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01/09/2025

1st Paul Blackman Memorial Trophy

 

Jonathan Arnott has arranged a team blitz evening event for Monday 15th of September, and has sent a (“draft”) entry form downloadable as a Word document here, the text of which is as follows:

 

1st Paul Blackman Memorial Trophy

 

Venue: Sheffield Chess Centre, 329A Coleford Road, Sheffield, S9 5NF

 

A new blitz competition in memory of Paul Blackman. Paul was a well-known player and coach, who made an impact on the Sheffield chess scene. Local players across the area benefited from Paul’s wisdom, humour and caring nature.

 

Date: Mon Sept 15th. Start time: 7.30pm

 

      This is an event for teams of 4 boards per team

      Time control: 3 minutes/game + 2-second increment per move

      Teams to be played in playing strength order (broad latitude on this one, as it’s blitz, but once you have a board order it will remain the same throughout the competition)

      First-named team will have White on odd-numbered boards

      Entry fee: No fee (but we will be taking up a collection on the night: recommended charitable donation of £10/team to Parkinsons UK)

      Limit: 16 teams

      Format will (depending on number of entries) either be:
a) 5-round Swiss, or
b) All-play-all in groups followed by semi-final and final

      Match points, then game points, then direct encounter as tiebreaks between teams on equal number of points

 

 

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The following information should be sent to: Jonathan Arnott, 9 Ravenscroft Close, Sheffield, S13 8PN or to sheffieldchesscentre@gmail.com or jwauk02@aol.com.

 

Club Name: _______________________                                       Number of Teams: ___

 

Player names (if known in advance)


Captain (A team) ______________________    Captain (B team – if any) ________________________

 

Captain (C team – if any) _______________

 

Contact email: _______________________              Contact phone number: _________________________