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ENGLISH CHESS CHALLENGE 2010
If you would like to enter your school/club, please click on this link:

ROUND 1:    SCHOOL / CLUB CHALLENGE or ONE DAY TOURNAMENT
In the Spring Term (or Autumn Term if a school really wishes), a 7 round competition is played.  This may be a one day (if a tournament) or more likely with 1 round per week over 7 weeks in a school (or outside school) club.  Players are paired on a Swiss system basis in each round, but do not worry if you don't know how to run this as we provide enough information for you to run such an event and can even recommend a cheap but effective computer pairing program that you can use for both Swiss and All-Play-All events whenever you wish.

At the end of the event, the highest scoring 30% (minimum) of boys and girls from each year group qualify for the semi-finals (which are held in May-June time each year).   In addition, any other pupil scoring 15 points or more out of 21 qualifies.  Where players are tied, they both/all qualify.  In this event, 3 points are awarded for a win, 2 for a draw and 1 for a defeat.

Those running qualification rounds (Round 1) will be obliged to send CCF a final cross-table of the event by the end of April (the computer program can produce this easily).  CCF will aim to process the results and issue invitations to enter the semi-finals by the and of April.  This will be done direct to those we already have contact information for (by email where possible) or via their school/club/tournament organiser if not.  All names will be listed on the web site and entry status tracked accordingly.

ROUND 2:     SEMI- FINALS - CLICK HERE FOR ELIGIBLE PLAYERS
(Please see CCF Conditions of Entry)
There will be 3 semi-final events - players can choose which event they enter with no restriction other than that they can only play in one of them:
1    Kent - Results from the Semi-Final on 12 June
2    Surrey - Results the from the Semi-Final 0n 27 June
3    Warwickshire - Results from the Semi-Final 0n 19 June

Subject to us having to merge adjacent sections where numbers are not sufficient for separate events, there are potentially separate finals as follows:
Under 18 Boys     Under 18 Girls               Under 10 Boys        Under 10 Girls              Under 06 Boys     Under 06 Girls
Under 15 Boys     Under 15 Girls               Under 09 Boys        Under 09 Girls            
Under 13 Boys     Under 13 Girls               Under 08 Boys        Under 08 Girls
Under 11 Boys     Under 11 Girls               Under 07 Boys        Under 07 Girls

Ages are taken as at 31st August 2009.   

ROUND 3:     FINALS' DAY - SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2010
CLICK HERE FOR LIST OF QUALIFIED PLAYERS
(Please see CCF Conditions of Entry)
Subject to us having to merge adjacent sections where numbers are not sufficient for separate events, there are separate finals as follows:

Under 18 Boys     Under 18 Girls                Under 10 Boys      Under 10 Girls                  Under 06 Boys
Under 15 Boys     Under 15 Girls                Under 09 Boys      Under 09 Girls                  Under 06 Girls
Under 13 Boys     Under 13 Girls                Under 08 Boys      Under 08 Girls
Under 11 Boys     Under 11 Girls                Under 07 Boys      Under 07 Girls

Ages are taken as at 31st August 2009.

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