Lancaster Chess Club Summer Rapidplay 2026
This Tuesday 14 July it will be round 1 of the summer rapidplay
This will be ECF rated so players need to be members of the English Chess Federation. Best get gold membership as then you can enter our congress too. It is free for the first year for juniors.
Quite a few entered last week but if you didn’t don’t worry we are taking entries on the day and you can enter as many rounds as you like and enter at any time. I have had a bit of a rethink on the format given I know there will be many people away for various dates given the summer holidays. Here is how it will work.
One section
An overall winner plus best score by a player rated under 1500
Time control 25 mins plus 5 second increments. This will be ECF rated. Swiss system. In the event of a draw there will be sudden death unrated 8 minutes plus two seconds games to settle the result
There is no requirement to play in all matches but those who do turn up on the night will get zero points for the nights they do not play.
Tuesday 21 July – round 2 of the rapidplay championships.
Tuesday 28 July – round 3 of the rapidplay championships
Tuesday 11 August – round 4 of the rapidplay championships
Tuesday 25 august – round 5 of the rapidplay championships.
Tuesday 1 September – final round of the rapidplay championships.