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Below is a list of the current teams competing or interested in competing in the county championships. Please use as a guide when sending challenges. Please let me know if there are any errors or links that are no longer accurate. Aberdeenshire Bedfordshire-Northamptonshire Royal County of Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cefn Gwlad Cymru (Wales except Glamorgan) Channel Islands Cheshire Team Connacht Cornwall county Derbyshire Devon Dorset Edinburgh-Lothian Essex Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire Hertfordshire Highlands & Islands Team The Isle of Man Kent Checkmates Lanarkshire Lancashire L&L Leicestershire and Rutland Leinster Team Lincolnshire London Munster Norfolk Knights Northern Knights Nottinghamshire Oxford Ospreys Renfrewshire Rooks Somerset Wyvern Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex Tayside, Fife and Stirlingshire Province of Ulster Warwickshire Wiltshire Yorkshire Terriers

Registration is now open for the 2021 U1600 League. Because the competition is now well-established, and because of all the extra teams we gained last year, we have decided to convert it to a full league structure. The structure will be very similar to the 4-division main league, but promotion and relegation will be completely independent of it. Which teams start in which division will be determined by performance in the 2020 U1600 League, with new teams entering at the bottom tier. Assuming over 30 teams enter, the minimum number of players per match will be: 6 players in Division 1 5 players in Division 2 4 players in Division 3 3 players in Division 4 Admins, post a comment below with your team name to enter. Registration closes at the end of March. Teams registered so far: Lancashire Lads and Lasses Kent Checkmates Leinster Hampshire Birmingham Somerset Wyvern Yorkshire Terriers Oxford Ospreys Glamorgan Norfolk Knights Dorset Munster Isle of Man Hertfordshre County Chess Royal County of Berkshire Edinburgh Lothian Lanarkshire Tayside Fife &Stirlingshire Bedfordshire-Northamptonshire Team Lincolnshire Aberdeenshire Derbyshire Nottinghamshire Highlands and Islands Leicestershire & Rutland Channel Islands Sussex London Renfrewshire Rooks Connacht Suffolk Staffordshire Surrey Northern Knights Buckinghamshire Province of Ulster Warwickshire Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire


