Cornwall Chess

I'm happy with all the proposals.

For practical reasons I'd consider adding the following:
a) Where captains agree, when no digital clock/s are available (flat battery?), an analogue clock may be used instead (with equivalent overall time)
b) where captains agree, individual boards (or the whole match?) may be played on-line (in advance or simultaneously?)

I'm against a). I think that it's a club's responsibility to ensure that their clocks are in working order. Maybe keep a stock of spare batteries? Allowing a club to revert to analogue clocks under the old rules is a regressive measure. All clubs will have six clocks anyway. In my view, if the home club can't provided 4 or 5 working clocks, it should default the number of boards by which they fall short.

I'm also against b). I think that the online and OTB forms of chess should be kept separate. The proposals are designed to provide for people who want to play OTB chess, of whom there are many. We also have players of all strengths who will not play online. It wouldn't be fair to them or their teams to exclude them from any match. When we resume OTB play the online operation will continue for the many who like to play both and the few who will only play online.