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. RESULTS AND STANDINGS (updated 22 Nov. 2023) Points given: 2 to the Rapid open winner, 1 for each of the Blitz winners. Round Match Type # Boards Field score Closed Acc. Result 1 BUL - SPA R open 30 32 - 28 0 / 0 2 - 0 1 BUL - SPA B <1600 18 17 - 19 0 / 0 0 - 1 1 BUL - SPA B >1600 10 13.5 - 6.5 0 / 0 1 - 0 1 ITA - MAL R open 2 4 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 1 ITA - MAL B <1600 4 7.5 - 0.5 0 / 0 0F - 0F 1 ITA - MAL B >1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 1 SRB - ALG R open 4 7 - 1 0 / 1 (7 - -2) 2 - 0F 1 SRB - ALG B <1600 3 6 - 0 0 / 1 (6 - -3) 1 - 0F 1 SRB - ALG B >1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 1 - 0F 1 MAC - RCF R open 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 2 1 MAC - RCF B <1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 1 1 MAC - RCF B >1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 1 1 FRA - TUR R open 7 10.5 - 3.5 0 / 0 0F - 0F 1 FRA - TUR B <1600 7 9 - 5 0 / 0 1 - 0 1 FRA - TUR B >1600 2 4 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 2 MAC - ITA R open 2 1 - 3 0 / 0 0F - 2 2 MAC - ITA B <1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 1 2 MAC - ITA B >1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 1 2 BUL - FRA R Open 9 11.5 - 6.5 0 / 0 2 - 0F 2 BUL - FRA B <1600 5 5 - 5 0 / 0 1/2 - 1/2 2 BUL - FRA B >1600 6 9.5 - 2.5 0 / 0 1 - 0 2 MAL - ALG R Open 3 4 - 2 0 / 1 0F - 0F 2 MAL - ALG B <1600 3 3 - 3 0 / 2 0F - 0F 2 MAL - ALG B >1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 2 SRB - RCF R Open 39 49.5 - 28.5 0 / 0 2 - 0 2 SRB - RCF B <1600 17 13.5 - 20.5 0 / 0 0 - 1 2 SRB - RCF B >1600 14 21.5 - 6.5 0 / 0 1 - 0 2 TUR - SPA R Open 12 7.5 - 16.5 0 / 0 0 - 2 2 TUR - SPA B <1600 12 13.5 - 10.5 0 / 0 1 - 0 2 TUR - SPA B >1600 3 0.5 - 5.5 0 / 0 0F - 0F 3 BUL - SRB R Open 37 43 - 31 1 / 0 (40 - 33) 2 - 0 3 BUL - SRB B <1600 15 20 - 10 1 / 0 (17 - 12) 1 - 0 3 BUL - SRB B >1600 21 17.5 - 24.5 0 / 0 0 - 1 3 ALG - TUR R Open 7 0.5 - 13.5 1 / 0 0F - 0F 3 ALG - TUR B <1600 9 7.5 - 10.5 1 / 0 (5.5 - 11.5) 0 - 1 3 ALG - TUR B >1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 3 FRA - ITA R Open 15 14 - 16 0 / 0 0 - 2 3 FRA - ITA B <1600 8 7.5 - 8.5 0 / 0 0 - 1 3 FRA - ITA B >1600 6 8 - 4 0 / 0 1 - 0 3 SPA - RCF R Open 10 3.5 - 16.5 0 / 0 0 - 2 3 SPA - RCF B <1600 6 1 - 11 0 / 0 0 - 1 3 SPA - RCF B >1600 6 4.5 - 7.5 0 / 0 0 - 1 3 MAC - MAL R Open 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 3 MAC - MAL B <1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 3 MAC - MAL B >1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 4 BUL - RCF R Open 24 34 - 14 0 / 0 2 - 0 4 BUL - RCF B <1600 11 14 - 8 0 / 0 1 - 0 4 BUL - RCF B >1600 11 16.5 - 5.5 0 / 0 1 - 0 4 SRB - ITA R Open 17 30.5 - 3.5 0 / 0 2 - 0 4 SRB - ITA B <1600 10 15.5 - 4.5 0 / 0 1 - 0 4 SRB - ITA B >1600 9 15.5 - 2.5 0 / 0 1 - 0 4 SPA - FRA R Open 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 2 - 0F 4 SPA - FRA B <1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 1 - 0F 4 SPA - FRA B >1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 1 - 0F 4 MAL - TUR R Open 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 4 MAL - TUR B <1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 4 MAL - TUR B >1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 4 MAC - ALG R Open 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 4 MAC - ALG B <1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 4 MAC - ALG B >1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 5 MAC - TUR R Open 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 2 - 0F 5 MAC - TUR B <1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 1 - 0F 5 MAC - TUR B >1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 1 - 0F 5 ITA - BUL R Open 11 3.5 - 18.5 0 / 0 0 - 1 5 ITA - BUL B <1600 4 2 - 6 0 / 0 0F - 1 5 ITA - BUL B >1600 7 0 - 14 0 / 0 0 - 1 5 SRB - SPA R Open 16 27 - 5 0 / 0 2 - 0 5 SRB - SPA B <1600 12 16.5 - 7.5 0 / 0 1 - 0 5 SRB - SPA B >1600 4 1.5 - 6.5 0 / 0 1 -0F 5 ROM - ALG R Open 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 5 ROM - ALG B <1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 5 ROM - ALG B >1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 5 MAL - FRA R Open 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 5 MAL - FRA B <1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F 5 MAL - FRA B >1600 0 0 - 0 0 / 0 0F - 0F Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Points BUL 3 3.5 3 4 4 17.5 SRB 4 3 1 4 4 16 RCF 4 1 4 0 0 9 ITA 0 4 3 0 0 7 SPA 1 2 0 4 0 7 MAC 0 0 0 0 4 4 FRA 1 0.5 1 0 0 2.5 TUR 0 1 1 0 0 2 MAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 ALG 0 0 0 0 0 0

