday. So, its a good time for anyone else thinking about joining to come down now ... (before they get too good! )
The Fylde Individual Championship is a 5 round swiss open to anyone in a Blackpool and Fylde League club. Games take place throughout the year by arrangement between the players, at your chess club or home. If interested contact John Cooper from Lytham Chess Club.
The annual Silver Queen Blitz (10 minutes each on the lock) tournament will take place at Lytham Ex chess club on Thursday September 15th at 7.30pm.
There will be a time handicap tournament (lower rated player gets more time) at the club on Monday August 8th.
The AGM of the Central Lancashire Chess League will be held on Monday August 1st at the club.
Format for this year, as discussed at the AGM, will be to put people into two seeded groups.
Seeding will be based on the ECF Grade for the Summer Grading list.
Seed 1 will go into Group A, Seed 2 into Group B, Seed 3 into Group A and so on.
The groups will be an all play-all, and the winner of each group will go forward to a one match play-off to decide the champion. Please can you let me know if you wish to be entered into this year's tournament, by the End of July 2011 please.
Best wishes and regards,
Carl Tillotson
The AGM is on July 11th. See the Agenda and minutes of the previous AGM below.