The 4NCL requires extra
assistance to help us to
administer an expanded
portfolio of online
events during the
2020-21. If you are an
arbiter,
click here to fill
in the application form.
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Friday 21 - Sunday 23
August,
2020
Three
sections: Open, U2000
and U1700 | Entry Fee:
£5 |
More here
Deadline:
Entries close at
6pm on
Friday 21 August.
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Tuesday 1 September -
Tuesday 24 November,
2020
Three
sections: Open, U2000
and U1700 | Entry Fee:
£7 |
More here
Deadline:
Entries close at 6pm on Tuesday 1
September.
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4NCL Online - Pairings &
Results - Season 2 
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Division 1 |
Division 2 |
Division 3 |
Division 4 |
Division 5 |
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25/8 |
Round 1 |
Round 1 |
Round 1 |
Round 1 |
Round 1 |
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Tables |
Division 1 |
Division 1 |
Division 1 |
Division 1 |
Division 1 |
Deadlines:
Entry: Tues 11 August, Player registration: Tues
18 August.
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Junior 4NCL Online -
Pairings & Results -
Season 2
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Date |
Division 1 |
Division 2 |
Division 3 |
Division 4 |
Division 5 |
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20/8 |
Round 1 |
Round 1 |
Round 1 |
Round 1 |
Round 1 |
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Tables |
Division 1 |
Division 1 |
Division 1 |
Division 1 |
Division 1 |
Deadlines:
Entry: Thurs 6 August, Player registration:
Thurs 13 August.
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4NCL Online Fair Play
Guidelines
These are the
current guideline and rules for fair play in 4NCL Online
including a summary of anti-cheating arrangements. The rules
are being reviewed on an ongoing basis and will be updated
as appropriate based on experience from 4NCL Online and
other events
... see full guidelines.
Note: The above are the proposed fair play guidelines
for 4NCL Online & Junior 4NCL Online for Season 2.
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We have with great regret
decided not to proceed with
weekends 4 and 5 of this
season's 4NCL, which we had
hoped could be held in August
and September. Given the
continuing uncertainty caused by
the prevailing Covid-19
pandemic, in our view the
financial and operational risks
both to the 4NCL and to
Guaranteed Events are just too
big to run the risk of
proceeding at this stage.
We will be actively looking at
two options for the future:
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If over the board chess
resumes in an orderly manner
and in a way which makes
running 4NCL weekends viable
by late 2020 we will
consider starting the
2020-21 season in
November/December 2020 and
continuing as normal in
2021. In this event the
2019-20 season would
effectively be abandoned (so
there would be no promotions
or relegations).
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If over the board chess does
not resume in an orderly
manner and in a way which
makes running 4NCL weekends
viable until 2021 we will
consider holding the final
two weekends of the 2019-20
season in March-May 2021,
effectively 'losing' a
season - assuming, that is,
that a return to orderly
over the board chess is
possible even then. Please
note that FIDE has given the
option for leagues to extend
beyond a year, and so any
title norm opportunities
would still be available in
the event of option 2.
If there is a suitable gap in
the calendar under option 2, we
may look at holding a separate
one-off weekend team event at
some point.
We apologise for the continuing
lack of clarity over future
plans (other than the clarity
that the 4NCL will not now
resume until November/December
2020 at the earliest), but the
4NCL Board hopes that 4NCL
captains and players will
understand the difficulties that
we face at present in making
anything like informed decisions
that do not entail significant
risk at a time of such
uncertainty.
Kind regards,
Mike Truran |
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Thank you
I just wanted to put
on record my thanks to:
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The 4NCL team of
volunteers who have
worked so hard to put
together the whole 4NCL
Online and Junior 4NCL
Online arrangements in
just a couple of weeks;
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You, the captains, and
your players for
supporting both events
with such enthusiasm.
As you know, we haven't
charged an entry fee for
playing in either league.
One of the captains has
suggested that, in return,
the members of the 4NCL
family could maybe consider
contributing to the 'NHS
Charities Together Campaign'
in aid of the NHS charities
COVID-19 appeal as a small
thank you for the
astonishing work that our
NHS staff and volunteers are
doing, in many cases risking
their own lives every day to
save others.
If you are willing to,
please share the donate link
with your players.
Thank you,
Mike Truran |
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Fair Play Article
08.7.2020 - Alex
Holowczak has written about
Fair Play issues in
online chess, with particular emphasis on the experience
of the 4NCL over the course of its first 4NCL Online season.
The 4NCL is thankful to
CHESS magazine, where
this article will also be
published in its August 2020
edition.
You can subscribe to it here.
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Online End of Season 1
Winners
Very many thanks to all
the teams who participated
in the first season of 4NCL
Online and Junior 4NCL
Online, and congratulations
in particular to the
following;
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Division 1: |
Winners - Chessable
White Rose 1,
runners-up Guildford
Young Guns. |
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Division 2: |
Winners - ChessPlus
Beta, runners-up
Wood Green Youth,
also promoted
Chessable White Rose
2, St Benildus A,
Wessex Some Stars A,
Liverpool, Bristol
University A, Exeter
Honey Badgers.
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Division 3: |
Winners - Brentwood,
runners-up Warwick
University B, also
promoted West is
Best 2, 3 Smarties 1
Tube, Hull Romans,
Harrow 2, The
Rook1Es, CSC 3.
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Division 4: |
Winners - Celtic
Tigers Cubs,
runners-up
Chessmates, also
promoted Bon Accord
B, Kent KJCA
Kestrels C, St
Benildus B, Hatch
End A, Warwickshire
Bears A, Clevedon.
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Division 5: |
Promoted - Hertford,
CSC 5, Wirral League
Wanderers, St Albans
2, Uxbridge Knights
1, Gonzaga D,
Maryport Assassins
B, Bolton & Worsley.
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Division 1: |
Winners - To Be
Decided, runners-up
KJCA Young Kestrels
A.
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Division 2: |
Winners -
Warwickshire Bears
A, runners-up
Gonzaga College SJ
B, also promoted A6
& Chill, Cambridge
Chess & Go A.
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Division 3: |
Winners - KJCA Young
Kestrels C,
runners-up 4 Gems,
also promoted Stroud
Cubs, St John’s
College A.
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Division 4: |
Winners - KJCA Young
Kestrels D,
runners-up St Benildus 2, also
promoted Woking
Warriors, Harrow
Juniors C.
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Division 5: |
Promoted - East
Kilbride Knights,
Liverpool 2, St
Benildus 1, Gonzaga
College SJ C. |
1.
4NCL Online
2.
Junior 4NCL Online
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End of Online Season 1
Report
05.7.2020 - Many thanks
to John Foley for his detailed account, with annotated
games, about the various
ChessPlus teams.
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Questionnaire Responses
08.7.2020 - The 4NCL is
pleased to publish the questionnaire responses received for
the 4NCL Online and Junior 4NCL Online. Click these links
for the relevant document:
4NCL Online |
Junior 4NCL Online
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Coronavirus
(COVID-19)
Cancelled:
Easter Congress
(9-13 Apr),
Women's League
(25-26 Apr), 3rd Spring
BHol
Congress (22-25
May) &
Crewe Congress (10-12
July).
Cancelled:
Weekend 4 (28-29
Mar & 4-5 Apr)
and Weekend 5
(8-10 May).
More here.
Entry forms for
the three
cancelled
congresses and
the cancelled
Women's League
have been
withdrawn, and
these events
will not be
taking place as
planned given
the current
pandemic. |
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