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THE STOCKPORT RAPIDPLAY 2019 Congress Report.

The Individual Rapidplay was held at the Guildhall Stockport on 27th January 2019 as part of the 33rd Rapidplay organised by Stockport chess club.

There were 140 players which was a considerable increase on the number last year.

In the Open there were 19 players. First place was shared by Adam Ashton (3Cs) and Joseph Mc Phillips (Bolton) with 5 points. The U180 prize was won by Athar Ansari (Newport) with 3 ½.

In the M...

4NCL Live games this weekend round 5 starting today@2pm https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/4ncl-division-1-pool-b-2018-2019/5/1/1

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/4ncl-division-1-pool-a-2018-2019/5/1/1

Dear club secretary/captain,

Here is the next round of matches in all our trophy competitions:

Day Date Month Home Away

Tues 12 March Stockport 1 Blue Club 1 Reyner Shield semi-final

Weds 13 March 3Cs 1 Bolton 1 Reyner Shield semi-final

Thurs 7 March Gt Lever Chorlton 3 Wahltuch Trophy semi-final

Tues 12 March Chorlton 2 Denton 1 Wahltuch Trophy semi-final

Weds 6 March 3Cs 4 Heywood 4 Hartley Trophy semi-final

Weds 17 April Heywood 5 Chorlton...

Ten of the world's top female chess players will  compete in a new event at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis: The "Cairns Cup" from February 6th to 16th 9 rounds. The tournament is similar to the Sinquefield Cup, but for women.

Live Commentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fixq7GpsOk

Live games: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/cairns-cup-2019/1/1/1

Players: https://uschesschamps.com/2019-cairns-cup/the-field

Just a brief report to say that the county U160 team had a very close battle with Notts today, and came out winners by the smallest of ,margins 8 – 7 in a reduced 15 board match.

The teams fought all the way to the wire, winning on board 15 to claim the match with the last game to finish.. a nicely executed endgame by one of our new players, Viktor Nagy. He eventually forced a way through on the K-side with his extra pawn. Notts took an early lead, but were pegged back when ...

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Stockport Rapidplay taking place this Coming Sunday 27th Jan 2018.Still time to enter.Contact: Peter Taylor Email: peterht20@gmail.com Web: http://www.stockportchessclub.org/rapidplay.html [MAP]

6 round Swiss tournament. Each player has 30 minutes for all moves in each round.

4 Sections: Open (open to all), Major (U170), Intermediate (U140), Minor (U110).

Prizes in each section £140, £90, £40 and £40 grading prizes. Veteran and Junior prizes and Stockport...

Many of the England Olympiad team playing. Plus lots of the top Ten in the world.

Live games from 2pm.https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/gibraltar-masters-2019/1/1/1

Pairings Round 1 http://chess-results.com/tnr377792.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=1

Photo Credit@ John Saunders

Tata Steel Masters 2019 (World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen in Action)and the Challengers start today 12 Jan 2019.13 rounds all play one round a day. Two rest days. https://www.tatasteelchess.com/players/masters/all-masters and https://www.tatasteelchess.com/play…/masters/master-schedule Live Masters games https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tata-steel-masters-2019/1/1/1 Live Challengers games https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tata-steel-challengers-2019/1/1/1 L...

As many teams use the M60 to travel around Manchester to get to the opposition, it is often possible to anticipate when and where heavy traffic will hold teams up if United or City are at home. If we have an away game at Worsley for instance and United are at home we know to allow at least an extra 30 minutes.

To address this we have started adding United’s and City’s home fixtures to our fixture calendar, so captains and players can judge if extra time needs to be allowed. ...