Entry fee £30.00 (£37.50 incl.
pay to play fee - see Notices
section below).
No player may win more than one
prize. All place prize money will be shared
equally between tied players.
The method for allocating
grading prizes can be found in the
Terms and Conditions.
Discounts:
GMs / IMs free, FMs half price. GMs please
contact Mike Truran for other conditions.
Late
Entries: Entries may be accepted on
the day subject to availability and payment of a
£10 surcharge.
Entry
Forms:
Completed entry forms, together with the
appropriate entry fee (payable to “4NCL”) should
be sent to Mike Truran at The Old Farmhouse, 7
Church Street, Ducklington, Witney, Oxon, OX29
7UA or emailed to mike@truranfamily.co.uk (in the latter case, please contact Mike for bank transfer payment
details).
Playing Schedule:
Round
1
Friday
19.00
-
23.00
Round
2
Saturday
10.00
-
14.00
Round
3
Saturday
15.00
-
19.00
Round
4
Sunday
10.00
-
14.00
Round
5
Sunday
15.00
-
19.00
A ½ point bye may be taken in
rounds 1–4.
Time
Control:All moves in 90
minutes plus 30 second increment per move from
move 1.
Re-pairing will take place 30 minutes
after the start of a round. Players will be
defaulted 30 minutes after the scheduled start
of a round.
Grades and Ratings
FIDE ratings from the January 2020 list will
be used for the FIDE-rated sections, and ECF
grades published in the August 2019 list will be
used for the U135 section and unrated players in
FIDE rated sections. If necessary players will
be transferred between sections to take account
of rating/grading movements after date of entry
(see below).
The FIDE Open and FIDE U2000 sections will be
both FIDE rated and ECF graded. The ECF U135
section will be ECF graded.
Players without a current FIDE rating or ECF
grade must give details of estimated playing
strength, including any previously held grading,
or current grading from another body.
Ungraded or unrated players may not win a
best performance prize and, with the exception
of the FIDE Open, may only win 50% of any other
prize.
In the FIDE Open and FIDE U2000 sections
there is a pay to play fee of £10 for players
who are not ECF Gold or Platinum members
or who are non-ECF members registered with FIDE
as English.
In the U135 section there is a pay to play
fee of £7.50 for players who are not ECF Silver,
Gold or Platinum members or who are non-ECF
members.
Prizes may be changed subject to numbers of
entries.
The 4NCL reserves the right to transfer
players between tournaments at any time.
All pairings will be made using FIDE Swiss
pairing rules using Swiss Manager.
The submission of an entry form and payment
of the entry fee denotes acceptance that the
4NCL’s decision is final in all matters.
The 4NCL reserves the right to refuse any
entry without explanation.
Accommodation
These rates have been
negotiated with the Old Swan, Harrogate.
£39.50 BB per person per night (based on two
sharing)
£69.00 BB per person per night (single
occupancy)
£59.50 DBB per person per night (based on two
people sharing)
£89.00 DBB per person per night (single
occupancy)