. LCML Season 4 - RULES OF PLAY LCML Season 4 is played in the Swiss format. on 5 rounds. The starting date of each round is announced by the TD, together with the instructions to arrange the matches. Each round has a deadline, within which all the matches of that round must be played. As soon as the pairings are published, team captains must contact the captain of the opponent team and negotiate the date/time of their match. The date of the match must be set within the deadline. Derogation to this rule can only be asked by a captain upon valid motivation. In case a match is postponed, the TD communicates the new deadline for that single match, after consultation with the requiring team. If the match is not played within the new deadline by cause of the requesting team, that team loses the match by forfeit. If a team does not respond to the challenge, the captain of the challenging team must inform the TD before the deadline. The TD will try and contact the captain of the non-responding team to receive explanations. In case of no response in due time, the active team will win the match by forfeit. If no claim is issued by any team and the match is not launched at the deadline, both teams lose the match by forfeit. Each round consists of 3 matches: I) U1600 blitz 3+2, II) O1600 blitz 3+2, III) Open rapid 10+5. Matches I and II start at the same time, match III follows, 30 minutes later. Scheduling matches I and II at the same start time is mandatory. Matches must be named, respectively, as: “LCML S4 Rn U1600 Team A vs Team B”, “LCML S4 Rn O1600 Team A vs Team B”, “LCML S4 Rn Open Team A vs Team B”, where n is the number of the Round (1 for the first round, 2 for the second, etc.). Time control must be set to 3 minutes + 2 seconds per move (3|2) for matches I and II, and to 10 minutes + 5 seconds per move (10|5) for match III. Rating must be set max 1600 for match I, min 1600 for match II, and left blank for match III. The parameters: game type, players per club, minimum games, setup, must be left at their default values. Matches are played over an unlimited number of boards, but is required to field at least 5 players on match I and match II, and 10 players on match III. In case one of the teams does not reach the required number of players, the opponent team wins by forfeit. If both teams do not reach the required number of players, they both lose by forfeit. Team captains are solicited to take a screenshot of the list of registered players to a match one minute before its start, to possibly claim for a forfeit win. In absence of such a proof, the match is considered as played by all and only the listed players of both teams. The claim for a forfeit win must be public. Standings are made counting 1 point for each blitz match won (0,5 points in case of a draw) and 2 points for each rapid match won (1 point in case of draw). At the end of the season, in case of parity between two or more teams on the first place, a separate classification will be made considering only the matches among the teams tied for the first place. At any time before the end of the season, the score of the matches can be adjusted for closed accounts. In case a player has a closed account, both games of that player are considered as lost, regardless the field score reported by chess.com. Besides this, a team gets a -1 penalty point for each closed account. This adjustment can affect the results of the matches and, therefore, the standings. Updates are made by the TD as soon as he gets informed of a closed account. Captains can inform the TD of such an occurrence at any time during the season. Final standings are issued not later than 7 days after the deadline of the last round. NO MORE VALID ---------------------------------------------------- LCML Season 4 - RULES OF PLAY LCML Season 4 is played in the round robin format. Teams are grouped into 2 divisions: 1 (required at least 12 players per match) and Div. 2 (required at least 4 players per match). Teams are assigned to Div. 1 or to Div. 2 according to the figures shown in the past editions of LCML or, for new teams, to the figures shown in the LCEL or other similar competitions. Any team of the lower Division can ask the Tournament Director (TD) to be included in the upper division, provided they commit to comply with the standard requirement of at least 12 players per match. This request must be done publicly, before the opening day of the season. The request is accepted if at least half of the teams of the upper Division agree within 3 days from the date of request. The complete pairings for each Division are published by the TD after the signup phase is completed. The publication of the pairings marks the opening day of the season. The starting date of each round is announced by the TD, together with the instructions to arrange the matches. Each round has a deadline, within which all the matches of that round must be played. As soon as the pairings are published, team captains must contact the captain of the opponent team and negotiate the date/time of their match. The date of the match must be set within the deadline. Derogation to this rule can only be asked by a captain upon valid motivation. In case a match is postponed, the TD communicates the new deadline for that single match, after consultation with the requiring team. If the match is not played within the new deadline by cause of the requesting team, that team loses the match by forfeit. If a team does not respond to the challenge, the captain of the challenging team must inform the TD before the deadline. The TD will try and contact the captain of the non-responding team to receive explanations. In case of no response in due time, the active team will win the match by forfeit. If no claim is issued by any team and the match is not launched at the deadline, both teams lose the match by forfeit. In Div. 1 each round consists of 3 matches: I) U1600 blitz 3+2, II) O1600 blitz 3+2, III) Open rapid 10+5. Matches I and II start at the same time, match III follows, 30 minutes later. Scheduling matches I and II at the same start time is mandatory. Matches must be named, respectively, as: “LCML S4 Rn U1600 Team A vs Team B”, “LCML S4 Rn O1600 Team A vs Team B”, “LCML S4 Rn Open Team A vs Team B”, where n is the number of the Round (1 for the first round, 2 for the second, etc.). Time control must be set to 3 minutes + 2 seconds per move (3|2) for matches I and II, and to 10 minutes + 5 seconds per move (10|5) for match III.Rating must be set max 1600 for match I, min 1600 for match II, and left blank for match III. The parameters: game type, players per club, minimum games, setup, must be left at their default values. In Div. 2 each round consists of 2 matches: I) Open blitz 3+2, II) Open rapid 10+5. Start of match II must be set 30 minutes later than the start of match I.Matches must be named, respectively, as: “LCML S4 Rn Div2 blitz Team A vs Team B”, “LCML S4 Rn Div2 rapid Team A vs Team B”, where n is the number of the Round (1 for the first round, 2 for the second, etc.). Time control must be set to 3 minutes + 2 seconds per move (3|2) for match I, and to 10 minutes + 5 seconds per move (10|5) for match II.The parameters: game type, rating, players per club, minimum games, setup, must be left at their default values. Matches are played over an unlimited number of boards. In Div. 1 it is required to field at least 12 players on match III and on the paired matches I+II (so each match I and II min 6 players); in Div. 2 it is required to field at least 4 players per match. In case one of the teams does not reach the required number of players, the opponent team wins by forfeit. If both teams do not reach the required number of players, they both lose by forfeit. Team captains are solicited to take a screenshot of the list of registered players to a match one minute before its start, to possibly claim for a forfeit win. In absence of such a proof, the match is considered as played by all and only the listed players of both teams. The claim for a forfeit win must be public. Standings of Div. 1 are made counting 1 point for each blitz match won (0,5 points in case of a draw) and 2 points for each rapid match won (1 point in case of draw). Standings of Div. 2 are made counting 1 point for each match won (0,5 points in case of a draw). At the end of the season, in case of parity between two or more teams on the first place, a separate classification will be made considering only the matches among the teams tied for the first place. At any time before the end of the season, the score of the matches can be adjusted for closed accounts. In case a player has a closed account, both games of that player are considered as lost, regardless the field score reported by chess.com. Besides this, a team gets a -1 penalty point for each closed account. This adjustment can affect the results of the matches and, therefore, the standings. Updates are made by the TD as soon as he gets informed of a closed account. Captains can inform the TD of such an occurrence at any time during the season. Final standings are issued not later than 7 days after the deadline of the last round. ---

LIVE CHESS MEDITERRANEAN LEAGUE - SEASON 4 TEAMS AND THEIR CAPTAINS Team Captain Vice-cap Team France @Mitsuru2001 Srbija Tim @iksnicamod Romania Chess Federation @CipriP32 @EmanuelPau Team Bulgaria @stefanakis90 @Psychotic_Waltz Team Italia Live @cherokee751 @Warnefrit Team Algeria @startstek Macedonia Forever @stole-kosuta Team Malta @kavall @dmangion Team Turkiye @Cemirhans @ImparatorFEA Team Spain Live @Mrlopsonknight @portoscar Teams are listed according to the standings of Season 3, new teams added at the bottom.

