Chess for All: Sign up for
Festival & Schools Events
now!
Press Release 1,
11 October 2019
Everyone from schoolchildren
to chess enthusiasts and
Grandmasters are welcome at
the 11th edition of the
London Chess Classic (November 29-December 8, 2019) as entries open for a wide range of
inclusive Festival events.
There’s a total of £27,000
at stake in the FIDE Open,
Super Blitz, weekend and
weekday standard play
events, and weekend
rapidplays.
The 10-day London Chess
Classic
takes place at its
traditional venue,
Olympia Conference Centre,
alongside the
Grand Chess Tour Finals
– where four of the world’s
very top players play in a
knockout format to decide
the fate of $350,000.
A
special focus on promoting
women’s and girls’ chess
will be a key theme this
year, with highlights
including the brand-new
English Open Women and Girls
Rapidplay Championship
(December 7), and the
‘Chess and Female
Empowerment’ Conference
(Nov 30-Dec 1).
As in previous years, the
London Chess Classic’s
commitment to supporting
young people and female
players is again centre
stage, with free entry to
women and girl players, and
to all Under 25s.
As always, our most welcome
guests at Olympia are the
stars of tomorrow – the
2,500 primary and
secondary-age schoolchildren
from across the UK who come
to take part in our famous
Olympia Chess Fun Days,
complete with expert
training, fun competitions
and Meet the Grandmasters
Show.
All schools taking part in
Chess in Schools and
Communities
programmes are welcome to
send a delegation – so
please
register here
to ensure your school’s
place!
The star-studded
FIDE Open
(November 29-December 6)
with a prize fund of
£14,000;
The inaugural
English Open Women and Girls
Rapidplay Championship
(December 7);
The popular
Super Blitz Open
(December 8) – where
Grandmasters and all-comers
battle it out for a total of
£6,000 in a nerve-wracking
display of skill and speed;
4 Weekend Rapidplay events:
Open
/
U-2050
/
U-1825
/
U-1600
(December 7);
4 Weekend Standard Play
events:
Open
/
U-2050
/
U-1825
/
U-1600
(November 29-December 1);
2 Weekday Standard Play
events:
U-2050
/
U-1750
(December 2-6).
So, whatever your yen –
standard-play, rapidplay or
blitz – there are events to
suit everyone! To take
advantage of the best Early
Bird discounts, enter by
October 27. A pdf version of
the complete London Chess
Classic entry form can be
downloaded
here.
For more
information contact our
team at:
[email protected]
Visit our
website:
www.londonchessclassic.com
Follow us on
Twitter:
@london_chess