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Welcome to the 1st English Veterans Correspondence Chess Championship. There has been a total of 36 entries for this Championship placed into ranking order in accordance with the Rules specified in the tournament announcement. Average Rating for the Semi-Final: 2013.

Tie-Breaks: Tie-breaks will be resolved in the following order of priority:
a) number of wins by each tied player in the tournament;
b) points evaluation by the Sonneborn-Berger-System;
c) results of the tied players against each other.
If players are still tied after all relevant tie-breaking procedures have been used, the players will be considered equal.

Any Adjudications required at the End Date will follow EFCC Adjudication procedures (and not ICCF).

Prizes: Winner will receive £25.
Runner-up will receive £10.

a) The winner of the Semi-Final of the 1st EVCCC shall be entitled to enter the 2nd EVCCC Championship Final. This entry cannot be deferred and must be used in the following event or it is void.
b) The players who finish 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the Semi-Final of the 1st EVCCC shall be entitled to enter a Semi-Final section of the 2nd EVCCC.
c) The players who finish in 6th place or below in the 1st EVCCC Championship Final shall be entitled to enter a Semi-Final section of the 2nd EVCCC.
d) All other players who enter the 2nd EVCCC in ranking order until the Semi-Finals are full.

This is a server event.
The start date was 3/5/2018.
The end date was 12/31/2019.
ICCF standard time control 10 moves in 40 days with doubling after 20 days is used.
If a player exceeds allowed thinking time in any way, the player will automatically be scored with a loss. Under some circumstances all of the player’s games will subsequently be cancelled (if not already rated).
28 days of leave per year are available to each player.
There is no special leave in this event.
Linear conditionals can be entered.
This tournament allows claims based on the six piece tablebase. The 50-moves-rule is not applied in positions with seven or fewer pieces.
Draw offers are restricted to one offer per player every 10 moves (called the ten moves draw rule).
Ties are broken by the Baumbach tie breaking rule (see ICCF rule 1.3.4.2).
If needed, adjudicators will be selected by the TD.
Other participants can see the games only when they are finished, and at least 10 games are finished in the event.
The public can see the games only when they are finished, and at least 10 games are finished in the event.
This event is organized by Pheby, Ian M..