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Post Congress Report and Prize Winners (Pl click on the links below)
29 Oct ’19: Organiser Ian Clark says more than £2,000 was paid out in prizes. There were 31 prizes in total.
Report on 54th Chess Congress by Ian Clark
For pairings and results please click on these links:
Open
Major
Intermediate
Minor
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29 Oct ’19: Ian has fixed weekend 16-18 Oct ’20 for the 55th Dorset Open, again at the Elstead Hotel, Bournemouth
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54th DORSET OPEN CHESS CONGRESS
Friday 11th to Sunday 13th October 2019
To be held at
THE ELSTEAD HOTEL
12-14 KNYVETON ROAD
BOURNEMOUTH BH1 3QP
Tel 01202 293071
OPEN
MAJOR under 160
INTERMEDIATE under 135
MINOR under 115
The Congress will be limited to 100 players
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
1. In any dispute the controller’s decision is final. The right is reserved to assign players to specific tournaments.
2. Prizes shown are dependent on entries and may be adjusted accordingly. No more than one prize per player.
3. First prize in the Major, Intermediate and Minor is only open to players with a published grade and ungraded players will not be eligible to win grading prizes.
4. A ½ point bye may be claimed for any one round except the final round and must be requested with entry.
5. Juniors must be under 18 on 1st September 2019.
6. Late arrivals will lose by default after 30 minutes. Re-pairing will be at the controller’s discretion.
7. Prize money will be forwarded within 14 days.
8. All tournaments are subject to ECF rules and all results will be forwarded for grading.
9. All personal entry information is required for either player identification or communication purposes and, along with any financial data, will be either safely removed if no longer required, or securely retained for the purposes of this and future Dorset County Chess Association (DCCA) congresses only. Congress information, news, results and photographs may also be published on the Dorset Chess website. With the exception of the English Chess Federation (ECF), where memberships details may need to be checked and results supplied for grading purposes, no personal information will be exchanged with, or passed to, third parties for any other reason.
OPEN
Prizes £300 £160 £100 grading £50
Entry fee £34 for silver ECF members or above
MAJOR under 160
INTERMEDIATE under 135
MINOR under 115
Prizes £160 £120 £80 grading £50
Entry fee £30 for silver ECF members or above
The entry fee for Junior silver members or above is £24 for all sections
The entry fee for Bronze ECF members and non ECF members is £9 extra
The entry fee for late entries (after 27.09.19) is £5 extra.
PLAYING SCHEDULE
Friday round 1 19:00 – 23:00
Saturday round 2 10:00 – 14:00 round 3 15:00 – 19:00
Sunday round 4 10:00 – 14:00 round 5 15:00 – 19:00
All tournaments are a 5 round Swiss with about 4 hour playing sessions. Each round is 90 minutes for all moves with 30 second increments for each move.
HOTEL
Please note the Elstead Hotel is now full for the weekend (as at 24 Sept ’19)
The Elstead Hotel is close to the town centre and the train and coach interchange. There is free parking for hotel residents.
Contact number for the Elstead Hotel is 01202 293071
Further information about Bournemouth is available from Bournemouth Tourism at: www.bournemouth.co.uk
Send entries to
Ian Clark, 5 Wynford Road, Bournemouth BH9 3ND Tel: 01202 536370 Email: [email protected]
An email entry acknowledgement will be sent if you provide your email address.
THE ENTRY FORMS WAS REMOVED WHEN THE EVENT BECAME FULL. IAN CLARK, ORGANISER, 4 OCT ’19