Club Championship 2025/2026

Monday, 15 September 2025

Welcome to the Club Championship for the 2025/26 season! This year’s event is a 7-round Swiss, with games scheduled monthly across the season. Results will be ECF-rated, so please ensure your ECF membership is Bronze or above (and that you’re a club member).

Format & rules

• Format: 7-round Swiss (no repeat pairings).
• Pairings: Round 1 is a random draw; from Round 2, players are paired within score groups with colour alternation where possible.
• Time control: 60 minutes for the game + 10 seconds increment per move from move 1.
• ECF rating: All results submitted for ECF rating (Bronze+ required).
• If you can’t make a Monday: Please contact your opponent and rearrange to another mutually convenient date.

Dates (2025/26)

Rounds are played on the last Monday of each month listed, except May which uses the next-to-last Monday:

• R1: Monday 27 Oct 2025
• R2: Monday 24 Nov 2025
• R3: Monday 26 Jan 2026
• R4: Monday 23 Feb 2026
• R5: Monday 30 Mar 2026
• R6: Monday 27 Apr 2026
• R7: Monday 18 May 2026 (next-to-last Monday in May)

How to enter

• Email: Jerry Anstead, or
• Sign-up: Add your name to the club noticeboard entry list.
• Entry deadline: Sunday 19 October 2025
• First-round draw: Monday 20 October 2025 (at the club)

Setting the clock

Championship games are played at 60 minutes + 10 seconds per move. On the club’s DGT 2010 clocks:

1. Press the ON/OFF button underneath the clock.
2. Use + / – to reach Option 18 (one period plus Fischer bonus), then press ✔.
3. Set 1:00:00 for both players.
4. Set the bonus to 0:00:10 for both players.
5. Press play/pause to finish, and put the lever up on White’s side.

For anything else the clock can do, see our full DGT 2010 guide — or the guides for every common chess clock.

Questions

If you have any questions about eligibility, ECF membership, or arranging an off-night game, please contact Jerry via the email above.

Full details (PDF): /media/2025/09/Tunbridge-Wells-Club-Championship-2025-2026.pdf