Waltham Forest Shogi is pleased to announce that the 2019 British Shogi Championships will be held in Chingford, London. The tournament will be held over the weekend of Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th November. More details will be provided nearer to the tournament date.
Entries should be sent by email to
shogi.london@gmail.com.
The exact format will be determined based on the number of entries and the range of grades. We may operate a single group system, or separate groups for higher and lower graded players. There will probably be six rounds, three or four on Saturday (depending on what time round 3 finishes) with the other two or three on Sunday, and everybody will play in each round. On Sunday we will hold a quickplay tournament after the main event if there is time.
Each player will start with 25 minutes on their clock. Once a player has used up their 25 minutes, each further move must then be played within 40 seconds. If anyone is unfamiliar with this system please ask before play starts. Note for regular players - please bring a byoyomi clock if you have one.
The venue is the Friday Hall community centre, 56 Friday Hill East, London E4 6JT.
Getting to the venue by public transport
The venue is about 1 mile from Chingford station. You can walk , but I suggest people take the 212 bus route from stop B. The bus takes
about 5 minutes to Simmons Lane. There are buses every 10 minutes or so. The
TfL journey planner can tell you how to get to Chingford overground station.
If you are coming by car there is parking space for a couple of cars; otherwise you can normally park on the street nearby.
Food and drink
We will have some snacks and drinks at the venue but are not planning to provide lunch. On Hatch Lane there are a supermarket, fish and chip shop and other takeaways.