 
Below is an update of the rules for the 2021 competition that will start with the cup competition in August 2020. There are few changes to those of 2020. The minimum number of players for Division 1 will go up to 10, Division 2 will be 6. Division 3 will go up to 5. Division 4 will be 3. There may need to be a Division 4a and 4b and possibly 4c depending on entries. There will be a common start date for each round of the league matches- Challenges should be sent only after the instruction is received in a news item. This will usually be sent on the 26th of the previous month and the start date for matches will be set at 7th of the month. RULES 2021 1a. All teams must represent a county, a region, a city or a town in the UK and Ireland. Players can choose to represent any team of their choice but all teams should make every effort to only field players who have a connection. (eg live/lived in that area, worked in that area or have relations/ close ancestors from that area in all matches.) 1b. Players can be members of two or more county groups, but a player cannot play for more than one team in the county championship league and cup competitions in a single season, even if they are in different divisions. It is the responsibility of the team admins to make sure that their members are aware of this rule. Once a player has played for one team that is his/her team for the rest of the season and any results gained for any other team will be forfeited. If it is unclear who the first team the player played for eg they play for two teams in the same month, then all their results will be forfeited. 
 2. The league will be divided into divisions. Teams will be allocated to divisions using their finishing places in the previous season. All new teams will start in the lowest division. Teams in the highest positions will be promoted and teams in the lowest positions will be relegated. At present, its the aim for three teams to be promoted and three to be relegated per division.
 But this may change if new teams join or teams leave the competition. 3. The Admins of the County Championships will be responsible for organising the fixtures and compiling the results. In the first instance, any issues or disagreements should be discussed on the county council forum for all to see in an open manner, rather than contacting the Admins The Admins’ decision after discussion is final. If an issue affects an Admin’s team then the matter will be need to be decided by impartial members of the council. 4. The deadline for new teams entering the league competition will be the 30th November of the previous season . Any new teams entering the competition will compete in lowest division. The deadline for entering the cup will be July 31st of the previous year. The aim is to start the cup in August of the previous year. At this point the new season will start and once a player plays in any league or cup match from this point that is their declared team. 5a. The minimum number of players for division 1 matches will set to 10. . The minimum number of players for division 2 will be 6. The minimum for division 3 will be 5. Division 4 will be 3. Teams can elect to play in a lower division if they feel they can’t field the minimum number of players. 5b. Usually there will be one match per month, the fixtures will be published in December. Challenges should be sent only after the instruction is received in a news item. This will usually be sent on the 26th of the previous month and the start date for matches will be set at 7th of the month. (See appendix) An exception to this will be the first fixture in December, and there maybe a month will more than one fixture. Either team can send the challenge. If a team does not have enough players on the day the match is due to start then they will be given one extra week to find the extra players. After this week is up the opposing team can choose to claim the match by default. 5c. Everyone in a county group should have the opportunity to play in matches. No player should be removed from a match once they have registered, unless they have a timeout percentage higher than 25%. Or if they are a multiplayer, eg they are registered for another team. If a player is removed for either of these reasons it should be noted in the notes below the match details. If a team is found to be removing players unnecessarily or to gain an advantage they will forfeit the match. 6. Matches should be set to 2 concurrent games at, ie play your opponent with white and black at the same time, this speeds up the completion of matches and bring it into line with the international group competition. (See appendix) The aim will be that all matches will be completed by 30th November, in order to start a new competition next year. 7. If matches are still in progress on November 30th, then the Admins will review the remaining matches and predict the likely result based on the position. If the matches involve the Admin’s team or will affect the league position of the Admin’s team then another member of the council will be asked to judge. 
 8.The time limit will remain 3 days per move.
