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This years Ulster Championship postponed to February 2021

The UCU board would like this to be a face to face tournament. With that in mind we have postponed this years Championships. We are targeting Friday Evening to Sunday February 5th - 7th.

We will plan to the Uslter Championships on Friday 5th - 7th February. To be played face to face. Please watch this space for further updates.

Location and details to be confirmed. The planned timetable - below.

Time Control: 1 hour 30 minutes + 30 sec increment per move. Players will be defaulted if they arrive more than 30 minutes after the start of the round.

 

Timetable:

Registration - Fri 5th February                   6:30pm

Round 1             - Fri 5th February              7.00pm

Round 2             - Sat 6th February           10.00am

Round 3             - Sat 6th February            3.00pm

Round 4             - Sun 7th February           10.00am

Round 5             - Sun 7th February            3.00pm

Sections: Senior                over 1700

Intermediate     1400 - 1700

Junior                 under 1400

Prizes: The prize fund will be formulated and published on the first day of the tournament

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