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This is the rather belated edition of the Avison Shield

It is in memory of the late Frank Avison a stalwart of Yorkshire and Sheffield Postal Chess in the 1960's.

He was a typical Yorkie 'No quarter asked or given'

we welcome our chess friends deo SchemingMind

This is a server event.
The start date was 1/7/2019.
The end date was 11/5/2019.
Triple Block system for a 302 day event, with 51 days initial bank and 1 day increment for the first 50 moves is used.
If a player's clock reaches zero, the player will automatically be scored with a loss (even if the bank and/or the increment are > 0). Under some circumstances all of the player’s games will subsequently be cancelled (if not already rated).
Players cannot stop their clocks to take leave.
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).
Individual ties are broken by the Baumbach tie breaking rule. This applies to board cross tables.
Team ties are broken by the board points tie breaking rule (see ICCF rule 1.3.4.3). This applies to the team cross table.
If needed, adjudicators will be selected by the server.
Other participants can see the games live after 0 games are finished in the event. Live transmission is delayed by 5 moves.
The public can see the games live after 0 games are finished in the event. Live transmission is delayed by 5 moves.
This event is organized by Beckett, Phillip J..