The event Upsala Allmänna Schacksällskap is about to take place on Saturday 16th of May and it has has a special feature this year: We will play at the Uppsala Castle and the name of the tournament will be Queens Gambit since an exhibition ”Queens” is taking place at that point. However, it is of course also Bo Nyberg memorial no 3 in memory of our former chairman.
The number of participents is already 33, but more has announced they will come and of the participants, so far, two are grandmasters and three have won the individual Swedish Championship (Thomas Ernst, Jung Min Seo and Erik Blomqvist) You can register for the Tournament here
The fee to pay is SEK 300 and half the amount for junior players under the age of 20, namely SEK 150. What about the prizes? Well first prize is no less than SEK 12.500 and half the amount SEK 6250 for second prize and SEK 3125 for coming in third.
Join in folks and play Queens Gambit on the 16th of May!