When	Congress	Location
Winter/Spring	Dorset Junior Champs/Festival	Wimborne
March/May	Dorset Rapidplay	Wimborne
Summer	Dorset Closed	Wimborne
Sept/Oct	Dorset Blitz	Furzebrook near Wareham
October	Dorset Open	Bournemouth

The Dorset Closed has eligiblity requirements but the other 4 are open tournaments.

In 2023 the normal schedule was still being affected by the aftermath of COVID-19 and the followng events were held:

• • the Dorset Junior Championship was held in February
  • the 27th Dorset Rapidplay Championship was held in March
  • the 5th Dorset Blitz Championship was held in September

The Dorset Closed and Dorset Open were not held due to continuing challenges over finding suitable venues following COVID-19.

It is anticipated that a full schedule of tournaments will be held in 2024, with the Dorset Centenary Chess Congress being held in place of the Dorset Open.