New Open File
Summer 2024
A bumper 61 page Open File - the cover may well give a clue to the guest editor of this edition of the magazine!
The centrepiece of the edition is the report of the UKAFCC 2024 held at RAF Whittering. The supporting cast of articles are equally impressive - the UKAF vs Parliament, the Perrott Trophy report, 4NCL round up - and more!
We also say farewell to Steve 'the Feather' Le Fevre who recently passed away.
To enter this event, please click on the link below for full details and the entry form.
As is usual, accomodation is limited, so please get your entry in to Ben Woolf as soon as possible.
20-26 October NATO Chess Championship (Rhodes, Greece)
16-17 November UK Armed Forces Chess Rapid Play RAF Benson
****Provisional UKAFCC***** 4-7th April 2025 at RAF Cranwell
Head to the site 'Downloads' page to find the latest edition of Open File.
We now have many past editions of Open File archived in this section, with many from the early years of the RAF Chess Association in pdf form.
UKAFCA Fair Play Code of Conduct for Online Chess Events
Perrott Trophy 2024
This years Inter-Services Championships, 'The Perrott Trophy’, will be held online on LiChess in June/July.
The competition is open to everyone, the bigger the teams the better. You do not need to have any previous experience competing and players of any ability can take part. If you have retired from RN/Army/RAF/MOD then you can still play for the service you served in. If you represented more than one service (the RN/MOD for example), you can pick who you play for based on where you feel your loyalty lies.
There will be 4 team captains:
RN: Liam Cooper
Army: Francis Pearce
RAF: Steve O’Neill
MOD: Zamira Lucas-DIvers
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Default match times will be Tuedsday nights on LiChess (free to create an account if you don’t already have one) commencing at 1930 using the 4NCL time control of 45 mins plus 15 secs. Individual matches can be re-arranged if players have other commitments on match nights.
Captains will agree the number of boards before the games. If you want to represent your service, just contact your Team Captain. You don’t have to play each round just tell your Captain which rounds you want to play and we will aim to give as many players as possible a game.
Round 1 will be 18th June: Army vs MOD, RN vs RAF
Round 2 will be 26th June: Army vs RAF, RN vs MOD
Round 3 will be 02nd July: Army vs RN, MOD vs RAF