 9. 2 points will be scored for a win, 1 for a draw. 10. If teams have an equal number of points at the end of the season, then the following in order will be taken into account to determine finishing places: a)Head to Head -The match result(s) between tied teams, if a team has beaten all those teams they have tied with, they will finish above them in the league. b) The win percentage- The total number of games points scored divided by total games played times by 100. The team with the highest percentage will take the top position. c) The total number of timeouts in a season, the time with the least will finish top if points a and b can't separate the teams. Any game with a red 0 counts as a timeout. 11. If a player is found to be cheating by Chess.com, then they will forfeit all their games for the season and results will be reversed where necessary. All reports of cheating or suspected cheating should be sent to Chess.com. 12. Results will be declared once a team has unassailable lead, but these results can be overturned if a player is found to be cheating. However, once the last result of the season in each division is declared no other results in that division can be overturned, even if a player is found to be cheating after this date. In the cup competition results can't be overturned once a team has been progressed to the next round. 13a. All players and teams should play in a sporting manner and make the championship should promote friendship and encourage others to join. 13b. If a player representing a team in the championships does not follow the principles above (eg they are rude to another player or make public unfounded accusations of cheating) the team concerned will receive a warning and any further infringements will result the team in question being asked to remove the said player from their team or leave the championship. 14. There is an under 1600 competition which will start mid-season. Teams can choose or choose not to sign up for this competition separately each year. This competition is separate to the main league and cup. A player can’t play for two different teams in this competition but may play for a different team in the main league and cup. The minimum number of players is 4. All other rules will apply to this competition. 15a . The Knock Out Cup Competition. This will now start August in the previous year. The minimum number of players is 4. Each match in each round will start as soon as possible. Once a team has an unassailable lead the result can be declared. Results can’t be overturned even if a player has been found to have broken the fair play rules, once it has been declared. Please report results promptly. 15b. 4 months after the start of a cup match if a team hasn’t achieved an unassailable lead and the Teams's next round opponent has already been decided, then the match will be judged on the current position to allow the next round to proceed. 15c. If two teams are drawn to play each other in the cup and they already have a league match in the registration stage against each other, if both teams agree then this match can become a ‘double header’ and count towards both competitions. If either team does not wish for this to happen then a new match must be created. 15d. If a match is drawn, the result of the last board will be eliminated, and so on until there is a winner.
If board elimination still doesn't provide a winner (i.e. all games end 1-1) then the team with the most time outs in the match will lose. Finally if the teams still can't be separated then a team will be chosen at random to progress to the next round as a replay would hold up the rest of the competition, unless both teams agree to a live match to settle the result with the time control to be agreed between the two teams. The only exception to all the above is...If a draw occurs in the final round of the cup, both teams share the title of Cup Champions. 15e) Teams may be provided with a bye to the next round. This will usually be determined by their performance in the previous year’s cup competition. Appendix Sending a challenge information League Matches Match Name: "CC21 [Div ] [Round] [Team 1] [Team 2]" (e.g., “CC21 Div 1 R1 Yorkshire vs Sussex”) Description: Can be left blank or a link to this group https://www.chess.com/club/county-championship-council-uk-and-ireland Game Type: Standard Chess Days per Move: 3 Rating Range: Min: none; max: none Minimum Games: 0 Players per Club: Min: 10 for div1, 6 for div2, 5 for div 3 and 3 for div 4. Max: leave free Concurrent Games: 2 Start Date: 7TH of the month (except for December and when a month has two matches) Start Time: any time you like AUTO-START: off Games are RATED: on Under 1600 Matches Match Name: "CC21 U1600 [Group ] [Round] [Team 1] [Team 2]" (e.g., “CC21 U1600 Group A R1 Yorkshire vs Sussex”) Description: Can be left blank or a link to this group https://www.chess.com/club/county-championship-council-uk-and-ireland Game Type: Standard Chess Days per Move: 3 Rating Range: Min: none; max: 1600 Minimum Games: 0 Players per Club: Min:4 Max: leave free Concurrent Games: 2 Start Date: To be confirmed for 2021 Start Time: any time you like AUTO-START: off Games are RATED: on Cup Matches Match Name: "CC21 Cup [Round] [Team 1] [Team 2]" (e.g., “CC21 Cup R1 Yorkshire vs Sussex”) Description: Can be left blank or a link to this group https://www.chess.com/club/county-championship-council-uk-and-ireland Game Type: Standard Chess Days per Move: 3 Rating Range: Min: none; max: none Minimum Games: 0 Players per Club: Min:4 Max: leave free Concurrent Games: 2 Start Date: One week after the challenge has been sent. Start Time: any time you like AUTO-START: off Games are RATED: on

