Internet College Chess League

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Overview:

Weekly team games are coordinated for the Fall, Winter, and Spring semesters.
Teams consist of five players from each school. Multiple teams are allowed.
Teams are stronlgy encouraged to meet together in a campus computer lab for games. There may be exceptions to this rule that require all team members play together during official ICCL playoff events during the Winter quarter.
Games are played mainly on an honor system, with teams self-regulating.
No outside help is allowed from opening books, fellow players, or computers. The team captains must ensure that these rules are followed.
Other than positive publicity, no prizes will be rewarded. It’s all for fun!
All work done is strictly volunteer. No one will profit from this league.

Game Format:

A ll official games are held on FICS (freechess.org). There may be special summer events held on non-FICS servers.
Colors are decided by the ICCL tournament directors beforehand.
Recommended time controls are 60 minutes/game + 5 second increment.
Time controls can be shortened for the whole team if both sides agree, but must be reasonable and not blitz. Game length shouldn’t increase.
Board order is decided by club team ladder. If none exists, then by USCF rating. However, it is strongly encouraged to have a club ladder to promote competition within the clubs, but it is not required.
Ladder position shifts based on team policy.

Tournament Structure:

Fall, 2005

a 6-round, Swiss-style tournament will be conducted.
Seven rounds are scheduled, with a bye round built in for each team to take during their midterms.
Previous pairings, along with same-school pairings, will be avoided and switched by tournament directors.
Both teams must report their individual results to the tournament director after the games are played. Full game scores are recommended.

Winter 2005/6

Teams will play in 5-7 matches in round-robin and play with most of the other teams within their own region.
A bye will be given to each team for midterms. Also, no competitions will take place 2 weeks before or after the US Amateur Championships.
The team captains will be responsible for setting up the time of the games.
After the round-robin ends within the region, all of the teams can participate in a 4 week ICCL play-off system to determine the official champion of the league.
During the ICCL playoffs, the teams must report and play together.
Both teams must report their individual results to the tournament director after the games are played. Full game scores are recommended.
Detailed Winter League rules are available.

Scheduling:

Before the round, team contacts are notified via email who they are playing and their opponent’s contact.
Teams are given one work week to complete a round at their convenience. We recommend keeping Tuesday and Thursday, 8:00-10:00pm open.
Teams must respect holidays and work through scheduling conflicts.
If a date cannot be resolved, the ICCL tournament director must be notified by both parties.
The director will try to resolve conflict and has the power to reschedule a match during the make-up week, or forfeit one or both teams.
Each team will have the option to opt-out of one round without penalty to accommodate midterms. Directors must be notified at least one week before hand.
Any team that is consistently tardy, or does not show up to the events without prior communiction, will be dropped from the league.
We will avoid scheduling teams in different time zones.

Eligible Players:

Contacts:

All communication from the ICCL to teams will be done through their team captains.
Team captains or alternate contacts can be requested if necessary.
Communications with the ICCL and tournament directors can take place through email or through online forms. This is available at the Contact Page.

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