CAMBRIDGESHIRE RAPIDPLAY ENTRY FORM
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First Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Surname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Postcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GRADING
Player’s summer 2017 rapidplay grades will
be used to determine eligibility for
tournaments and grading prizes. For players
without a rapidplay grade their normal play
ECF grade will be used instead. Ungraded
players should give an indication of their
playing strength at the bottom of the entry
form.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
RAPIDPLAY
All results will be submitted to the ECF for
grading. It is a condition of entry that players
agree to their grading information being
published on the ECF website.
Date of birth (juniors only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chess Club /School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grade: Rapidplay . . . . . . . Normal play . . . . . . . .
(If ungraded please provide an estimate and
details of recent results)
ECF Membership Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON
ECF MEMBERSHIP OVERLEAF
Entry Fee
£. . . . . .
REFRESHMENTS
Tea, coffee and soft drinks will be available at
the tournament, but we regret that we are
unable to provide sandwiches or other food as
we have in the past. Competitors are advised
to bring a packed lunch.
DISPUTES
Any disputes shall be referred to the Chief
Arbiter whose decision shall be final.
ECF fee for non-members and bronze
members (£7.50 if applicable)
£.....
Late entry fee (£5 if applicable)
£. . . . . .
Donation
£......
Total
£......
Any donations will be gratefully received.
St Faith’s School, Cambridge
Sunday 24 September 2017
Cambs & East Anglia Grand Prix event
Four five-round tournaments
Open
Major (under 160 grade)
Challengers (under 120 grade)
Junior (under 12 and under 80 grade)
GENERAL CONDITIONS
The organizers accept no responsibility for
any loss, theft or accident during the
tournament.
Venue: St Faith’s School,
Trumpington Road, Cambridge,
CB2 8AG
Tournament Director: Julian Ray
Tournament Secretary: Paul Kemp
Chief Arbiter: John Wickham
ENTRY FEES
RATE OF PLAY
ENTRIES AND ENQUIRIES
All tournaments: Adults £16, Juniors
(under 18) £12
Fischer time control: 20 minutes plus 10
second increment from move 1. Any player
arriving more than 15 minutes late for a
round will be defaulted and their opponent repaired if possible.
Please enter online at
www.cambschess.co.uk/Rapidplay and pay
by direct bank transfer to Cambridgeshire
County Chess Association, sort code 09 01 51
account number 47629306. Please quote
your surname as a reference.
Non-members or bronze members of the
English Chess Federation must pay an
additional £7.50.
VENUE AND DIRECTIONS
The Junior tournament is for juniors under 12
as of 1st September 2017 who are ungraded
or graded below 80. More experienced
under-12s should play in the Challengers.
Entries received after 20th September will be
subject to a £5 surcharge.
PRIZES
Open:
£100, £50, £30
Grading & junior prizes
Major:
£100, £50, £30
Grading & junior prizes
Challengers: £100, £50, £30
Grading & junior prizes
Junior:
Cash and trophy prizes
The highest placed Cambridgeshire player in
the Open tournament will hold the Jack
Taylor trophy for a year.
ROUND TIMES
Round 1
Round 3
Round 5
10.00 am
1.20 pm
4.20 pm
Round 2
Round 4
11.40am
2.50pm
St Faith’s school is about a mile and a half
south of the City Centre, on Trumpington
Road, which leads to junction 11 of the M11.
If you are not a local the easiest access is
from junction 11. Drive for a little over two
miles through Trumpington and towards the
City Centre, and St Faith’s is on the righthand side after passing Bentley Road.
There should be ample car parking at the
venue. Enter by gate 4 (the first reached on
the right of Trumpington Road approaching
from the south). Go to the hardstanding at
the end of the drive. If necessary you can
park on the road outside the school on
Sundays or in Bentley Road.
Pedestrians and cars should both use gate 4,
which will be open from 9am to a little after
10am. Should you arrive outside these times
you will need to enter the code 2409 to gain
access.
Cambridge station is about a mile from the
venue. From the station walk west along
Brooklands Avenue, turning left onto
Trumpington Road and entering the school
by gate 4.
Alternatively you can complete the entry form
overleaf and send it, with cheque payable to
Cambs Chess Association, to Paul Kemp at 3
New Farm Road, Newton, Cambridge, CB22
7PN.
Entries will be acknowledged by email to
entrants who provide an e-mail address on
their entry form.
For general enquiries please contact Paul
Kemp at [email protected] or phone
01223 872081.
ECF MEMBERSHIP
Players who are not current ECF members
at Silver level or above on the date of the
tournament must pay an additional £7.50.
You can check your membership status at the
membership section of the ECF website at
www.englishchess.org.uk. Juniors who have
not previously been ECF members are entitled
to free Silver membership in their first year.
See [email protected] .uk
Bronze members may upgrade their
membership to Silver by paying an additional
£7.50 to the ECF. This will entitle you to ECF
Silver member discounts at other Congresses.
Any Bronze member who plays will be
automatically upgraded to Silver membership.