Hello all, This forum is for registration for the 2021 League. Please comment below to register. If your team registered for the 2021 Cup I am assuming you want to enter the League as well, so no need to register again. If this is not the case please let me know. This is our main competition which is open rated. The competition will start in December 2020. There will usually be one match per month until July. For the full rules please see https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/rules-2021 For 2021 there will be... 10 teams in division 1, 9 teams in division 2 8 teams in division 3 ( East Midlands has been split into county teams so there will be one less) The new teams will be split into Division 4A and Division 4B. If there are 21 or more new teams then there will be a Division 4C also. Promotion/Relegation D1- 3 Relegated D2- 3 promoted, 2 relegated D3- 3 Promoted, 1 relegated D4A- 2 promoted D4B- 2 promoted Teams registered so far 1) Norfolk Knights 2) Renfrewshire Rooks 3) Yorkshire Terriers 4) Lancashire L&L 5) Munster 6) Hertfordshire CC (New Team) 7) Team Connacht 8) Kent Checkmates 9) Team Suffolk 10) Team Bucks 11) Province of Ulster 12) Team Staffs 13) Team Surrey 14) Leinster 15) Oxford Ospreys (New Team) 16) Leicestershire and Rutland (New Team) 17) Cornwall County (New Team) 18) Team Cambs 19) Somerset W 20) Team Notts (New Team) 21) Hereford -Worcs- Shrops 22) Royal County of Berks (New Team) 23) Team Birmingham 24) London 25) Essex 26) Sussex 27) Hampshire 28) Gloucestershire 29) Dorset 30) Highlands and Islands (New Team) 31) Glamorgan (New Team) 32) Channel Islands 33) Northern Knights 34) Warwickshire County Chess (New Team) 35)Team Cheshire 36) Devon 37) Derbyshire (New Team) 38) Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire (New Team) 39)Lincolnshire (New Team) 40)The Isle of Man (New Team) 41) Edinburgh- Lothian (New Team) 42) Cefn Gwlad (New Team) 43) Wiltshire (New Team) 44) Lanarkshire (New Team) 45) Tayside, Fife and Stirlingshire (New Team) 46) Team Glasgow (New Team) 47) Aberdeenshire County Chess (New Team)

ROUND 1 R1 Cambridgeshire vs Sussex https://www.chess.com/club/matches/live/team-cambridgeshire/269925 1-0 TC Hertfordshire vs Norfolk Knights https://www.chess.com/live#tm=259657 1-0 NK Kent Checkmates vs Munster https://www.chess.com/club/matches/live/kent-checkmates/269989 1-0 KC Lancashire Lads and Lasses vs Leinster https://www.chess.com/club/matches/live/lancashire-lads-and-lasses/259725 1-1 Matches will be at a time control of 10|2 and you have 12 days to negotiate and play your match. All matches will be set to 3+ and once organised please post the links into this thread.