How to launch a challenge Go to the Live section of the chess.com site: https://www.chess.com/live Click on Tournaments at the top right of the window Click on Club Match at the bottom of the window Set the parameters of the match; Attention! There is a bug in the chess.com software: when you click on Find Club to find out the name of your opponent team, the edit box disappears; nonetheless, you shall write the first 5 letters of your opponent team’s name and a list of teams should appear; you may then scroll this list and choose the right name. NOTE 1 Be sure that the time control is set properly; there is a long list of time settings, you can even define your own special time setting, for instance 15+3 (it means games will last 15 minutes, after which players are given an extra time of 3 seconds per move). NOTE 2 When you set the start time of the match, the hour shown is your local hour, no matter where your opponent comes from; you should know in advance the time zone difference with your opponent; to avoid misunderstandings, always refer to well defined time zones, as CET (Central European Time). NOTE 3 You cannot set up a challenge if it is planned more than 1 week later; you have to wait until the system allows you to launch the challenge. NOTE 4 In the LCML there are no limitations related to players’ rating, nor to the number of players per club, so you may leave empty the 4 boxes of the last 2 lines. Once you have set the date and time of your match, the Create button will become active; click on it to launch the challenge; from that moment, the challenge will become visible to your opponent team, that may ACCEPT or DECLINE your challenge.

. Dear all, here is the composition of the two Divisions in Season 4 of the LCML. The allocation has been made according to Point 1 of the Rules of Play. AP = Average Players per match shown in LCML and LCEL matches since 1 year (from 15.5.2022 to 14.5.2023). DIVISION 1 Team AP Team Spain Live 40 Srbija Tim 32 Team France 20 Romania Chess Federation 19 Team Italia Live 12 DIVISION 2 Team AP Team Bulgaria 8 Team Algeria 7 Team Turkiye 4 Macedonia Forever 3 Team Malta 3 According to Point 1 of the Rules of Play, "Any team of the lower Division can ask the Tournament Director (TD) to be included in the upper division, provided they commit to comply with the standard requirement of at least 12 players per match. This request must be done publicly, before the opening day of the season. The request is accepted if at least half of the teams of the upper Division agree within 3 days from the date of request." The deadline for asking a possible shift is 26 May 2023 (1 week from now). The calendar of the matches will be published within the last week of May.

(updated 1/4/2023, 03:20 by Iks) MATCHES Day Match date Match Boards Field Score (*) Bon. & Pen. Final Score Result 1 08/10/2022 Slo-Tur 2 0-4 (b) -1/0 -1 - 4 0 - 1 1 15/10/2022 Mal-Bul 2 0,5-3,5 -2/+4 -1,5 - 7,5 0 - 1 1 16/10/2022 Gre-Ita 3 0-6 (a) -3/+4 -3 - 10 0 - 1 1 16/10/2022 Rom-Mac 5 8-2 0/0 8 - 2 1 - 0 1 21/10/2022 Alg-Fra 13 9-17 (c) 0/-1 9 - 16 0 - 1 1 not played Cro-Srb 0 na -5/+10 -5 - 10 0 - 1 2 05/11/2022 Srb-Bul 7 12,5-1,5 0/0 12,5 - 1,5 1 - 0 2 05/11/2022 Ita-Tur 7 11-3 0/0 11 - 3 1 - 0 2 08/11/2022 Mac-Alg 5 8,5-1,5 0/0 8,5 - 1,5 1 - 0 2 12/11/2022 Bel-Eng 3 2-4 -2/+3 0 - 7 0 - 1 2 12/11/2022 Slo-Gre 2 3-1 0/0 3 - 1 1 - 0 2 25/11/2022 Rom-Fra 23 15,5-30,5 (d) 0/0 15,5 - 30,5 0 - 1 2 not played Mal-Cro 0 na 0/0 0 - 0 0 - 0 3 08/12/2022 Slo-Mac 4 5,5-2,5 +2/-1 7,5 - 1,5 1 - 0 3 10/12/2022 Bel-Rom 6 2,5-9,5 0/0 2,5 - 9,5 0 - 1 3 11/12/2022 Bul-Fra 11 9-13 0/-1 9 - 12 0 - 1 3 17/12/2022 Alg-Gre 3 5,5-0,5 +4/-2 9,5 - -1,5 1 - 0 3 26/12/2022 Srb-Ita 21 33-9 (f) 0/0 33 - 9 1 - 0 3 03/01/2023 Eng-Tur 5 6,5-3,5 0/0 6,5 - 3,5 1 - 0 3 not played Mal-Cro 0 na +10/-5 10 - -5 1 - 0 4 13/01/2023 Alg-Bul 8 7,5-8,5 0/0 7,5 - 8,5 0 - 1 4 14/01/2023 Rom-Ita 22 22,5-21,5 (e) -1/0 21,5 - 21,5 1/2-1/2 4 14/01/2023 Mal-Bel 2 0-4 -3/+6 -3 - 10 0 - 1 4 not played Eng-Slo 0 na +10/-5 10 - -5 1 - 0 4 27/01/2023 Srb-Fra 38 26,5-49,5(g) 0/0 26,5 - 49,5 0 - 1 4 not played Cro-Gre 0 na 0/0 0 - 0 0 - 0 4 not played Mac-Tur 0 na +10/-5 10 - -5 1 - 0 5 05/02/2023 Mal-Tur 5 5-5 0/0 5 - 5 1/2-1/2 5 11/02/2023 Srb-Eng 12 18,5-5,5 (h) 0/-1 18,5 - 4,5 1 - 0 5 11/02/2023 Rom-Bul 11 16-6 (i) 0/0 16 - 6 1 - 0 5 12/02/2023 Fra-Ita 24 36-12 0/0 36 - 12 1 - 0 5 12/02/2023 Bel-Mac 6 6,5-5,5 0/0 6,5 - 5,5 1 - 0 5 16/02/2023 Slo-Alg 4 6-2 -1/+2 5 - 4 1 - 0 5 not played Cro-Gre 0 na 0/0 0 - 0 0 - 0 6 05/03/2023 Bel-Alg 10 8,5-11,5 0/0 8,5 - 11,5 0 - 1 6 11/03/2023 Fra-Eng 15 23,5-6,5 0/0 23,5 - 6,5 1 - 0 6 12/03/2023 Ita-Bul 16 15-17 0/0 15 - 17 0 - 1 6 17/03/2023 Srb-Slo 8 14,5-1,5 0/0 14,5 - 1,5 1 - 0 6 not played Rom-Tur 0 na 0/0 0 - 0 0 - 0 6 not played Mac-Mal 0 na 0/0 0 - 0 0 - 0 6 not played Cro-Gre 0 na 0/0 0 - 0 0 - 0 (*) Field scores include point shifts due to closed accounts (a) GCF Board 1 account closed, original field score 1-5 (b) TS Board 1 account closed, original field score 1-3 (c) TF Boards 2, 6 and 7 accounts closed, original field score 3-23 (d) TF Board 7 account closed, RCF Board 20 account closed, original field score 16-30 (e) RCF Board 3 account closed, TIL Boards 11 and 20 accounts closed, original field score 20,5-23,5 (f) ST Board 9 account closed, original field score 34-8 (g) ST Boards 11, 22 and 34 accounts closed, TF Board 36 account closed, original field score 30-46 (h) ECF Board 1 account closed, original field score 16,5-7,5 (i) TB Board 6 account closed, original field score 15,5-6,5 STANDINGS Pos. Team Matches played Match points Game points Matches won Games won 1 Team France 6 6 167,5 6 160 2 Srbija Tim 5 5 115 5 108 3 Romania Chess Federation 5 3,5 70,5 3 64 4 Team Bulgaria 6 3 49,5 3 46 5 English Chess Federation 4 3 34,5 3 34 6 Team Slovenija 5 3 11 3 17 7 Team Italia Live 6 2,5 78,5 2 72 8 Team Algeria 6 2 43 2 41 9 Team Belgium 5 2 27,5 2 25 Macedonia Forever 4 2 27,5 2 25 11 Team Malta 3 1,5 10,5 1 14 12 Team Turkiye 4 1,5 10,5 1 13 13 Greek Chess Federation 3 0 -3,5 0 1 14 Team Croatia 0 0 -10 0 0 Note: Team Belgium and English Chess Federation skipped Day1 TTT - TOP TEAMS TROPHYThis special standings considers the result of the first 5 boards (see Rule 8 of the Rules of Play). Team Day1 Day2 Day3 Day4 Day5 Day6 TOTAL Srbija Tim 10 8,5 8,5 3 6 8,5 44,5 Team France 7 8 6,5 7 9 6 43,5 English Chess Federation - 8 6,5 10 4 4 32,5 Team Italia Live 10 7 1,5 5,5 1 7 32 Team Algeria 3 1,5 9,5 5,5 4 5,5 29 Romania Chess Federation 8 2 7,5 4,5 5 0 27 Macedonia Forever 2 8,5 0 10 4,5 0 25 Team Belgium - 0 2,5 10 5,5 4,5 22,5 Team Bulgaria 0 1,5 3,5 4,5 5 3 17,5 Team Malta 0 0 10 0 5 0 15 Team Turkiye 0 3 3,5 0 5 0 11,5 Team Slovenija 0 0 7,5 0 0 1,5 9 Greek Chess Federation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dear all, on February 19th we should have completed Round 5 of the LCML. Five turns in a Swiss tournament with 14 teams are considered good enough to show up the real balance of strenght between the teams. Nevertheless, last season was played on 7 turns, so an option is to end also season 3 after seven turns. Since the number of turns has not been stated at the beginning of this season, we shall make a decision now. I kindly ask all teams that would like to play 6th and 7th turn to post a note in favour here. If the majority of teams wants to go to seven turns, then the Season will go on until the end of March, otherwise the Season will close next Sunday. Please make your choice within the next 6 days (deadline Saturday 18th, 21:00 CET). Thank you

