Handbook :: D. Regulations for Specific Competitions
01. Continental Team Championships
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Overall Regulations for the Continental Chess Championships
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Frequency: once every two years.
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Commencement: 1983.
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Provisionally for men`s teams only, with the exception of the European (Women`s) Team Championship.
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Responsibility for drawing up rules and implementing them rests with the Continental Associations.
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The playing regulations and conditions shall be separately determined according to the circumstances for each continent.
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Each match between teams must be played over a minimu of four boards.
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The winning team in a Continental Championship shall represent its continent at the next World Team Championship cf. D.II.08 Art. 1.62.
In special circumstances, upon application from the Continental President, the FIDE President may, for a stipulated period, permit a continent to be represented by a combined continental team (instead of a national team).
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Specific regulations
are contained in
Annex D.03.02 for Africa;
Annex D.03.03 for the Americas;
Annex D.03.04 for Asia; and
Annex D.03.05 for Europe.
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