British Rapidplay Championship
Endorsed by the British Isles Coordinating
Committee
Supported by the English Chess Federation
Saturday
15th and Sunday 16th April 2023
Mercure Bradford Bankfield Hotel,
Bradford Road,
Bingley BD16 1TU
Hotel website
One
FIDE Rated OPEN Section
Prize fund £3,000
Pairings & Results:
OPEN
(One FIDE Rated
Section)
Open: 1st £600; 2nd £400; 3rd
£300; 4th £200; 5th £100
Women: 1st £300; 2nd £200; 3rd
£100
Best performance: £200 x 4
Discounts: GMs/WGMs and
IMs/WIMs free, FMs, WFMs half price. GMs/WGMs
may apply for free B&B accommodation.
The winner will be awarded the
title of British Rapidplay Champion 2023 and an
engraved glass trophy.
The highest-placed female player
will be awarded the title of British Women’s
Rapidplay Champion 2023 and an engraved glass
trophy.
No player may win more than one
prize. All place prize money will be shared
equally between players tied on the same number
of points apart from the first place prize (see
‘British Rapidplay Championship Tie-Breaks’
document).
The method for allocating best
performance prizes can be found in the
Terms and
Conditions.
£40.00 | Entries may be accepted
on the day subject to availability and payment
of a £10 surcharge.
Only players who fulfil at least one of the
following criteria shall have the right of entry
to the British Rapidplay Championship:
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British citizenship;
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British Overseas Territories citizenship;
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Citizenship of Ireland;
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Not less than one year’s continuous ordinary
residence in the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland ending on 30th
June in the calendar year of the British
Rapidplay Championship in question;
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Not less than one year’s continuous ordinary
residence in Ireland ending on 30th June in
the calendar year of the British Rapidplay
Championship in question;
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Not less than one year’s continuous ordinary
residence in the Channel Islands ending on
30th June in the calendar year of the
British Rapidplay Championship in question;
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Not less than one year’s continuous ordinary
residence in the Isle of Man ending on 30th
June in the calendar year of the British
Rapidplay Championship in question.
Players must also be members of a national
federation that is a signatory to the British
Isles Coordinating Committee agreement (‘BICC
federation’). **
All players registered with FIDE as ENG are
required to be ECF members at Silver level or
above.
All players who do not want to be registered
with FIDE as ENG must be registered with another
federation BEFORE playing.
Players registered with FIDE as RUS or BLR
are not eligible to participate.
** BICC federations: English Chess
Federation, Chess Scotland, Welsh Chess Union,
Irish Chess Union, Ulster Chess Union, Jersey
Chess Federation, Guernsey Chess Federation,
Isle of Man Chess Association
Round |
1 |
Saturday |
12.30 |
Round |
2 |
Saturday |
13.45 |
Round |
3 |
Saturday |
15.00 |
Round |
4 |
Saturday |
16.15 |
Round |
5 |
Saturday |
17.30 |
Round |
6 |
Saturday |
18.45 |
Round |
7 |
Sunday |
10.00 |
Round |
8 |
Sunday |
11.15 |
Round |
9 |
Sunday |
12.30 |
Round |
10 |
Sunday |
13.45 |
Round |
11 |
Sunday |
15.00 |
Players may take zero point byes
at any point.
All moves in 15 minutes plus 10 second
increment per move from move 1.
Players will have until their time expires to
arrive to play their game. There will be no
re-pairings.
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Mercure
Bradford Bankfield Hotel |
The higher of the ECF and FIDE rapidplay
ratings from the April 2023 lists will be used.
For players with neither an ECF nor FIDE
rapidplay rating from the April 2023 list, the
higher of the ECF and FIDE standardplay ratings
from the April 2023 lists will be used. Players
with ratings from a BICC federation other than
the ECF should indicate on the online entry form
if they wish those ratings to be used in
preference to ECF ratings.
For players with no BICC federation rating
the organiser will assign an estimated rating
for the purpose of pairing, prize allocation and
the calculation of other players' TPR in the
event of a play-off for the Championship title.
The British Rapidplay Championship will be both
FIDE and ECF rated.
See ‘British Rapidplay Championship
Tie-Breaks’ document for play-off rules.
Prizes may be changed subject to numbers of
entries.
All pairings will be made using Swiss-Manager
FIDE Swiss pairing rules.
The submission of an entry form and payment
of the entry fee denotes acceptance that the
4NCL’s decision is final in all matters.
The 4NCL reserves the right to refuse any
entry without explanation.
The following discounted rates have been
negotiated with Mercure Bradford, Bankfield
Hotel:
£70 (per room per night) double/twin sole use
£80 (per room per night) double/twin shared
Dinner will be available on Friday and
Saturday evening at a cost of £20 per person
(set choice menu).
Please call 01274 211012 option 1 (individual
reservations) to book the discounted rates
between 9 am and 5 pm, quoting code
2303FNCLWE.
Please note that our bedroom allocation will
be progressively reduced during the four weeks
before the event, so players wanting
accommodation on site are advised to enter
early.
Mercure Bradford Bankfield Hotel, Bradford
Road, Bingley BD16 1TU
The 4NCL accepts no
responsibility for any damage, theft or accident
to the person or property of anyone attending
this event.
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