4NCL - The Four Nations League

Last updated - Wednesday, March 17th

Recent updates
17/3	Division 2 report Thanks to Ben Purton for this report on Division 2, Round 5.
17/3	Registrations Registration lists, good for Weekend 4, are now available here. Lists reflect March 2010 FIDE ratings. With thanks to Neville Belinfante, the League's Registration Secretary:- please contact Neville with any queries, errors, omissions, etc.
16/3	Junior 4NCL Click here for a report on weekend 2. With thanks to Claire Summerscale.
16/3	Teams and Players wanted A list of players looking for teams, and vice versa here ...
16/3	Weekend 3 Division 1A, Round 5 results Division 1B, Round 5 results Division 1A, Round 6 results Division 1B, Round 6 results Division 1A score table Division 1B score table Division 1, Round 5 games in PGN or in game viewer Division 1, Round 6 games in PGN or in game viewer Includes correction to Buckley vs. Palliser. Division 2A, Round 5 results Division 2B, Round 5 results Division 2A, Round 6 results Division 2B, Round 6 results Division 2A score table Division 2B score table Division 2, Round 5 games in PGN or in game viewer Division 2, Round 6 games in PGN or in game viewer Division 3, Round 5 results Division 3, Round 6 results 7/3 - includes a correction to the Oxford 2 vs. AMCA Hippos result. Division 3 score table Division 3, Round 5 games in PGN or in game viewer Division 3, Round 6 games in PGN or in game viewer With thanks to Dave Thomas, Claire Summerscale, Chris Ross, Jack Rudd and Richard Palliser.
11/3	Daily Telegraph Malcolm Pein writes a daily column in the Telegraph. You can read his latest article on the 4NCL here.
8/3	10th Wellington College International A 9-round FIDE-rated invitation event and a British Chess Federation Grand Prix event over 5 days from 14th to 18th April 2010.There is a new format that will enable players to gain norms. Two teams will play each other made up from four GMs, four IMs, five FMs and five top Junior players. Tournament Director is John Rawlinson, Chief Controller is Ewart Smith (BCF Arbiter). Any queries by email to John Rawlinson. Only one place in each category remains, conditions offered to GMs, free entry to IMs. Web site here.
8/3	South Bristol Chess Club Anyone thinking of working or moving to the Bristol area may be interested in joining South Bristol Chess Club, who have just gained promotion to the 1st Division of their League and are keen to recruit strong players.
7/3	Chandler's Corner Many thanks to Geoff Chandler for the entertaining coverage of Weekend 3 on the Chess Edinburgh site here and here.
7/3	Richmond Rapidplay The next Richmond Rapidplay event will be held on Sunday March 21st at the White House Community Association. Click here for details, including an entry form, previous results and forthcoming events.
5/3	Division 3 The draw for Weekend 4 has now been made - details here. With thanks to Dave Thomas.
5/3	e2e4.org.uk Uxbridge Chess Congress: 19-21 March 2010 From Sean Hewitt A 5 round weekend swiss in a great hotel venue. For the first time the both the Open and the Major will be FIDE rated, so a perfect opportunity for 4NCL players to complete their FIDE rating and with an increase in prize money all sections offer first rate prizes. Enter online here.
5/3	Barcelo Hotels From Mike Truran A reminder that the Barcelo venues hold our bedroom allocation for up to four weeks before the weekend in question, but that any rooms not yet booked under the allocation at that point will be released for general public purchase - captains/players will still be able to get rooms after that time at the 4NCL rates if they are still available, but because there is no guarantee of availability our advice is that they should make their bedroom bookings in advance of the four week allocation release point if at all possible.
3/3	Division 1 report Elliott Auckland and Claire Summerscale report on the fifth round here.
2/3	Junior 4NCL The competition concluded last weekend - final results as follows: Under 9 Under 11 Under 14 Under 18 With thanks to Neville Belinfante
27/2	Junior 4NCL There is live coverage of this weekend's Junior 4NCL here. With thanks to Wilf Arnold and Dave Clayton.
24/2	Photos & Videos There are some photos and videos from Weekend 3 on the Atticus web site:- Videos and Round 5 photos here, Round 6 photos here. With thanks to Steve Connor.
24/2	Photos Many thanks to Meri Grigoryan for these photos from last weekend at Hinckley Island - click here.
22/2	Weekend 3 Division 1A, Round 5 results Division 1B, Round 5 results Division 1A, Round 6 results Division 1B, Round 6 results Division 1A score table Division 1B score table Division 2A, Round 5 results Division 2B, Round 5 results Division 2A, Round 6 results Division 2B, Round 6 results Division 2A score table Division 2B score table Division 3, Round 5 results Division 3, Round 6 results Division 3 score table With thanks to Dave Thomas.
19/2	4NCL Team and Individual Rapidplay Championships 9-10 October 2010 From Mike Truran The 4NCL will be holding its first team and individual rapidplay championships on 9-10 October 2010 for which entries are invited from all interested teams and players. For those of you with long memories, the format we are using is not dissimilar to the now defunct British team lightning championships (held between 1953 and 1992), with the team championship held on the Saturday and the individual championship on the Sunday. Winners will hold the title of 4NCL Team and Individual Rapidplay Champion respectively for 2010/2011. We are guaranteeing a prize fund of at least Ł2,000 for the weekend. Hopefully both the format (significantly different from the previous 4NCL rapidplay events last held in 2008), the time control (10 minutes + 5 second increment per game) and the time of year (a month before the start of the new 4NCL season) will prove attractive. Although it would of course be unrealistic to expect entry fees to be paid in advance of the deadlines (30 September, or 30 June for discounted entry fees), I would very much appreciate it if you could let me know whether you expect to enter. That will help me give the venue an idea of likely numbers in advance. Full details of this event here.
14/2	British Championships A reminder that the English Chess Federation treats the 4NCL as a means of qualifying for the British Championship (July 25th to August 7th, 2010 in Canterbury) for players eligible to participate, based on a Performance Rating in the 4NCL 2009/10 season of 2350 or over (males) and 2120 or over (females). Performance ratings must be based on 7 or more 4NCL games played against FIDE Rated players. Qualifying players will be expected to pay their own entry fees and expenses to the British Championship.

CONGRESS ORGANISERS
Whilst we are happy to display entry forms for forthcoming congresses at the 4NCL weekends, please send any such information to Dave Welch. You can find Dave's address here.

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