The 4th Warrington Rapidplay Congress,
Sunday 24th May 2026

In association with
The Warrington and District Chess League

venue
Bridgewater Upper High School,
Broomfields Road,
Stockton Heath,
Warrington
WA4 3AE 6 Round Rapid Play ECF rated Swiss tournament
Fide Rated Open Section.

This years prize winners
Open 1st GM Daniel Gormally £250, 2nd FM Paul Macklin £125, 3rd Ewan Kershaw £75. GP James McKiernan £25
Major 1st Matthew Grimley £200, 2nd Vidhyath Kavin Sudagar £100, 3rd Aydin Yavuz Kocak £50, GP Amir Farhad £25, Lee Walls £25
Minor 1st Brandon Dao £200, 2nd Umed Ahmed £100 3rd Jonathan Davis £50, GP Germaine George £25, GP Blessings Chamba £25.
Seven book prizes were given to the best performing Junior players
If you have won a prize please send in your bank details using this websites contact form
Please note this year it was decided to use the tie breaker swiss system to split players on the same score

Use this link for results / pairings on the day: Results and pairings all sections

Please enter early, event is restricted to 150 players, once it's full it's full! A late fee becomes payable after 21st May 2026.

Timetable
9.55am - Opening Ceremony
10am - Round 1
11.20am - Round 2
1pm - Round 3
2.20pm - Round 4
3.40pm - Round 5
5pm - Round 6

Sections

Section	Open FIDE RATED	Major U1800 ECF	Minor U1400 ECF
Entry Fee	£25	£20	£20
First Prize	£250	£200	£200
Second Prize	£125	£100	£100
Third Prize	£75	£50	£50

Extra grading prizes / junior prizes may be added depending on number of entrants

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:

• All players must be ECF Gold members or above or pay the game fee surcharge. Please register on the ECF website if not already a member. ECF Web Site
• Any Bridgewater High Students wanting to take up the free entry offer just for the school please send your details directly, Name, Date of Birth and school, via the contact form and I will put you in. Please note you still need to sign up for the free ECF Junior membership described above please in order to play.
• Players entering the FIDE Open agree by entering that they will be registered with England as their home country with FIDE. Changing this later with Fide will incur a charge. If you do not wish this to be the case please obtain a valid FIDE ID with your chosen country before entering our event.
• Once the entry form is filled in this website will send you to PayPal to complete payment.
  If you would rather pay via direct bank transfer there is also now an option for this.
• Entries received after 18:00 Wednesday 20th May 2026, will require additional £5 late entry fee.
• All boards in all sections will play using digital clocks at a rate of 15 minutes and 10 seconds added per move.
• The May 2026 ECF Rapid Play Rating List will be used to determine a player's rating.
• Free ample parking, use the school playground.
• Light refreshments will be on sale at the venue, but will require cash payment. (No electronic payment facility)

  Parental responsibility

• Parents are responsible for their children during the tournament, the tournament arbiters and helpers are not to act as "In loco parentis" and are not able to take responsibility for any child's actions. Or for the actions of anyone that may affect your child.

Click here to view photos from our previous events, provided by Barbara Bennett Photography.
Click here to view the 2024 event photo's.