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ARAD OPEN 2009 - ENGLISH - Tournament Rules
2nd
Art. 1 - Organization
- Vados Chess Club Arad is organizing the 2nd ARAD OPEN
between 8 and 14th of august 2009 at the “Victoria” Sports Hall in
Arad. There will be also a children under 12 years old tournament (born after
01.01.1997)
Art. 2 - Ratification - It’s a nine-round open Swiss tournament providing opportunities to qualify for titles and the FIDE ELO List. The children tournament will be valid only for romanian ratings.
The romanian players taking part in this tournament must be legitimate and have all taxes paid by the Romanian Chess Federation.
Art. 3 - Rate of play –
The main tournament - 2h/40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game
The children tournament – 90 minutes/game/player.
Art. 4 - Pairings - The Swiss Manager program will be used for pairings.
Art. 5 - Game
schedule
Saturday 08.08.09 - 15:30 Last registrations and technical meeting;
Saturday 08.08.09 - 16:30 1st round;
Sunday 09.08.09 - 9:30 2nd round;
Sunday 09.08.09 - 16:30 3rd round;
Monday 10.08.09 - 15:00 4th round
Tuesday 11.08.09 - 16:30 5th round
Wednesday 12.08.09 - 9:30 6th round
Wednesday 12.08.09 - 16:30 7th round
Thursday 13.08.09 - 16:30 8th round
Friday 14.08.09 - 9:30 9th round
Byes - Players
may take a ˝ pt bye in maximum 2 rounds but only in the first six rounds. The
bye request must be announced
to the arbiters before the beginning of the previous round in which the player
will not play.
A round one bye may be claimed on the entry form.
Art. 6 - Entries
Entries fees amount to:
General – 20 euro; Juniors < 16 years old – 12 euro ; Seniors (over 60 years) – 12 euro
GM, WGM, IM, WIM don’t have to pay entry fee
Children Tournament : 8 euro
Attendants who want accommodation through the organizers will pay a fee of 8 euro.
Late registration :
Those players whose application will be registered after 25.07.2009 will pay
additional charge of 5 euro
Art. 7 - Final Standings , Tie-breaks
For the
final standings, the order of tie-breaks criteria will be chosen by lot after
the last round by the first seed of the following: median bucholtz,
sonneborn-berger, FIDE tie-break, number of victories, performance rating.
Unplayed games – For tie-breaks purposes, the result shall be
counted as a draw against the player himself.
Art. 8 - Prizes
All the prizes are neto (tax free), guaranteed, not cumulative and for the general standings will be divided according to the Hort system .
Prize Winners must attend the appropriate prizegiving for their event as announced in the programme. The main prizegiving will be held on Friday 14th August at 15.30. Failure to attend without the prior permission of the Tournament Director may result in the forfeiting of the prize concerned.
Art. 9 - Mobile phones: - All mobile phones and other communication devices are to be switched off in the tournament hall. This includes PDAs, MP3 players and any other devices that can receive external transmissions.
Competitors should avoid bringing phones to the venue. They will be immediately defaulted if their mobile phone makes any sound during play.
Art. 10 - Default Time
The players arriving to the chessboard more than 1 hour after the scheduled start will lose the game.
The players missing first round or 2 rounds without justification, although not
consecutives, will be eliminated. Those players missing 1 round will have to
notify the arbiter during the former round.
Art. 11 - Players’ behaviour
All players are expected:
To compete in the spirit of good sportsmanship
To refrain from analysis or audible talking in the playing hall while other games are in progress
To notify the director in advance if they are unable to play a round or rounds
To read all the pertinent information posted by the tournament organisers
To obey the FIDE laws of chess
Chess boards, pieces, clocks, furnitures etc. Must not be removed from
the playing area.
Art. 12 - Appeals and
the Appeals Committee
In the case of an appeal against an arbiters decision, the tournament director will form an appeals committee consisting of 3 players from the main tournament. These players will be chosen at the beginning of the tournament for their impartiality and their knowledge of the rules of chess.
The player lodging the appeal shall lodge a 100 RON bond, which will be refunded if the appeal is successful. Comitee's decisions will be definetely and unappealed
Art. 13 - Photo - Flash photography is only permitted during the first 10 minutes of each round. Thereafter photography and video recordings can take place only with the permission from the arbiters.
Art. 14 – The organizers reserves the right to refuse
any entry made at the event.
Art. 15 - Registration for the 2nd ARAD
OPEN implies acceptance of these tournament regulations.
Formular inscriere / Entry form