Cup Rules

 

Rules applying to all Cup competitions

1. General. The competition shall be conducted under the jurisdiction of the London Civil Service, Post Office and Municipal Chess League.

2. Entry. Any team wishing to enter a cup competition must notify the Senior Recorder by the date of the Annual General Meeting. Where two or more teams from the same Club participate in the same competition they shall be mutually exclusive.

3. Entry fee. The entry fee for each team entering the competition shall be £10.00 and this sum shall become due for payment before 1 October. Any Club failing to make payment by 1 November in the current season shall have the said fees increased by 20 per cent, and incur further penalties at the rate of 10 per cent of the original debt for each completed month payment is delayed after 1 November.

4. Conduct of the competition. The competition shall be played on the knockout principle and the initial draw shall be made by the Senior Recorder. In all rounds of the competition, the following rules shall apply.

(i) A match may be played at a mutually agreed place and time before the date set for the completion of play in that round.

(ii) Failing such agreement, the first named team in each pairing shall be regarded as the 'home' team and the match shall be played at the usual premises of that team and on that team's normal Club night during the final week allowed for play in that round.

5. Rules of play. Rules 2, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 32, 39 and 40 of the London Civil Service, Post Office and Municipal Chess League shall apply.

6. Adjudications. Rules 28 and 29 of the London Civil Service, Post Office and Municipal Chess League shall apply. If the games for adjudication do not affect the outcome of the match the Senior Recorder shall send each position to a single adjudicator, and Rule 31 of the League Rules will apply if there is an appeal. However, where the result could affect the outcome of the match, the Senior Recorder shall send the position to three adjudicators. The majority decision shall decide the result. If three different decisions are given, the result is a draw. There shall be no appeal against adjudication. A fee of £7.50 will be paid by the Club whose claim is not substantiated; and should that claim be declared frivolous by the single adjudicator where adjudication does not affect the outcome of the match, or by at least two adjudicators where adjudication does affect the outcome of the match, the fee will be £15.00.

7. Drawn matches. Where a match stands drawn, the result shall be determined by board count, and where this is equal, by the elimination of successive results from bottom board upwards until a result is obtained. If all the games are drawn, the team who had the black pieces on odd-numbered boards shall be deemed to be the winner.

8. Disputes. If a dispute arises which cannot be settled by the players involved or by the captains, full details of the incident should be sent to the Senior Recorder by both Clubs. A fine of £5.00 will be levied against a Club making an unsuccessful claim.

Rules applying only to the Bonar Law Trophy

9. Entry. Any team in Division 1 and all first teams in Division 2 of the League may enter the Bonar Law Trophy.

10. Each match shall be of eight boards.

Rules applying only to the Post Annual Cup

11. Entry. Any team not eligible to enter the Bonar Law Trophy may enter the Post Annual Cup.

12. Each match shall be of six boards.

13. The team winning the Post Annual Cup may enter the Bonar Law Trophy in the following season instead of the Post Annual Cup.

 

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