44th Blackpool Chess Conference

[Simon Rogers]

The last major OTB chess tournament before lockdown last year took place 13th to 15th March.
Martin Mitchell won the Open Tournament.
The results can be found on:
www.blackpoolchess.org.uk

[Paul Robert Jackson]

I wonder if there will be a 45th Blackpool Chess Conference?

[MSoszynski]

Not in the same class as the Blackpool Conference, but I played in the Birmingham Rapidplay, Sunday 15th March. Sutton Coldfield's Henrik Stepanyan won the Open.

I well remember many players awkwardly bump elbows at the start of a game only to forgetfully shake hands at the end.

[Brendan O'Gorman]

I wonder if there will be a 45th Blackpool Chess Conference?

The congress website says: The date of the next event will be notified when this Covid is under control and hopefully will take place at the The Imperial Hotel Blackpool.

[Paul Robert Jackson]

I wonder if there will be a 45th Blackpool Chess Conference?

The congress website says: The date of the next event will be notified when this Covid is under control and hopefully will take place at the The Imperial Hotel Blackpool.

......Lancashire Chess is not updating its website
resulting in little information about Chess Plans in the North West

[Mick Norris]

There is lots of information about chess in the rest of the North West

[Paul Robert Jackson]

There is lots of information about chess in the rest of the North West

.........point me in the right direction then.

[Mick Norris]

In Manchester, we're launching the second edition of our online individual, currently holding our first online congress, the second edition of our online league is ongoing, we won the Open and u1825 online MCCU county championships, as well as the online u1825 challengers ECF county championships (which also saw Cumbria and Cheshire & N Wales take part)

We're also undertaking our 2nd survey of MCF clubs to ascertain what they will be willing and able to do, both OTB and online, for 2021/22

Lots of info on the website

Merseyside seem busy online too