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The Four Nations Chess League does not accept responsibility for the content of other websites, to which this site links.

This website includes information on participants in the Four Nations Chess League in respect of name, grade, title, nationality and sex (team registration lists), as well as telephone number(s), email address(es) and postal address(es) in certain circumstances (team captains/managers, management board members, arbiters etc). Participants wishing this information not to be included on the website should contact the webmaster to have it removed, but should be aware that in this event they will not be permitted to play in the league.

2007/2008 Season

Dates and Venues

Rounds 1 and 2

15th/16th September 2007
De Vere Venues, Sunningdale
Divisions 1, 2 and 3

27th/28th October 2007
Paragon Hotel, Birmingham
Division 4

Rounds 3 and 4

10th/11th November 2007
Paragon Hotel, Birmingham
Divisions 1, 2 and 3

24th/25th November 2007
De Vere Venues, Wokefield Park
Division 4

Rounds 5 and 6

12th/13th January 2008
De Vere Venues, Wokefield Park
Divisions 1, 2 and 3

9th/10th February 2008
Paragon Hotel, Birmingham
Division 4

Rounds 7 and 8

1st/2nd March 2008
Paragon Hotel, Birmingham
Divisions 1, 2 and 3

15th/16th March 2008
De Vere Venues, Sunningdale
Division 4

Rounds 9, 10 and 11

3rd to 5th May 2008
De Vere Venues, Sunningdale
Divisions 1, 2 and 3

3rd to 5th May 2008
De Vere Venues, Wokefield Park
Division 4

The Hotels page on the website gives further information on the various venues.

Entry Requirements

All entries, whether for existing teams or for new entrants, need to be received, together with the appropriate entry fee and confirmed team lists, by Tuesday 31 July 2007.

Entries should be sent to Mike Truran at The Old Farmhouse, 7 Church Street, Ducklington, Witney, Oxon, OX29 7UA.

Entry fees are as follows:

Div 1	First teams Ł275	Second, third etc teams Ł325
Div 2	First teams Ł250	Second, third etc teams Ł300
Div 3	First teams Ł225	Second, third etc teams Ł275
Div 4	First teams Ł135	Second, third etc teams Ł160

Please make cheques payable to '4NCL' and send along with your entry to Mike Truran at the above address.

As usual, entry fees entitle teams to nominate up to 16 players (Divs 1-3) and 12 players (Div 4) in their team lists. Nominated players taking team lists over 16 (Divs 1-3) or 12 (Div 4) in total will be subject to the usual registration fee.

Registration fees (Ł5) and wildcard fees (Ł10) remain at the same level.

Prizes

We are pleased to announce that the total prize fund for the 2007/2008 season will be Ł10,125, up from Ł8,550 in the 2006/2007 season. Prizes will be as follows:

Div 1	First Ł3,600	Second Ł1,800
Div 2	First Ł1,800	Second Ł900
Div 3	First Ł900	Second Ł450
Div 4	First Ł450	Second Ł225

Other

The format for the 2008/2009 season (the season after next) will be as follows:

Divisions 1 and 2 will comprise 16 teams each.
Divisions 1 and 2 will comprise two preliminary pools of eight for the first seven rounds, with the two pools in each division of broadly equal strength. The top four and bottom four teams in each preliminary pool will form two final championship/promotion and relegation pools respectively. With regard to the teams in each final pool, only matches played between themselves during the first seven rounds will be carried forward to the final pools (i.e. matches played by teams against teams in the other final pool during the first seven rounds will not be carried forward). Four teams will be relegated from Division 1, four teams will be promoted from Divisions 2, four teams will be relegated from Division 2, three teams will be promoted from Division 3 and one promotion place in Division 2 will be available to the highest eligible team in the annual 4NCL team rapidplay tournament.
Division 3 will be a Swiss format (similar in structure to the current Division 4, i.e. six players per team, no gender requirement etc).

In anticipation of the format change in the 2008/2009 season, in the 2007/2008 season there will be no relegation from Division 1, four teams will be promoted to Division 1 from Division 2, there will be no relegation from Division 2 and eight teams will be promoted to Division 2 as follows: five teams from Division 3, two teams from Division 4 and one promotion place available to the highest eligible team in the annual 4NCL team rapidplay tournament.

Following the result of the poll carried out recently, the time limits for the 2007/2008 season will remain unchanged.

You are recommended to read the rules for the 2007/2008 season carefully.

It would be helpful if team captains/managers of entering teams could check their contact details in the “Team Captains” section of the 4NCL website and confirm that they are shown correctly. Please notify Peter Sowray of any updates required.

If entering teams would like a link to their own website from the 4NCL website, please let Peter Sowray know.

Queries

If there are any points that you wish to discuss further then please get in touch with Paul Littlewood or Mike Truran, contact details for whom can be found on the Management Board page of the website.