The 47th Scarborough Chess Congress

Date 

Friday 25th to Sunday 27th October 2024

Venue

The Ocean Room, Scarborough Spa Complex, South Bay, Scarborough. YO11 2HD

 

Details

5 round Swiss tournament for all playing abilities.

FIDE rated Open & Major.

Leaflet to download can be found here.

Entries received so far can be found here.

Timetable

	Date	Start time
Round 1	Friday 25th Oct 2023	19:00
Round 2	Saturday 26th Oct 2023	09:30
Round 3	Saturday 26th Oct 2023	14:30
Round 4	Sunday 27th Oct 2023	09:30
Round 5	Sunday 27th Oct 2023	14:30

Note that BST ends on Saturday 26th October 2024.

Games are defaulted 30 minutes after the start time.

Time Control

All moves to be played in 110 minutes with a 10 second increment after each move.

All moves must be recorded until your time goes under 5 minutes remaining after which this is optional and remains so even if time remaing goes back over 5 minutes.

Sections

		Prize money
		1st	2nd	3rd
Open		£700	£350	£150
Major	under 2050	£500	£250	£100
Intermediate	under 1850	£500	£250	£100
Minor	under 1700	£500	£250	£100
Foundation	under 1550	£400	£200	£100

There will be £100 rating prizes in each section subject to entries.

The July ECF and FIDE's published rating lists will determine which section you can enter. In the Open & Major the highest ECF/FIDE rating will be used. The October published rating lists will be used for pairing at the event. In the event that your October rating means you are no longer eligible to enter the section requested you may be automatically be moved into the higher section - there would be no additional fee payable if this is the case. If your October rating allows you to enter a lower section, you must request this transfer, again the entry fee will remain at the original value.

You can only win 1 prize - if you are eligible to win a rating prize then you will be awarded with which ever has the highest payout.

Prize money will be shared if there is a tie.

Entry fees

All ENG Open & Major players must be ECF Gold or above membership at the time of the event, non ENG Open & Major players must have a FIN. Other sections require ECF Silver or above membership. Otherwise a Pay to Play fee is to be added to the entry fee for your section below.....

Open £45

Major, Intermediate and Minor £40

Foundation £35

No late entries will be allowed at the event. Closing time for all entries is midday on Thursday 24th October 2024.

All fees must be paid in full to confirm your entry before the event.

Refunds will be paid subject to a £5 administration fee for any withdrawals.

Pairings

Swiss Manager will be used to pair the rounds using Octobers published ratings.

In the Open & Major, the highest FIDE/ECF rating will be used.

Pairings/results will be published on chess-results website.

Arbiters

Douglas Vleeshhouwer

Nigel Hepworth

Jim Burnett

Peter Ackley

Neil Lowther

Nicholas Mahoney

2nd Scarborough Junior Rapidplay

Date

Saturday 26th October 2024

Venue

The Sun Lounge, Scarborough Spa Complex, South Bay, Scarborough. YO11 2HD

Details

6 round swiss tournament with an U11 qualifier section for the EPSCA England team trial plus sections to suit all playing abilities.

For juniors wishing to also particate in the main 3 day congress, this can be done by taking two half point byes for the Saturday games and the total cost to enter both tournaments is £25. 

Leaflet can be found here (combined with the main congress).

Time control

15 minutes plus 10 second increment (there's no requirement to record moves)

Timetable 

	Start time
Opening Ceremony	9:50
Round 1	10:00
Round 2	11:00
Round 3	11:45
Round 4	14:00
Round 5	14:45
Round 6	15:30
Prize Giving	16:30

Sections

Open

Major (U1200)

Minor (U800)

U11

Entry fee

£15 (or £25 if also entering main congress)

Prizes

Trophies & medals in each section

Tie breaks

If points are equal then sum of progressive scores will be used to determine a winner

Pairings

Swiss Manager will be used to do the pairings and seeding order will be determined by date of birth in the U11 section.

All games will be ECF rated so all entrants must have a valid ECF membership - the first year is free - see this link for details

Arbiters

Andrew Wainwright

Jon Hipshon