The 5th Kingston Invitational Swiss (17-21 August 2026) begins at 3.30pm this afternoon at the Richard Mayo Centre, United Reformed Church, Eden Street, Kingston KT1 1HZ, which is also the HQ of Kingston Chess Club.
The first round pairings are here: https://s3.chess-results.com/tnr1422361 ... 1&SNode=S0
Play may be followed at lichess: https://lichess.org/broadcast/5th-kings ... 1/ogiwoQpX
There are nine rounds (one round today and two on each of the next four days at 10.00am and 3.30pm). The rate of play is 90 min + 30 sec / move.
The winner of the tournament will receive the Kingston Invitational Cup and £500, with £250 to second and £100 to third. The leading junior (17 or under) will receive the Barden Cup (named in honour of Guardian chess correspondent Leonard Barden) and £100. If players’ scores are level at the end of the tournament, a tie-break designated by the arbiters will be used. There will be no play-off.
Top seed is GM Danny Gormally and there are three IMs in the field (Graeme Buckley, Jack Rudd and Peter Large).
I shall be taking photos and posting reports here on my blog.
