Please use this forum for all matters relating to Division 5. The team links and the 2023 fixtures can be found below. The results and tables can be found by clicking this link: CC23 League Results

The minimum number of players for a division 4 match is 5 but please aim for more. 

The aim is for 3 teams to be promoted at the end of the season.

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 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 the first fixture in December, and March where there will be 2 matches scheduled.  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 an extra 48 hours to find the extra players. After this time has elapsed, the match will be defaulted and the points awarded to the opposition, if both teams fail to get enough players both teams will default.

Please set up all matches as follows:

League Matches

• Match Name: "CC23  [Division] [Round] [Team 1] [Team 2]" (e.g., “CC2  Div4 R1 Aberdeenshire vs Team Connacht”)
• 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: 5.  Max: leave free
• Concurrent Games: 2
• Start Date:  7^TH 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

Links for the teams competing in Division 4 in 2023 are:

	Aberdeenshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
	Bedfordshire-Northamptonshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
	Team Connacht 🇮🇪
	Devon Chess 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
	Edinburgh-Lothian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
	The Isle of Man 🇮🇲
	Team Lincolnshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
	Renfrewshire Rooks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
	Warwickshire County Chess 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Fixtures:

CC23 Div4 R8 Warwickshire County Chess vs The Isle of Man

Match open

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/warwickshire-county-chess/1498011

CC23 Div4 R9 Edinburgh-Lothian vs Renfrewshire Rooks

Challenge sent

https://www.chess.com/clubs/match_challenge/2722321

CC23 Div4 R9 Devon Chess vs Warwickshire County Chess

Match now open 

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/warwickshire-county-chess/1507357

All the matches in Division 4 are now resulted. I confirm that Edinburgh-Lothian are champions, and are promoted to Division 3 along with Aberdeenshire and Team Lincolnshire (who finished 2nd & 3rd).

Renfrewshire Rooks and The Isle of Man have been relegated to Division 5. 8th placed team Team Connacht remain in Division 4 to adjust division sizes.