Interclub letter 2025 – 2026

1. The registration fee is

2. The competition schedule is as follows

• 07/01: registration period begins
• 07/31 at 11:59 pm: registration deadline
• 08/15: publication of the first version of the calendar
• 04/09: composition of force lists begins
• 09/15: End of composition of force lists
• 09/22: Publication of force lists

3. Information about the premises

• Address
• Capacity (in chessboards)
• Availability (round)
• Other premises
• Accessibility (people with reduced mobility)

4. Team information

• Number of teams per division
• When there are several teams, do they have to have the same pairing number (all in the room at the same time)?
• When several teams are in the same division, can they be in the same series?

Bart Michiels’ program will be used for this year’s series.

5. Points of order

This year, the focus will be on signatures:

1. The visiting team enters and confirms the individual results by midnight of the day of the round via the Results module on the www.frbe-kbsb-ksb.be website. The visiting team must sign these results by 12 noon the following day. In the event of corrections, the visiting team must also enter them by 12pm. The manager of the visited club receives an e-mail and must confirm these corrections by 8pm.
2. A club is responsible for communicating with the FRBE if a player affiliated to a federation other than the FRBE has a national or FIDE rating (art. 10.g). Use the addresses interclubs@frbe-kbsb-ksb.be and fide@frbe-kbsb-ksb.be for this communication. All infringements will be dealt with in accordance with art. 33.h.

6. Changes for this year

a. The players to be lined up are ranked according to the order of the list of players submitted in advance (see art. 31b) or any additions (see art. 31.g). Each of these players may lose or gain a certain number of places, up to a maximum of half the number of players required for the team. Vb. In the first or second division, 8 players are required. A lined-up player may therefore lose or gain up to a maximum of 4 places in relation to the order of the submitted list of players.

• Player 1 can play on tables 1-2-3-4-5.
• Player 2 can play on tables 1-2-3-4-5-6.
• Player 3 can play on tables 1-2-3-4-5-6-7.
• Players 4 and 5 can play on tables 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.
• Player 6 can play on tables 2-3-4-5-6-7-8.
• Player 7 can play on tables 3-4-5-6-7-8.
• Player 8 can play on tables 4-5-6-7-8.

In the third division, 6 players are required. A lined-up player may therefore move up or down a maximum of 3 places in relation to the order of the submitted list of players.

• Player 1 can play on tables 1-2-3-4.
• Player 2 can play on boards 1-2-3-4-5.
• Players 3 and 4 can play on tables 1-2-3-4-5-6.
• Player 5 can play on tables 2-3-4-5-6.
• Player 6 can play on tables 3-4-5-6.

In the fourth and fifth divisions, 4 players are required. A lined-up player may therefore move up or down a maximum of 2 places in relation to the order of the submitted list of players.

• Player 1 can play on tables 1-2-3.
• Players 2 and 3 can play on tables 1-2-3-4.
• Player 4 can play on tables 2-3-4.

b. If several teams from the same club are playing in the same series, reserve players from these teams may only play for one of these teams during the entire competition. Failure to comply with this rule will result in the loss of the game by forfeit.

c. In the event of an error in the order of alignment of players, the player aligned too low loses his game by forfeit.

d. Each team may field holders and as many reserve players as necessary in a team in each round. These reserve players may not have a FIDE ranking (if no FIDE ranking, the Belgian ranking will be taken) on the date of submission of the strength list higher than the limits determined annually before the start of the season by the OA. This season, the thresholds are D1: 2350, D2: 2150, D3: 2050, D4: 1900, D5: 1750.

e. When several teams from the same club participate in national interclubs, in each round the average ELO of a team in a higher division may not be lower than the average ELO of the team(s) from the same club in a lower division. This rule does not apply between divisions 4 and 5. The average ELO of a club’s team is established on the basis of the adapted ELOs of each of its players who actually played the round, as shown on the strength list submitted by the club before the start of the competition. In other words, a new ranking has no influence on the calculation of the average, and forfeited players are not taken into account in the calculation of the average.

A first infringement of this rule is sanctioned by the forfeiture for the round concerned of all games played by teams from the same club which have a higher ELO average than a team from that club in a higher division. This forfeit is not subject to the sanctions set out in article 35. A further infringement in the same season will result in the automatic exclusion from the current competition of the team(s) again having too high an ELO average.

f. Clubs must designate at least as many starters per team as are required to play.

g. Addition to the strength list of players ranked during the season (reserve players only).