Information regarding the upcoming 2025-2026 interclub season can be found below.
1. The registration fee is
Division I
305 €
Division II
80 €
Division III
55 €
Division IV
30 €
Division V
30 €
2. The competition schedule is as follows
01/07: registration period begins
31/07 at 11:59 pm: registration deadline
15/08: publication of the first version of the calendar
04/09: composition of force lists begins
15/09: End of composition of force lists
22/09: Publication of force lists
Round 1: 28-09-25
Round 2: 12-10-25
Round 3: 16-11-25
Round 4: 23-11-25
Round 5: 07-12-25
reserve 1: 14-12-25
Round 6: 25-01-26
reserve 2: 01-02-26
Round 7: 08-02-26
Round 8: 01-03-26
Round 9: 15-03-26
reserve 3: 22-03-26
Round 10: 29-03-26
Round 11: 19-04-26
Test matches: 26-04-26
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:
The home team must enter and confirm their individual results by midnight of the day of that round via the Results module in Interclubs Manager on the website www.frbe-kbsb-ksb.be. The away team must sign these results by 12:00 noon the following day. Any corrections must also be made by 12:00 noon. The home team’s manager will receive an email and must then confirm these corrections by 8:00 PM.
Any player affiliated with a federation other than the RBCF and possessing national or FIDE rating must submit these upon first joining a Belgian club. Their club is responsible for communicating this information to the RBCF. If this rating is greater than or equal to 2300, their starting value for the number of games is 300; if this rating is less than 2300 and greater than or equal to 2000, their starting value for the number of games is 200; otherwise, their starting value for the number of games is 50. 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.
