Accommodation in Liverpool:

www.britishchess08.com/accommodation.htm

The Mersey Partnership Accommodation Hotline 08448 700 123

(calls are charged at 5p per minute).

Liverpool Tourist information 0151 233 2459

(may be able to help, particularly with caravan or camping sites).

4th European Championships 2008:

Taking place at Liverpool World Museum, Sept 9th - 18th

www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk

FIDE:

World Chess Federation

www.fide.com

English Chess Federation:

The Watch Oak, Chain Lane
Battle
East Sussex
TN33 0YD

Tel: 01424 775222 (lines open Mon - Fri between 09:00 - 17:00)
Fax: 01424 775904

www.bcf.org.uk/index.html

CHESS MAGAZINE will be providing the bookstall at the 95th British Chess Championships. This is always an important part of the congress, it gives people the opportunity to make a reasoned choice from all the material on offer. They are also generously providing a number of book prizes and a free sample magazine to some of the competitors.

London Chess Centre (CHESS magazine):

www.chess.co.uk

British Chess Magazine:

www.bcmchess.co.uk

Northern Counties Chess Union:

www.nccu.org.uk

Merseyside Chess Association:

www.merseysidechess.co.uk

GM Nick Pert's player descriptions:

 www.nickpert.com

Website of Grandmaster Nigel Davies:

www.tigerchess.com

Press reports:

Telegraph 30 July (Malcolm Pein)

Guardian July 26 (Leonard Barden)

Liverpool Daily Post July 29

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/aug/05/biography