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1st FIDE Cheadle Open
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:56 am
by SarahLongson
1st Cheadle FIDE Open - Tuesday 4 February to Thursday 6 February 2025
Cheshire and North Wales Chess Association are pleased to host this FIDE rated 6 round open event in the new Altitude Suite at the 4* Cheadle Village Hotel.
International Arbiter Matthew Carr will be running all games on live boards.
60 player capacity
£60 entry fee
FIDE and ECF Rated
Guaranteed cash prizes for winners
£250 - 1st place
£125 - 2nd place
£60 - 3rd place
£30 - rating prize
** Highest placed NCCU player (who has not already qualified) will win a free place to take part in the British Championships 2025 **
Current player list:
https://chess-results.com/tnr1096569.aspx?lan=1
Re: 1st FIDE Cheadle Open
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:13 am
by Roger de Coverly
The third seeded player is a name from the past. A contemporary and rival to Sheila Jackson in British Championships of the 1970s.
https://ratings.fide.com/profile/402567
Re: 1st FIDE Cheadle Open
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:03 pm
by Mick Norris
NCCU website
At the NCCU Council Meeting held by Zoom on 12/01/2025, arrangements for the 2024-25 NCCU Individual Championship and Senior Championship were agreed. It is appreciated notice is somewhat tight, so please circulate the information to those you think may be interested. Arrangements for the Junior Championship are yet to be made as the Cheadle dates fall on school term dates.
The Championship carries with it (if the winner is not already qualified) the option to be the
NCCU’s nominee for the British Championship 2025.
(The NCCU will refund the player’s entry fee after the event as long as they actually participate!)
If the Champion is already qualified or declines the option, then the option is offered on the same terms to the next-lower placed qualifying player.
NCCU eligibility requires that the player must hold at least one of the following qualifications.
a. birth in the area under the jurisdiction of a CCA affiliated to the NCCU.
b. five consecutive years residence at any time in the area under the jurisdiction of a CCA affiliated to the NCCU.
c. two years immediately previous and present membership of a club affiliated to a CCA which is in turn affiliated to the NCCU.
d. one month’s immediately previous and present residence in the area under the jurisdiction of a CCA affiliated to the NCCU.
e. present attendance as a teacher or student at a school, college or university in the area under the jurisdiction of a CCA affiliated to the NCCU.
Re: 1st FIDE Cheadle Open
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2025 3:26 pm
by SarahLongson
Prize fund has now been increased due to sponsorship from officialstaunton.com
1st - £400
2nd - £200
3rd - £100
Grading Prize - £100
Re: 1st FIDE Cheadle Open
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 9:44 am
by Mick Norris
Susan Caldwell has started with 2 wins, beating Sarah Longson with black, and has white v Surtees in round 3
Re: 1st FIDE Cheadle Open
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 4:13 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
"Susan Caldwell has started with 2 wins, beating Sarah Longson with black, and has white v Surtees in round 3"
And now three wins...
Black in round 4 against Keith Arkell.
Re: 1st FIDE Cheadle Open
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 5:13 pm
by Jon D'Souza-Eva
Caldwell vs Surtees in round 4 was a fun game:
Re: 1st FIDE Cheadle Open
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 2:54 pm
by Reg Clucas
Jon D'Souza-Eva wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2025 5:13 pm
Caldwell vs Surtees in round 4 was a fun game
Not to be discouraged, Mike Surtees went on to play his 3rd game of the day later that evening, in the Stockport League.
Re: 1st FIDE Cheadle Open
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 3:32 pm
by Leonard Barden
Hard luck for Susan Caldwell, silver medallist for England in the 1976 Women's Olympiad at Haifa. In her first tournament for more than 40 years she was co-leader with 3/3 after the victories described above, but then blundered a stone cold endgame draw against GM Keith Arkell in Round 4. before again blundering in a near-winning position in Round 5.
Re: 1st FIDE Cheadle Open
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 3:35 pm
by LawrenceCooper
Leonard Barden wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 3:32 pm
Hard luck for Susan Caldwell, silver medallist for England in the 1976 Women's Olympiad at Haifa. In her first tournament for more than 40 years she was co-leader with 3/3 after the victories described above, but then blundered a stone cold endgame draw against GM Keith Arkell in Round 4. before again blundering in a near-winning position in Round 5.
As someone who is very familiar with Keith's endgame prowess I wouldn't call an ending with level material a stone cold endgame draw.
Re: 1st FIDE Cheadle Open
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 3:45 pm
by Leonard Barden
Re: 1st FIDE Cheadle Open
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 4:48 pm
by LawrenceCooper
Yes, I see the evaluation but that doesn't mean the grandmaster can't find ways to cause problems.