This is the forum for Division 1 in 2020. Please use this forum to report results, view the fixtures and tables. The minimum number of players for division 1 match is 6- but please aim for more. The aim is that three teams will be relegated at the end of the season. Teams competing in Division 1 in 2020 1) Dorset 2) Gloucestershire 3) Hampshire 4) Leinster 5) Northern Knights 6) Renfrewshire Rooks 7) Somerset Wyvern 8) Staffordshire 9) Sussex 10) Yorkshire Terriers

The last few months have been good months for new clubs. With so many counties starting up teams, we want to get our new players involved in a friendly tournament, to get everyone used to playing team matches and having something to play for. So, starting in July we are playing a one-off New Team League, open to any county team that is not playing in the regular 2020 league. Format is to be decided, but likely we'll have a few small groups, with the winners playing each other. Post in the thread below if you'd like to enter your new county team in this tournament. Entry closes 30th June. 2nd July: Tournament Start Welcome to the 15 teams who have signed up. You'll be split into 5 groups of 3 and play your opponents in a round-robin. There will be 3 rounds of matches, but each team only takes part in 2 (you'll have a bye for the other round). Round 1 matches start Friday 17th July Round 2 matches start Friday 24th July Round 3 matches start Friday 31st July You can set up the matches immediately. The winners of each of the 5 groups will play each other in another round robin, which will start December at the latest. Any questions? Please send me a message and I'll help you the best I can. Groups and Fixtures Group A Highlands and Islands Northamptonshire Derbyshire Group A Fixtures Round 1 (starts 17th July) Highlands and Islands vs Northamptonshire No fixture: Derbyshire Round 2 (starts 24th July) Highlands and Islands vs Derbyshire No fixture: Northamptonshire Round 3 (starts 31st July) Derbyshire vs Northamptonshire No fixture: Highlands and Islands Group B Leicestershire and Rutland Hertfordshire Kernow Group B Fixtures Round 1 (starts 17th July) Leicestershire and Rutland vs Hertfordshire No fixture: Kernow Round 2 (starts 24th July) Leicestershire and Rutland vs Kernow No fixture: Hertfordshire Round 3 (starts 31st July) Kernow vs Hertfordshire No fixture: Leicestershire and Rutland Group C Dyfed Glamorgan Nottinghamshire Group C Fixtures Round 1 (starts 17th July) Dyfed vs Glamorgan No fixture: Nottinghamshire Round 2 (starts 24th July) Dyfed vs Nottinghamshire No fixture: Glamorgan Round 3 (starts 31st July) Nottinghamshire vs Glamorgan No fixture: Dyfed Group D Oxford Ospreys Berkshire Bedfordshire Group D Fixtures Round 1 (starts 17th July) Oxford Ospreys vs Berkshire No fixture: Bedfordshire Round 2 (starts 24th July) Oxford Ospreys vs Bedfordshire No fixture: Berkshire Round 3 (starts 31st July) Bedfordshire vs Berkshire No fixture: Oxford Ospreys Group E Aberdeenshire Wiltshire Warwickshire Group E Fixtures Round 1 (starts 17th July) Aberdeenshire vs Wiltshire No fixture: Warwickshire Round 2 (starts 24th July) Aberdeenshire vs Warwickshire No fixture: Wiltshire Round 3 (starts 31st July) Warwickshire vs Wiltshire No fixture: Aberdeenshire 2nd November: Final Round Congratulations to our 5 group winners: Derbyshire, Hertfordshire, Glamorgan, Berkshire, and Warwickshire. Thanks to all 15 teams who took part - I don't think we had any forfeits or late starts, so it looks like all of you are set for the start of the main league next month. I have scheduled the 5 rounds to start 2 weeks apart. This is similar to how the first round worked, and should give us a winner while you can all still call yourselves 'new teams.' Let's get Round 1 up straightaway, please, taking note of the start date, and Round 2 if you want to get it done. I'll send regular reminders to help admins get the matches up. Round 1 (starts 15th November) Hertfordshire vs Warwickshire Berkshire vs Glamorgan Derbyshire: bye Round 2 (starts 1st December) Berkshire vs Derbyshire Glamorgan vs Warwickshire Bye: Hertfordshire Round 3 (starts 15th December) Derbyshire vs Glamorgan Hertfordshire vs Berkshire Warwickshire: bye Round 4 (starts 1st January) Warwickshire vs Berkshire Derbyshire vs Hertfordshire Glamorgan: bye Round 5 (starts 15th January) Glamorgan vs Hertfordshire Warwickshire vs Derbyshire Berkshire: bye

