Competitions available to Kent Players

KCCA Internal Club Competitions  

Name 

Average ECF grade

  Number of Boards

County Cup no limit 6
Lewis Cup         LW Lewis (d, 1900) one of a playing family from N. Kent (info from Fred Wellings Beckenham club)  170 6
Stevenson Cup   RHS Stevenson (1878-1943) was a noted chess organiser and Kent County Champion in 1919  155 6
En Passant Cup  140 6
Harvey Cup       Tom Harvey was a prominent player from Orpington  125 6
Tom Fuller Cup Tom Fuller was a dedicated long term player from Charlton  110 4
Intro Cup    95 4

External County Competitions (for results see the SCCU site)

Under 100 (captain Douglas Smith - douglas.smith22@btopenworld.com) 12
Under 120 (captain Douglas Smith - douglas.smith22@btopenworld.com) 12
Under 140 (captain -Tyrone Jefferies - tyronejefferies@hotmail.com) 16
Under 160 (captain Michael Wiltshire - m.r.wiltshire@btinternet.com) 16
Under 180 (captain Michael Wiltshire - m.r.wiltshire@btinternet.com) 16
Open          (captain Laurence Ball - allanburclee@gmail.com ) 16

Also there are male and female individual titles which are decided at the Thanet Congress.

The Kent Juniors Chess Association has its own competitions

Congresses Local congress info

Southern Counties Chess Union

Individual Championships happen at various locales, see the SCCU site for details and junior championships which are decided at the London Junior site

English Chess Federation

Individual and national club championships