LCML Season 3 (2022-23) RULES OF PLAY LCML Season 3 is played in the format of a swiss tournament. Pairings of each turn of the tournament (also called "Day"), together with all the necessary information, are announced by the Tournament Director (TD) on the home page of the LCML site and published on the web page of the Day. As soon as pairings are published, team captains must contact the captain of the opponent team and negotiate the date/time of their match. The date of the match must be set within the deadline. Derogation to this rule can only be asked by captains upon valid motivation. Captains shall launch the challenge as soon as possible (see https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/how-to-launch-a-challenge-a-tutorialfor details). Matches must be named as “LCML S3 Rn Team A vs Team B” where n is the number of the Round (1 for the first round, 2 for the second, etc.). When the challenge is accepted, the captain who launched the challenge shall post a note on the page of the Day with the link to the match. Time control must be 10 minutes + 5 seconds per move (10|5). All other parameters (game type, rating, players per group) must be left at their default values. Derogation to this rule can only be asked by captains upon valid motivation. If a team does not respond to the challenge, the captain of the other team shall inform the Tournament Director before the deadline. The TD will try and contact the captain of the missing team to have explanations. In case of no response in due time, the active team will win the match by forfeit. If no claim is issued and the match is not launched at the deadline, both teams will lose the match by forfeit. Games can be played over an unlimited number of boards. However, team captains are solicited to take a screenshot of the list of registered players few minutes before the game starts, because the number of players fielded can affect the result of the match as by Rule 7. Failing to provide evidence of the number of registered players may render Rule 7 unapplicable. In case both teams registered 5 or more players, or both teams registered the same number of players, but less than 5, the result of the match is determined by the score of the games effectively played, as provided by chess.com. In any other case, the team that registered more players gets +2 bonus points for every player that wasn’t paired in the first 5 boards, while the opponent team gets -1 penalty point for every missing player. In case both teams fielded 5 players or more, the result of the first 5 boards is recorded separately to form the special standings of the TTT – Top Teams Trophy. In case one of the teams, in the first 5 boards, showed less than 5 players, the opponent team gets 2 points for every missing board. In case a player is banned, his/her games are considered both as lost. If the ban occurred in the first 5 boards, the banned player is considered also a ‘no show’, and his/her team gets -1 penalty point. The result of the match will be changed according to this rule as soon as the ban is known (i.e. when the symbol of the ban appears in the match roster). Standings are made considering, in order: 1) match points; 2) game points (including bonuses and penalties); 3) matches won; 4) games won; 5) less penalties. Text in red color added on 15/1/2023

