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Dear CCF Members (Past, Present & Maybe Future!)

CCF WINTER CHESS INFORMATION: SEASON 2011-12

I am pleased to include information and entry form for the forthcoming winter chess season. The majority of these activities are set for Monday nights.  Members new and old are asked to consider carefully before booking in for events whether or not they will be able to fulfill matches.  Anyone booking in for the competitions this season will be expected, in principle, to priorities CCF matches ahead of other chess activities where required by CCF.  We will continue to do our best to accommodate those who play for other clubs, etc, but we are also aware that there are many members who have joined this club because they like the idea of playing on a Monday night and knowing that they can play all their games on Mondays.  As such, and with due respect to those who play elsewhere as well, we hope members will understand that we are no longer able to accommodate this by simply arranging matches for other nights of the week.  We will expect players to decline invitations to play for other teams if the CCF controller deems it necessary that you play on a certain Monday to keep matches played on Mondays.  

The activities we have are detailed more completely on the CCF web site. In brief, we have:
EVENT TYPE ENTER BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE EVENT
Long Play
Club Championship		 Individual
event		 by
31 July
2011		 Players play in Divisions of up to 10 players.  Some are FIDE rated.  There are scheduled dates for matches although players must all be prepared to be a little flexible to ensure matches get played by the deadline.  In principle, matches are usually scheduled for the 1st playing Monday of the month.
Rapid Play Club Championship Individual
event		 by
31 July
2011		 Part of SPEED CHESS EVENINGS: all entrants are expected to turn up on scheduled Speed Chess evenings and to play a reasonable proportion of their matches.  Matches will be mixed in with Blitz Club Championship matches as directed by the "Air Traffic Controller" on the evening.
Blitz
Club Championship		 Individual
event		 by
31 July
2011		 Part of SPEED CHESS EVENINGS: all entrants are expected to turn up on scheduled Speed Chess evenings and to play a reasonable proportion of their matches.  Matches will be mixed in with Rapid Play Club Championship matches as directed by the "Air Traffic Controller" on the evening.
Super League
(FIDE RATED)		 Teams teams
arranged
with CCF		 This will be an Open FIDE Rated league strictly for FIDE Rated players only.  It will have the obligatory 4 hour time control (as is required for all standards) and will take place on up to 5 carefully selected Wednesday evenings.
Super League
(The Original)		 Teams teams
arranged
with CCF		 Captains have an aggregate grade they can use up during the course of the season.  This season's total will be 4,000.  4 players play on any match evening.  There are 7 rounds during the season.  Annual promotion & relegation (2 teams).  Captains must 
Super League
(Rapid Play) 		 Teams teams
arranged
with CCF		 Part of SPEED CHESS EVENINGS: Captains have an aggregate grade they can use up during the course of the season.  This season's total will be 2,500.  4 players play on any match evening.  There are 5 rounds during the season.
Inter-Club
Teams		 SCCA &/or
Croydon
Leagues		 by
31 July
2011		 This is the inter-club scene where we play home and away matches in the Surrey County Chess Association and/or Croydon League competitions.  We will run as many teams as necessary to accommodate the number and standard of players wishing to play inter-club chess. This will not cost extra to full CCF members, however everyone registering for this will be expected to play home and away.
World Cup Individual:
Group then K-O		 by
31 July
2011		 If you are NOT playing in the inter-club chess scene for CCF, this tournament is open to you.  Players will be randomly drawn into groups of 5 (ideally) for a group phase to be completed by the penultimate Monday before Christmas.  EVERYONE will go into one of the knock-out events after Christmas to try and pick up one of the replica World Cup Trophies..........
Dicky White
Club Tournament		 Individual: including ALL internal matches any
time		 This was previously the only Coulsdon & Purley Club Championship event before CCF introduced divisions.  This event is now obviously under CCF and will be expanded to automatically include any long play match (apart from inter-club games) that is played within the club.  It includes all of the internal team and individual events listed above plus extra games played on any night.  The winner will be the most improved player that year based on internal results.


*    The "Air Traffic Controller" referred to for the Speed Chess evenings is the CCF organiser on the evening who will direct players to play matches as he/she sees as appropriate to get as many games played as possible.

You may miss out on a number of the activities if you fail to meet entry deadlines.

We have a lot of preparation work to do; it would be appreciated if anyone who receives an invite but is not interested in playing this season lets us know as soon as possible so that we can take this into account. We know that a number of people will have been surprised to have received this package, but it was deliberate. It has been sent to all members past and present plus a number of former CCF school trainees who we felt might benefit from the activities we provide at the Coulsdon club, which is probably the biggest in the country and one of very few that caters for all standards of player.

Please do not hesitate to call our activities coordinator, Scott Freeman, should you have any questions or wish to discuss the different competitions.

Yours sincerely

Rev Howard Curtis

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COULSDON WINTER CHESS - SEASON 2011-2012
GENERAL BULLET POINTS

1    There is no withdrawal allowed from any event unless there are exceptional circumstances.  By entering, you are agreeing to complete the required number of games without default (especially in the FIDE Rated divisions which you will damage if you default or withdraw from).
2    The competitions do not clash with each other, so you can, if you want a high intense season of chess, put your name down for every event you are eligible for (except that you have to choose either Inter-Club chess or the CCF World Cup).
3    The Dicky White tournament includes ALL results from ALL internal long play matches you play here, whether individually or in Super Leagues.  The only long play games that will not be included are inter-club games.
4    In principle and assuming you are available, you are obliged to give priority to the event that is predominant on any given Monday evening.
5    Players are reminded that they must record moves clearly AT ALL TIMES in long play matches where you have Fischer timings with increments of 30 seconds or more.  
6    Please check the rules very carefully on when and how you can cancel individual matches.  The onus is on you to do all the chasing to ensure that your opponent knows and has responded AND that everything is reported to CCF by email - at the VERY latest by 5pm on the day of the game.
7    Players will be expected to give priority to CCF internal matches on request, even when this clashes with an inter-club game you might have been asked to play elsewhere.  Although we will do our best to accommodate everyone's playing preferences, it is felt that it is unfair for CCF members to be asked to play on other nights of the week purely to accommodate other players' own extra chess activities elsewhere (and it is not as practical as it used to be to have matches going on other nights of the week now).  

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