County Championship Draws Made

Submitted by alexholowczak on Sat, 06/20/2009 at 9:22am.

Here's how it happened.

I emailed robparker with a list of the counties entered, all in a random order. He can forward this to you if you're interested. I then asked blackfirestorm666 to list the numbers representing each county in a random order. So, if blackfirestorm said "6", then county 6 on the list would be drawn and go into the next available slot. So it's all legit. :-)

Now, here are the draws:
Open (a bit small, but readable) - http://www.chess.com/photos/view.html?id=305274
U1800 - http://www.chess.com/photos/view.html?id=305276
U1500 - http://www.chess.com/photos/view.html?id=305277

The second-named team should set up each match one week before the date listed, and lock their teams on the date presented. The matches should have the title:

County Championship (<section>) - <county1> v <county2>

<section> Open, U1800, U1500
<county1> The first listed county in the match.
<county2> The second listed county in the match.
Spelling is important, it will make it much easier for me to find each match.

That will make it much easier for me to find them.

For matches with rating limits, remember that U1800 and U1500 means no one higher than 1799 or 1499 can enter. You can set this up when you create your match. Make sure the limits are 1800 and 1500, not 1801 and 1501. Each match must be 5+ boards. Not 1+ or anything else, 5+. If the other team cannot get 5 players by the date the match starts, then you can claim a win.

Try to keep me updated with results, but I'll do a check every fortnight or so, so that we can all see what's going on in the rest of the tournament.

Notice also the tie-breakers. I'm very unfond of "draw lots", if you can think of anything to substitute for that, I'll be happy to hear it.

If you wish to be e-mailed the file with the draws for each section, PM me with your e-mail address. If you type in the results, the tables will keep up to date themselves (but not be sorted in any way).

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