Hampstead Chess Tournaments

10/04/2021

If I held a ten player 5 round swiss format FIDE rated standard weekend tournament in Hendon, London NW4, how many players would be interested in taking part? Sign up for my newsletter if you want to find out more!

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30/03/2021

At the end of April I am going to stop using WhatsApp for groups, and switch to Slack instead under the banner Academy Chess England. Slack is a channel-based messaging platform which you may already use for work. I use it for teaching chess, and I will use it to make announcements about tournaments, and discuss topics you might find interesting. You can use it in your browser with no installation required, you just need to create a free account to log in.
https://join.slack.com/.../zt-nmvtbwc0-EfYPnd_dtH6529vSya...
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What is Slack?
Here is a simple guide to the platform - https://slack.com/.../articles/115004071768-What-is-Slack-
Join with your full name so I know who you are. Once you join Slack you can add yourself to the various channels - I recommend joining the tornelo-help and the general channels. Conversations are divided into Public (everyone can read those), Private channels (there is one for paid subscribers to the newsletter) and direct messages (only we can read those).
Why am I moving to Slack from WA? (for Groups, you can always message me on Whatsapp if you have to)
I like using WA, but it is far less secure than Slack - we have had issues with spam and with privacy and some of you have stopped using the WA groups as a result.
I have been using Slack for a while now, to work with groups and individual students, and it is a great platform. It would be nice to think we could use it productively!
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08/07/2020

Do you want me to run a tournament this weekend on Tornelo? Vote here! Only three questions... https://mailchi.mp/572ce05c48db/blitz-tomorrow-night-on-tornelo-do-you-want-a-tournament-this-weekend

30/06/2020

SATURDAY 4th and SUNDAY 5th JULY 2020 - The World Famous Hampstead Congress is online! - Open (now Open as we are not FIDE rated), Under 1700 (must also be Under ECF 135 to play) sections. https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/chess-england FIDE standard ratings apply. If you don’t have a FIDE rating convert your ECF grade. You must have an identifiable national profile such as ECF or a FIDE (not essential to have a grade or rating) to enter. You must be on camera throughout in the arbiter’s room! 60 minutes each plus 10 seconds a move. Byes available, just add the request in the comments box. Three Rounds on Saturday at 10am, 1pm and 4pm then two rounds on Sunday at a slightly later time of 11am and 2pm. Last month the prizes were £90 / £60 / £30 / £15 plus rating prizes of £60.00 and Pro Chessable subs, e-books from Forward Chess and Video courses from gingergm.com. Prizes based on entries will be shared.

14/06/2020

SATURDAY 20th and SUNDAY 21st JUNE 2020 - The World Famous Hampstead Congress is online! - Open (now Open as we are not FIDE rated), Under 1700 (must also be Under ECF 135 to play) sections. https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/chess-england FIDE standard ratings apply. If you don’t have a FIDE rating convert your ECF grade. You must have an identifiable national profile such as ECF or a FIDE (not essential to have a grade or rating) to enter. You must be on camera throughout in the arbiter’s room! 60 minutes each plus 10 seconds a move. Byes available. Three Rounds on Saturday at 10am, 1pm and 4pm then two rounds on Sunday at a slightly later time of 11am and 2pm. Last month the prizes were £90 / £60 / £30 / £15 plus rating prizes of £60.00 and Pro Chessable subs, e-books from Forward Chess and Video courses from gingergm.com. Prizes based on entries will be shared.

22/05/2020

SATURDAY 23rd and SUNDAY 24th May 2020 - The World Famous Hampstead Congress goes online! - Open (now Open as we are not FIDE rated), Under 1900, Under 1700 sections depending on numbers. FIDE standard ratings apply. If you don’t have a FIDE rating convert your ECF grade. You must have an identifiable national profile such as ECF or a FIDE (not essential to have a grade or rating) to enter. You must be on camera throughout in the arbiter’s room!
60 minutes each plus 10 seconds a move. Three Rounds on Saturday at 10am, 1pm and 4pm then two rounds on Sunday at a slightly later time of 11am and 2pm. Prizes based on entries will be shared.

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03/05/2020

Are you missing us? Until things get back to normal we are running Hampstead online, with prizes and proper swiss pairings. At the moment we are using a slightly fast time control but plans are afoot! Contact me for details.

18/04/2020

Hampstead Congress today!
You can find Chess England chess.com club tournaments by going to play - live chess, then clicking on the top right tournaments tab and you should see Hampstead listed there, and some others. That is top right.

Once you click on the link to the tournament it adds it to your list of tabs but you have to register one hour and no sooner before the games start. You can still register just before the event begins at 11, or whilst the event is running, though you might miss round one!

Here is the direct link, though sometimes that link changes so its safer to follow the procedure above!

https://www.chess.com/live =1194777

Adam

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21/03/2020

Chess England goes online! More events planned -

chessengland.com is the website of FIDE International Arbiter and International Organiser Adam Raoof - [email protected] We organise all sorts of…

13/03/2020

Apologies to all who hoped to play at Hampstead this weekend. We have just been informed (14.56) that we can't use the venue and we will have to cancel the tournament.

Age UK have decided to close their centres due to risk of infection from the Corona virus, and Hampstead is one of those venues affected.

Watch this spot for further news, but if you have paid for the current Hampstead weekend, 14-15 March, I apologise. You can have a refund or use this as credit for a future event at Hampstead.

20/01/2020

The 5th Kingston Rapidplay is taking place on the 25th January 2020 in the heart of Kingston.

Kingston is easily accessible by public transport and 20 minutes from Waterloo station.

The event has three sections Open,U160 and U120.

1st prize £100.00

2nd prize £50.00

Grading prize £50.00

in all three sections

Non-ENG PLAYERS Players who belong to a FIDE nation other than ENG (e.g. SCO or USA) don’t need to belong to the ECF but it will cost them more to play.

18/12/2019

Hampstead chess tournaments for 2020!

78 - January 18-19, 2020
79 - February 15-16
80 - March 14-15
81 - April 25-26
82 - May 16-17
83 - June 13-14
- July ---
84 - August 15-16
85 - September 19-20
86 - October 17-18
87 - November 28-29
December -----

chessengland.com