This post is intended to show some examples of how points are calculated in LCML Season 2 tournaments. Example 1 In Div. B one team (Team X) comes with 4 players, the opposing team (Team Y) comes with 2 players. The match is played over 2 boards (=4 games) and ends up with the field score of 3 to 1 in favour of Team X. Team X wins the match by forfeit because Team Y had less than the minimum number of boards required (3 for Div. B). Team X gets 3 points on the field plus additional 3 board points for the missing board of Team Y. Recorded result is: Match points Board points Team X 1 6 Team Y 0 1 Example 2 In Div. B one team (Team X) comes with 5 players, the opposing team (Team Y) comes with 7 players. The match is played over 5 boards (=10 games) and ends up with the field score of 5 to 5. Both teams met the minimum boards requirement, therefore the result is entirely made on the field. Recorded result is: Match points Board points Team X 0.5 5 Team Y 0.5 5 Example 3 In Div. A one team (Team X) comes with 9 players, the opposing team (Team Y) comes with 5 players. The match is played over 5 boards (=10 games) and ends up with the field score of 7 to 3 in favour of Team X. Team Y failed to meet the minimum boards requirement, therefore it looses by forfeit. Team X gets 6 more board points for the 2 missing boards of Team Y. Recorded result is: Match points Board points Team X 1 13 Team Y 0 3 Example 4 In Div. B one team (Team X) comes with 2 players, the opposing team (Team Y) comes also with 2 players. The match is played over 2 boards (=4 games) and ends up with the chess.com score of 3 to 1. Both teams failed to meet the minimum boards requirement, therefore they both get 0 match points due to forfeiting. Recorded result is: Match points Board points Team X 0 3 Team Y 0 1 Example 5 In Div. A one team (Team X) comes with 6 players, the opposing team (Team Y) comes with 3 players. The match is played over 3 boards (=6 games) and ends up with the chess.com score of 6 to 0 in favour of Team Y. Both teams failed to meet the minimum boards requirement, therefore they both get 0 match points. Team X gets 9 board points for the 3 missing boards of Team Y. Recorded result is: Match points Board points Team X 0 9 Team Y 0 6

LIVE CHESS MEDITERRANEAN LEAGUE - SEASON 3 TEAMS AND THEIR CAPTAINS Team Captain Vice-cap Srbija Tim @iksnicamod Romania Chess Federation @CipriP32 @EmanuelPau Team Italia Live @cherokee751 @Warnefrit Team Bulgaria @stefanakis90 @Nqmaime Team France @Mitsuru2001 @gb4400 Team Slovenija @Barbara25 Team Croatia @francesco_17 Macedonia Forever @stole-kosuta Greek Chess Federation @TzoumpasAnastasis @anemih Team Malta @kavall @dmangion Team Algeria @7amza @startstek Team Turkiye @prochessman10 @hakanozturk Team Belgium @RIPOL English Chess Federation @nigelst Teams are listed according to the standings of Season 2. New teams added at bottom.

Matches Div A Matches LCML 2022 Div A D. Match Link Boards Logo Team 1 Board points Board points Team 2 Logo 7 Iran vs. Srbija 40 Iran 31,5° 48,5 Srbija 7 Slovenija vs. Romania 3 Slovenija 0,5* 17,5 Romania 7 Italia vs. Slovenija 3 Italia 15,5 2,5* Slovenija 6 Iran vs. France 16 Iran 16,5° 15,5 France 6 Italia vs Romania 8 Italia 1 15 Romania 6 Srbija vs. Bulgaria 17 Srbija 28 6 Bulgaria 5 Bulgaria vs. France 8 Bulgaria 8 8° France 5 Italia vs Iran 5 Italia 2* 14 Iran 5 Srbija vs. Slovenija 14 Srbija 21 7 Slovenija 4 Italia vs Srbija 20 Italia 1,5° 38,5 Srbija 4 Bulgaria vs Romania 10 Bulgaria 1,5 18,5 Romania 4 France vs Slovenija 5 France 13,5 2,5* Slovenija 3 Bulgaria vs Iran 10 Bulgaria 10,5 9,5 Iran 3 Italia vs France 3 Italia 15 3*° France 3 Srbija vs Romania 34 Srbija 55,5° 12,5 Romania 2 Bulgaria vs Italia 9 Bulgaria 6 12 Italia 2 Slovenija vs Iran 10 Slovenija 7,5 12,5 Iran 2 France vs Romania 37 France 25 49 Romania 1 Bulgaria vs Slovenija 3 Bulgaria 16,5 1,5* Slovenija 1 Srbija vs France 49 Srbija 64° 34 France 1 Iran vs Romania 27 Iran 17,5° 36,5 Romania * forfeit loss° adjusted for closed account(s) Matches Div B Matches LCML 2022 Div B D. Match Link Boards Logo Team 1 Board points Board points Team 2 Logo 5 Greek vs Algeria 0 Greek * * Algeria 5 Malta vs Croatia 3 Malta 1 5 Croatia 5 Macedonia vs Lebanon 3 Macedonia 6 0 Lebanon 4 Lebanon vs Algeria 0 Lebanon * * Algeria 4 Macedonia vs Croatia 3 Macedonia 1 5 Croatia 4 Malta vs Greek 4 Malta 3 5 Greek 3 Lebanon vs Croatia 3 Lebanon 1° 5 Croatia 3 Malta vs Algeria 0 Malta * * Algeria 3 Macedonia vs Greek 0 Macedonia 6 0* Greek 2 Lebanon vs Malta 0 Lebanon 0* 9 Malta 2 Croatia vs Greek 7 Croatia 10,5 3,5 Greek 2 Macedonia vs Algeria 0 Macedonia * * Algeria 1 Croatia vs Algeria 0 Croatia * * Algeria 1 Lebanon vs Greek 6 Lebanon 6 6° Greek 1 Macedonia vs Malta 2 Macedonia 6 1* Malta * forfeit loss° adjusted for closed account(s)

