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.

Club competitions

Club Championship: An all-play-all competition running through the whole season to find the best player in the club that year. 2023-24 winner - Paul Masters

Club Challengers: An all-play-all competition running through the whole season for those not playing in the championship. 2023-24 winner - Ian Gambles

Club Rapid-Play: An all-play-all competition at a 30-minute time control running through the whole season. 2023-24 winner - David Horton

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! 2024 winners - David Buckley and Indy Soutcott-Moyers

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. 2024-25 winners: Mike Ashworth and 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.