Donors to the Torbay Chess Congress

We warmly thank everyone who has generously made voluntary donations to the funds for the current Torbay Chess Congress over previous years. These donations help us maintain our guaranteed prize monies and pay for the excellent venue.

Some Past Players' Comments

Excellent venue anď very well organised. Will certainly be back barring illness and many thanks to the organisers on a first class job

2019 Intermediate

Wife at home very much appreciated seeing results come up quickly on Swiss-results.

2018 Open

Well run congress. Excellent team of arbiters. As usual everything ran smoothly. A fun congress to attend. Keep up the good work.

2019 Foundation

I really enjoyed this year's congress as indeed I do every year.

2019 Open

A Game from Round 2 of the 2016 Open

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[Event "Torbay Open"] [Site "Torquay"] [Date "2016.11.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Archer Lock, Christopher J"] [Black "Hamilton, Selwyn L"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2016.11.12"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceDate "2016.11.12"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Ba6 8. Qa4 Bxc4 9. Bxc4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 c5 11. O-O Nd5 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nd7 Rfd8 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Rac1 Rdc8 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. g3 1/2-1/2