It is the last weekend of the 2025-6 season, and is being held at a Holiday Inn about five miles from Coventry rail station.
Three rounds will be played over three days, each with a time limit of 40 moves in 90 minutes, a further 30 minutes to finish, and a 30-second increment throughout.
Because there is an odd number of teams, three teams (in this case Iceni B, Ashfield B and Wessex B) will receive 'triangular' pairings today and tomorrow.
This is an ingenious system that caters for odd numbers without resorting to byes.
Like many clever ideas, it is much simpler to understand than to explain, and for those interested, the details are here, but basically today one half of Wessex B will play one half of Iceni B, while the other half of Wessex B will play half of Ashfield B.
Meanwhile, those halves of Iceni B and Ashfield B not playing Wessex B, will play each other, and the same happens tomorrow, except the halves are rotated so everyone plays someone new.
[Round 11 on Monday will feature a half-triangular match between three other teams. If you understood how a full-on triangular match works, you will probably be able to guess how a half one operates.]
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