It’s time to register for this year’s Under 1600 League. It’s an earlier start than last year to capitalise on the extra free time many of us have for some reason. Registration will be open until the end of the month so please sign up by 30th April to avoid missing out. Post your team’s name and points-of-contact below to enter. All county/city teams are welcome to enter. The format will probably be similar to last year (groups of around 6, group winners play each other) unless anyone has any radical new ideas. 1st May Welcome to the 2020 edition of our Under 1600 League. Thank you so much for the great response: we have a record 25 teams, almost as many as are in the main league. This includes 5 new clubs: Glamorgan, Oxford Ospreys, Glasgow, Aberdeenshire, and Hertfordshire, so a warm welcome to our newcomers. 4 groups (3 groups of 6, and 1 of 7) will play a round robin, with matches starting between May and September. The 4 group winners will play a final round, starting early 2021, to find the winner. If the group winners have not been decided by 1st February 2021, we will judge the winners of each group the best we can and start the final round then. Note that Group A has 2 more rounds than other groups, but only 1 more game, because each team has a 'no fixture' round. Group A will play 2 rounds simultaneously in both August and September. Group B is also special because for the first time in the CCC we have teams from every country in Britain and Ireland competing against each other. Edit 21st May: Since there are free spots in some groups that can be filled without messing up the schedule, and since we have so many new groups about, we can welcome Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire & Rutland to the competition. Groups and Fixtures Group A Leinster Hampshire Oxford Ospreys Sussex Kent Checkmates Staffordshire Munster Link to tables Round 1 (May) Sussex vs Oxford Ospreys Kent Checkmates vs Munster Staffordshire vs Hampshire Leinster: no fixture Round 2 (June) Leinster vs Kent Checkmates Hampshire vs Sussex Munster vs Staffordshire Oxford Ospreys: no fixture Round 3 (July) Oxford Ospreys vs Hampshire Staffordshire vs Leinster Sussex vs Munster Kent Checkmates: no fixture Round 4 (August) Staffordshire vs Kent Checkmates Oxford Ospreys vs Munster Sussex vs Leinster Hampshire: no fixture Round 5 (Also August) Munster vs Hampshire Kent Checkmates vs Sussex Leinster vs Oxford Ospreys Staffordshire: no fixture Round 6 (September) Sussex vs Staffordshire Hampshire vs Leinster Oxford Ospreys vs Kent Checkmates Munster: no fixture Round 7 (Also September) Leinster vs Munster Staffordshire vs Oxford Ospreys Kent Checkmates vs Hampshire Sussex: no fixture Group B Norfolk Knights Renfrewshire Rooks Glamorgan Connacht Cheshire (withdrawn) Ulster Nottinghamshire Link to tables Round 1 (May) Norfolk Knights vs Renfrewshire Rooks Glamorgan vs Cheshire Ulster vs Connacht Nottinghamshire: no fixture Round 2 (June) Nottinghamshire vs Glamorgan Connacht vs Norfolk Knights Cheshire vs Ulster Renfrewshire Rooks: no fixture Round 3 (July) Renfrewshire Rooks vs Connacht Ulster vs Nottinghamshire Norfolk Knights vs Cheshire Glamorgan: no fixture Round 4 (August) Ulster vs Glamorgan Renfrewshire Rooks vs Cheshire Norfolk Knights vs Nottinghamshire Connacht: no fixture Round 5 (Also August) Cheshire vs Connacht Glamorgan vs Norfolk Knights Nottinghamshire vs Renfrewshire Rooks Ulster: no fixture Round 6 (September) Norfolk Knights vs Ulster Connacht vs Nottinghamshire Renfrewshire Rooks vs Glamorgan Cheshire: no fixture Round 7 (Also September) Nottinghamshire vs Cheshire Ulster vs Renfrewshire Rooks Glamorgan vs Connacht Norfolk Knights: no fixture Group C London Essex Suffolk Channel Islands Aberdeenshire Somerset Wyvern Leicestershire and Rutland Link to tables Round 1 (May) London vs Essex Suffolk vs Aberdeenshire Somerset Wyvern vs Channel Islands Leicestershire and Rutland: no fixture Round 2 (June) Leicestershire and Rutland vs Suffolk Channel Islands vs London Aberdeenshire vs Somerset Wyvern Essex: no fixture Round 3 (July) Essex vs Channel Islands Somerset Wyvern vs Leicestershire and Rutland London vs Aberdeenshire Suffolk: no fixture Round 4 (August) Somerset Wyvern vs Suffolk Essex vs Aberdeenshire London vs Leicestershire and Rutland Channel Islands: no fixture Round 5 (Also August) Aberdeenshire vs Channel Islands Suffolk vs London Leicestershire and Rutland vs Essex Somerset Wyvern: no fixture Round 6 (September) London vs Somerset Wyvern Channel Islands vs Leicestershire and Rutland Essex vs Suffolk Aberdeenshire: no fixture Round 7 (Also September) Leicestershire and Rutland vs Aberdeenshire Somerset Wyvern vs Essex Suffolk vs Channel Islands London: no fixture Group D Yorkshire Terriers Dorset Birmingham Glasgow Hertfordshire Lancashire Lads and Lasses Link to tables Round 1 (May) Yorkshire Terriers vs Dorset Birmingham vs Hertfordshire Lancashire Lads and Lasses vs Glasgow Round 2 (June) Hertfordshire vs Yorkshire Terriers Glasgow vs Dorset Lancashire Lads and Lasses vs Birmingham Round 3 (July) Yorkshire Terriers vs Glasgow Hertfordshire vs Lancashire Lads and Lasses Dorset vs Birmingham Round 4 (August) Lancashire Lads and Lasses vs Yorkshire Terriers Birmingham vs Glasgow Dorset vs Hertfordshire Round 5 (September) Yorkshire Terriers vs Birmingham Lancashire Lads and Lasses vs Dorset Glasgow vs Hertfordshire Match names and settings @Tricky_Dicky has set up a rather wonderful spreadsheet to keep track of scores, but it requires team admins to use a specific naming convention for matches. Please name your matches like this: 'CC20 U1600 [Group] [Round] [Team 1] [Team 2]'For example: 'CC20 U1600 GrA R1 Sussex vs Oxford Ospreys' Please use the following settings when setting up your matches: Match Name: "CC20 U1600 [Group] [Round] [Team 1] [Team 2]" (e.g., “CC20 U1600 GrA R1 Sussex vs Oxford Ospreys”) Description: “www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/2020-u1600-league” (this makes it easier for players to follow the competition) Game Type: Standard Chess Days per Move: 3 Rating Range: Min: none; Max: 1600 Minimum Games: 0 Players per Club: Min: 4; Max: leave free Concurrent Games: 2 Start Date: any date during the month (but please leave at least 7 days for players to register) Start Time: any time you like AUTO-START: off Games are RATED: on 20th December Congratulations to our group winners: Leinster Norfolk Knights Suffolk Dorset You have all qualified for the final stage, which will take place in 3 rounds starting on 1st January, 1st February, and 1st March. The fixtures are... Round 1 (1st January) Norfolk Knights vs Dorset Leinster vs Suffolk Round 2 (1st February) Norfolk Knights vs Suffolk Dorset vs Leinster Round 3 (1st March) Suffolk vs Dorset Leinster vs Norfolk Knights Could the team admins please set up the first round of fixtures with the following settings: Match Name: "CC20 U1600 Final [Round] [Team 1] vs [Team 2]" (e.g., “CC20 U1600 Final R1 Norfolk Knights vs Dorset”) Description: “www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/2020-u1600-league” (this makes it easier for players to follow the competition) Game Type: Standard Chess Days per Move: 3 Rating Range: Min: none; Max: 1600 Minimum Games: 0 Players per Club: Min: 4; Max: leave free Concurrent Games: 2 Start Date: 1st of the month Start Time: any time you like AUTO-START: off Games are RATED: on

