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Other Features of Congress Controller: Kevin Staveley There will be a Blitz Tournament (3 minutes plus 2 second increments Open Section per move for the whole game) on the Saturday evening. These games 1st: £300, 2nd: £180, 3rd: £120 should count towards FIDE Blitz ratings. Grading Prizes: 2049 – 1900; 1899 – 1750; 1749 & below: £120 per band All games in both the Major and Open Sections will appear annotated Entry fees : Adults £20, Juniors £10 (U18 on 1/9/17) on the Dyfed Chess and Welsh Chess Union websites. Open entrants without a FIDE rating need to obtain a FIDE ID, if they don’t have one already, via their national federation, before entering. Welsh players may do so Accommodation quickly and without cost by contacting Robert Taylor (01633 370497; The Fishguard Bay Hotel (SA64 0BT) is situated on the edge of the [email protected]). Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in its own woodland and looks out Major Section – open to players graded below 1600 (ECF 121) across the bay towards the east. Strumble Head lies behind the hotel 1st: £150. The 2nd, 3rd and grading prizes (U1400 (ECF 96) & U1200 (ECF 71) will and the scene of the last invasion of mainland Britain is not far away be announced at the Congress but the total prize fund will be at least equal to along the Pembrokeshire Coast National Trail. section entry fees. Entry fees: Adults £18, Juniors £9 (U18 on 1/9/17) The Hotel charge will be £150 per person for shared rooms and £155 Please send entries to: for single rooms (inclusive of service charge and VAT), for tea/coffee Tony Haigh, Brithdir Mawr, Newport, Pembs. SA42 0QJ Tel: 07811 852829. and Welsh cakes on arrival, and a selection of soup, sandwiches and ([email protected]) coffee at dinner time. A full Welsh breakfast, 1 course buffet lunch with coffee and 3 course dinner plus coffee on Saturday, and on Sunday, full  Rate of play: all moves in 1½ hours with 30 second increments added after each Welsh breakfast and traditional Sunday lunch with dessert. (Vegetarian move. options available.) Children sharing a room with at least one adult will  Provided it is claimed on this entry form a half point bye may be requested for be charged £72.50 each. any one of the first four rounds; Entrants must make their own arrangements with the Hotel  Players winning two prizes outright shall be awarded the larger only. Players about accommodation.(Tel. 01348 873571, Fax 01348 873030 finishing on the same score shall share any relevant prizes. or e-mail [email protected]) Players booking accommodation for the congress must pay a £20  Players without any rating shall not be eligible for a grading prize. deposit to the hotel.  Late arrivals will be allowed 30 minutes on their clock in any round and then Non-resident players will be able to purchase any of the following: defaulted. Friday evening or lunchtime Sat./Sun: Soup and Roll for £4.95 or  Rules will be posted at the Congress: Sandwiches for £4.50; Saturday Lunch: £10.95 (available from 1:00) o to make the controller's decisions subject to a summary appeals procedure; Dinner: £16.50 Sunday Lunch £12.95 (available from 1:00) Directions to ensure players can take a minimum break of 30 minutes between o Follow signs to the Fishguard Ferry Terminal (to Rosslare) but at the rounds. roundabout outside the terminal and railway station go straight ahead  The organisers reserve the right to refuse or transfer entries. (with the sea on your right) up a slight hill and follow the no through road around to the right; the hotel is half a mile along this road at its Ratings end. in the Open Section the Feb. 2018 FIDE Rating List will be used as far as possible to make the pairings and to award grading prizes. Local Tourist Information Centre In the Major Section, for the same purposes and also in determining eligibility to http://www.fishguardonline.com play in that section, players’ January 2018 WCU ratings will be used or, as the case Tel: 01437 776636. may be, ratings in other most recent national lists. Players without any rating should Entry Form

Name...... ………………………………………....

Address...... ………………………………………….. 47th ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Dyfed Chess ...... Congress E-mail......

Telephone No...... at the

Club…………………………………………………………………………………….. Fishguard Bay Hotel

National Rating...... Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. th th Date of Birth (if Junior)...... 16 February – 18 February 2018

I wish to enter the……………………………...... Section There will be two sections run on the Swiss System, an Open section which will be FIDE rated and a Major (Open Entrants Only) My FIDE ID Number is...... section open to players with a national rating under 1600.

I enclose an entry fee of £ ...... and a donation of £...... ……. Please make cheques / postal orders payable to: Dyfed Chess Association Timetable Round 1 Friday 16th 6:45 p.m.  I require a half-point bye in round...... Round 2 Feb 9:30 a.m. th Round 3 Saturday 17 2:30 p.m. Feb Round 4 9:30 a.m Saturday 17th Mae’r ffurflen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg: cysylltwch â Tony Haigh. Round 5 Feb 2:30 p.m Sunday 18th Feb Sunday 18th Feb