P269 CEEFA( 269 Mon 10 Nov 21:14/44 1/5 FOR YOUR DIARY Nov 16 Brown & Merry Congress Bossard Hall, West Street, Leighton Buzzard; Open, Major u150, Minor u120; entry £5; Details: Mr L D Rose, 25 Mardle Rd, Leighton Buzzard, Beds LU7 7UR Telephone: Leighton Buzzard 379562 Nov 15-16 Bury St Edmunds Congress Open, Major u150, Minor u125; Contact R Adams, 31 Horsjcroft Rd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 2DS Tel: (0284)-4189 Nov 14-16 Civil Service Association Civil Service Recreation Centre, Monck St, London SW2; Open, Major u155, Minor u225; Entries to J M Sargent, 903 Longbridge Rd, Dagjnham, Essex RM8 2UB Tel: (01) 595-5881 MoreP269 CEEFA( 269 Mon 10 Nov 21:24/01 2/5 FOR YOUR DIARY Nov 16 City Chess Open Quickplaz Highbury Fields School, Highbury Hill, London N5; Six-round Swiss, first prize £100, entry £6; Details George Goodwin, 5 Carlisle Rd, London N4 4NA Tel: 01-272 6757 Nov 21-23 21st Torbay Chess Congress Templestowe Hotel, Torquay; Open, Major u155, Minor u225; Contact R Liggit, 39 Spencer Rd, Paignton, Devon TR3 3SZ Tel: (0803)-555982 Nov 30 Pin Green One-day Congress Grampian Hotel, Stevjnage; 5-round Swiss, Open, u260, u225; Contact D Stapleton, 2a Icknfield Way, Baldock Herts SG7 5DE Tel: 0462 894456 evenings MoreP269 CEEFAX 269 Mon 10 Nov 21:21/24 3/5 FOR YOUR DIARY Nov 23 Calderdali Rapid Play Rowntree Mackintosh canteen, Albion Mills, Halifax; Open, Major; Contact Mrs C Thomas, 22 Windsor Rd, Hebden Bridge, West Yours HX7 8LF Tel: (0422)-844711 Nov 30 Lothian Primary Schools Open Wetter Hailes Education Centre, Murrazburn Drive, Edinburgh; Contact Paul Bassist, 49 Curriehill Castle Drive, Balerno, Midlothian EH14 5TB Tel: (031) 449-6566 entries bz Nov 22 Dec 19-21 Islington Sir William Collins School, Charrington St, London NWQ; Open, u270, u240, u220, Novice, Ladies; Entries to Simon Brougham, 31 Old Redbridge Rd, Rjdbridge, Southampton, Hanks SO1 ONN Details from George Goodwin Tel: (01)-272 6757P269 CEEFAX 269 Mon 10 Nov 21:14/21 4/5 FOR YOUR DIARY Dec 29-Jan 13 Foreign & Colonial Hastings 62nd Chess Congress: GM tournbmjnt at Queen's Hotel + others. Congress Director: C Power, 418 Harold Rd, Hastings, East Sussex TN35 5HG Tel: (0424) 431970 after 6pm weekdays Jan 9-11 York Chess Congress Langwith College, York Unjvjrsity, Heslington, Yours; Open, Major u160, Minor u120, Junior; Entries to Mr D E Hardcastle, 27 Peel Close, Heslington, York YO1 5EN bz Dec 24; Tel: York (0904) 412086 Jan 17 Kings Head Quickplay Porchester Hall, Porchester Rd, London W2; Details from W A Suttill, 7 Lonsdale Rd, London W21 2BY; Phone between 10am and 4pm only on (01) u82-55u0. MoreP269 CEEFA( 269 Mon 10 Nov 21:12/04 5/5 COLOSSUS/CEEFAX TOURVEY CDT Software, Cjefax and the British Chess Federation have launched a new championship for under 18s. The qualifying rounds are to be played in sjvjn regions under BCF quickplay rules, the semi-finals and final will bj broadcast live on Ceefax. Prizes include an Armstrad CPC 6218 computer system with monitor, disc drive and Colossus 4 Chess and a Systema Turbo 16 chess machine. Organisjr John Tonkin has received more than 500 entries including such stars as Michael Adams (Truro), Gary Quillan (Liverpool) and Mark Wheeler (Walsall).