This is the forum for Division 3 in 2020. Please use this forum to report results, view the fixtures and tables. The minimum number of players for a division 3 match is 3- but please aim for more. The aim is for 3 teams to be promoted at the of the season. Teams competing in Division 3 in 2020 1) Buckinghamshire 2) Cambridgeshire 3) Channel Islands 4) Cheshire 5) Connacht 6) East Midlands 7) Essex 8) Surrey 9) Ulster

This is the forum for Division 2 in 2020. Please use this forum to report results, view the fixtures and tables. The minimum number of players for a division 2 match is 4- but please aim for more. The aim is for 3 teams to be promoted and 3 relegated at the end of the season. Teams competing in Division 2 in 2020 1)Birmingham 2)Devon 3)Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire 4)Kent Checkmates 5)Lancashire L&L 6) London 7)Munster 8)Norfolk Knights 9)Suffolk

First you go to live chess. Once there you click on the tournament tab as shown. After that you’ll see “club match” You click on that and it will show you this page. You’ll need to fill in all the details as shown and once filled in you click on the create button at the bottom. Once it’s been created that’s it. Your opposing team will see the challenge when they log into live chess and accept. Once accepted it will show up on your teams home page under “upcoming events” but you’ll need to issue a news post to make sure your team are aware of the match.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT I OFFERED TO CREATE A LIVE VERSION OF THIS LEAGUE AND MATT SAID IT WAS A GOOD IDEA SO WITH THAT I HAVE CREATED A NEW LIVE LEAGUE SPECIFICALLY FOR TEAMS IN THIS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE. THE FORMAT WILL BE AS FOLLOWS: 3+ Members 10|2 TIME CONTROL 1 MATCH EACH FORTNIGHT PAIRINGS ISSUED ON 14th AND 28th EACH TEAM WILL HAVE 10 DAYS IN ORDER TO ORGANISE AND PLAY THEIR MATCH 8 TEAMS PER DIVISION 8 teams Round 1 1 – 8 2 – 7 3 – 6 4 – 5 Round 2 8 – 5 6 – 4 7 – 3 1 – 2 Round 3 2 – 8 3 – 1 4 – 7 5 – 6 Round 4 8 – 6 7 – 5 1 – 4 2 – 3 Round 5 3 – 8 4 – 2 5 – 1 6 – 7 Round 6 8 – 7 1 – 6 2 – 5 3 – 4 Round 7 4 – 8 5 – 3 6 – 2 7 – 1 TEAMS R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 RESULT SO HERE IT IS I WANT YOU ALL TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IF YOU THINK YOUR TEAMS MAY BE INTERESTED. Kent Checkmates Team Sussex Norfolk Knights Lancashire Lads and Lasses Cambridgeshire Munster Leinster Hertfordshire

Welcome to the UK and Ireland County Championships. This forum is for new teams to tell us a bit about themselves, post a link to your club page etc. And for members who would like to start a new team to advertise in. We hope to start a ‘welcome’ league for the new teams to compete in until the season proper starts.

The 2021 Cup competition is going to be brought forward to start in August 2020. This way it will help to fill the gap in fixtures from August to November. This competition will start the 2021 season and the multiplayer rules will apply to this competition and the 2021 League starting in December 2020. It will be an open rated knockout competition and will run in a very similar fashion to previous years. Please post below to enter. All teams on our registered list can enter. The deadline for entries is the 31st July. Round 1 to start in early August. Thank you. Teams entered so far: 1) Norfolk Knights 2) Renfrewshire Rooks 3) Yorkshire Terriers 4) Lancashire L&L 5) Munster 6) Hertfordshire CC 7) Team Connacht 8) Kent Checkmates 9) Team Suffolk 10) Team Bucks 11) Province of Ulster 12) Team Staffs 13) Team Surrey 14) Leinster 15) Oxford Ospreys 16) Leicestershire and Rutland 17) Kernow Chess Club 18) Team Cambs 19) Somerset W 20) Team Notts 21) Hereford -Worcs- Shrops 22) Berks CC 23) Team Birmingham 24) London 25) Essex 26) Sussex 27) Hampshire 28) Gloucestershire 29) Dorset 30) Highlands and Islands 31) Glamorgan 32) Channel Islands 33) Northern Knights 34) Warwickshire County Chess 35)Team Cheshire 36) Devon

Is there any support for raising the minimum number of players for the 2021 Cup ? I realise this may result in some teams not being able to raise a team, but 4 seems a paltry number to represent a county or city. Some teams regularly get more than 20 players wishing to play so that always means a large number disappointed if opponents settle for 4. I also feel it gives the opportunity for teams to field a small number of very strong players and defeat a team that has 20 or more players wishing to play. While I don't believe many teams in the competition would have that attitude, it is a possibility. Just to get the discussion going how about a team gets 0.25 of a point for every extra player who registers. So if Yorkshire get 24 players registered and Somerset get 4, Yorkshire get 5 bonus points before the match starts. Only asking ???????????

So a discussion that was happening in another place has prompted me to look at the active membership. As at 19th June this is a team breakdown. Active defined as logon since 1st April. All teams in CC20 and CC20 U1600 Team Active members 1600+ <1600 Aberdeenshire County Chess 16 3 13 Devon Chess 54 16 38 Essex County Chess Group 55 15 40 Glamorgan County Chess-Club 38 13 25 Herefordshire Worcestershire Shropshire 34 11 23 Hertfordshire County Chess 40 9 31 Kent Checkmates 30 17 13 Lancashire Lads and Lasses 49 27 22 Leicestershire and Rutland 19 6 13 Leinster 77 25 52 London 133 63 70 Munster 117 28 89 Norfolk Knights 109 33 76 Northern Knights 33 12 21 Oxford Ospreys 14 2 12 Province of Ulster 64 10 54 Renfrewshire Rooks 68 21 47 Somerset Wyvern 71 21 50 Team Birmingham 125 28 97 Team Buckinghamshire 13 4 9 Team Cambridgeshire 27 10 17 Team Channel Islands 52 10 42 Team Cheshire 21 10 11 Team Connacht 45 6 39 Team Dorset 27 6 21 Team East Midlands 35 8 27 Team Glasgow 58 17 41 Team Gloucestershire 48 15 33 Team Hampshire 61 17 44 Team Nottinghamshire 13 4 9 Team Staffordshire 58 11 47 Team Suffolk 22 6 16 Team Surrey 46 11 35 Team Sussex 83 37 46 Yorkshire Terriers 84 39 45

