Saturday 19th January. Hitachi Europe Head Office at Whitebrook Park, Lower Cookham Road, Maidenhead, SL6 8YA. 3-round McMahon tournament. Time limit 60 minutes plus overtime of 30 stones in 5 minutes. Flexible komi with players bidding to play black. Registration by 10:00. Supported by Hitachi Europe Ltd. Contact Eddie Best. B BOOKS entry form
Saturday 9th February. Frodsham Community Centre, Fluin Lane, Frodsham, Cheshire, WA6 7QN. 3-round open (top 8 players) and 5-round handicap. Registration by 10:30. Prize-giving by 18:30. Contact Tony Atkins. B / C MOB BOOKS more info
Saturday 16th February. 3-round McMahon tournament. St. Edmund Hall, Queens Lane, Oxford, OX1 4AR 3-round McMahon tournament. 50 minutes time limit with 30 moves in 5 minutes overtime. Registration by 09:45. Contact ryan.lothian at merton.ox.ac.uk B SHOP MOB more info
Friday 29th February (see below).
Friday 29th February–Sunday 2nd March. Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1, Ireland. Friday evening: Irish Rapid Play. Saturday and Sunday: Irish Open, 5 round McMahon tournament. 60 minutes time limit with 15 moves in 5 minutes overtime. A Tournament in the Pandanet Go European Cup. Contact Olivier Deme. A BOOKS more info
Saturday 8th March. 3-round McMahon tournament. The University Centre, Granta Place, Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1RU. 3 round McMahon tournament. 1 hour time limits and 40 moves in 3 minutes overtime. Registration by 10:45. Prize-giving by 18:45. Novices' (below 20 kyu) training 10:30-13:00 and tournament 14:00-16:00 Contact Alex Selby for Trigantius. Contact Graham Philips graham at grahamandamy.com for Novices'. B BOOKS MOB more info
Sunday 16th March. King Edward VI Aston School, Frederick Road, Aston, Birmingham, B6 6DJ Youth titles at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18 will be contested, in addition to the titles of overall British Youth Champion and British Schools Team Champions. A mixture of even and handicap games. Beginners and those new to the game will be made particularly welcome. Contact Mike Lynn michael.lynn at keaston.bham.sch.uk. C BK entry form
Sunday 23rd March. This affects the dates of events like the British Open.
Monday 24th March 2008. Burpham Village Hall, Guildford. Steve Bailey sgbailey at iee.org
Friday 4th - Sunday 6th April 2008. Horntye Park Sports Complex, Bohemia Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 1EX. 6 round British Open Tournament. 50 minutes time limit with 30 moves in 5 minutes overtime. Registration Saturday 09:00-10:00. Round 4 Sunday 09:15. Prize giving 17:00. British Lightning on Friday evening from 19:00 (registration 18:15-18:45). BGA AGM on Saturday evening at 18:30. B BOOKS MOB more info
Saturday 5th April 2008. Bridge Club, Galway, Ireland. 3 round McMahon tournament. Claas Roever claas.roever at nuigalway.ie
Monday 7th April - Sunday 4th May 2008. To be held online on KGS. 4 round McMahon tournament. One game per week. Open to UK university/college students. Contact Edwin Brady eb at dcs.st-and.ac.uk. more information
Saturday 12th April Nippon Club, London. 3 or 4 rounds (40 or 30 mins) depending on number of teams. Contact Jonathan Turner JE_Turner at hotmail.com
Saturday 26th April. Library and Science Concourse, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL. 3 round McMahon tournament. 1 hour time limits and 30 moves in 5 minutes overtime. Registration by 10:00. Prize-giving by 18:30. Contact David Buckley gotournament at bucko.me.uk. MOB B more info
Saturday 3rd May - Monday 5th May 2008. Selwyn College, Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DQ. Directions. For qualifiers only (all British players with rating above 1899 from a tournament in 2007). 6 round Swiss tournament. 90 minutes time limit with 20 moves in 5 minutes overtime. Registration 09:15 - 10:00. Each day, rounds at 10:00 and 14:15. Lunch/Brunch available in Selwyn cafeteria 12:45-13:30 Saturday and Monday /11:30-12:30 Sunday. Entry fee depends on the number of entrants (probably less than £15). Contact the championships organiser to enter before midday on 30th April. MOB BC A
Sunday 4th May 2008. Trinity College, Cambridge, CB2 1TQ. 5 round McMahon tournament for kyu players only. 35 minutes time limit with no overtime. Registration by 09:30. Finish 17:30. Contact Jonathan Medlock j.medlock at ntlworld.com 5 Bourne Road, Cambridge, CB4 1UF 01223 395550. C more information