Any position submitted for adjudication must reach the Adjudication Secretary within ten days of the playing of the match. If the position is received after the ten days then the player's claim will be disallowed. Note that the adjudications secretary will apply this rule and not allow any exceptions.
First class post must be used in all communications.
A position will not be accepted as accurate and complete in any of the following circumstances:
no stamped addressed envelope included to enable return;
there is no cheque or it is incorrectly completed;
there is an error or omission in the claim or the position.
Where more than one position is submitted by a club then the club may either:
provide separate cheques (each to the value £5.00) for each position; or
submit a signed and dated cheque marked "Not to exceed £X.00" where X.00 is the maximum fee payable if the adjudications were lost. The Adjudications Secretary will fill in the appropriate fee upon receiving decisions in all the positions.
The fees, which are returnable if the claim is upheld, are as follows:
ordinary positions – £5.00
appeals – £10.00
Positions submitted must:
contain only the claim of the submitter and not that of the opponent;
follow the normal conventions, e.g. White at the bottom and Black at the top of the diagram.
A failure to observe this rule may lead to the claim exceeding the time limit of ten days and therefore being disallowed.
Cheques must be made payable to the Sussex County Chess Association
An appeal procedure is available to players where the Adjudication Panel gives a decision different to that claimed by the player. Under this procedure the player has the right to appeal against the decision. To do so, the player or the club's Match Captain must:
lodge the appeal with the Adjudications Secreatary within fourteen days of the date of receipt of the disputed decision;
submit three copies of the detailed analysis to support the appeal; and
provide within the same fourteen days one copy of the appeal analysis to the opposing team's Match Captain
Within seven days of receipt of the appeal analysis the Match Captain of the appellant's opposing team is either to:
submit three copies of any comments/analysis thereon to the Adjudication Secretary; or
inform the Adjudications Secretary that no comments/analysis will be submitted.
Other rules pages:
the main set of rules
the rules of the Knock-Out Competition
The league uses the adjudications service of the Sussex County Chess Association. This is the association's code of practice.
Contact details for the Adjudications Secretary can be found on the officers page.
Download the adjudication form (RTF format).