5th
4NCL Online Spring
Congress
Tues 14 January - Tues 8 April 2025
Three
Sections
Open
Under 1700
Under 1400
All sections - seven rounds (fortnightly @ 19.30)
Congress Dates
Tuesday 14 January – Tuesday 8 April 2025
(for individuals, 7
rounds played
fortnightly)
Pairings & Results:
Open
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U1700
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U1400
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Replay Games
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Winners
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Entries
Sections
Open
Under 1700
Under 1400
Playing Schedule
Round |
1: |
14 January |
19.30 |
- |
finish
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Round |
2: |
28 January |
19.30 |
- |
finish
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Round |
3: |
11 February |
19.30 |
- |
finish |
Round |
4: |
25 February |
19.30 |
- |
finish
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Round |
5: |
11 March |
19.30 |
- |
finish
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Round |
6: |
25 March |
19.30 |
- |
finish |
Round |
7: |
8 April |
19.30 |
- |
finish |
Two ½ point byes may be taken in
rounds 1–6.
Time Control
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.
Ratings
Ratings from the ECF January 2025 (or most
recently available) online rating list will take
precedence for the purpose of determining the
section in which players will play and for the
purpose of rating prize calculations, and will
be used where they are available. If ECF online
ratings are not available the higher of ECF or
FIDE OTB ratings will be used where these are
available.
The 4NCL may at its absolute discretion
disregard a player's FIDE rating if the player
has played no FIDE rated games in the previous
20 years.
Players without a current FIDE or ECF rating
must give details of estimated playing strength,
including any previously held grade/rating, or
any current rating from another body.
The 4NCL reserves the right to transfer
players between sections at its absolute
discretion at any time.
All games will be submitted for ECF online
rating.
Tie-Breaks
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
Entry Fee
£10.50 for all sections.
Trophies
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.
Using Lichess
The 4NCL uses Lichess for its congresses.
Players new to
online chess or to Lichess should read the
following documents before the congress:
Lichess and Child Safeguarding
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.
Other
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.
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.
Entry information/deadlines
Entries for later rounds will be
accepted up to and including round 4 (deadline
of 6pm on the Tuesday of the round in
question) e.g. deadline for round 4, 6pm Tuesday
25 February. The dates and playing schedule is
here.
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