Thank you Johan for kick-off Team Ukraine from this tournament. Very generous. I could only say good luck to you but I never expect such decision from you as Director of serious tournament
EL2016 - JANUARY rounds
EL2016 R1 Team Bulgaria vs Team Turkey - http://www.chess.com/groups/team_match?id=618624
Div3 - Czech Republic vs Azerbayjan http://www.chess.com/groups/team_match?id=619254
Division 4:
EL2016 R1: Team Schweiz-Suisse-Svizzera vs Team Denmark
http://www.chess.com/groups/team_match?id=619266
Is the beggining for each round going to be announced each time, or does it start on the same day each month, I'm asking because I see that in some months we need to start 2 rounds, thanks
@Serj01 You send and accept challenges according to when it suites to you and your opponents. :-)
However, your opponents are not forced to start games earlier than scheduled.
And teams are recommended stick to schedule and official reminders will be announced about games that not yet have started in previous rounds till they've started. Repeadetly delays or obstacles in starting up games can lead to warnings, and finally to disqualifications.
Best practises to tageting for lock roosters in matches according to schedule, before the end of each month before next round starts.
In months where two matches starts, may send a challenge for the first one in the begin of the month, and the next one in the mid of the month.
In EL is it possible to count WL-games as EL-games, as you must agree upon with your opponents in forehand, and then you stick to the WL-schedules for these games.
Thanks Johan,
that answers my question :-)
also, how do we know who our opponent is for each round,
thanks again,
@Serj01, this is the entire match schedule for this year:
http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/el2016---match-schedule
Greece does not accept our challenge:
https://www.chess.com/groups/view_team_match_challenge?id=1008906
Greece does not accept our challenge:
https://www.chess.com/groups/view_team_match_challenge?id=1008906
Notified. Team Greece to explain why, will otherwise receive a warning.
MATCHES TO START IN JANUARY 2016

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INSTRUCTIONS
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The teams are allowed to - but not forced to - start the matches earlier than scheduled. Matches are also allowed to start later than scheduled, but all matches must been started before 15th of September 2016. Matches can be replaced by WL-matches if both teams agrees upon it.
All challenges must be filled out as follows:
Match Name: EL2016 Rx Team ... vs Team .... (Example: EL2016 R1: Team Russia vs Team England)
Game Type: Standard chess
Starting Position: Standard Starting Position
Days per Move: 3
Quick Description: leave blank
Rating: Min / Max: leave blank
Minimum Games: 10
Players per Team:
Min:
- Division 1: 75 players per team
- Division 2: 50 players per team
- Division 3: 25 players per team
- Division 4: 15 players per team
- Division 5: 3 players per team
Max: leave blank
Concurrent games per Opponent: 2
Start Time: the date must always be set by the earliest two (2) weeks and latest four (4) weeks from the date when created.
Auto Start: leave blank, do not select
Games are rated: select yes
You're welcome add links to your matches in this forum!
For further information about the tourney, please go to the Tournament Forum.
Good Luck!