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CCF WINTER CHESS INFORMATION: SEASON 2007-8

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. Players are reminded that you can regulate the amount of chess you play; you are not automatically expected to play every week as was the case a few years back.

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 Divisions 		 Individual
event		 by 1 Aug 07 Based (in principle) on the previous season's finishing position, players are placed in divisions of 10, although players can apply for higher positions (or lower) subject to space being available.  New players are inserted based on grade.  Players play in Divisions of up to 10 players (we aim for a maximum from the start of the season subject to logistics of grades and numbers).  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.  Please note that players may not make entries conditional on which division they play in. The top 2 divisions (at least) will be FIDE rated and players must be members of the ECF.
Individual
Rapid Play Club Championship		 Individual
event		 by 1 Sep 07 Part of SPEED CHESS EVENINGS: there are no set fixtures but entrants are expected to turn up on scheduled Speed Chess evenings and to play a reasonable proportion of the games they are due to play.  We will aim to leave Week 5 as a "catch up" week, so hope that players will work with us to get as many games out of the way by the end of match night 4.  Matches will be mixed in with Blitz Club Championship matches as directed by the "Air Traffic Controller" on the evening.
Individual Blitz
Club Championship		 Individual
event		 by 1 Sep 07 Part of SPEED CHESS EVENINGS: there are no set fixtures but entrants are expected to turn up on scheduled Speed Chess evenings and to play a reasonable proportion of the games they are due to play.  We will aim to leave Week 5 as a "catch up" week, so hope that players will work with us to get as many games out of the way by the end of match night 4.  Matches will be mixed in with Rapid Play Club Championship matches as directed by the "Air Traffic Controller" on the evening.
Super League
(The Original)		 Team competition by 25 Sep 07 Captains have an aggregate grade they can use up during the course of the season.  This season's total will be 3,000 in the top division and 2,000 in the lower division.  There are 4 players in an evening and 7 rounds during the season.  Annual promotion and relegation (2 teams).
Super League
(Rapid Play) 		 Team competition by 18 Sep 07 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 (this is the same as last season).  There are 4 players in an evening and 5 rounds during the season.  Each fully registered player must register for a minimum of over 50% of the matches available to them. 
Surrey CCA
League Teams		 SCCA Teams  Home & Away by 1 Aug 07 This is the inter-club scene where we play home and away matches in the Surrey County Chess Association competitions.  All members will be eligible and will be encouraged to take part.  This will not cost anything extra to full CCF members from this season.
Dicky White
Club Tournament		 Individual event 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 Surrey League games) that is played within all of the internal team and individual events listed above.  The idea is that winner will be the most improved player over everything played within CCF Winter long play events.


*    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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CCF CHESS CLUB WINTER SEASON DIARY 2006-7
SEPTEMBER 2007 DECEMBER 2007 MARCH 2008
03   LP Club Championship A
10   LP Club Championship B
17   CCF Challenge Shield 
24   Speed Chess Evening 1		 03   Original Super League 3
10   Speed Chess Evening 3
17   LP Club Championship E
24   CLOSED - CHRISTMAS DAY
31   CLOSED - NEW YEAR'S EVE		 03   Original Super League 6
10   Speed Chess Evening 5
17   LP Club Championship H
24   CLOSED - EASTER MONDAY
31   Allocated for Inter-Club Chess
OCTOBER 2007 JANUARY 2008 APRIL 2008
01   LP Super League 1
08   Allocated for Inter-Club Chess
15   LP Club Championship C
22   Allocated for Inter-Club Chess
29   Speed Chess Evening 2		 07   Original Super League 4
14   Allocated for Inter-Club Chess
21   LP Club Championship F
28   Speed Chess Evening 4 		 07   Original Super League 7
14   Allocated for Inter-Club Chess
21   LP Club Championship J
28   Allocated for Inter-Club Chess
NOVEMBER 2007 FEBRUARY 2008 MAY 2008
05   LP Super League 2
12   Allocated for Inter-Club Chess
19   LP Club Championship D
26   Allocated for Inter-Club Chess		 04   Original Super League 5
11   Allocated for Inter-Club Chess
18   LP Club Championship G
25   Allocated for Inter-Club Chess		 06   CLOSED - BANK HOLIDAY
13   Deadline day for all internal results
20   End Season Presentations Evening
27   CLOSED - BANK HOLIDAY

We seek to arrange as many inter-club home matches as possible for Mondays but have to have a few Wednesdays to fit everything in.

COULSDON WINTER CHESS - SEASON 2007-2008
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.
2    Except on extremely rare occasions, events do not clash, so you can, if you want a high intense season of chess, put your name down for every event you are eligible for.
3    The Dicky White tournament now includes results from all Individual Long Play club championships the long play Super Leagues plus any extra graded matches we agree to facilitate.  The only long play games that will not be included are those you play in the Surrey League.
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 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 - at the VERY latest by 5pm on the day of the game.

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