Manchester Chess Federation   Summer Congress

Friday 3th - Sun 5th July 2009.

Three Sections: Open Tournament. Major Under 150.   Knights Under 110

Free on street parking       ECF Graded       University Accommodation

PRIZES   Main Prizes all Sections   First £200   Second £100   Third £50

                Grading Prizes Open £40 Under 170   Major £40 Under 130   Knights £40 Under 90

ENTRY FEE £23.  Late entry fees Postmarked or emailed after Sunday June 28

Entries on the day £5.  Phone entries are not accepted.  Please use email or mail.

Entryfee reductions Schoolchildren£5  ECF Directmembers & NMS members £1

Withdrawal. If you tell us before Friday July 3 we will refund your entry fee.

ACCOMMODATION Available at the venue, £35 per night including full English breakfast.  Accommodation must be booked and paid for before Saturday June 27.  You can also stay Sunday night.

TIMETABLE  Rd 1 Friday 6.45-10.45   Rd 2 Saturday 9.45-1.45   Rd 3  Saturday  2.30-6.30

Rd 4  Sunday  9.45-1.45   Rd 5   Sunday  2.30-6.30   Prizegiving  Sunday  6.35

A £2 admin charge will be levied on all prizes not collected at the prizegiving and posted on.

MOVE RATE  40 moves in 100 minutes, then 20 minutes quickplay.

RE-PAIRING  Made 30 minutes after the round starts for all players with no opponent.

REFRESHMENTS  Light refreshments and sandwiches will be available.

TOURNAMENT CONDITIONS  The organisers decision is final in all disputes.  We reserve the right to refuse entries without stating a reason.

VENUE  Uttley Hall THE VENUE HAS CHANGED  (By a few hundred yards).  It is three miles south of the City centre on the corner of Wilmslow Road and Old Hall Lane .  Go down the drive for about 200 yards and Uttley Hall is on the left.  The accommodation is in Ashburne hall at the side of Uttley Hall.   

DIRECTIONS  Post code M14 6HP.  By car take the A34.  When you come to Old Hall Lane turn right. (Left if arriving from the South) The entrance is on the left at the end of Old Hall Lane .  There is plenty of free on-street parking in Old Hall Lane and adjacent side streets

Public Transport If convenient arrive at Manchester Oxford Road station.  Cross Oxford Road and get a bus Nos. 41-45 to Owens Park Hall of Residence (about 2.5 miles).  Allen Hall is 200 yds before the stop.

BOOKSTALL BY CHESS DIRECT, Andrew Butterworth P.O. Box 18  Mexborough  South Yorkshire S64 9AR  Tel 01709 890565 Web Site http://www.chessdirect.co.uk  Supplier of chess books, equipment, DVDs, stationery and all your chess needs.

CONGRESS DIRECTOR Harry Lamb 134 Junction Road Bolton BL3 4NQ . Tel 01204 63374. email