The Torbay Chess Congress
An annual congress held on the English Riviera
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The Torbay Chess Congress

Welcome to the website of the annual Torbay Chess Congress.

The 2024 Congress has now completed, and the Organiser's Report can be viwed here. You can view the full results on the Swiss Manager Results website:

The 57th Torbay Congress will take place on 31st October - 2nd November 2025 at

TLH Toorak Hotel
Chestnut Avenue
Torquay
Devon TQ2 5JS
01803 400400

The Congress runs four 5-round seeded Swiss Tournaments:

Open (FIDE and ECF rated)
Major - for ratings under 1950 (ECF rated)
Intermediate - for ratings under 1725 (ECF rated)
Foundation - for ratings under 1500 (ECF rated).
 

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The 57th Torbay Congress will take place on 31st October - 2nd November 2025 at

TLH Toorak Hotel
Chestnut Avenue
Torquay
Devon TQ2 5JS
01803 400400
 

The Congress runs four 5-round seeded Swiss Tournaments:

Open (FIDE rated)
Major - for ratings under 1950 (ECF rated)
Intermediate - for grades under 1725 (ECF rated)
Foundation - for grades under 1500 (ECF rated).
 
Once again, in 2025 the Open tournament will be both FIDE and ECF rated.
 

The 2025 Congress will open for online and postal entry in the Spring of 2025

In the "Congress" section of this website, there is comprehensive information on the congress and how to enter either online or by post.

In the "Venue" section you will find information about the TLH Toorak Hotel, directions, and information on how to take advantage of the preferential rates that the hotel is offering to congress participants. The management of the TLH Toorak Hotel have been particularly helpful in the organisation of this Congress, so please support them.

In the "Archive" section you will find reports and results from previous congresses.

We hope that you enjoy using this website, and look forward to welcoming both old friends and new participants to the next Torbay Congress.

The 2024 Torbay Congress is at the Toorak Hotel

The 2024 Torbay Congress will take place on Friday 8th through to Sunday 10th November.

The venue is the TLH Toorak Hotel, Torquay.

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