Here are the Official Rules of the Chess960 Team Match League. Rules may be subject to change, but I will be sure to notify everyone on any major changes.

Registration:

In order to register your team you much register your team in the designated forum and in order for your group to qualify all of these must occur.

Your group MUST have 150 members by April 1rst, 2010. If not then your team will be disqualified.
You must have 3 contacts for your group.
And last but not least, you need to look forward to the league starting and have a great time with competing! This is meant to be a fun activity. If there are arguments, your group could be disqualified. Also, if you are to be found deleting members off of your roster for any reason your team WILL be disqualified!

The Format:

There will be 24 teams, and the 2 top teams of each division will go on to the next round(except rounds 3 and 4, the top team will go on).

There will be (1) team match between your group and each other groups in the division. The team match will be 1- Unlimited Players, be 3 days per move and the games will be concurrent to speed up the rounds and for the results to be more accurate. Each team match has to have a minimum of 20 players join for each group! Each team match will of course be Chess960!!!

Setup:

In the 1rst round there will be 6 divisions with 4 groups in each round. For the first round only the groups will be paired randomly( After all this is random chess!), after the first round they will be paired by the % of wins each group gets in the prior round. In order to progress to the next round your group must beat the other teams with the overall winning percentage you get from the matches.

In the 2nd round there will be 12 remaining teams matched up in 3 divisions with 4 groups in each division; top 2 groups go on to next round

In the 3rd round there will be 6 groups matches up in 2 divisions with 3 groups in each divisoion. In this round only (1) group will advance to the next round in each division!

In the 4th round(The final round) the last 2 groups will go against each other and whichever group gets the most points wins 1rst Place!

The Matches

The matches are >20 players for each match. If a team is disqualified and you have a match against them going on or not yet started that matchdoesn't count then you get 20 wins from forfeit.

Also, you are given 5 days to challenge the team match, accept the team match, and lock the team match. The team on the left ALWAYS challenges the team on the right.

Judging and Formatting:

For each team match point your team gets that is (1) league point. The top two teams in the first 2 rounds go on to the next round; the top team in the 3rd round goes on to the final round.

Penalties:

As all leagues go there is a certain time when you have to start the match and a certain time you have to lock the match. In each round you are only allowed 1 team match to be accepted(or challenged) or locked late. If 2 matches occur that your team is late then your team will be disqualified!

That sums up the rules, tell me if I missed anything and your ideas.

May the Games Begin!

jaller435718(Alex)

The Crows Nest-League Office

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