Live Standings LCML 2022 Div A rank logo team match match points won drawn lost board points dwl B 1 Srbija Tim 6 6 239 33 76 255,5 163 0 2 ROMANIA Chess Federation 6 5 137 24 89 149 48 0 3 TEAM IRAN+ 6 3 91 21 110 101,5 -19 1 4 Team Italia Live 6 3 44 6 76 47 -32 0 5 Team Bulgaria 6 2,5 43 11 72 48,5 -29 0 6 Team France 6 1,5 88 22 144 99 -56 0 7 Team Slovenija 6 0 18 7 93 21,5 -75 0 Live Standings LCML 2022 Div B rank logo team match match points won drawn lost board points dwl B 1 Team Croatia 5 4 25 1 6 25,5 19 0 2 MACEDONIA FOREVER 5 3 19 0 6 19 13 0 3 Greek Chess Federation 5 1,5 14 1 25 14,5 -11 0 4 Team Malta 5 1 14 0 16 14 -2 0 5 Team Lebanon 5 0,5 7 0 26 7 -19 0 6 Team Algeria 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LCML SEASON 2 RULES OF PLAY(ed.II 15-1-2022) LCML Season 2 is run in two parallel tournaments (Div. A and Div. B), according to the average number of live matches played by teams in recent times and their past history in LCML tournaments. Both divisions will be played as a round robin tournament. Pairings of each turn ("Day") of the tournament are published by the Tournament Director (TD) on the web page of the Day and announced on the home page of the LCML. As soon as pairings are published, team captains must contact the captain of the opponent team and negotiate the date/time of their match. The date of the match must be set within the deadline. Derogation to this rule can only be asked by captains upon valid motivation. Captains shall launch the challenge as soon as possible (*). When the challenge is accepted, the captain who launched the challenge shall post a note on the page of the Day with the link to the match. Matches shall be named as “LCML S2 Rn Team A vs Team B” where n is the number of the Round (1 for the first round, 2 for the second, etc.); time control shall be 10+5 (10|5), that means 10 minutes per game + 5 seconds per move; all other parameters (game type, rating, players per group) must be left at their default values. If a team does not respond to the challenge, the captain of the other team shall inform the Tournament Director before the deadline. The Tournament Director will try and contact the captain of the missing team to have explanations. In case of no response in due time, the active team will win the match by forfeit, getting 1 match point and full game points. If no claim is issued and the match is not launched at the deadline, both teams will loose the match by forfeit (0 match points, 0 game points for both teams). Games are played over an unlimited number of chessboards. At the start of the match, both teams must have registered at least 7 players in Div.A and at least 3 players in Div.B. If a team registered a number of players less than the minimum required, that team gets 0 match points. If both teams registered less than the minimum required, both teams get 0 match points. If one of the teams registered less players than the minimum required, then the other team will get 3 game points for any board where the opponent is missing, up to the minimum required. If both teams registered less than the minimum required, then the team with more players will get 3 game points for any board where the opponent is missing. If the match starts with less than 7 boards (in Div.A) or less than 3 boards (in Div.B), due to the fact that a single team registered less players, the team that registered a regular number of players shall provide evidence of this fact. The easiest way to do so, is to take a screenshot of the list of registerd players few minutes before the game starts. No derogation to this rule is possible. Failing to provide evidence of the number of registered players can cause the application of rule 6 also to the team that registered a regular number of players. Standings are made considering, in order: 1) match points; 2) board points; 3) difference between won games and lost games; 4) buchholz score. A team that does NOT respond to two challenges in a row (“missing team”) is cancelled from the tournament. In the standings, its match points and game points are set to 0, while all points gained or lost by other teams in matches versus the missing team are confirmed. (*) see https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/how-to-launch-a-challenge-a-tutorial

Dear chess friends, I would like to open Season 2 of the LCML next month, January 2022, taking into account the lessons learned during Season 1. In preparation of the new tournament launch, I would like to collect your opinions reguarding the following points: 1) should we have only one Division instead of two? In case of one division, less experienced teams can play friendly matches on their demand without affecting the standings. 2) should we fix a certain day of the week (such as Monday) to play the games? (Sundays and Saturdays are full of matches usually) 3) shall we revise the minimum number of chessboards required for a match? (in S1 we had 8 for Div.A and 4 for Div.B) 4) shall we reduce the time interval from one tournament Day and the next one? (in S1 we had 3-5 weeks that seems quite long to me) Every comment is welcome! Regards TMK

Live Standings LCML 2021 Div A Rank Logo Team Matches Match Won Drawn Lost Board dWL 1 Srbija Tim 6 6 147 16 23 155 124 2 Team Italia Live 6 5 62 3 43 63,5 19 3 ROMANIA Chess Federation 6 3 69 16 93 77 -24 4 Team Turkey 6 1 23 4 51 25 -28 5 Team Slovenija 6 1 21 4 40 23 -19 6 Team Malta 6 0 15 5 56 17,5 -41 7 Team Croatia 6 0 4 2 34 5 -30 Live Standings LCML 2021 Div B Rank Logo Team Matches Match Won Drawn Lost Board dWL 1 MACEDONIA FOREVER 6 4 30 0 2 30 28 2 Team Syria 6 1 6 1 9 6,5 -3 3 Team Lebanon 6 0 4 0 8 4 -4 4 Team Tunisia 6 0 1 1 14 1,5 -13 5 Crna Gora 6 0 2 0 2 2 0 6 THE ALBANIANS 6 0 0 0 8 0 -8 7 Team ( Egypt ) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0

LCML SEASON 1 RULES OF PLAY(new release May 11, 2021) LCML Season 1 is run in two parallel round robin tournaments (Div. A and Div. B). Pairings of each turn of the tournament (also called "Day") and the deadline for completing that turn are announced by the Tournament Director (TD) on the home page of the LCML site and published on a dedicated page. As soon as pairings are published, team captains must contact the captain of the opponent team and negotiate the date/time of their match. The date of the match must be set within the deadline. Derogation to this rule can only be asked by captains upon valid motivation. Day 1 has been used only to split teams in two divisions. Captains shall launch the challenge as soon as the system allows for doing it, i.e. not earlier than 7 days from the foreseen date of the match (see https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/how-to-launch-a-challenge-a-tutorial for details). When the challenge is accepted, the captain who launched the challenge shall post a note on the page of the Day containing the link to the match. Matches shall be named as “LCML S1 Rn Team A vs Team B” where n is the number of the Round (1 for the first round, 2 for the second, etc.); time control shall be 10+5 (10|5), that means 10 minutes per game + 5 seconds per move; a different time control can be agreed between teams, provided it is >=10 min.; all other parameters (game type, rating, players per group) must be left at their default values. If a team does not respond to the challenge, the captain of the other team shall inform the Tournament Director before the deadline. The Tournament Director will try and contact the captain of the missing to have explanations. In case of no response in due time, the active team will win the match by forfeit, getting 1 match point and full game points. If no claim is issued and the match is not launched at the deadline, both teams will loose the match by forfeit (0 match points, 0 game points for both teams). Games are played over an unlimited number of chessboards. At the start of the match, both teams must have at least 8 players (in Div.A) or 4 players (in Div.B) ready to play. If a team comes with less than the minimum required, that team will loose the match by forfeit (0 match points). The games shall be played anyway, since board points are valid. Each team will be credited 2 game points for any board where the opponent is missing. IMPORTANT If the match starts with less than 8 boards (in Div.A) or less than 4 boards (in Div.B), due to the fact that a single team brought less players, the team that brought a regular number of players shall provide evidence of this fact. The easier way to do so, is to take a screen shot of the list of players few minutes before the game starts. No derogation to this rule is possible. Failing to provide evidence of the number of players ready to play can cause the application of rule 5 also to the team that brought a regular number of players. Standings are made considering, in order: 1) match points; 2) board points; 3) difference between won games and lost games; 4) buchholz score. After Day 1, teams are divided in two Divisions: Div.A is formed by the teams that undertake to bring a minimum of 8 boards at next maches, Div.B by the teams that undertake to bring a minimum of 4 boards at next maches. From Day 2 on, the two Divisions will play two separate round robin tournaments.

