You will need to answer a mate in 1 catchpa. You don’t need to do anything else. Your round 1 game will start automatically at the stated time. All rounds will start automatically after the final game of the round has finished. If there is a delay due to the previous round going on longer that expected, you will be notified by the arbiter on lichess chat. When the round starts, bear in mind that you may have a bye. In that case you will not be automatically presented with a board.

7) Optional, you can adjust your preferences such as ‘pre-move’ or ‘auto-promote to queen’ option. To do this click your profile at top right then click ‘Preferences’. Once in, have a flick through the options to customise as you see fit.

Step-by-Step Instructions for Players

Tournament will be played on lichess.org and will require an account. If you have a lichess account already and are a member of the WCU Group, then skip to step ‘5’. Note swiss tournaments can't be played on the lichess app at the moment due to swiss being a beta feature, though you can still create an account via the lichess app. If you only have access to a phone/tablet then you need to follow instructions on your browser. Then play the tournament on your browser too.

1) To create a lichess account navigate to lichess.org and at the top right click ‘sign-in’.

2) Next, click register.

3) On the next page fill in all of the details and accept everything then click register. You might be asked to confirm via E-Mail as a security measure. Now your account is made.

4) If you are entering an official WCU event FOR THE FIRST TIME, you need to enter your details on the membership form. Fill in the details and click submit. You will then be added as a member of the WCU lichess Group and be able to join future events directly in lichess without having to fill out the joining details.

5) The event will be held on a lichess group ‘Welsh Chess Union’. The group can be found here Alternatively, if you don’t have the link in the future, on lichess, you can navigate to Community/Teams/All Teams and search for the group.

6) After completing the membership form on the WCU site (only if this is your first event), and your name has been confirmed to be on the entries then you will eventually be accepted into the group (lichess will notify you of this). In the Community/Teams page, select the group Welsh Chess Union.

Once inside the group, under the ‘Tournaments’ section, select the event you wish to play in.

Then click the JOIN button to enter the event, E.g.: