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South Lakes Chess Congress 2019 results can be foud at the link.

http://www.barrowchessclub.co.uk/SLC%202019/south_lakes_congress_2019.htm

South Lakes Chess Congress 2019 results can be foud at the link.

http://www.barrowchessclub.co.uk/SLC%202019/south_lakes_congress_2019.htm

Children from across Bolton descended on the University last week to do battle at chess.

Patrick McGhee, Asst. Vice Chancellor, welcomed them to the University and recalled his own experiences starting out in chess and playing for Scotland.

Just under one hundred children took part in what was the grand finale to the chess season. There were three trophies up for grabs:

Farnworth Schools Chess League Winners All Saints Primary School

Bolton South Schools Chess League W...

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Sadly the journey ended on Saturday for the Greater Manchester county Open team. In the National Semi-final. Lost to a very strong Surrey team 11.5-4.5.https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/37985 A big thank you to team manager John Reyes for picking the players for match days. A big thank you to Alan Walton for captaining the team on match days.A big thank you to all the players who played in the games this season in Birmingham.

Saturday June 22, 2019 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 5AW

Entry is free to MCF members and to visiting guests from Clermont-Ferrand, St Ouen and Lünen

There will be a free buffet throughout the day.

The tournament will be a five round Swiss Tournament with 20 minutes on the clock plus 10 second increments for all moves.

Rounds:

10:50 to 11:40

11:50 to 12:30

Lunch

12:45 to 13:35

13:45...

Ashton Rapidplay Saturday 7th July. 3 Sections under 150 under 115 under 80/ungraded. Broadoak & Smallshaw Community Centre

Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 8RS

Entry form can be found at the link. https://www.manchesterchess.com/upcoming-events

Begins Friday 31st of May.

officiall Website:https://fwct2019.com/en

Live games:https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/womens-candidates-2019/1/1/1

Promo Video of the players https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymTDkpiLwKI

Live commentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZQPXk26FFE with GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko and IM Elisabeth Pähtz.

Format: Each round consists of two games of classical chess, with a time control of 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 min to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. If the match is tied two 25+10 rapid games are played. If still tied, there are two 10+10 games, then two 5+3. Finally a single Armageddon game is played, where White has 5 minutes to Black’s 4 (with a 2-second increment from move 61) but Black wins the match with a draw.

Live Games: https:...

Greater Manchester County under 160 team sadly lost 9-7 to Suffolk in a match that could have gone either way in Syston Leicester yesterday . A big thanks to  Dave Pardoe for captaining the team. And also to the players and car drivers who made the trip down to Leicester yesterday. Results from the game can be found here https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/38030?fbclid=IwAR0-sl5UpIc6h9VI5O0UWdCZur8irHf9cfi7PXcJQTYp4aV48oC2XGv-r_I