Southport Chess Club News

The Club Championship will be held on 5 Tuesdays before Xmas, on 4th Oct, 18th Oct, 25th Oct, 22nd Nov and 6th Dec. The time limit will be 1 hour for each player. A half-point bye (one per person) will be available on any round if you inform Phil the week before. A tie-break will be played if the top scores are level after 5 rounds. Sign-up at the club or by email to Phil, by 7:35pm on Tues 4th Oct.  Round 1 will start at 7:45pm. Results and pairings will be posted on the website.

 The minutes of the 2022 AGM which was held on the 14th June are now available in the GOVERNANCE section.

    Southport Chess Club  be holding another Blitz competition at the Central Club on Tuesday  21st June.  If you’d like to play please arrive around 7.30pm and we’ll start by 7.45pm.  Same format as usual, 5 rounds of 8 minute games, with pairing on a swiss system.

  The AGM for 2022 will be held on June 14th at 7:30. All members are encouraged to attend.

  will be held on Saturday 26th March 2022 at  Merchant Taylor Boys School, Liverpool Road Crosby, Liverpool, L23 0QP For further information, entry forms etc. see  http://congress.org.uk/congress/164/home

  Message from the Lichess Tournament Organiser Phil Ramsey: "I’ve decided to stop the weekly Lichess tournament because we haven’t really been getting enough players for several weeks now.  I started it nearly 2 years ago to help us all through the lockdowns, so it’s served it’s purpose and most of us are back playing over-the-board again.  If anyone would like some Lichess games on a Thursday evening, I’ll log-on if I’m free and we can send individual challenges, but I won’t be setting-up any more weekly tournaments."

The previously published closure times have been revised as follows: The Junior Club will not be running on 21st and 28th December and 4th January. Normal activties will resume on 11th January. The Senior Club will only be closed on 28th december and will be open all other weeks.