Congress Director : Neville Layhe
Secretary : Richard Martin (Please send your entry forms and funds to Richard). (details to follow soon)
Marketing Director : David I Dickson
Jim McPhillips retired from his Secretarship this year but retains his position as an arbiter for the Congress. We would like to thank him for three years of painstaking work organising, doing the accounts and the data base and being the main source of contact for contestants' entry and payment details.
Richard takes over and has already made an impact with the automatic printing of wall charts and pairing cards taking the irk out of the work.
Our guarantors, Chessmaze International, guarantee the prize fund and will have a book and equipment stall for two days at the Cheshire View. www.chessmazeinternational.com
www.cheshireview.co.uk
They also kindly supply all of the chess equipment used in this and many other chess events.
Chester Chess Open Congress is a five round swiss tournament spread over two days, usually the last weekend in June each year.
ECF, NMS, WCU, SCU members and members of other national and inernational organisations receive a discount on the entry fee. (Please ensure that your membership is up to date).
The 2008 winner of the open with 4.5/5, was Nigel Davies GM, our first Grand Master !
Joint runners up were Mike Surtees (last year's winner) and Oliver Jackson.
- run by Dave Bennion our first team captain and recent winner of player of the year award.
We are having again an Open section with no upper or lower grading limit.
The tournament is part of the ECF Grand Prix