LIVE CHESS MEDITERRANEAN LEAGUE REGULATIONS (second edit May 10, 2021)This edit includes new versions of rules: 1.1, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.1 1. General principles (new version) 1.1. LCML is the organizer of live chess competitions among Chess.com teams representing Nations of the Mediterranean area and neighboring Countries.1.2. Players, team administrators and all participants must maintain a civil and respectful behavior throughout the competition. Use of offensive, derogatory or discriminatory language may lead to espulsion. 2. Country and team representation 2.1 A single Nation shall be represented for the entire competition by a single team. The team name must remain unchanged for the duration of the competition. The team name must contain a clear reference the name of the country to which it belongs.2.2 In case of renounce of a team during the competition, that team can be replaced, upon request, by another team from the same Country.(new version) 2.3 Each team must be represented by a “captain”, who shall be an admin of that team. Derogation to this rule is possible upon request, provided that the captain has full decision power on issues related to LCML participation.(new version) 2.4 The “LCML Board” is composed, for any LCML tournament, by the captains of the participating teams together with the tournament director (TD). Each member of the board may submit relevant matters for the board's judgment. The board takes decisions upon simple majority; if the votes are even, the TD choice prevails. Votes on a specific issue are expressed normally within 48 hours after the issue is posed, unless some board member asks for a delay. 3. Matches (new version)3.1 Each LCML tournament is launched by means of a specific call and has its own Rules of Play, which are issued together with the call. The Rules of Play specify, among others, the kind of tournament, the time control, the minimum number of players, the score rules and the rules of formation of the leaderboard. All communications related to the tournament must be posted in the page of the tournament call. 3.2 Each round of the tournament is announced by a specific call. All communications related to a tournament round must be posted in the page of that tournament round. 3.3 All matches played must have an accessible link publicly available after it has been played. The match link shall be posted by the captain of the winning team to the LCML home page. If, for any reason, the link to the game is not available, the match will not be valid for the LCML championship.3.4 Each player can play for only one team in a single tournament. Double play is absolutely forbidden. Evidence of double play can have as a consequence the exclusion of both teams from the competition.3.5 Teams cannot invite international players for the purpose of playing in LCML tournaments, as LCML is a league of national teams. Team captains must be vigilant so that this eventuality never occurs. 4. (article cancelled) 5. Pairings (new version) 5.1 The pairings of all tournament rounds are drawn and announced by the TD. Once the pairing is announced, team captains shall get in contact to agree upon the date and hour of the match, taking into account the deadline fixed by the TD.5.2 The match should be played within the expected date; however, teams can play their match out of the scheduled period with the permission of the organizers. 5.3 If a match does not take place within the expected date and teams have not asked the permission of playing the match out of the scheduled period, that match will be recorded as lost by forfait by both the teams.5.4. A match can be declared drawn by agreement if both teams are unable to fix a date, informing the organizers about their decision. A single team cannot ask for a draw by agreement more than twice in the whole competition.5.5 A match can be declared won by forfait by one the teams and lost by the other, if there is evidence that the former team proposed one or more match dates and the latter team did not answer.5.6 If a team loses two consecutive matches as by rule 5.5, it will be excluded from the competition and all its results will be erased from the tournament records. 6. Fair Play 6.1 It is abslutely forbidden the use of chess engines during the matches. Any evidence of such an unfair behaviour by a player may cause the exclusion of the team from the competition, at the discretion of the organizers.6.2 All teams shall promote the maximum participation to the matches. Team administrators should not remove players, or ask players not to register or to leave the match, to gain a rating advantage on boards.6.3 In the event that a player has been banned or has closed the account for any reason, all its games will be counted as lost. The match result can vary accordingly.6.4 A player can play for only one team for the entire duration of the competition. If a player plays in more than one team during the competition, all the games played in all the teams in which he played are registered as losses.6.5 It is in the responsibility of team captains to inform all players that multi-play in not allowed. Team captains may appeal the organizers to derogate rule 6.4 in case the player makes a definitive choice of the team to play for. 7. Appeals and penalties 7.1 A team may ask the organizer about any issue regarding the management of the competition. The organizer will try to give an answer to any problem rised. In case a collegial decision was needed, the Board will be asked to assume a decision.7.2 A team may appeal directly to the LCML Board for decisions involving other teams, for example in case of violation of fair play rules. In this case, the appealing team must produce a well detailed description of the disputed fact. The Board will discuss the issue and make a decision upon majority. A member of the Board whose team is directly involved in the dispute will be excluded from the vote.7.3 The Board may decide to apply penalties to teams violating the present rules. Penalties will be commensurate with the violation. Penalties can go from a simple warning to the disqualification from the competition.7.4 All decisions taken by the Board are final and cannot be discussed further. 8. Amendments 8.1 Amendments to the present set of rules can be made at any time by the organizer or by the Board. The amendments are communicated to all teams before they enter in place.8.2 Team captains can suggest amendments to the regulations. In this case, the final decision about adopting the amendment proposed is taken by the Board. ----------- LIVE CHESS MEDITERRANEAN LEAGUE REGULATIONS (first edit March 13, 2021) 1. General principles 1.1. LCML is an yearly competition of live matches among Chess.com teams representing Nations of the Mediterranean area. The list of nations whose teams can apply for membership is annexed hereby. 1.2. Players, team administrators and all participants must maintain a civil and respectful behavior throughout the competition. Use of offensive, derogatory or discriminatory language may lead to espulsion. 2. Country and team representation 2.1 A single Nation shall be represented for the entire competition by a single team. The team name must remain unchanged for the duration of the competition. The team name must contain a clear reference the name of the country to which it belongs.2.2 In case of renounce of a team during the competition, that team can be replaced, upon request, by another team from the same Country.2.3 Each team must have a main referent and a deputy referent appointed for the competition. The main referent (“captain” of the team) assumes the role of “coordinator” of the LCML.2.4 The first six team captains that register for the LCML are appointed as members of the “LCML Board”. The members of the Board are changed upon rotation every 3 months. The Board is completed by the LCML organizer, therefore the Board is made up of 7 people. 3. Matches 3.1 The competition will be either a Round Robin or a Swiss tournament, depending on the number of registered teams.3.2 Game timing is 10 minutes with no increment. Timing can be modified upon decision of the majority of coordinators.3.3 Each team will be awarded 1 point for a match won, 1/2 points for the draw and 0 points for the defeat.3.4 The ranking of the competition is formed considering in succession: a. Match points (sum of the points achieved in all played matches)b. Game points (sum of the points achieved in all played games)c. Sonneborn-Berger scored. detached rankinge. seniority of enrolment 4. Minimum number of players 4.1 Each team shall guarantee a minimum of 10 players in each match4.2 If a team does not reach the minimum number of players, it will lose the match by forfait. Registered players can, anyway, play their games in the match; the result of the games will have no validity for the LCML ranking for the team that loses by forfait.4.3 Teams can claim a victory by forfait as long as they provide a proof that they have deployed the minimum number of players and the opponent did not (e.g. screenshots of players deployed or agreement made with the administrator of the opposing team). 4.4 If both teams don’t reach the minimum number of players, they both will be assigned 0 match points and 0 game points. 4.5 All matches must have an accessible link available after the game. The match link shall be posted by the captain of the winning team to the LCML home page. If, for any reason, the link to the game is not available, the match will not be valid for the LCML championship. 5. Matches 5.1 The pairings and dates of all matches will be established and announced by the administrators. Once the pairing is announced, the captains of each team should contact the captain of their opponent team to fix date and hour of the match. 5.2 The match should be played within the expected date; however, teams can play their match out of the scheduled period with the permission of the organizers. 5.3 If a match does not take place within the expected date and teams have not asked the permission of playing the match out of the scheduled period, that match will be recorded as lost by forfait by both the teams.5.4. A match can be declared drawn by agreement if both teams are unable to fix a date, informing the organizers about their decision. A single team cannot ask for a draw by agreement more than twice in the whole competition.5.5 A match can be declared won by forfait by one the teams and lost by the other, if there is evidence that the former team proposed one or more match dates and the latter team did not answer.5.6 If a team loses two consecutive matches as by rule 5.5, it will be excluded from the competition and all its results will be erased from the tournament records. 6. Fair Play 6.1 It is abslutely forbidden the use of chess engines during the matches. Any evidence of such an unfair behaviour by a player may cause the exclusion of the team from the competition, at the discretion of the organizers.6.2 All teams shall promote the maximum participation to the matches. Team administrators should not remove players, or ask players not to register or to leave the match, to gain a rating advantage on boards.6.3 In the event that a player has been banned or has closed the account for any reason, all its games will be counted as lost. The match result can vary accordingly.6.4 A player can play for only one team for the entire duration of the competition. If a player plays in more than one team during the competition, all the games played in all the teams in which he played are registered as losses.6.5 It is in the responsibility of team captains to inform all players that multi-play in not allowed. Team captains may appeal the organizers to derogate rule 6.4 in case the player makes a definitive choice of the team to play for. 7. Appeals and penalties 7.1 A team may ask the organizer about any issue regarding the management of the competition. The organizer will try to give an answer to any problem rised. In case a collegial decision was needed, the Board will be asked to assume a decision.7.2 A team may appeal directly to the LCML Board for decisions involving other teams, for example in case of violation of fair play rules. In this case, the appealing team must produce a well detailed description of the disputed fact. The Board will discuss the issue and make a decision upon majority. A member of the Board whose team is directly involved in the dispute will be excluded from the vote.7.3 The Board may decide to apply penalties to teams violating the present rules. Penalties will be commensurate with the violation. Penalties can go from a simple warning to the disqualification from the competition.7.4 All decisions taken by the Board are final and cannot be discussed further. 8. Amendments 8.1 Amendments to the present set of rules can be made at any time by the organizer or by the Board. The amendments are communicated to all teams before they enter in place.8.2 Team captains can suggest amendments to the regulations. In this case, the final decision about adopting the amendment proposed is taken by the Board.

