Tournament series of the Tricity and nearby towns 37

Most competitive chess in the Tricity comes in series that return month after month. In Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz the Król i Królowa club runs rated blitz, rapid and classical norm tournaments at ul. Politechniczna 7, together with beginners’ events called Szachowy Start. In Gdynia the Bałtyk housing cooperative keeps a long run of round-robin tournaments, seasonal opens and the Witomino rapid tournaments at its culture club on ul. Narcyzowa, and the Navy Club on ul. Zawiszy Czarnego plays numbered blitz tournaments and a yearly memorial.

The bigger dates belong to the Solidarity Cup, the international Pomeranian championships in the Shipyard BHP Hall, the University of Gdańsk summer festival, the Rector’s Cup of Gdańsk University of Technology and the aleGramy festival at AmberExpo. Further out, Wejherowo, Bolszewo, Reda, Kowale in the Kolbudy commune and Banino in the Żukowo commune hold championships and opens of their own, and the Pomeranian association runs senior and junior leagues.