The Iceni Live Classic gives an opportunity to play chess online in a friendly tournament at a classical time control (45 minutes with 15 second increment). It is open to players from Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire.
For this summer iteration of the tournament we have scheduled 5 rounds to take place fortnightly, with the game usually played on Tuesday evening as before.
In exceptional circumstances the game may be rearranged by mutual agreement between the players. This is to allow players to take part in the tournament even though they are not available on all the scheduled dates.
Round
13 Jul
1
20 Jul
27 Jul
2
3 Aug
10 Aug
3
17 Aug
24 Aug
4
31 Aug
7 Sep
5
All games to commence at 7.30 pm. Time control 45 minutes with 15 second increment. There is no entry fee.
BYES
You can request 2 half-point bye to be taken in any round except the last, or a zero point bye in any round. Backdated requests will not be granted. Contact the Administrator with your request.
If there are an odd number of players entered in a round, one player will be given a half-point bye.
PLATFORM CHOICE
You have a choice of playing your games on chess.com or lichess.org.
If you choose to play on lichess.org your games will contribute to your ECF online standard rating, and for this you must be and ECF member and comply with the ECF online fair play rules. The games are submitted to ECF for rating after each round is complete and ECF update the ratings once a month.
HOW TO ENTER
The deadline for entry is Thursday 13th July.
Contact the Administrator (see below) requesting entry and giving the following information:
Platform choice (we will assume chess.com unless you specify lichess.org).
Username on your chosen platform
Email address. We ask for your email address so that we can announce pairings and issue other tournament communications by email rather than relying on the chess.com messaging system
Real name (optional). We ask for your real name only because it makes the games more personal when you know who you are playing
ECF membership number (if playing on lichess.org)
DATA PROTECTION
In submitting your application for entry you will be agreeing that we can use the information you provide for the purpose of organising this event, in particular entering names and ratings into SwissSystem.org to generate the pairings, and publishing of the results. Your email address will only be used to communicate with you as a player in the tournament.
RE-ARRANGING YOUR GAME IF NECESSARY
Your game should be played on Tuesday evening if at all possible, but if there is an unavoidable clash with another event, you can re-arrange your game for another date and time by mutual agreement with your opponent. We ask all players to be flexible in this regard.
We will aim to make the pairings for the each round available as early as possible, so re-arranged games should be played as early as is mutually convenient, and no later than the Sunday before the Tuesday scheduled for the next round.
ETIQUETTE
We ask you to
Make yourself familiar with how to start the game (see note below)
Be ready to start your game at the agreed time.
Get a message to your opponent as soon as possible if you are going to be delayed, or have forgotten.
Otherwise the tournament administrator will find the completed games and enter the results into SwissSystem.org.
ARBITRATION
The Iceni Live Classic is constituted as a friendly tournament. There is an assumption of innocence, that issues will only arise by accident not design. We therefore ask that issues are addressed amicably between players and there is no recourse to a tournament arbiter.
FEEDBACK
Any feedback you may will be gratefully received. Post your feedback on this forum, or contact the Administrator.
The Iceni Live Classic gives an opportunity to play chess online in a friendly tournament at a classical time control (45 minutes with 15 second increment). It is open to players from Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire.
The 5th iteration of this tournament is now complete and featured 46 players in 3 sections. See https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-the-winners-of-the-iceni-live-classic-5
The next iteration starts Tuesday 13th July. Details of the tournament are given below and you are cordially invited to enter. For an up-to-date list of players entered so far please see https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/iceni-live-classic-6-list-of-players.
TOURNAMENT TIMETABLE
For this summer iteration of the tournament we have scheduled 5 rounds to take place fortnightly, with the game usually played on Tuesday evening as before.
In exceptional circumstances the game may be rearranged by mutual agreement between the players. This is to allow players to take part in the tournament even though they are not available on all the scheduled dates.
Round
13 Jul
1
20 Jul
27 Jul
2
3 Aug
10 Aug
3
17 Aug
24 Aug
4
31 Aug
7 Sep
5
All games to commence at 7.30 pm. Time control 45 minutes with 15 second increment. There is no entry fee.
BYES
You can request 2 half-point bye to be taken in any round except the last, or a zero point bye in any round. Backdated requests will not be granted. Contact the Administrator with your request.
If there are an odd number of players entered in a round, one player will be given a half-point bye.
PLATFORM CHOICE
You have a choice of playing your games on chess.com or lichess.org.
If you choose to play on lichess.org your games will contribute to your ECF online standard rating, and for this you must be and ECF member and comply with the ECF online fair play rules. The games are submitted to ECF for rating after each round is complete and ECF update the ratings once a month.
HOW TO ENTER
The deadline for entry is Thursday 13th July.
Contact the Administrator (see below) requesting entry and giving the following information:
Platform choice (we will assume chess.com unless you specify lichess.org).
Username on your chosen platform
Email address. We ask for your email address so that we can announce pairings and issue other tournament communications by email rather than relying on the chess.com messaging system
Real name (optional). We ask for your real name only because it makes the games more personal when you know who you are playing
ECF membership number (if playing on lichess.org)
DATA PROTECTION
In submitting your application for entry you will be agreeing that we can use the information you provide for the purpose of organising this event, in particular entering names and ratings into SwissSystem.org to generate the pairings, and publishing of the results. Your email address will only be used to communicate with you as a player in the tournament.
RE-ARRANGING YOUR GAME IF NECESSARY
Your game should be played on Tuesday evening if at all possible, but if there is an unavoidable clash with another event, you can re-arrange your game for another date and time by mutual agreement with your opponent. We ask all players to be flexible in this regard.
We will aim to make the pairings for the each round available as early as possible, so re-arranged games should be played as early as is mutually convenient, and no later than the Sunday before the Tuesday scheduled for the next round.
ETIQUETTE
We ask you to
Make yourself familiar with how to start the game (see note below)
Be ready to start your game at the agreed time.
Get a message to your opponent as soon as possible if you are going to be delayed, or have forgotten.
HOW TO START THE GAME
If you are playing on chess.com see https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/iceni-live-classic-how-to-start-your-game-on-chess-com
If you are playing on lichess.org see https://www.4ncl.co.uk/data/Guide_to_Playing_Games_on_Lichess.pdf
RESULTS AND STANDINGS
We will be using SwissSystem.org for the tournament pairings, results and standings. A link to the tournament in SwissSystem.org will issued by email.
You can enter the result of your game yourself, see https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/iceni-live-classic-how-to-enter-a-result
Otherwise the tournament administrator will find the completed games and enter the results into SwissSystem.org.
ARBITRATION
The Iceni Live Classic is constituted as a friendly tournament. There is an assumption of innocence, that issues will only arise by accident not design. We therefore ask that issues are addressed amicably between players and there is no recourse to a tournament arbiter.
FEEDBACK
Any feedback you may will be gratefully received. Post your feedback on this forum, or contact the Administrator.
ADMINISTRATOR
https://www.chess.com/member/stephenl64
stephenlivermore64@gmail.com