Dyfed All Play All U1500 · Season 2026–27
DAPA
Friendly evenings of individual games for players graded under 1500, open to any number of players from every club. There is no league table and no overall winner; every result goes to Welsh grading.
Fixtures
DAPA evenings
- Hosted by Haverfordwest26 Oct 2026 · Pembrokeshire College
- Hosted by Pembrokeshire17 Nov 2026 · Kensington Court
- Hosted by Fishguard9 Dec 2026 · Fishguard RFC
- Hosted by Haverfordwest11 Jan 2027 · Pembrokeshire College
- Hosted by Pembrokeshire16 Feb 2027 · Kensington Court
- Hosted by Fishguard3 Mar 2027 · Fishguard RFC
Taking part
How DAPA works
- Who can play
- Any player with a Welsh grade under 1500, from any club. Use your grade at the start of the half-season, not your live grade: if you started the half-season on 1487 and your live grade is now 1533, you enter on 1487.
- Ungraded players can enter on an estimated grade, or on the minimum of 1310.
- Rules
- There are no special DAPA rules: the normal FIDE Laws of Chess apply, touch-move included. Things are kept simple and friendly, to encourage people to play.
- Keeping score
- With an increment of 30 seconds or more, you must keep score for the whole game.
- With a smaller increment, you may stop keeping score once your clock first drops below five minutes, even if the increment takes it back over five minutes afterwards.
- No winners
- DAPA is about individuals playing each other for experience, so there is no club winner and no overall winner.
- Every result is sent off for Welsh grading.