WCL 2024: Division 2A

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Rules: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/wcl-2024-rules

Team contacts: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/wcl-2024-team-contacts

All match results are preliminary and indicative (occasionally updated by hand). Consult https://chessteams.info/ for live results and rankings.

One team promotes to Division 1. Three teams are relegated to Division 3.

Results may change due to ex-post corrections (see rules) until the cut-off dates on September, 30th (for relegation) and December, 31st (for the final ranking).

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Cross Table 
  Nis Syd Sof Bar Mel Mes Yer Kha Brn Bud total
Niš (SRB)   1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7
Sydney (AUS) 0   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Sofia (BGR) 0 0   0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4
Barcelona (ESP) 1 1 1   1 1 1 1 1 1 9
Melbourne (AUS) 0 1 0 0   0 0 0 1 1 3
Messini (GRE) 1 1 1 0 1   0 ½ 1 1
Yerevan (ARM) 0 1 0 0 1 1   0 1 1 5
Kharkiv (UKR) 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 1   1 1
Brno (CZE)  0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0   1 2
Budapest (HUN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0

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Pairings
Team A   Team B match ID players raw result corrected result match points
Round 1 (announcement: 2023-10-18, start: 2023-11-01)
Niš vs Budapest 1540869 23 25½-20½ 25-20½ 1-0
Sydney vs Brno 1541665 18 25-11 23½-12½ 1-0
Sofia vs Kharkiv 1540905 30 33½-26½ 33½-26½ 1-0
Barcelona vs Yerevan 1542167 16 22½-9½ 22½-9½ 1-0
Melbourne vs Messini 1541073 35 25½-44½ 26½-43½ 0-1
               
Round 2 (announcement: 2023-11-22, start: 2023-12-06)
Budapest vs Messini 1552685 16 14½-17½ 14½-17½ 0-1
Yerevan vs Melbourne 1551699 19 20-18 20-18 1-0
Kharkiv vs Barcelona 1551519 19 15-23 18-20 FF* 0-1
Brno vs Sofia 1551211 19 17-21 19½-18½ 1-0
Niš vs Sydney 1551125 22 23½-20½ 23½-20½ 1-0
               
Round 3 (announcement: 2023-12-20, start: 2024-01-03)
Sydney vs Budapest 1562565 24 26-22 26-22 1-0
Sofia vs Niš 1562609 24 23-25 23-25 0-1
Barcelona vs Brno 1563357 19 23½-14½ 23½-14½ 1-0
Melbourne vs Kharkiv 1562787 22 18-26 16-28 0-1
Messini vs Yerevan 1562789 17 12½-21½ 12½-21½ 0-1
               
Round 4 (announcement: 2024-01-24, start: 2024-02-07)
Budapest vs Yerevan 1578411 20 14-26 14-26 0-1
Kharkiv vs Messini 1578275 19 22½-15½ 19-19 ½-½
Brno vs Melbourne 1578217 20 13-27 13-27 0-1
Niš vs Barcelona 1578087 26 14-38 14½-37½ FF* 0-1
Sydney vs Sofia 1577997 28 29-27 31-25 1-0
               
Round 5 (announcement: 2024-02-21, start: 2024-03-06)
Sofia vs Budapest 1591293 20 22-18 21-19 1-0
Barcelona vs Sydney 1590686 33 48½-17½ 47½-18½ 1-0
Melbourne vs Niš 1590919 23 6-40 5½-40½ 0-1
Messini vs Brno 1591091 15 17½-12½ 16-14 1-0
Yerevan vs Kharkiv 1591829 16 12½-19½ 12½-19½ 0-1
               
Round 6 (announcement: 2024-03-20, start: 2024-04-03)
Budapest vs Kharkiv 1596345 19 14-24 15-23 0-1
Brno vs Yerevan 1603397 18 14½-21½ 14½-21½ 0-1
Niš vs Messini 1603361 29 26½-31½ 26½-31½ 0-1
Sydney vs Melbourne 1604283 27 17-37 17½-36½ 0-1
Sofia vs Barcelona 1603187 41 19½-62½ 21-61 0-1
               
Round 7 (announcement: 2024-04-17, start: 2024-05-01)
Barcelona vs Budapest 1618235 26 32½-19½ 31½-20½ 1-0
Melbourne vs Sofia 1618647 20 26-24 14-26 0-1
Messini vs Sydney 1617837 16 23-9 23-9 1-0
Yerevan vs Niš 1618169 15 5-25 5-25 0-1
Kharkiv vs Brno 1618911 -- -- -- 1-0
               
Round 8 (announcement: 2024-05-22, start: 2024-06-05)
Budapest vs Brno 1633135 20 17-23 17-23 0-1
Niš vs Kharkiv 1632913 27 29½-22½ 29½-22½ 1-0
Sydney vs Yerevan 1632755 20 17-23 17-23 0-1
Sofia vs Messini 1632975 15 12-18 11-19 0-1
Barcelona vs Melbourne 1633011 30 44½-15½ 44½-15½ 1-0
               
Round 9 (announcement: 2024-06-19, start: 2024-07-03)
Melbourne vs Budapest 1643203 26 27-25 27-25 1-0
Messini vs Barcelona 1643443 26 25-27 25-27 0-1
Yerevan vs Sofia <- -- -- -- 0-1
Kharkiv vs Sydney 1643251 22 34½-7½ 34½-7½ 1-0
Brno vs Niš 1643007 17 10-24 10-24 0-1
     

FF* 1551519: player #4 of Barcelona is an irregular foreign-flag player.
FF* 1578087: player #4 of Barcelona is an irregular foreign-flag player.

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Sydney vs Brno

https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/2780729

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R1 Barcelona vs Yerevan, challenge sent around 4 days ago. No answer... https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/2780575

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https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/2796969

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Sydney vs Sofia

https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/2842219

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Kookaburrra wrote:

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/1577997

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Player #4 of Barcelona in the match 1578087 is an irregular foreign-flay player. His games will be counted as lost in the result for the final ranking.

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Sydney vs Barcelona

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/1590686

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Round 5 - Kharkiv Chess Team vs Yerevan, challenge sent to Yerevan on February 21st

https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/2861485

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Round 6 - Melbourne v Sydney

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/1604283

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Round 7 forfeit result:

  • Kharkiv vs Brno 1-0
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Sydney vs Yerevan

https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/2925301

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Hello, question to admin - will the foreign flag rule eventually apply to the boards 1 to 4 in match below?

https://www.chess.com/club/matches/kharkiv-chess-team/1551519

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Yes, player #4 of Barcelona is an irregular foreign-flag player.

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Thank you @RainPiper, just wanted to check how it's working

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Sydney vs Kharkiv

https://www.chess.com/daily-team/seek/2940377

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Round 9 forfeit result:

  • Yerevan vs Sofia 0-1
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Foreign flag players are counted per block of four players. Only one foreign-flag player is allowed on boards 1-4. Barcelona has two of them in the match against Kharkiv. Therefore the games of the player on board #4 are counted as losses.