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| Last day to enter online | 2023-12-27 |
| Entries after 2023-12-22 | £10 late fee |
London Christmas Chess Congress
Thursday 28th December, Friday 29th December and Saturday 30th December 2023
Thursday 28th December, Friday 29th December and Saturday 30th December 2023
Standard Play Tournaments
OPEN FIDE rated, MAJOR U1940 FIDE rated, MINOR U1600 ECF rated
Sections
| Section | Open | Major U1940 FIDE | Minor U1600 ECF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Fee | £30 (£42 non-Gold Members+) | £26 (£38 non-Gold Members+) | £23 (£32 non-Silver Members+) |
| 1st. Prize | £220 | £180 | £160 |
| 2nd. Prize | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 3rd. Prize | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Open: All moves in 120 minutes each plus 30 seconds added per move.
Major and Minor: All moves in 90 minutes each plus 30 seconds added per move.
Please arrive in plenty of time to start the first round promptly.
Prizegiving Saturday 8.30pm
Prizegiving Saturday 7.00pm
University of Westmister, Harrow Campus, Northwick Park, HA1 3TP
There is a large car park at the venue. Approx cost £8 per day. The nearest Underground stations are Northwick Park (4 mins walk) and Harrow on the Hill (10 mins walk). Kenton is the nearest Overground station (6 mins walk) with trains direct from Euston and Watford Junction. Buses 114, 182, 183 and 186 pass the Campus.
We hope canteen facilities will be open for breakfast from 9 am and will serve until 4pm each day. Vending machines are available.
Tim Onions will be in attendance at the event with his professional bookshop
The December rating list will be used to determine players' ratings
The Major has a rating limit of 1940 FIDE, The Minor has a rating limit of 1600 ECF
All results will be sent for Standard Play rating with the ECF . The Open and Major will also be FIDE rated
Cash prizes in all sections.
All pairings will be done using swiss-manager software and displayed on chess-results.com. Default time is 20 minutes. After which re-pairing may be made for each player whose opponent has not arrived and for any player otherwise having a full-point bye. Digital clocks will be used in all sections.
These rules apply to players without a Standard Play rating of type A to D.
A FIDE rating will be converted to an ECF rating. Players with a Rapidplay rating only must use this. Please contact the organiser if there is any doubt regarding the section in which you wish to play.
The following rules apply to all other players.
Other unrated players must include details of events they have played in during the period May to December 2023 to help the Congress Manager ensure that they are playing in the correct section.
The Congress Manager will use all available information to place players in the correct section. If information becomes available after an entry is accepted then a player may be transferred at any time.
An unrated winner is limited to a prize of 60% of the advertised first prize. Any additional funds will be allocated to the other prize winners.
LJCC has adopted the ECF Safeguarding policy which can be found on the ECF website.
LJCC and helpers accept no responsibility for any damage, theft or accident to the person or property of any competitor, or other visitor at this event. Nor are they responsible for the effects of actions of anyone else attending this event.
LJCC collects personal data solely for the purposes of our events and to share some of this data with the English Chess Federation for rating purposes. Results are displayed on the LJCC website and chess-results.com. Please see our privacy policy at ljcc.co.uk If you have any queries please email: entry@ljcc.co.uk