Four Nations Chess League :: 2010/2011

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Basic data

Four Nations Chess League 2009/2010
(see all-time tournament summary)
Dates: November 2010 - May 2011
Cities: Rounds 1-2: Daventry, Barcelo Hotel
Rounds 3-4: Hinckley Island, Barcelo Hotel
Rounds 5-6: Wokefield Park, De Vere Venues
Rounds 7-8: Staverton Park, De Vere Venues
Rounds 9-11: Hinckley Island, Barcelo Hotel
Chairman/Team Representative: Ms. Claire Summerscale (ENG)
Finance Director: Mr. Mike Truran (ENG)
Team Representative: Mr. Mark Adams (WLS)
Chief Arbiter: IA Dave Welch (ENG)
Teams participating: Division 1: 16 (4 down)
Division 2: 16 (4 up; 4 down)
Division 3/Northern League: 36 from Div/3 + 8 from the Northern League (4 up)
Total of 76 teams from 53 clubs.
Players participating: Division 1: 244 (incl. 37 GMs, 42 IMs, 2 WGMs, 33 FMs, 5 WIMs, 4 CMs and 9 WFMs)
Games played: Divisions 1 and 2: 704
Division 3/Northern League: 1414
Competition format: Divisions 1 and 2: two eight board round robin preliminary pools of broadly equal strength. The top four and bottom four teams in each preliminary pool will form two final championship/promotion and relegation pools respectively. Results from preliminaries are carried forward to the final pools.
Division 3/Northern League: Each section played eight preliminary rounds. At the final weekend (rounds 9-11) Division 3 and the Northern League were combined into a single division, with match and game points carried over from the first four weekends.
Final order decided by: 1. Match points; 2. Game points in the final pool; 3. Game points overall; 4. Direct match result
Time control: 40 moves in 2 hours followed by 20 moves in 1 hour followed by 30 minutes to finish the game.
Website: 4NCL
Downloadable game file: Division 1: 11-4ncl.zip
Division 2: 11-4ncl_2.zip
Division 3: 11-4ncl_3.zip


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