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François Riva was born on 5th December 1959 and started playing correspondence chess in 1983.
For a decade (1996-2006), Frank was the National Delegate to ICCF for Luxembourg and represented his country at several ICCF Congresses. He was also Team Captain and active player until 2006 and he organised several country matches and a national Championship and helped to promote correspondence chess in Luxembourg.
In 2005 he received the Silver Bertl von Massow Medal and the Gold Bertl von Massow Medal in 2010.

The final will consist of 13 Teams. The top four teams will qualify from each group. The best scoring 5th place team from all groups will also qualify, with team tiebreaking rules to be applied, if required.

This is a server event.
The start date was 7/1/2023.
The end date is 5/31/2025.
Triple Block system for a 700 day event, with 50 days initial bank and 5 days increment for the first 50 moves is used.
If a player's clock reaches zero, the player will automatically be scored with a loss (even if the bank and/or the increment are > 0). Under some circumstances all of the player’s games will subsequently be cancelled (if not already rated).
Players cannot stop their clocks to take leave.
Linear conditionals can be entered.
This tournament allows claims based on the seven piece tablebase.
Draw offers are restricted to one offer per player every 10 moves (called the ten moves draw rule).
Individual ties are broken by the Baumbach tie breaking rule. This applies to board cross tables.
Team ties are broken by the board points tie breaking rule (see ICCF rule 1.3.4.3). This applies to the team cross table.
If needed, adjudicators will be selected by the server.
Other participants can see the games only when they are finished, and at least 10 games are finished in the event.
The public can see the games only when they are finished, and at least 10 games are finished in the event.
This event is organized by Ruggeri Laderchi, Giorgio.