Dear Chessfriends,<\/p>\n
Welcome to Witold Bielecki Memorial Team Tournament Final!<\/p>\n
This European national team tournament is the second edition of a team event (6 boards) with average rating not higher than 2000.<\/p>\n
This edition has been organized in 2 stages, preliminary and final, by ICCF-Europa, with support of the Polish Correspondence Chess Federation and called Witold Bielecki Memorial Team Tournament (MT-Bielecki TT), in tribute to Witold Bielecki (1947-2008) – former president of the Polish Correspondence Chess Federation and Polish delegate to ICCF.<\/p>\n
Tournament\u00a0attracted 22 European national teams. They were distributed to 3 sections. The first three teams from each section were eligible to play in the final.<\/p>\n
Preliminaries began on 2012-01-25. There are still few open games, but finally the last decisive game finished and we know all teams qualified for the final (section 1 \u2013 Belarus, Austria &\u00a0Finland; section\u00a02 \u2013 Russia,\u00a0Slovakia &\u00a0Czech Republic; section\u00a03\u00a0\u2013 Ukraine, Romania & Poland).<\/p>\n
Please receive my heartiest congratulations for your promotion!<\/p>\n
Some players progressed a lot in comparison to preliminary stage. Players whose ratings increased over 2050\u00a0were still eligible to participate in the final, but any replacement player must be rated not higher than 2050. For few new players provisional rating was assumed 1900.<\/p>\n
The final started on 2013-09-08 with no end date.<\/p>\n
This is a rated event played on ICCF server. ICCF standard time control 10 moves in 50 days with duplication after 20 days is used. 30 days of leave per year are available to each player. Linear conditionals can be entered. Other participants can see the games only when they are finished, and at least 1 games are finished in the event. The public can see the games only when they are finished, and at least 1 games are finished in the event. The team mates and captain can see the games live after 0 games are finished in the event. Live transmission is delayed by 0 moves.<\/p>\n
This event is organized and directed by Mariusz Wojnar (POL). Backup TD is IA Marco Caressa (ITA).<\/p>\n
For news on the event please look at tournament page (http:\/\/kszgk.com\/bielecki\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n