Frome Congress 2024

[Christopher Lamming]

Entry is now live for Frome 2024!

The start of the year brings as ever, news of the 2024 Frome Chess Congress - and the 33rd such event held in lovely Somerset.

The Congress is being held in the usual venue – the Selwood Academy, on May 17th to 19th.

A brochure for the event is available from the congress website and is also (hopefully) attached to this post.

http://somersetchess.org/frome_congress/FromeHome.html

New for 2024!
- Now running 5 sections: Open, U2000, U1750, U1625 and U1450
- Two new Trophies up for grabs!
- WGMs, GMs, WIMs, IMs may obtain free entry if entering by the end of March

Entry is now open at
https://congress.org.uk/congress/349/home

We have increased the number of sections to five for this year's event and we will run with the same layout as last year, which was well received.

The section breaks were tricky to make, but we have tried our best to even up the sections into numbers of around 40-50 per section, based on recent tournament entry lists.

There is now a NEW 'Standard' section with a rating boundary of 1450. We hope that this will encourage more newer and developing chess players to the event and give more people a chance to walk away with a good prize.

In 2024 there will be two NEW trophies up for grabs - the Gerry Jepps Somerset Trophy for the winner of the new Standard section (for Somerset eligible players as always) and the Gerry Udell trophy for the winner of the Team event. The new trophies have been named in honour of two of the hardest-working people in Somerset Chess, who ran the tournament together for over thirty years. I am sure we will give them a fitting congress in 2024, to inaugurate these awards.

2024 Prizes:
First/ Second / Third
Open £350 / £200 / £150
Major (U2000) £250 / £150 / £100
Inter (U1750) £250 / £150 / £100
Minor (U1625) £250 / £150 / £100
New! Standard (U1450) / £250 / £150 / £100
Team £100
Entry fees remain at the same level as 2023.

When using the online entry system, please ensure you select the right ECF membership level to ensure that your entry fee is correct.

The five section rating boundaries are now

Open (No limit)
Major U2000
Inter U1750
Minor U1625
Standard U1450

Note that the January ORIGINAL rating list will be used for section eligibility purposes. (Congress T&Cs are to be found on the event website.)

Let's make 2024 one of the best Congresses ever (again!!), I look forward to seeing many of you there,

Chris Lamming
Frome Chess Congress

[Christopher Lamming]

Reminder!

Frome congress will be held on May 17-19 this year and entries are now coming in steadily.

This year we have 5 sections to give more chances of a win to more people.

Titled players (WIM, WGM, IM, GM), receive free entry until the end of March.

Entry online here: https://congress.org.uk/congress/349/home

Group photo from 2023:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/159534948 ... 308881060/

hope to see you there,

Chris Lamming

[Christopher Lamming]

Thanks to everyone who supported the 33rd Frome Chess Congress this year - photos and the final tournament standings can be found from the links below:

Photos
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBrd7h

Open
https://chess-results.com/tnr940083.aspx?lan=1

Major
https://chess-results.com/tnr940084.aspx?lan=1&art=0

Inter
https://chess-results.com/tnr940086.aspx?lan=1&art=0

Minor
https://chess-results.com/tnr940087.aspx?lan=1&art=0

Standard
https://chess-results.com/tnr940092.aspx?lan=1&art=0

[Roger de Coverly]

Thanks to everyone who supported the 33rd Frome Chess Congress this year - photos and the final tournament standings can be found from the links below:

Lists of prize winners and prizes?

[Christopher Lamming]

Open
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Winner:
IM Andrew Norton (4.5/5)

Equal second:
AGM Oleksandr Matlak (4/5)
FM Richard Web (4/5)
WFM Jane Richmond (4/5)

Somerset Champion (Denys Bonner)
AGM Oleksandr Matlak (4/5)

Rating prize (U1960)
Rock Yu (3/5)

Major
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Winner
Simon Arnold (4.5/5)

Equal Second
Roger De Coverly (4/5)
Leon Nelson (4/5)
Clinton Wells (4/5)
Niclas Hordnes (4/5)

Somerset Trophy (Leon York)
Simon Arnold (4.5/5)

Rating prize (U1785)
James Thomas (3/5)

Intermediate
=================
Equal First
AIM Robert Radford (4/5)
Huw Jones (4/5)
David McGeeney (4/5)
Adrian Lawrence (4/5)

Somerset Trophy (Roy Hossell)
AIM Robert Radford (4/5)

Rating Prize (U1651)
Gert De Block (3.5/5)

Minor
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Winner
Scott Hammett (5/5)

Equal Second
Ian Threlkeld (4/5)
Mike Maher (4/5)
Joseph Fearnhead (4/5)

Somerset Trophy (Cyril Chapman)
Ian Threlkeld (4/5)

Rating Prize (U1530)
Beniamin Prundus (3.5/5)
Arthur Green (3.5/5)

Standard
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Winner
Carolus Tang (4.5/5)

Equal Second
Andrei Daniel Aron (4/5)
Colin Gardiner (4/5)

Somerset Trophy (Gerry Jepps)
Mark Barrett (3/5)

Somerset Trophy (Jean Mackereth)
Jamie Hurford (2/5)

Rating prize (U1330)
Mark Barrett (3/5)
Shaun Walsh (3/5)
Billy Glasbey (3/5)

Team Event (Gerry Udell Shield)
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Winners
White Knights (Wales)
Players
Adam May - Open (2.5/5)
Mark Thomas - Major (3.5/5)
Huw Jones (captain) - Intermediate (4/5)
Martin Jones - Intermediate (3/5)
Total: 13/20