LCML SEASON 1 RULES OF PLAY Pairings are announced by the Tournament Director (TD) in the home page of the LCML site and published in the tournament page. As soon as pairings are published in the tournament page, team captains shall contact their opponent captain and negotiate the date/time of their match. The date of the match must be set within the published deadline. Derogation to this rule can be asked by captains upon valid motivation. Captains shall launch the challenge as soon as the system allows for doing it, i.e. not earlier than 7 days from the foreseen date of the match (see https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/how-to-launch-a-challenge-a-tutorial for details). When the challenge is accepted, the captain who launched the challenge shall post a note on the tournament page containing the link to the match. Matches shall be named as “LCML S1 Rn Team A vs Team B” where n is the number of the Round (1 for the first round, 2 for the second, etc.); time control shall be 10+5 (10|5), that means 10 minutes per game + 5 seconds per move; a different time control can be agreed between teams, provided it is >=10 min.; all other parameters (game type, rating, players per group) must be left at their default values. If a team (say Team A) does not respond to the challenge launched by the opponent team (say Team B), then the captain of Team B shall inform the Tournament Director of this fact before the deadline. The Tournament Director will try and contact the captain of Team A to have explanations. In case of no response in due time, Team B will win the match by forfeit, getting 1 match point and 10 game points. If no claim is issued and the match is not launched at the deadline, both teams will loose the match by forfeit (0 match points, 0 game points for both teams). Games are played over an unlimited number of chessboards. At the start of the match, both teams shall have at least 5 players ready to play. If a team deploys less than 5 players, that team will loose the match by forfeit (0 match points), but games shall be played anyway, since game points remain valid (*). (*) For example, if Team A deploys 4 players and Team B deploys 7 players, then the match will be played over 4 chessboards; suppose Team A wins 5 to 3, then Team A gets 0 match points and 5 game points, Team B gets 1 match point and 3 game points. IMPORTANT If the match starts with less than 5 players, due to the fact that a single team deployed less than 5 players, the team that brought more than 5 players shall provide evidence of this fact. The easier way to do so, is to take a screen shot of the list of players before the game starts. No derogation to this rule is possible. Failing to provide evidence of the number of players ready to play can cause the application of rule 5 also to the team that deployed more than 5 players. Standings are made considering, in order: 1) match points; 2) game points; 3) won games minus lost games; 4) direct match. After Day 1, teams will be divided in two Divisions: Div.A will be formed by the teams of the first half of the standings, Div.B by the teams of the second half of the standings. From Day 2 on, the two Divisions will play two separate round robin tournaments. At the end of the two tournaments, the winner of Div.B and the first three teams of Div.A will play a new round robin tournament to elect the winner of LCML S1.

TEAMS PLAYING SEASON 2 (definitive) DIVISION A Countries Teams Captains Bulgaria Team Bulgaria @Girevik_74 France Team France @Mitsuru2001 Iran TEAM IRAN+ @Kiavash21 Italy Team Italia Live @TheMoonlightKnight Serbia Srbija Tim @iksnicamod Slovenia Team Slovenija @barbara25 Romania ROMANIA Chess Federation @CipriP32 DIVISION B Countries Teams Captains Croatia Team Croatia @francesco_17 Algeria Team Algeria (@aminoun) Greece Greek Chess Federation @TzoumpasAnastasis Lebanon Team Lebanon @ChessLebaneseSalah Malta Team Malta @dmangion, @Kavall North Macedonia MACEDONIA FOREVER @stole-kosuta TEAMS THAT MAY JOIN LATER ON IN DIVISION B Countries Teams Captains Montenegro Crna Gora @RoaringPawn Syria Team Syria @walidofsky Tunisia Team Tunisia @souissi Turkey Team Turkey @siyah_inci