Chess: Britain’s Four Nations league fosters potential grandmaster talents
Generation Z young masters are in contention for GM performances this season, while the revamped chess.com Tour prize fund offers new incentives for the world top 200Britain’s Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) is a team competition, but it also plays a key role in providing opportunities for the best young talents aiming at the grandmaster title. The potential rewards of becoming a strong GM have just jumped, due to the new prize structure of the revamped online chess.com Champions Tour.After last weekend’s fifth and sixth (of 11) rounds, there is already a huge gap between the top five teams and the rest. Wood Green, Chessable White Rose and Chess.com Manx Liberty all have a maximum 12/12, while The Sharks and Cheddleton have 11/12 after drawing with each other. The rest, led by Celtic Tigers on 5/12, are already concerned only with avoiding relegation. 4NCL pairings always put likely title deciders at the end of the season. Continue reading…
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