Champions League 7
Tuesday, February 21, 2017: is coming
ICCF is proud to announce ICCF Champion's League 7. Following the vote at Congress in Bremen the format will revert towards that used in Champions League 5.
Format
The ICCF Champion's League is a Team event for Teams of 4 players. Three Divisions are utilised:
Champion's League - A Division
Champion's League - B Division
Champion's League - C Division
The 3 division’s will be organised as followed:
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A division: 1 section, 15 teams
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B division: 4 sections, 13 teams per section
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C division: many sections, 13 teams per section
Games are rated and where all necessary requirements are met, Title Norms may be possible.
Timings
Entries will be accepted until the 16th of April 2017 with a start date of 15th May 2017. End Date will be 14th May 2019.
Time Control
ICCF standard time control 10 moves in 40 days with duplication after 20 days is used.
30 days of leave per year are available to each player.
Entry Method
Rating List 2017/2 will be used for CL7. For an entry to be accepted, complete details must have been provided and required payment made. Entries may be made via Direct Entry (DE) on ICCF.com. Entry Fee is 45 Euro per Team via DE. National Federations set their own entry fee which can be obtained from the relevant National Federation delegate.
Entries must be for full teams - Individuals may not enter!
Communication
Regular updates will be posted at ICCF.com In addition a mini site will be established at
http://cl7.iccf.com
FAQ
The attached FAQ Document should answer any questions. If you have any questions not answered within, please contact Russell Sherwood at nttc@iccf.com
Promotion and Relegation for CL7
A division
Places 1-7 (After Tie Breaks resolved) remain in the Champion's division in CL8
Places 8-15 (After Tie Breaks resolved) are related to the Challenger’s division in CL8
B division
Places 1-2 (After Tie Breaks resolved) are promoted to Champion's division in CL8
Places 3-7 (After Tie Breaks resolved) remain in the Challenger’s division in CL8
Places 8-13 (After Tie Breaks resolved) are relegated to the Promotional division in CL8
C division
24 Teams will qualify for B division in CL8. These will be taken equally from the C Division - so if 6 Groups, 4 per group, if 8 Groups, 3 per group, etc.
**NB Promotion and relegation rules may change based on the number of entries. Any change will be confirmed once the closing date for entries is reached**
Qualifications from Previous Cycle
A division
BestLogicRu Team
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Samarachess
East Slovakia Chess
BestLogicRu Chess
Pawn Stars
BestLogicRu Players
Metel-2
Fresh Wind II
Fresh Wind I
Et Reges Mortales
Zugzwang Bocholt 2
Hamburger Schachgesellschaft (HSG)
ChessOK.com
The Underdogs II
B division
FSV Spremberg
Windy City
BCCA Buccaneers
The Underdogs VI
SPARTAK - PLOVDIV
The Beginners
Rochade 5171 Chess Connection
Zugzwang Bocholt 1
Speedy Gonzales
Schachverein Alsfeld
BCCA Cavaliers Peace: Power That Preserves I WE BREAK FOR GAMBITS!
Rochelo
Rubin
Les 4 Cavaliers
Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti
The Black Knights
Great Lake Blizzards
CAISSA BOYS
Garrys Erben
Zubr
Flagman
Eintracht Langenbek
Black Sea
Chance
Rochade 5171 Chess Composers
Peace: Power That Preserves II
The Underdogs V
Metel-3
The Beatles
Dream Team Gambit
Chigorcy Sparktak
Pitercorr-1
Termosat Chessfriends
Chimnia Ramnicu Valcea
Ostschweiz
Zugzwang Bocholt 5
Les Mousquetaires du Roi
Club Escacs Tarragona
Chess Allies
Alpha
The Underdogs III
Metel-1
The Underdogs IV
Reservoir Dogs
The Chessfriends
USPTU-Bashkir Chess
Dvojnoj Shakh Sakk Egylet Nagyatád
C division
64for4
Afox
Allukam Project
Amber Kings
Amber Kings
Anunnaki CC - Maribor
Barguzin
BCCA Adventurers
C.E Cercle Artistice Ciutadella
Caissa Boys
CAPEA I
CAPEA II
CAPEA III
CAPEA IV
CB ROYAL CESKE BUDEJOVICE
CCI I
CCI II
CCLA Avant Garde
Chess Club Travertin
Chess Club Travertin 2
Chess Team
Chess Team
chess.com-Russia ChessBaseUserClub
ChessBaseUserClub
Chessdemons of Skåne
Chesspublishing.com
Clergy
CSM Cluj - Napoca 2
Czech Friends
Danish Powerhouse
DEMC
Die Kampfbauern 1
Dragon
Dragon
DSU Tigers
Eager Beavers
Energy Cameron Campina 1
Fantastic Four
Friends of Chess
FSB Thuringia
FSG Sparrenburg Bielefeld I
FSG Sparrenburg Bielefeld II
FSG Sparrenburg Bielefeld III
Gambit Team
Gomel 2012
Grupo de Xadrez Alekhine A
Grupo de Xadrez Alekhine B
Grupo de Xadrez Alekhine C
Grupo de Xadrez Alekhine D
Harpy Eagles v1.0
House of Wallenstein
House of Zierotin
Icebreaker
Imperium Szachów
Incarichess
Inka Chess Club
International House
KingFischers Königskinder
Latvians
Les dragons de l'AJEC
Lewis Chessmen
LOS IMPERTERRITOS
Lost Boys
Magic 4
Magic 4 All Stars
Maribor.SI
Mat en 4
Maxon Team
Memento Gambit
MIESZKO I
New King Children
Ogulin CC
Owain Glyndŵr
Pioneer 1
Pitercorr-2
Pitercorr-3
Polish Hussars
Primorskie Tigry
Primus-II
Quattro Torri -G.Castello Aprilia
Remote Schach I
Reti's Yetis
REY GRIS
Rochade 5171 Caissa and Friends
Rochade 5171 Chessfriends
Rochade 5171 Cobras
Rochade 5171 Farm
Rytíři 64 polí
SAGITTARIUS
Schachfreunde Buer 21/74
Schachfreunde Buer 21/74
Scottish Claymores
SG Phoenix 07 A
Spartans
Sporting Clube de Portugal B
SV Berolina Mitte
Termo-EKO/RSF
The Four Musketeers
The Hounds of Schemingmind A
The Hounds of Schemingmind B The Hounds of Schemingmind C
The Roaring Forties
The Roaring Forties
Trojan Knights 64
VELEBIT
VENEZUELA VINOTINTO
Volga - Moscow
Volga-Moscow
Young Senior Team
Zaporozhian Cossacks
Zasilatelstvi Zeleznik Pardubice
Zhivoj Zhurnai
Zubr
Народная команда (People team)
Current Entries (Paid and Full Details provided)
Memento Gambit
SV Berolina Mitte
Maribor. SI
Postmen
Lion
Chess Club Travertin 2
Russell Sherwood
ICCF NTTC