TOURNAMENT FORMAT:
An eleven round Swiss-system is run with seven on the Saturday (three morning and four afternoon) and the remaining four on the Sunday morning. The top two players from that then participate in a final and the next two in a 3rd/4th play-off, both on the Sunday afternoon. This allows those players who don't make these matches and have a long way to travel to leave at 1 o'clock on the Sunday. Entry fees for the event are £15 waged, £5 unwaged.

FINDING THE VENUE:

A map of the surrounding Cambridge area (Scale 1:100,000) can be found here.

Finding the room:
Enter via the entrance by the Porter's Lodge from Trumpington Street, and round the chapel and Old Court. Proceed via archway in building marked E on the following map and approach the room by walking round the left hand side and back of buildings H and J.

GETTING TO CAMBRIDGE:

By Car:
You are strongly advised to use Park and Ride facilities as city centre parking is limited and likely to be expensive. The Park & Ride sites offering bus connections closest to venue are:
Madingley Road (best for M11 - J13 no southbound access). Alight Bridge Street just after bus gate.
Newmarket Road (A14 West) Alight Bridge Street just after bus gate.
St Ives (A1(M)) - Busway Routes A and C. Alight Regent Street (stop after Drummer Street Bus Station)
Longstanton - Busway Routes A and C. Alight Regent Street (stop after Drummer Street Bus Station)
Milton Keynes (M1 J14) - X5. Alight Parkside (or Madingley Road P&R for connections).
Tickets for P&R served by Busway routes need to be bought from machines BEFORE boarding (which accept plastic) and generally offer unlimited travel on all services by the same operator the same day.

The nearest car park to the venue is Park Street which offers Blue Badge and Streetcar spaces.

By Rail (Domestic):
The nearest station to the venue is Cambridge (CBG) which is served by.
First Capital Connect stopping and Cambridge Express services from London King's Cross (via Stevenage) and King's Lynn.
Abellio Greater Anglia services from King's Lynn, London Liverpool Street (via Bishops Stortford), Ipswich, Peterborough.
CrossCountryservices from Peterborough (connections East Coast and East Midlands Trains services), Birmingham New Street (connections Virgin Trains, other CrossCountry and London Midland City services) and Stansted Airport.
megatrain.com fares from GBP 1.00 may be available on selected trains from Sheffield and Nottingham to Peterborough. Using this and rebooking from Peterborough could prove to be cheaper.
A high frequency bus service runs between the railway station and the city centre - PLUSBUS tickets are available.

Rail travel to Bicester North (BCS), Milton Keynes Central (MKC), Bedford (BDM) or St Neots (SNO) rail stations then using the connecting X5 coach or Huntingdon (connections via Busway B - Alight Drummer Street or change at St Ives for shorter walk using Route A) may be a better alternative than rail to Cambridge. An X5 timetable can be found here. and Busway here. St Neots is also served by limited citi 4 service - TIMETABLE

By Rail (international):
GoLondon (to Cambridge) services from Netherlands stations via Hook of Holland-Harwich ferry.
Eurostar services from Paris Gare du Nord, Bruxelles Midi and Lille Europe to St Pancras International. Connections to Cambridge are from nearby Kings Cross (200 metres away) or should there be engineering work Victoria line tube to Tottenham Hale is an alternative. Tickets for the journey onward may be available to Cambridge from LONDON INTERNATIONAL (CIV) and for connecting high speed train services - local Railteam agents may be able to advise.

Rail & Sea journeys are possible from Scandinavia via the Harwich-Esbjerg ferry(by DFDS) and national rail services. However, this may require separate tickets for rail journey to Esbjerg, the sea crossing, then rail from Harwich to Cambridge. Alternatively travel is possible by high speed rail services via Germany and Brussels.

Timetable information can be obtained from the Deutsche Bahn website

By Coach (National Express):
National Express (NX) coach services operate to and from London Victoria Coach Station, Luton, Stansted, Heathrow and Gatwick Airports. Infrequent direct NX services are also available to Birmingham, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Nottingham and Sheffield. funfare tickets from GBP 1.00 are available on-line from NX website. All coaches call at Parkside and some also call at Madingley Road or Trumpington Park and Ride sites.

By Coach (Stagecoach Cross County X5): This service is to and from Oxford and calls at Milton Keynes Coachway (interchange with NX services to North of England, Wales and Scotland) A timetable can be found here. Through ticketing is available from National Express agents. megabus.com fares are available on X5 route, but from Oxford only. All coaches call at Parkside. The English National Concession pass is valid for free off-peak travel on both the X5 and P&R services.

By Coach (international):
Eurolines services run from many cities in continental Europe and Morocco via Channel crossings to London Victoria Coach Station. Through tickets may be available to Cambridge - contact your local agent. From Ireland services via Dublin-Holyhead ferry crossing call at Milton Keynes for connections to Cambridge.

By Air:
The nearest major airports are London Stansted (STN) and London Luton (LTN). Budget airlines Ryanair and easyJet use both airports.

By Sea:
The ferry crossings from Hook of Holland and Esbjerg to Harwich carry vehicles (handy for a car share trip) with the ferry terminal being about an hour and a half drive from Cambridge (via A12 and A14).

By local bus:
Details of service buses in the Cambridge area can be found here. The main local bus passing closest to the venue is citi4 (St Neots/Cambourne - Cambridge which stops on Trumpington Street.

Other buses tend to use Drummer Street Bus Station, St Andrew's Street, Emmanuel Street, Silver Street and Downing Street.