Clubs League Season 2
The Chess.com clubs league Season 2 is tentatively set to start soon. The rules below with a change from the minimum number of boards from 4 to 5 and there will be Blitz as well as Rapid. There will also be playoffs. These are the main changes. Here is the link for the full rules.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/clubs-league-season-2-rules I hope you have visibility to this but unclear if you do.(might just be for admins)
A. Schedule
Chess.com’s Clubs League Season 2 regular season is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, November 7 through Saturday, December 19, 2020. The top 16 clubs in each division will qualify for the playoffs (scheduled for January 2021).
A2. The League will tentatively have weekly matches on seven (7) consecutive Saturdays – November 7, November 14, November 21, November 28, December 5, December 12, December 19, 2020.
A3. The default match time is Saturday 10am Pacific / 1pm EDT / 19:00 CEST. See E6 and E7 for rescheduling matches.
F. Match format / Player recruitment
F1. Each match is a club vs club match of two segments - rapid and blitz. Players must be in their Chess.com club to represent their club in league matches.
F2. Each match consists of two segments – a rapid segment and a blitz segment. Each segment is weighted equally – if a club wins both segments, they earn a full match point, if one club wins the rapid and the other club wins the blitz, it is a tied match. In case one segment is tied, the club that wins the other segment will receive the full match point. Game points are not relevant in determining the match result. Only the result of each segment (win, loss, draw) is significant.
F3. Players are not required to play both segments in a match – they may play either segment, or both. All club matches must have both segments – club admins may not agree to skip either segment.
F4. In each segment (rapid and blitz), each player will play 2 games against the same opponent (white/black). Players will not necessarily play the same player in both segments.
F5. The rapid time control is 15 minutes plus 2 second increment. The blitz time control is 3 minutes plus 2 second increment.
F6. In each segment, the club with the most game points wins that match segment.
F7. Clubs may recruit any players for a match. There is no rating minimum or maximum. See C5 and C6.
F8. Matches will be played based on Chess.com Rapid and Blitz Ratings at the time of the match - Board 1 vs Board 1, Board 2 vs Board 2, etc.
