Edinburgh Junior Congress 2023

Broughton High School, 9 East Fettes Ave, Edinburgh EH4 1EG

Saturday 28th October 2023

Start: 9.30am, Finish: 4.30pm approx

A 6 round individual tournament using Swiss pairings.

STOP PRESS: We will leave entry open on Friday 27th October until we download the data into the pairings software. Update: 19:30 - Entry is now closed

The tournament is open to players of school age living in Scotland and will have 4 sections:

• Primary U300/Ungraded

Primary school aged children who do not have a grade or who's grade is below 300

• Primary U900

Primary school aged children whose grade is below 900

• Secondary U900/Ungraded

Secondary school aged children who do not have a grade or whose grade is below 900

• Open

Any school aged player graded above 900, or who wants to play more challenging games.




Sections may be merged or split, or the grade boundaries changed, depending on the number of entries. Grade boundaries are based on Chess Scotland Live Allegro Grades

Time control: 25 minutes per player. Default time 10 minutes

Games will be graded on the Chess Scotland Allegro Grading list for 2023-2024

Entry Fee £6 by Tuesday 24th October and £8 thereafter. Entry closes at midnight on Thursday 26th October

The organisers reserve the right to decline entry

All data will be held in compliance with the Chess Scotland and the Lothian Junior Chess Data Protection policies

Name, Date of Birth, School or Club and results will be shared with Chess Scotland for grading. During the event we will upload names, teams and results to chess-results.com. We may publish results and links to Chess Scotland and chess-results.com on our website and via social media channels.

Players are only supervised whilst in the playing hall and therefore Lothian Junior Chess events are not drop off events. Parents/carers are responsible for their children between games and are therefore expected to stay on-site or make a private arrangement for the supervision of their children. For this event there is a spacious waiting area for parents

Refreshments

There will be a cafe serving soup, rolls, hot and cold drinks, cakes etc run by volunteers from The Broughton High School Association to raise funds for the school

Venue specific rules

The whole of the school premises is a non-smoking area, and smoking or vaping is not permitted. This includes the car park areas.

Pets are not allowed in the grounds with the exception of service dogs

Discounts

Lothian Junior Chess offers free entry to their tournaments to players who are entitled to free school meals because their family is on a low income. If this applies to you, please enter using the entry form but do not pay. Instead please send us a message using the contact tab.

Players who are current Chess Scotland members receive a £1 discount. Players incorrectly claiming this discount may be charged an admin fee and/or have their entry withdrawn. A current list of Chess Scotland members can be found here.

Cancellation Policy

Let us know that you cannot come by midnight on Friday 27th October and we will refund your entry fee.

Policies and Procedures

Please see the Lothian Junior Chess website for details of our policies and procedures