UNITED STATES CHESS LEAGUE

Championship Tiebreak Procedures:

If the regulation match is tied 2 - 2, the following tiebreak procedures will be take place after a ten minute break:

        1. The fourth boards from each team will play each other.  The team that won on the highest board during the original match will choose their color for the first game. If all regulation games were drawn, the lower rated team gets to                 choose colors for the first tiebreak game.  The time control will be five minutes with a five second increment. The loser of this game will be eliminated, and the winner then faces Board Three of the opposing team.

        2. This process continues with the next higher board on each team continually replacing any player of their team who gets eliminated.

        3. If a game ends in a draw, both players are eliminated, except if one (or both) team is down to it's Board One in which case there is no elimination on a draw, instead colors reverse, and the game is replayed until there is a decisive             result.

        4. Colors will switch every game for the teams in all circumstances.

        5. This process repeats itself until all four players from one team have been eliminated. Thus in order for your opponents to win the match, every one of your team members must be eliminated.