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Open
Under 2000
Under 1700
If FIDE rated players also have an ECF grade,
their ECF grade must be below 175 in the Under
2000 section and under 135 in the Under 1700
section.
Round |
1 |
Friday |
19.00 |
- |
finish |
Round |
2 |
Saturday |
10.00 |
- |
finish |
Round |
3 |
Saturday |
15.00 |
- |
finish |
Round |
4 |
Sunday |
10.00 |
- |
finish |
Round |
5 |
Sunday |
15.00 |
- |
finish |
A ½ point bye may be taken in
rounds 1–4.
All moves in 45 minutes plus 15 second increment
per move from move 1.
Re-pairing will take place 15 minutes after the
start of a round. Players who have not arrived
will be defaulted 15 minutes after the scheduled
start of a round.
FIDE ratings from the July 2020 list will be
used where possible. ECF grades published in the
January 2020 list will be used for players with
no FIDE rating and converted to four digit
ratings using the formula 7.5*ECF+700. If
necessary, players will be transferred between
sections to take account of rating/grading
movements after date of entry (see below).
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.
All games will be submitted for ECF online
rating.
In the event of a tie on points, the following
tie-breaks will be used:
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Direct Encounter
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Median-Buchholz
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Buchholz Cut 1
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Buchholz
£5.00 for all sections.
1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place in each section.
Best performance trophy in each section.
No player may win
more than one trophy. Ungraded or unrated
players may not win a rating trophy.
Trophies may be changed subject to numbers of
entries.
The 4NCL uses Lichess for its congresses.
Players new to
online chess or to Lichess should read the
following documents before the congress:
Lichess is a third party website over which the
4NCL has no direct control, and as a result
parents will need to consider for themselves
whether or not it is appropriate for their child
to use this website to play in this congress.
Parents may want to consider the following child
safeguarding measures:
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Setting up children’s accounts account in
“Kid Mode”, which disables all site
communications and is password protected;
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Whether or not parents want to fill in a
real name, provide location details, and
write other details in the biography on
their children’s profiles;
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There are various other privacy options,
including allowing “followers” of the
account, and whether or not to allow
messaging.
The 4NCL will disable the chat room option for
the duration of the congress. The 4NCL will
email all entries direct links to the congress
shortly before it is due to start, so parents
can use those to get to the tournament in a way
that bypasses any open chat rooms if they prefer
to do so.
In
all sections there is a pay to play fee of £5.00
for players who are not ECF members or
supporters.
Players need an account at
https://lichess.org/ in order to play in the
congress.
The
4NCL reserves the right to transfer players
between sections at any time.
Pairings in all sections will be made using
Swiss-Manager.
Players under sanction in 4NCL Online or Junior
4NCL Online may not play in the congress.
The
4NCL reserves the right to refuse any entry
without explanation.
The
submission of an entry form and payment of the
entry fee denotes acceptance that the 4NCL’s
decision is final in all matters.
Entries closed at 5pm on Friday 10
July.