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Welsh U14s, U12s, and U10s Championships
Welsh Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships April 20/21 2024
Directions to the Hotel:
FROM THE EAST
Leave M4 at junction 29 and join A48(M). After 4 miles take the exit signposted Cardiff Docks and Cardiff Bay. Take 3rd exit off the roundabout onto another smaller roundabout. Take 3rd exit. Hotel is located on your right.
FROM THE WEST
Leave the M4 at junction 30 and take 3rd exit off the roundabout. At next roundabout taken 2nd exit, and at the third roundabout take 2nd exit onto A48(M). Take 2nd exit signposted Cardiff Docks and Cardiff Bay. Take 3rd exit off the roundabout onto another smaller roundabout. Take 3rd exit. Hotel is located on your right.
The Mercure Hotel, Cardiff North: To book accommodation please contact the hotel directly.
QUALIFICATION FOR ENTRY
All players must be Welsh qualified. Please refer to the WCU Website” ( https://www.welshchessunion.uk/ ), a member of the WCU and registered as WLS with FIDE.
Section Restrictions.
For the junior sections only: Entrants must be Welsh qualified in at least one of the following ways:
a) Birth in Wales
b) Child of a person who was born in Wales
c) Ten years consecutive residence in Wales at any time prior to the event
d) Residence in Wales for at least two years immediately prior to the event.
e) Throughout the period of six months immediately before the event attendance as a student at a school of establishment of further or higher education in Wales
f) Represented the Welsh Chess Union in a Junior International event
For U14s the entrant must be born in 2010 or later
For U12s the entrant must be born in 2012 or later.
For U10s the entrant must be born in 2014 or later
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