ECL2018: Round 3

Important note: If you would like to actively participate in cities tournament management, please contact @Dale00007 or @RainPiper

Below you find the pairings of Round 3 of the ECL 2018. From the list of teams, sorted by WCL division or directly from this News, find your opponent, go to their team page using the link in the thread “2018 WCL: Team Contacts”, and send them a match challenge with details as below.

Please note that only Division 1 and 2 have the matches in this round. Division 3 resumes on 12th March.

Match Name: ECL2018 R[round of your division]: your city vs. opposing city (for example, ECL2018 R3: Minsk vs St.Petersburg)

• Game Type: Standard Chess
• Starting Position: Standard Starting Position
• Days per Move: 3 days
• Players per Team: minimum: differs by division, see below; maximum: leave free
• Concurrent Games: 2
• Games are RATED
• Start Time: 11 March 2018, 09 AM 00

Accept the challenge without delay and immediately check to make sure that the match parameters and the start time are set correctly. If they are not correct, please fix the problem immediately by canceling the match and issuing a new challenge with the correct parameters, then contact your opponent's admin to inform them of what you have done.

If you have sent your challenge but your opponent is not accepting it, please report it in the forum thread of your division, so that everybody involved can help to find and fix the problem quickly. To contact team representatives for communication and problem fixing, find them in the thread “2018 WCL: Team contacts”. When your match is open for registration, please post its link in the thread of your division. Please encourage all your players to sign up for the match by posting announcements in your group's news, notes or forums. Make sure you reach the required minimum participation in time and build good overall participation.

Forum threads by division:

• Division 1 (12+): https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/ecl2018-division-1
• Division 2 (10+): https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/ecl-2018-division-2
• Division 3 (5+): https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/ecl2018-division-3

Rules: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/2018-wcl-rules Please refer to Appendix F2 related to ECL.

Observe that, by default, WCL matches are also counted as ECL matches if the pairings overlap. Such matches are marked with "X" below. If both teams agree, the separate match can be played on ECL schedule. If a separate match is not setup and reported in the respective forum, WCL match will be counted.

Division 1

Division 2