We will be running the u1600 competition again this year after it proved popular in 2018/19. I plan to divide the teams into roughly groups of 6 and the winners of each group playing off to find the overall winner. There will be one round matches every month starting in August. Please comment in this forum if your county wishes to enter the u1600 competition. The deadline for entries will be July 15th. Any entries after this date may not be accepted. Any questions please also comment in this forum. Thanks Matt

Hi all, We have received an application from the Isle of Lewis to join the league. Initially we rejected their application as it appeared a team made up of players who admired the The Isle of Lewis Chessmen rather than being residents of the island. They now have 4 members who live on the island and have asked to be considered again. If they were to join they could take up the 10th spot in division 3. Please comment with views on this and I will go with the majority. The final decision will be made on Sunday. Thanks Matt

Hi all, I am now going to open registration for 2020. By registering your team it is assumed that you are entering both the league and cup. Registration for the cup will close on 31st October ready for a November 2019 start. Registration for the league will close on 30th November ready for a December 2019 or January 2020 start depending on the size of the divisions. Please list team name and admins thanks. You will note I will be admin of several new teams while I wait for someone to take over.

Below is the draw for the 2019 cup. Matches can start anytime in November. Either team can send a challenge. The final will be a 3 way affair this year as I feel this is the best way with 24 entries. The rules of the 3 way final are described below. Once a match has started please post a link in this forum and when team has achieved enough points so they can't be beaten please post the result in this forum. Round 1- has been drawn at random, and the schedule is below. Once a team has achieved a winning margin they progress to the next round. 2nd round matches start as soon as both teams in fixture have progressed. The random draw for round one as produced some interesting ties- Norfolk v Suffolk, Worcs v Birmingham and Connacht v Munster. Plus sorry Yorks and Dorset find themselves repeating their tie from the 2018 cup! Cup Draw 2019 Round 1 Kent v Renfrewshire https://www.chess.com/club/matches/kent-checkmates/946088 Northern Knights v Marches https://www.chess.com/club/matches/marches/947106 Essex v Leinster https://www.chess.com/club/matches/leinster/948540 Norfolk v Suffolk. https://www.chess.com/club/matches/norfolk-knights/945904 Birmingham v Worcestershire https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-birmingham/952703 Somerset v Staffordshire https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-staffordshire/945864 Connacht v Munster https://www.chess.com/club/matches/connacht/956429 Lancashire v Devon https://www.chess.com/club/matches/lancashire-lads-and-lasses/946938 London Knights v East Midlands https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-east-midlands/947110 Dorset v Yorkshire https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-dorset/947122 Gloucestershire v Hampshire https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-hampshire/947066 Cheshire v Sussex https://www.chess.com/club/matches/955516 Round 2 A)Winner 1 Renfrewshire v Munster https://www.chess.com/club/matches/renfrewshire-rooks/979540 B) Winner 2 Marches v Winner 8 Lancashire https://www.chess.com/club/matches/lancashire-lads-and-lasses/969226 C) Winner 3 Leinster v London Knights Winner 9 https://www.chess.com/club/matches/leinster/972036 D) Winner 4 Norfolk v Yorkshire Winner 10 https://www.chess.com/club/matches/norfolk-knights/962876 E) Winner 5 Birmingham v Gloucestershire Winner 11 https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-gloucestershire/992102 F) Winner 6 Somerset v Winner 12 Sussex https://www.chess.com/club/matches/somerset-wyvern/962950 Round 3 1)Winner A Renfrewshire V Winner D Yorkshire https://www.chess.com/club/matches/yorkshire-terriers/1003453 2) WinnerB Lancashire v Winner E Birmingham https://www.chess.com/club/matches/lancashire-lads-and-lasses/1020724 3) Winner C Leinster v Winner F Sussex https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-sussex/999560 Final Winner 1 Yorkshire v Lancs Winner 1 Yorkshire v Leinster Lancs v Leinster (3 Way Final Rules - 2 points a win, 1 for a draw. If teams have equal points then the team who has the better win percentage out of all the games in the final is the champion eg games won - games lost)