Chess Calendar 2019/20
Updated on 25 May 2020
To suggest an addition / modification to this calendar, please send an email to timpaulden@gmail.com
For details of junior events, please see the separate calendar maintained by the Devon Junior Chess Association at www.devonjuniorchess.co.uk/events
JULY 2019
Fri 26 Jul – Sun 4 Aug: British Chess Championships (Torquay) – click here for details
AUGUST 2019
Sat 31 Aug – Sat 7 Sep: DCCA “Paignton” Congress (Torquay) – click here for details
SEPTEMBER 2019
Fri 20 Sep: DCCA Autumn Council (Exeter)
Sun 22 Sep: WECU Jamboree (Millfield Preparatory School, Glastonbury)
OCTOBER 2019
Sat 5 – Sun 6 Oct: ECF Arbiters Course (Exeter) – dates now confirmed! – click here for details
Fri 11 – Sun 13 Oct: Dorset Open Congress (Bournemouth) – click here for details
Tue 22 Oct: Bubble Blitz (Exeter Chess Club) – click here for details
Wed 30 Oct: Jurassic Blitz (Seaton Chess Club) – click here for details
NOVEMBER 2019
Mon 4 – Fri 8 Nov: Royal Beacon Seniors (Exmouth) – click here for details
Fri 8 – Sun 10 Nov: Torbay Chess Congress (Torquay) – click here for details
Sat 9 – Sun 10 Nov: 4NCL Weekend
Sat 16 Nov: Devon 2nd team match – Devon II vs Somerset II
Sat 30 Nov – Sun 1 Dec: Hereford Congress – click here for details
DECEMBER 2019
Sun 1 Dec: Plymouth Rapidplay (Plymouth) – click here for details
Sat 7 Dec: Devon 1st team match – Somerset I vs Devon I
JANUARY 2020
Sat 11 – Sun 12 Jan: Somerset New Year Congress (Clevedon) – click here for details
Sat 11 – Sun 12 Jan: 4NCL Weekend
Sun 12 Jan: DCCA Inter-Area Jamboree (Plymouth Chess Club, 2:30pm start)
Sat 18 Jan: Devon 2nd team match – Cornwall II vs Devon II
Fri 24 – Sun 26 Jan: Simon Bartlett Memorial Congress – click here for details
FEBRUARY 2020
Sat 8 – Sun 9 Feb: 4NCL Weekend
Sat 15 Feb: Devon 1st team match – Devon I vs Cornwall I
Sat 22 Feb: DCCA Team Quickplay (America Hall, Pinhoe, Exeter) – full details to follow soon
Sat 29 Feb – Sun 1 Mar: 4NCL Weekend
MARCH 2020
Fri 6 – Sun 8 Mar: East Devon Congress (Exeter) – click here (from Autumn 2019 onwards) for details
Sat 28 – Sun 29 Mar: 4NCL Weekend – CANCELLED
APRIL 2020
Sat 4 – Sun 5 Apr: 4NCL Weekend – CANCELLED
Fri 10 – Mon 13 Apr: WECU Congress (Exmouth) – CANCELLED
MAY 2020
Sat 8 – Mon 10 May: 4NCL Weekend – CANCELLED
Sat 9 May: ECF County Quarter-finals – POSTPONED
JUNE 2020
Fri 12 Jun: DCCA AGM (Exeter) – likely to be held online – details TBC
Sat 13 Jun: ECF County Semi-finals – POSTPONED
JULY 2020
Sat 11 Jul: ECF County Finals – POSTPONED
Fri 17 Jul – Fri 31 Jul: British Chess Championships (Torquay) – CANCELLED