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A reminder that Seaton Chess Club will be hosting their 4th Jurassic Rapidplay on Sun 15th November 2026 at Axmouth Village Hall, East Devon - just 1 week away!
This will be a 6 round 1-day event with 20 min + 10 sec per player.
The event will start at 10am and run to around 5.30pm and has an estimated total prize fund of over £300!
For more details, see the club’s website: https://seatonchessclub.co.uk/events/4th-jurassic-rapidplay
And there is also an online entry form: 4th-jurassic-rapidplay Entry Form
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The Devon Junior Chess Association are pleased to announce that entries are now open for the Devon Junior Chess Championships U18 and U9/U11 & secondary schools competitions 2026-27
Saturday, 28th November, 2026 - 09:30 start
Venue: Teign School, Kingsteignton TQ12 3JG
see https://devonchess.org/calendar/devon-individual-and-schools-team-championships for more details.
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The 3rd Barnstaple Rapidplay took place on Saturday 10th October 2026 with a great turnout of 31 players and a relatively strong field with FIDE Master Chris Gant and Grand Master John Nunn, who was once in the top 10 in the world! The event was organised by Barnstaple chess club and opened by Pete Worthington. The location was the Alverdiscott Community Hall, an excellent venue with a comfortable and spacious playing area. Jack Rudd was arbiter for the day. 
Play proceeded pretty much to form with the top 4 ranked players meeting in round 4 where Chris Gant and John Nunn both won their games against Paul Hampton and Jon Underwood respectively. Chris and John met in round 5 with John winning that tie and he was then leading on 4.5/5 having drawn with Giles Body in round 2. 
There was still everything to play for in round 6 with Petra Nunn and Adam Clark joining the top 3 boards on 4/5. Paul Hampton held on for a draw with John and a win for Chris meant first place was shared between Chris and John both with (5/6).
A draw between Petra Nunn and Jon Underwood took them both out of a share of 1st, but they both still secured a podium position in 3rd place, shared with Paul Hampton.
Grading Prize winners were:
- Emile Doran 4/6 Grading Prize (1550-1849)
- Martyn Maber 3.5/6 Grading Prize (U-1550 and unrated)
Full results can be found on Chess-Results Server here.
Many thanks to Barnstaple Chess Club for organising and thanks to all those of made some lengthy journeys to get there!
This event is part of the DCCA DCCA Rapidplay Grand Prix
Report by Paul Hampton
