2024 Camberley Keith Richardson Rapid Play Tournament

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Open to all players with ECF membership – silver or gold or above (to allow games to be submitted for ECF rating).

There is a limit on number of entrants – so please book early.

Entrants and results as they happen can be found by clicking here

Camberley Chess Club is running this popular annual Rapid Play tournament in memory of Keith Richardson on Saturday 28th Sep 2024, from 10am to 5pm.

Keith was a valued club member from the 1970s onwards, an International Correspondence Grandmaster and very well known in the English chess community. He suffered from Parkinson’s disease and died in April 2017.

• ECF Rated
• 6 Round Swiss (previous events have been 5 rounds).
• Rapid Play, 20 min, plus 5 sec.
• Prizes: 1st £150, 2nd £100, 3rd £50, Highest placed Junior £50, Highest placed U1600 (rapid, if not std, if not FIDE ) £50.
• Entrants need to be ECF MEMBERS – SILVER or GOLD or above.
• Entry fee £25. To enter please have your ECF Rating Code ready and click the “Buy” button in the orange box below.
• Rounds start at 10am, 11am, 12 noon, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm.
• FREE Tea and Coffee will be provided.
• Please organise your lunch, there is a supermarket next door.
• Prizegiving at 5pm.
• As in previous years, a significant donation will be made to Parkinson’s UK.

Entries now closed

Entrants and results as they happen can be found by clicking here

Details of the 2023 event can be found here https://camberleychess.co.uk/2023-camberley-keith-richardson-rapid-play-tournament/