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13/05/2021 Mini Standardplay Chess Tournament
U-1650 rating (U-130 grade) or new/junior unrated, 2nd (round 1) & 3rd (rounds 2 to 5) July 2021, Spa View Community Church, Spa View Road, Birley Spa, Sheffield, S12 4HD, all moves in a game in 45 minutes, with a 15-second increment from move 1.
Jonathan Arnott advises that he is organising an over-the-board tournament, as above, limited to players with a connection to S&DCA member clubs (e.g. membership of a club, playing for a team in the league). It aims to give beginners and juniors the chance to play some proper over-the-board chess before in-person leagues resume, and (assuming there are enough players entering who already have grades) it should help to get some grading data in the system for those who don't already have any. There is also the aim to provide an introduction to over-the-board chess to new players who have taken up the game initially on line.
Full details are given on the on-line entry form to which the link is given below. (You can take a peek without actually entering!)
The event seems well thought out, as evidenced, for instance, by the optional introduction to OTB tournament chess for newcomers, and the relatively fast time control aimed at juniors an impetuous on-line players. Jonathan asks that the following from him is circulated.
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