4NCL
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The 4NCL, or Four Nations Chess League, is the national chess league of the British Isles. The league is named after the four constituent nations: England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland[a].
The league is played over five weekends, typically at Midlands hotel venues starting in October/November and finishing on the early May bank holiday), and in the top two divisions teams consist of 8 players (at least one of whom must be female).[1][2]
The 4NCL is run independently as a limited company outside the control of any individual nation's chess governing bodies.
Although an amateur competition for most of its teams, some of the top teams in the league have been able to secure sponsors (including
History
It was founded in 1993 by Chris Dunworth, who served as the League's Managing Director for the first decade of its existence.
4NCL's inaugural weekend took place on October 2 and 3, 1993 at the Barbican Centre in London. This was held at the same time as the World Chess Championship 1993 match between Kasparov and Short at the Savoy Theatre, about 2 miles away.
See also
- Chess Bundesliga, the German national team chess league
External links
- 4NCL
- 4NCL history 1993-2013 from OlimpBase
References
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "Chess: Britain's 4NCL league flourishes despite rising costs". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "Final Four Nations League Weekend – Part three". Chessbase. 2014-06-03. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014.
Notes
- ^ Northern Ireland does not have a separate FIDE federation from the Republic of Ireland.