West Paddock, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 1DH

Organised by Ribble Chess Tournaments
All tournaments are FIDE and ECF rated

Sections

If you are not an ECF member, you may wish to join the ECF here.

Please enter early. A late payment fee becomes payable during the last week of entry.
We will only accept on the day entries by prior arrangement.

Rate of Play
Each player will have 20 minutes plus a 5 second increment per move from move 1.

Time Table

Venue
Civic Centre, West Paddock, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 1DH.

It is a modern conference venue and is less than 10 minutes from the M6 Exit 28.
Free public Wi-Fi is available.

Exit the motorway at junction 28, turn left (from north or south) towards Leyland. Go straight across at the double roundabout onto King Street. Pass the Commercial Vehicle Museum on your left and then you come to a set of traffic lights. Turn left at the lights. Continue along Towngate, through the traffic lights and follow the road right into Lancastergate. At the end of the road, turn left and first right onto West Paddock. The Civic Centre is on your right, go past the Civic Centre to enter the car park at the rear of the building.

Refreshments
Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be available during the day.

Rating
We will use the higher of FIDE and ECF rating to determine the players entry into the rated restricted tournaments at the time of entry. Other lists will be used if appropriate. For players who do not appear in the Rapidplay list, other lists may be used at the discretion of the organisers.

Unrated players must provide evidence for the organisers to assess their playing strength and any previous rating must be declared. The organisers reserve the right to place unrated players in the section they feel appropriate.

Rating Information – It is a condition of entry that players agree to their rating information being published on the ECF and the FIDE websites.