Tournaments and events

Members can take part in a wide range of chess tournaments and events at club, county and national level. We hope to organise more events in due course as the club grows.

Stroud Chess Club are hosting a Rapidplay tournament open to all on 19th October 2024. Details here.

Club competitions

Club Championship: An all-play-all competition running through the whole season to find the best player in the club that year. 2022-23 winner - Paul Masters

Club Challengers: An all-play-all competition running through the whole season for those not playing in the championship. 2022-23 - Tom Brown

Club Rapid-Play: An all-play-all competition at a 30-minute time control running through the whole season. 2022-23 winner - Nigel Hosken

Rapid-Play Swiss: Five rounds at 10 minutes plus a 7-second increment. 2022 winner - Richard Freeman

Chess 960: An informal two-round Swiss playing with the Chess 960/Fischer-Random system. 2024 winners - Jim Beaty and David Horton

North Gloucestershire events

Lightning evening: A pre-Christmas event where moves must be made when the buzzer sounds every 10 seconds! 2023 winner - Michael Ashworth

Rapid-play Swiss: A Swiss tournament is one in which in each round players are paired with those on the same or similar scores in the tournament. Time control is 20 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move. 2023-24 winners: Zack Norris and Duncan Dicks

Peter Harrison Trophy: A knock-out cup played in several rounds over the season to handicap rules of bewildering complexity. 2023-24 winners - Stroud

North Glos Individual: A Swiss tournament played over several rounds to normal league time controls, finishing in the Spring. 2023-24 winner: Ian Robson

Chess Congresses

Members keen to play on a bigger stage can enter regional and national chess congresses. Reasonably local ones are the Cotswold Congress in late May and the Witney Congress in early November.