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1. The chess.com "Champions League" (hereinafter CL) of 2016 year will be played during 2016 year between Teams representing worldwide football club supporters.

PARTICIPATION

2. Only chess.com Teams representing supporters of the football clubs are allowed to play in the CL.

3. In order to participate a Team should notify the CL admins about it's intention and should have at least 2 active admins able to start matches in time.

4. The Public Profile of each team must make it clear that the group is for fans & followers of the said team. The Public Profile must not state or suggest that the group is open to chess.com members regardless of whether they are a fan/follower of the said team. If a team violates this rule, it may, at the CL Directors' discretion, be regarded as being unsuitable to participate in the league.

5. The number of chess.com members in a group/team must not exceed 450. If, at the start of a match, a group/team has more than 450 members, the team will be declared loser by forfeit. If both opponents have more than 450 members, both teams will get 0 points. Note: this cap will be lowered to 400 members for the 2017 season.

6. The average rating of chess.com members in a group/team must not exceed 1750. If, at the start of a match, a group/team has an average rating that is greater than 1750, the team will be declared loser by forfeit. If both opponents have an average rating greater than 1750, both teams will get 0 points. Note: this cap will be lowered to an average rating of 1700 for the 2017 season.

DIVISIONS

7. The CL will be played in 3 Divisions: Premier League, Division One & Division Two.

8. In the end of the year three best Teams from Division One & Two are promoted accordingly to the Premier league & Division One and three last Teams from Premier League & Division One will be relegated to Division One & Division Two accordingly for the following season.

9. In order to play in Premier League each Team must be able to provide at least 15 players for each match.

10. In order to play in Division One each Team must be able to provide at least 11 players for each match.

11. In order to play in Division Two each team must be able to provide at least 5 players for each match.

12. Premier League, Division One will be played 11 Round Robin Team match tournament & Division Two will be played 11 Swiss System Team match tournament.

13. If new Teams apply for the 2016 season and if these teams are accepted by tournament director, then these Teams will be added to Division Two tournament, provided they are eligible for the tournament (represent a football club supporters, have at least 2 active admins, able to provide at least 5 players for each match).

MATCH RESULTS AND SCORING

14. All matches should be started according to 2016 season calendar

15. The winner of the match will get 2 points , the loser will get 0 points. In case of draw both Teams will get 1 point.

16. If a match has not started according to the 2016 season calendar, the team (or both Teams) that failed to start the match or take any other reasonable action required to start it in time (issue a challenge, accept a challenge, lock the roster etc.) will be declared loser by forfeit.

LEAGUE SCORING, WINNERS

17. The Team that has scored most points by the end of the season is declared the winner of the Champions League.

18. If two or more Teams score equal number of points, the following measures are used to determine their final positions (in order of importants):

- Premier League, Division One & Division Two: tie-break score.

RESTRICTIONS, DISCIPLINARY MEASURES AND OTHER RULES

19. During the 2016 season, each player is allowed to play for only one of the teams taking part in the CL tournament, no matter what division the teams are in. Once a player has started a non-simultaneous CL match for a particular team, that team becomes their "primary [home] team" for the remainder of the 2016 season.

PENALTIES :

a) If a player plays simultaneously for more than one team in more than one round, and their primary [home] team is not yet determined, the player will lose both games by disqualification in each relevant match;

b) Once a player's primary [home] team has been determined, if they play for any other team they will lose both games by disqualification in each match that is for a team that is not their primary [home] team;

c) If a player plays simultaneously for more than one team for 3 or more rounds, there will be an additional penalty, for the third and subsequent rounds, of one point deduction from the total match score for those teams that are not the player's primary [home] team, including cases where their primary [home] team is not yet determined;

d) If a group/team refuses to co-operate with any reasonable request to remove multi-team players from their roster before the match starts, the team will be declared loser by forfeit. If both opponents refuse such requests, both teams will get 0 points.

20. If a Team fails to provide the minimum number of players required for a team match in their respective Division, the team will be declared loser by forfeit. If a team loses 3 matches by this type of forfeit, that team will be disqualified for the whole season and none of their matches will be counted for final standings.

21. Under no circumstances shall admins discourage to join their Team low rated players, remove any players from their roster especially low rated, unless these players play for more than one Team or has a time out ratio for last 90 days more than 25%. If evidence of breaking this rule will be provided in match problems thread (printscreen for example) Team will be penalized for each such removal with 2 points disadvantage

22. All Teams should start their matches according to 2016 season calendar at 12:00 PM Pacific time which is 20:00 CET (Central European Time) - new start time feature should be used. If a Team lock their roster later but not more than 10 hours opponent admin should post printscreen made at deadline time of both rosters immedeately in match problems thread and all added players after 20:00 CET should be removed from both rosters during 24 hours. If a Team fail to lock it's roster more than 10 hours but less than 24 hours it receives 2 poinst penalty and warning. If a Team fail to lock it's roster more than 24 hours it will be declared as loser by forfeit.

DIRECTORS DISCRETION

23. Exceptionally, in order to obtain and maintain fair and effective operation of the CL, the Directors may reach decisions on the basis of a unanimous vote and subject to a minimum of three Directors voting. ("Unanimous" means all directors voting are in agreement; e.g. if there were 5 directors and only 4 voted, but all 4 were in agreement, that would be sufficient. "Subject to a minimum of three Directors voting" means that if there were less than 3 Directors, the 1 or 2 remaining would not be able to exercise any discretion.)

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