Playing rules: a summary
All games
to be played according to the FIDE Laws of Chess except
where modified below.
Divisions
Division
1: open.
Division 2: restricted to a total of 560 ECF per team.
Division 3: restricted to a total of 400 ECF per team.
Game
finishes
In Divisons
1 and 2, the visiting player shall offer, before his
first move, at least two alternatives of game finish
method from adjudication, adjournment or quickplay.
The home player shall before his next move select from
those offered. In Division 3, all games are quickplay
finishes.
Time limits
Where an
unfinished game is to be adjudicated at the end of the
first session: 35 moves in the first 1¼ hours,
followed by 7 moves in each subsequent ¼ hour.
Where an
unfinished game is to be adjourned to a second session:
35 moves in the first 1¼ hours, followed by 28
moves in the next hour, then 7 moves in each subsequent
¼ hour. The second session of an adjourned game
shall be played within 28 days and must be played to
a finish or for at least two and a half hours. After
the second session unfinished games shall be adjudicated.
Where a
quickplay finish is adopted: 30 moves in the first hour,
then all the remaining moves in 20 minutes, or such
longer time as is available in the agreed playing session.
Alternatively, where digital clocks are being used,
players may, by mutual agreement, start with 1¼
hours for all moves with the addition of 10 seconds
per move.
Mobile
phones
Mobile
phones may be brought into the playing area but must
be switched on to vibrate once the match has started.
Players must not answer a call inside the playing area
but must take the call outside. If a phone rings with
the ring tone the match will be lost by the offending
player.
