15-08-2015, 03:11 PM
mclarke Wrote:don't know why no one plays them now?.
It is because it is stupidly expensive to play.
If you are a GM, you are not getting conditions you would get from almost every other event. If you are a regular punter, the entry fee is £200 and it is genuinely cheaper to play in a nicer, and stronger, event abroad. See Czech Open for example. Until this changes, it will essentially remain the English Championsips.