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4th Keith Richardson Memorial Rapidplay

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 3:56 pm
by John Upham
The 4th Keith Richardson Memorial Rapidplay will take place on Sunday, November 1st 2020 starting at 10am :D

There will be :

Six rounds of R20' + 10" rapidplay chess.

We will use the Lichess.org playing platform

The event has been registered with the English Chess Federation for ECF online rating.

The entry fee is zero but donations to The Parkinson Trust will be most welcome. This is / was the favourite charity of Keith, Sandra and their family.

Round times are provisionally set at
10 am
11 am
12 pm
2pm
3pm
4pm but timings may be compressed if circumstances allow.

Pairings will be made by Lichess.org using its internal ratings.

To register for the event please visit : https://lichess.org/swiss/5bzZmAyT

To find out more about Keith : https://britishchessnews.com/2020/04/10 ... 0-iv-2017/

Previous events were all physical (OTB) and the winners were :

2017 : Julien Shepley
2018 : Ken Norman
2019 : Clive Frostick

More details to follow (possibly!)
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Re: 4th Keith Richardson Memorial Rapidplay

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:17 pm
by Nick Grey
John, a push. Not playing but will donate.