| Four Nations Chess League :: 2012/2013 |
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| Four Nations Chess League 2012/2013 (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Dates: | November 2012- May 2013 |
| Cities: |
Rounds 1-2: Sunningdale, De Vere Venues Rounds 3-6: Staverton Park, De Vere Venues Rounds 7-11: Hinckley Island, Hinckley Island 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 3n/3s: 41 from Division 3s + 8 from the Division 3n (4 up) Total of 81 teams from 54 clubs. |
| Players participating: | Division 1: 233 (incl. 43 GMs, 50 IMs, 38 FMs, 7 WIMs, 2 CMs and 7 WFMs) |
| Games played: | Divisions 1 and 2: 704 Division 3s/3n: N/A |
| 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 3s/3n: Each section played six preliminary rounds. At the final two weekends (rounds 7-11) Division 3s and 3n were combined into a single division, with match and game points carried over from the first three 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: 13-4ncl.zip Division 2: 13-4ncl_2.zip Division 3: 13-4ncl_3.zip |
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