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5th 4NCL Easter
Congress
Friday 18 April – Monday 21 April 2025
Mercure Daventry Court Hotel,
Sedgemoor Way,
Daventry, NN11 0SG.
Hotel website
Three Sections
FIDE Rated Open
FIDE Rated U2000
FIDE Rated U 1700
All sections (seven
rounds)
Prize fund £4,200
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You can pay your entry fee by credit or debit card or
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FIDE Rated Open
1st £600; 2nd £300; 3rd £200; 4th £100; 5th £50;
best performance prizes £75/£50/£25.
Entry fee £40 (£55 incl. pay to
play fee – see Notices
section below).
FIDE
U2000
1st £600; 2nd £300; 3rd £200; 4th
£100; 5th £50; best performance prizes
£75/£50/£25.
Entry fee £40 (£55 incl. pay to
play fee – see Notices
section below).
FIDE
Rated U1700
1st £600; 2nd £300; 3rd £200;
4th £100; 5th £50; best performance prizes
£75/£50/£25.
Entry fee £40 (£55 incl. pay to
play fee – see Notices
section below).
No player may win more than one
prize. All place prize money will be shared
equally between tied players.
The method for allocating
grading prizes can be found in the
Terms and Conditions.
Discounts: GMs/WGMs
and IMs/WIMs free, FMs/WFMs half price.
Late
Entries: Entries may be accepted on
the day subject to availability and payment of a
£10 surcharge.
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Round |
1 |
Friday |
15.00 |
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19.00 |
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Round |
2 |
Saturday |
10.00 |
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14.00 |
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Round |
3 |
Saturday |
15.00 |
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19.00 |
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Round |
4 |
Sunday |
10.00 |
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14.00 |
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Round |
5 |
Sunday |
15.00 |
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19.00 |
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Round |
6 |
Monday |
10.00 |
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14.00 |
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Round |
7 |
Monday |
15.00 |
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19.00 |
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Two ½ point byes
may be taken in rounds 1–6.
Time
Control
All moves in 90
minutes plus 30 second increment per move from
move 1.
Re-pairing will take place 30 minutes after
the start of a round. Players will be defaulted
30 minutes after the scheduled start of a round.
Players’ ECF standardplay ratings from the
April 2025 list will be used for determining
allocation to sections, tournament pairings, and
best performance prizes.
Players without an ECF standardplay rating
will have a rating assigned to them by the
organiser based on any other rating information
they have, such as their FIDE standardplay
rating, their ECF rapidplay rating, or a rating
from another national federation. Any rating so
assigned will be at the organiser’s discretion,
and the organiser’s decision is final. Such
players are encouraged to check their section
eligibility before entering the tournament.
All sections will be both FIDE and ECF rated.
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Mercure Daventry
Court Hotel |
There is an additional pay to play fee for
non-ECF members or Bronze-level ECF members of
£15.00 (juniors £6.00). Entrants
who are not under 18 years of age on Friday 18
April 2025 should pay the £15.00 adult pay to
play fee.
All players who do not want to be registered
as ENG must be registered with another
federation BEFORE playing.
Prizes may be changed subject to numbers of
entries.
The 4NCL reserves the right to transfer
players between sections at any time.
All pairings will be made using Swiss-Manager
FIDE Swiss pairing rules.
The submission of an entry form and payment
of the entry fee denotes acceptance that the
4NCL’s decision is final in all matters.
The 4NCL reserves the right to refuse any
entry without explanation.
The following discounted rates have been
negotiated with
Mercure Daventry Court Hotel:
£99.00 per room (£49.50pp) for shared B&B
accommodation
£89.00 per room for sole occupancy B&B
accommodation
Players wanting accommodation should either:
- Email:
- Telephone number: 01327 307000
Follow the prompts for reservations. Please
quote ‘4NCL CHESS’. The hotel will email
confirmation of booking to you. You will need a
credit or debit card to guarantee the booking,
so please have this to hand.
Block bookings will be accepted if
accompanied by captains’/managers’ credit/debit
card details.
Mercure Daventry Court Hotel
The 4NCL accepts no
responsibility for any damage, theft or accident
to the person or property of anyone attending
this event.
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