Entries are now open for the Southend Easter Chess Festival 2025 which takes place from 17-21 April 2025, at Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2UN.
The Festival embraces the 6-Round Rapid on Thursday 17 April, followed by the 7-Round Congress from Friday 18 April to Monday 21 April.
Full details for the Rapid and the Congress are given on the Festival website southendcongress.org where the Entry Form (pdf) can be downloaded and Online Entry is available.
Southend is the last remaining Congress in Essex and the event at which the Essex Championship and Essex Minor Championship are awarded. The current Essex Champion is FM Bob Eames (Loughton CC) and the Essex Minor Champion is Ryan Colcough (Wanstead CC).