ICCF First England International Triple Block Open

The English Federation for Correspondence Chess (EFCC) is pleased to announce the First England International Triple Block Open. England cordially invites correspondence chess players from all countries to participate in this tournament.

Entry

All entries may be made by Direct Entry (go to 'New events' 'England') or through a player's National Federation. Entries are not permitted by email.

Each player may enter a maximum of two groups. Players making a second entry will be placed in the group immediately after their first group where possible.

The closing date for entries is 20^th May 2025. Pairings will be issued as soon as possible after that date 

The official start date is 20^th June 2025.

Entry fee

The entry fee is 9.00 Euros by Direct Entry for each entry. Each National Federation can specify their own entry fee.

Rules

All ICCF rules shall apply to all games. If needed, adjudicators will be selected by the server.

Organisation

Registered players will be grouped by rating using the ICCF 2025/2 rating list. Players will be placed in groups of 11, 13, or 15 players in rating order so that all group members have as similar a rating as possible.

Time control

The event will be played in one stage on the ICCF server with each group being played using the Triple Block time control with a tournament duration of 350 days. No guaranteed time will be available after move 50.

Rating and Norms

All groups will be rated. Norms for ICCF titles will be available in all groups that meet the criteria required by the ICCF.

Prizes

No prize money is being offered. Certificates for the top three players in each group will be available subject to those players obtaining a positive score. The tiebreaker system for tied players will be: 1. Baumbach; 2. Sonneborn-Berger; 3. the results of the players tied with each other; 4. the lowest rating of the tied players in the group at the start of the tournament.

All chess players are heartily invited to enter this event, both for the enjoyment of games and for friendly contact/communication with players around the world.

Countries are kindly asked to give the event wide publicity to their players, and to forward entries as soon as they receive them. Thank you.

Amici sumus.