The quarterfinal stage of the Delancey UK Chess Challenge. Once again this year the Megafinal is open to everyone born after 31st August 2004 - you don’t need to qualify.

New this year - those who qualify for the Gigafinal will no longer have to disrupt their summer holidays to travel to Manchester or beyond to go take part because we are holding the first ever Scottish Gigafinal on 24th and 25th June in Edinburgh!

The Megafinal is a 6 round tournament and players will take part all day. It is not a knockout. In each round they will play someone on roughly the same number of points as them (subject to other constraints).

We expect to run Under 8, Under 10, Under 12, Under 14 and Under 18 sections, but this may change depending on the number of entries in each group.

Qualification rules: The top 3 boys and girls will qualify for the Gigafinals along with any players scoring 3.5 points.

The above information is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of publication but may be subject to change.