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31st Chess Theme Break – Saturday 25th January to Saturday 1st February 2025
The 31st Chess Theme Break will be held at the Lauriston Hotel, 6-12 Knightstone Road, Weston-super-Mare BS23 2AN. The 2024 event was also held there, and it was found to be very convenient, with exceptionally friendly and helpful staff. The hotel is in an excellent location, one mile from Weston-super-Mare railway station, a short walk…
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2024 BCA International Autumn Tournament – 18th to 20th October
This year’s International Autumn Tournament will be held at the Kents Hill Park Hotel and Conference Centre in Milton Keynes. The hotel is situated in a very quiet area of Milton Keynes on the edge of an extensive area of parkland. It is comprised of a number of separate buildings connected by covered walkways. The…
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2024 BCA Summer Cup – Saturday 13th July to Saturday 21st September
The Summer Cup will be a five round tournament in which games are played on any mutually agreed internet based platform such as Zoom, Skype, Lichess or WhatsApp. The default platform will be Zoom as the majority of people find this accessible and people can dial into meetings if they prefer. The event will run…
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BCA British Championship in Memory of Graham Lilley
This event is dedicated to the memory of Graham Lilley, our former champion who represented the UK countless times at IBCA events around the world. He was a highly respected member Honorary Life Member of the BCA, who is greatly missed by his many chess friends. The BCA is very grateful to the Sylvia and…
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2024 AGM Weekend Chess Congress in Memory of Peter Gibbs
This event is dedicated to the memory of Peter Gibbs, a highly respected Honorary Life Member of the BCA, who sadly passed away in July. The image above shows Peter with some of the trophies he won in BCA Email Tournaments. The event will be held at The Hilton Leicester Hotel, Leicester, from the 15th…
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The 30th Chess Theme Break
Saturday 27th January to Saturday 3rd February 2024 The 30th Chess Theme Break will be held at the Lauriston Hotel, 6-12 Knightstone Road, Weston-super-Mare BS23 2AN. This year’s event was also held there, and it was found to be very convenient, with exceptionally friendly and helpful staff. The hotel is in an excellent location, one…
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International Autumn Tournament
10th to 12th November 2023 This year’s International Autumn Tournament will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Solihull. The hotel is located a short taxi ride from Solihull Railway Station and is also convenient for Birmingham International Airport. It has extensive grounds, a fitness centre, a sauna and a heated indoor pool and is…
