We are pleased to announce that the Chessable British Chess Championships will be held at the Riviera International Centre in Torquay from 8th to 21st August 2022 inclusive. This will be the 108th British Chess Championship in a series which has run almost unbroken since 1904, with Torquay having previously hosted the Championships on six occasions, most recently in 2019.

Eligibility and Qualifying

The Chessable British Championship, Chessable British Junior Championships and Chessable British Senior Championships are restricted to citizens of the UK, British Overseas Territories, or the Republic of Ireland or players who have been resident for the last 12 months in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man.
In addition players wanting to take part in the main British championship will need to qualify based on their title, rating or other qualification criteria as set out in –
a) the Chessable British Championships Eligibility and Qualification Regulations
and
b) the supporting 2019-2022 British Grand Prix Rules
The Chessable British Junior and Chessable British Seniors Championships are open to all eligible players based on citizenship or residency as above with no specific qualification requirements.
All other events outside of the Chessable British Championship, Chessable British Junior Championships and Chessable British Senior Championships are open events with no specific eligibility or qualification requirements.
English players MUST be members of the English Chess Federation. ECF Gold membership is required for standardplay events and ECF Silver membership for rapid and blitz events.

Main Playing Schedule

The playing schedule is currently as follows —

Chessable British Championship
Week 2 – Saturday 13th to Sunday 21st August
9 round Swiss Championship with rounds starting at 2.30pm each day, aside from round 9 which will start at 10.00am on the final Sunday.
First 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes added for remainder of game, with 30 second increments added from move 1.
The British Championship competition will include prizes/awards for the British Open and Women’s Champions.

Chessable Junior Championships U16, U14, U12, U10, U8
Week 1 – Monday 8th to Friday 12th August
7 rounds over 5 days with one round on Monday at 2.30pm, Wednesday at 9.15am, and Friday at 9.15am, and two rounds on Tuesday and Thursday at 9.15am and 2.30pm.
All moves in 90 minutes with 30 second increments per move.
UNDER 16 (born 1/1/2006 or later); UNDER 14 (born 1/1/2008 or later); UNDER 12 (born 1/1/2010 or later); UNDER 10 (born 1/1/2012 or later); UNDER 8 (1/1/2014 or later)                                    

Chessable Over 50 Championship
Week 1 – Monday 8th to Sunday 14th August
7 rounds over 7 days with rounds starting at 2.30pm each day, aside from round 7 which will start at 10.00am on Sunday 14th August.
First 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes added for remainder of game, with 30 second increments added from move 1.
Seniors 50+ – born 31/12/72 or earlier

Chessable Over 65 Championship
Week 2 – Monday 15th to Sunday 21st August
7 rounds over 7 days with rounds starting at 2.30 pm each day, aside from round 7 which will start at 10.00am on the final Sunday.
First 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes added for remainder of game, with 30 second increments added from move 1.
Seniors 65+ – born 31/12/57 or earlier

Chessable Major Open
Week 2 – Saturday 13th to Sunday 21st August
This event will run alongside the British, above.
9 round Swiss Championship with rounds starting at 2.30pm each day, aside from round 9 which will start at 10.00am on the final Sunday.
First 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes added for remainder of game, with 30 second increments added from move 1.

Chessable Weekend Congress
Friday 12th to Sunday 14th August
Three sections – Atkins/Open, Soanes/U1750 and Yates/U1500
5 rounds over 3 days with round 1 on Friday evening, 2 rounds on Saturday (morning and afternoon) and 2 rounds on Sunday (morning and afternoon).
All moves in 90 minutes with 30 second increments per move.

Chessable Week 1 Weekday Congress
Week 1 – Monday 8th to Friday 12th August
Six sections – Open, U2050, U1900, U1750, U1600 and U1450
7 rounds over 5 days with one round on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 2 rounds on Tuesday and Thursday.
All moves in  90 minutes with 30 second increments per move.

Chessable Week 2 Morning Congress
Week 2 – Sunday 14th to Saturday 20th 
Six sections – Open, U2050, U1900, U1750, U1600 and U1450
Seven rounds over 7 days with one round per day starting at 9.15 in the morning.
All moves in 90 minutes with 30 second increments per move.

Chessable Blitz Events
Saturday 13th August – Weekend Evening Blitz
9 rounds Swiss tournament
Wednesday 17th August – Week 2 Evening Blitz
9 rounds Swiss tournament
All moves in 3 minutes with 2 second increments

Chessable Rapidplay
Wednesday 10th August
Three sections in each event – Open, U1750, U1500
Each event will be a 7 round Swiss Rapidplay
All moves in 10 minutes with 5 second increments

Chessable Junior U11 Rapidplay
Wednesday 10th August
7 rounds Swiss Rapidplay
All moves in 10 minutes with 5 second increments

Ratings
All tournaments will be submitted to the ECF and FIDE for rating.
The ratings used for entry (or pairings) in each tournament will be as below in order of priority where indicated –

Championship  – FE
Major Open – FE
Over 50 – FE
Over 65 – FE
Under 16/14/12/10/8 – MAX (F,E)
Rating-limited sections – MAX (F,E)
Rapidplay and Junior Rapidplay – MAX (RQ), MAX (F,E)
Blitz – B,MAX (R,Q), MAX (F,E)

The letters above have the following meanings —

F – FIDE Standardplay Rating
R – FIDE Rapidplay Rating
B – FIDE Blitz Rating
E – ECF / National Rating
Q – ECF Rapidplay Rating

MAX (A,B) means the higher of the two ratings – e.g. MAX (F,E) means the higher of FIDE or ECF rating will be used for the player.
A series of letter means the first available rating in the series has priority as the effective rating for the player.
Entries to rating limited events will be based on the June 2022 lists.
Pairings will be based on the most recent August 2022 rating lists.

1) Where a player has none of the above, the organisers will assign an estimate based on all available data on a case-by-case basis, failing which the player will be assigned a rating of 0
2) ECF ratings wil be considered equivalent to FIDE ratings.
3) The ratings allocated by this process will be used in the calculation of any relevant prizes.

Please note that we will advise entrants for rating limited competitions if a reallocation is required following publication of the June 2022 list.

For the full schedule (PDF) click here – Chessable BCC Schedule 2022 | For the Tournament Rules (PDF) click here – 2022 Chessable British Tournament Rules

Entry Fees / Prizes

Click here for the entry fees and here for the prizes

There are a number of guest houses and hotels (including the seafront Grand Hotel) close to the Riviera International Centre Playing Venue. Information regarding Torquay accommodation and local attractions can be found at the links below —

• www.visitdevon.co.uk/explore/towns-and-villages/torquay-devon
• www.tripadvisor.co.uk/SmartDeals-g186259-Torquay_English_Riviera_Devon_England-Hotel-Deals.html

Players are advised to make flexible accommodation bookings where possible given the ongoing pandemic situation.

Sponsorship and Partners

Title Sponsorship
We are very pleased to announce that this year’s British Championships is being sponsored by Chessable as a primary learning partner of the Federation. Chessable are part of the PlayMagnus group and providers of the MoveTrainer® software. For further details see the Chessable website here –

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