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North London FIDE Rapid

                                                                                  Wednesday 20 May

VENUE Wyllyotts Theatre, Wyllyotts Place, Potters Bar, EN6 2JD FACILITIES Café on site. Pub opposite. Plenty of other cafés, restaurants, fast food, and supermarkets within a three-minute walk! LOCATION Less than 5 minutes from Potters Bar station, 15 minutes from Finsbury Park and 20 minutes from King's Cross by train. Five minutes from Junction 24 of the M25. Seven minutes from South Mimms Services on A1(M). Plenty of parking nearby, free on-site parking on Sunday. PEOPLE-CENTRED Our flexibility is designed to be inclusive. We welcome players who want to play a single game, for example. Email / use the contact form for reduced rates to fit your needs. We also welcome unrated and new players. One large FIDE/ECF - rated section for Rapid (may be accelerated). Adjacent Freestyle games MODES Rapid Freestyle 5x 10+5 1x 10+5 We will use the official FIDE Chess960 rules (shown in Appendix F). Players will get one minute to study the generated Freestyle position before clocks are started. SECTIONS The Freestyle games played across the year will form the National Rapid Freestyle Grand Prix .

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Entry Fee -- £25

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