26-07-2015, 08:35 PM
The Largs Viking Chess Congress is taking place from the 4th to the 6th of September at the Sportscotland National Centre Inverclyde, Largs. Full details of the congress are available at the Chess Scotland website.
I would like to draw attention to a change in how the Grading Prizes will operate this year. Unlike in our previous two congresses, 90% of the field will be eligible for a Grading Prize e.g in a 40 player section, only the 4 highest graded players entered will not be eligible to win a Grading Prize at the start of the event.
As well as offering this increased opportunity for winning a prize, I would also like to point out that the more entries we have, the prize fund will increase. We have based the advertised prizes on 80 players participating, and if we attract the 120 players the recent Ayr congress managed, this would result in a doubling of the prize fund.
On behalf of everybody involved in organizing the congress, we look forward to welcoming you to Largs!
I would like to draw attention to a change in how the Grading Prizes will operate this year. Unlike in our previous two congresses, 90% of the field will be eligible for a Grading Prize e.g in a 40 player section, only the 4 highest graded players entered will not be eligible to win a Grading Prize at the start of the event.
As well as offering this increased opportunity for winning a prize, I would also like to point out that the more entries we have, the prize fund will increase. We have based the advertised prizes on 80 players participating, and if we attract the 120 players the recent Ayr congress managed, this would result in a doubling of the prize fund.
On behalf of everybody involved in organizing the congress, we look forward to welcoming you to Largs!