13th South Wales International Open Cardiff 7th -13th July 2016

[Gareth T Ellis]

Yes it is for July 2016 and already has over 20 entries including 7 Titled players

It's going to be bigger and even stronger than 2015 so make a note of the dates, entry form to follow when available.

[Gareth T Ellis]

A 10 round FIDE rated event with Guaranteed Minimum prizes of 1st £1000 2nd £600 3rd £400 4th £250 plus grading prizes

Rate of play 40 moves in 90 minutes, followed by 30 minutes to finish the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move one.

Current entries http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/Entran ... -2016.html

Confirmed so far: 4 GM 2 IM 2 FM 2 WFM

With over 3 months to go, it's already looking to be much stronger than last year.

[Gareth T Ellis]

35 entries and still over 2 months to go, the site will be updated frequently now.