At Rugeley Chess Club we run a number of events throughout the year. 

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Our main one being the Club Championships which runs from June - April the following year. 

The 2025 - 2026 edition is a Ladder tournament. Where all players in the club are placed on to the rung of a ladder and are allowed to challenge anyone up to four places above or below them. The player in position 1 by the end of April 2026 will be declared the winner. 

Link to the Ladder tournament current standings and rules can be found here:

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Our other main tournament is the Rugeley Summer Rapidplay. 

This consists of two pools of players playing it out in an all play all. Winner of Pool A will play the winner of Pool B in the final. 

Link to group A and Group B is here:

 

Our third tournament is the Rugeley Blitz. Held once a year shortly after the AGM. It is an All play All with all moves played in 5 minutes, no increment. We have prizes for the top three places and a few extra prizes.

 

Our final tournament is the Rugeley Christmas Crazy. Every year our resident arbiter organises a handicap tournament to give the weaker players a fair shot at the stronger ones. The normal laws of chess apply apart from the following:

1/ The greater the rating difference the less time the stronger player gets. 

 

2/ The Random rule.  

There is always an extra twist thrown in to spice things up on the night. We’ve had Random Openings for each game, No Limit, Fischer Random. What the twist is this year, nobody knows... until it’s too late. ​

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