Hei alle sjakkentusiaster. Vil først starte med å beklage min lave aktivitet i denne gruppen, til tross for at det er jeg som en gang i tiden skapte den.(Jeg har den vanlige unnskyldningen: "Det er så mye annet som foregår") Benytter også anledningen til å ønske alle nye medlemmer velkommen til gruppen:)

Nå har lederen for Europa-ligaen(en svenske), invitert oss til European League 2009. Ideen virker ganske spennende, og enkelt forklart består dette av team-matcher mot andre europeiske lag satt i et ligasystem.

Jeg har kopiert invitasjonen og meldingen jeg fikk av admin for ligaen, slik at dere kan sette dere inn i hvordan det funker. Håper det er interesse for dette, og at flest mulig ønsker å delta. Her spiller det ingen rolle hvilken rating du har.

Flott om dere legger igjen en liten kommentar hvis dette er av interesse.

Hilsen Simen

Time for next challenge: European League 2009 !

All european national teams has been divided into 5 divisions due to their EuroRanking. In each division divided into three rounds, will the teams meet each other. The winners of each division become the European League 2009 winners, and are guaranteed staying or move up to a higher division next time.

More details about the tournament are available at the Europan League 2009 forum at Team Europe HQ:
. Links to rules, schedules, and instructions are listed there.

Good Luck!

European League 2009 – Instructions Round 1

The first round of the European League 2009 is now starting!
Here are the pairings for the first round!

Division 1

Chess Team Holland - Team England

Team Portugal - Team Greece

Team Romania - Team Italia

Team Spain - Team Sweden

Team Russia - Team Turkey

Division 2

Team Latvia - Team France

Team Croatia - Team Belgium

Serbian Group - Team Germany

Team Slovenija - Team Scotland

Chess Club Finland - Team Ireland

Division 3

Team Wales - Team Armenia

Team Slovakia - Team Catalonia

The Czech Republic Team - Team Poland

Team Ukraine - Team Bosnia and Herzegovina

Team Lithuania - Team Estonia

Division 4

Team Austria - Team Bulgaria

Team Denmark - Team Macedonia

Team Cyprus Team - Norwegian Chess

Team Azerbaijan - Hungarian Chess Group

The Albanians - Team Iceland

Division 5

Team Switzerland - Team Faroe Islands

Team Luxembourg - Team Malta

Team Georgia - Team Moldova

Team Belarus - Team Faroe Islands

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Teams listed on the LEFT-hand side of the schedule must challenge their opponent to ONE team match as soon as possible, and the matches must be opened for sign-ups at latest on Friday, May 22. If not, the team at fault will automatically forfeit (this is not a 100% rigid rule depending on the circumstances). The rosters of each team must be locked and the matches begun at latest on Friday, May 29. Obviously, different parts of the Europe are in different time zones, so there is no exact deadline for the matches to begin, just so long as it is around May 29.

The challenge should follow these guidelines:

Match Name: European League Round 1: Country vs. Country

(ex: European League Round 3: Holland vs. England)

Starting Position: Standard

Days per move: 3

Rating: No minimum or maximum rating.

Minimum Players: 1

Maximum Players: No max.

Concurrent games per opponent: 2

AUTO-START: OFF

RATED: YES

At the completion of each match, Team Admin of LEFT hind must report the exact scores of the team match here: .

Don't just report whether your team won or lost, report the exact score. This keeps things up to date and saves the European League organizers from having to keep tabs on every match that is going on.

If there are any other questions or problems, please post them as a comment for this article

If you want to see any schedule, results or stats, please join and have your team join this group:

Good luck!

Norwegian Chess

Super Admins