Division 2 Forum 2022

UKICCC County Championship 2022 Division 2 Forum.

Please use this forum for all matters relating to Division 2. The team links and the 2022 fixtures can be found below.

CC22 Tables & Results

The minimum number of players for a division 2 match is 8 but please aim for more. 

The aim is for 3 teams to be promoted and 3 teams to be relegated.  But this could change depending on entries in 2023. 

There will be one match per month, the fixtures are published below.  Challenges should be sent only after the instruction is received in a news item.  This will usually be sent on the 26^th of the previous month and the start date for matches will be set at 7^th of the month.  An exception to this will be in March where there will be 2 fixtures, one set for the 7th and the other on 21st March.  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.

Please set up all matches as follows:

League Matches

• Match Name: "CC22[Division] [Round] [Team 1] [Team 2]" (e.g., “CC22  Div2  R_  Birmingham vs Team Buckinghamshire”)
• 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: 8 Max: leave free
• Concurrent Games: 2
• Start Date:  7^THof the month (except for when a month has two matches) 
• Start Time: any time you like
• AUTO-START:off

Games are RATED: on

Teams competing in Division 2 in 2022 are

1. Team Birmingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
2. Team Buckinghamshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
3. Team Channel Islands 🇯🇪🇬🇬
4. Team Cheshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
5. Team Gloucestershire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
6. Kent Checkmates 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
7. London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
8. Northern Knights 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
9. Team Staffordshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
10. Province of Ulster 🇬🇧🇮🇪

London’s challenge to Cheshire is here

https://www.chess.com/clubs/match_challenge/2259657

One R1 match waiting to set up:

Kent Checkmates vs Team Birmingham

Kent have sent the challenge. We await a response from Birmingham. 

Link to Team Gloucestershire v Province of Ulster

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-gloucestershire/1311697

ariel53 (TG)

The Kent Checkmates v. Birmingham match is now set up: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/1312633

Got the last player now 👍🏼

R2 match Northern Knights vs Team Birmingham has been set up without a start date.

Admins please remember to lock match on the 7th. Thanks.

Also the name format is incorrect. It helps to auto detect if the match description is in the correct format. Thanks

I don't know how that happened. I'm sure I copied the name format and set the date. I'm really puzzled. But yes, will lock on 7th. Sorry.

Thanks @Quiddity. Hope it's a good match.

Northern Knights vs Birmingham locked and underway. Again, really sorry about the mistake with the name and the date. I really don't know how I managed that, I'm sure I copied it correctly. But will check three times in future.

Thanks again @Quiddity

R3 match Kent vs Staffordshire now set up:https://www.chess.com/club/matches/kent-checkmates/1338659  

Ulster vs Birmingham

https://www.chess.com/clubs/match_challenge/2316637

Unopened R3 match: Province of Ulster vs Team Birmingham

Match now set up: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/1339679

Link to Team Gloucestershire versus Team Birmingham

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-gloucestershire/1351607

Foxy (TG)

Link to Team Gloucestershire versus Channel Islands

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/team-gloucestershire/1356009

Foxy (TG)

Min boards reached.