Free school coaching available at the London Classic

Schools are welcome to visit the London Chess Classic for free chess coaching from 10.30-12.30 daily on 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th and 15th Dec.

We will have professional chess coaches (CRB certificated) on hand to give individual or group lessons or to answer your questions about setting up a chess club. There will be lessons prepared for all levels from absolute beginners upwards. Pupils and teachers are also welcome to stay and spectate in the afternoon either in the auditorium or the commentary room. All activities are free for schools.

To organise a training session or a school visit please email info@chess.co.uk or call the London Chess Centre on 0207 388 2404 and speak to Tao or Ben.

Junior coaching is available by appointment throughout the period of the Classic event, 10:30am-18:00pm daily.

Schools are also welcome to stay longer to spectate at the Classic. All junior schedules.

General Tournament Rules of Freestyle Chess
Draft No. 2 by Arno Nickel (Ciron) and Nelson Hernandez (Cato the Younger)

Preamble

Freestyle Chess is a live, online chess competition between humans who are allowed, within certain constraints, nearly unrestricted use of technical and human support to assist them in making their moves. Freestyle Chess adheres to an overarching “anything goes” philosophy that recognizes that a body of rules and procedures are needed to conduct orderly tournaments.

Freestyle Chess is similar to ‘Advanced Chess’, introduced by former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, and is also to some extent comparable with modern correspondence chess. Advanced Chess was invented for local live events with only incidental support by computers and no support from other humans; in contrast, powerful support from computers and humans are considered critical components of Freestyle Chess. In contrast to deeply analyzed correspondence games that usually require months to complete, Freestyle Chess is played at time controls similar to rapid chess, and thus play-intensity is much higher.

There is however one unifying motif which each of these chess competition formats share: they all endeavor to produce the highest-quality chess. Freestyle games frequently produce new opening theory, dazzling novelties and remarkable combinations.

The following rules define the rights, responsibilities and duties of the players and the tournament director.

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