The 6th Asian Individual Chess Championship
Sep. 18 - 30 2007
Cebu International Convention Center
Cebu City, Philippines
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RULES & REGULATIONS The Championship will be played in accordance with the following rules and regulations: 1. ELIGIBILITY & PARTICIPATION Each Federation from FIDE Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6 can enter one official player. In addition, each Federation may send extra players rated 2300 and above in the July 2007 FIDE Rating List. Extra players will be responsible for the payment to the Organizing Committee of their board and lodging at the official hotel. 18 Sept. Arrival 19 Sept. Players’ Meeting 11:00 Opening Ceremony 14:00 Rd. 1 15:00-20:00 20 Sept. Rd. 2 15:00-20:00 21 Sept. Rd. 3 15:00-20:00 22 Sept. Rd. 4 15:00-20:00 23 Sept. Rd. 5 15:00-20:00 24 Sept. Rd. 6 15:00-20:00 25 Sept. Rd. 7 15:00-20:00 26 Sept. Rd. 8 15:00-20:00 27 Sept. Rd. 9 15:00-20:00 28 Sept. Rd. 10 15:00-20:00 29 Sept. Rd. 11 13:00-18:00 Closing Ceremony 20:00 30 Sept. Departure
3. REGISTRATION Entry shall be submitted by the national federation in the attached registration form on or before 31st August 2007 together with payment of the entry fees. Late entries may be accepted until 10th September 2007 with a late fee of US $50. A digital ID photo of each player should be sent by email to the Organizing Committee.
4. REGISTRATION FEE Each participant must pay US$100 to the organizers for accreditation, internal transportation and other local organizational expenses.
5. ENTRY FEE Upon registration, each player shall pay to the Asian Chess Federation through the National Chess Federation of the Philippines the entry fee of $150 on account of the participants as outlined in the Asian Chess Federation Financial Regulations. Entries are not confirmed unless Registration and Entry fees are received by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines before the deadline.
6. ACCOMMODATION The official player from each National Federation will be provided with board & lodging from noon of 18 September to noon of 30 September. Participants will be accommodated in twin-shared bedrooms. For single rooms (subject to availability) players must pay additionally to the Organizing Committee. Each extra player/accompanying person should pay for their full board accommodation, $98 per person/per day for single room and $68 per person/per day for double room. All players and accompanying persons should stay at the official hotel. Hotel payments for all extra players and accompanying persons should be made in advance to the Organizing Committee.
7. PLAYING CONDITIONS The tournament shall be conducted as a Swiss System competition of 11 rounds and will be played according to FIDE regulations. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. The games shall be played with DGT clocks. The Championship shall qualify the top 10 players to the FIDE World Cup, with prize fund of $40,000 from FIDE and the National Chess Federation of the Philippines as follows: 1st $6,000 9th $1,000 17th $ 700 2nd $5,000 10th $1,000 18th $ 600 3rd $4,000 11th $1,000 19th – 32nd $ 500 each 4th $3,000 12th $1,000 5th $2,000 13th $1,000 6th $1,500 14th $1,000 7th $1,300 15th $ 900 8th $1,200 16th $ 800 9. CHIEF ARBITER AND HIS ASSISTANTS The Chief Arbiter shall be Casto Abundo. Deputy Arbiter shall be IA Gene Poliarco. Arbiters are IA Hamid Reza Pourshahmari of Iran, IA Joey Moseros, Red Dumuc, Peter Long
10. PAIRINGS Pairings will be made by the Chief Arbiter using the Swiss Manager program. No protests against pairings will be accepted.
11. APPEALS COMMITTEE An Appeals Committee shall be constituted before the beginning of the tournament as stipulated in the FIDE regulations. The Appeals Committee shall be headed by FIDE Honorary President Florencio Campomanes as chairman with members FIDE Technical Commission Chairman Andrzej Filipowicz and Iran Chess Federation president Dr. Mohammed Embrahim Maddahi and two reserves. Protests should be submitted in writing to the Chief Arbiter within 30 minutes after the end of the round. The deposit fee will be US$100 for each protest, refundable if the protest is upheld.
12. TIE BREAK If at the end of the tournament two or more players are tied, the tie shall be broken by the following tiebreak system: After eliminating the unrated or lowest rated opponent, where the players involved have all played only against rated opponents remaining, find the sum of opponent ratings. The highest total wins. If still tied, eliminate the next lowest rated opponent(s) until a decision is possible. If the tie remains unbroken, decide by lot. If after eliminating one unrated opponent, the players involved have not all played only against rated opponents remaining, apply the sum of progressive scores. The highest total wins. If still tied, deduct the first round score, and if necessary the second round and so on. If the tie remains unbroken, decide by lot.
16.CONTACT PERSONS Useful telephone numbers: Chief Arbiter: Mr. Casto Abundo 0906 3121347 Tournament Director: Mr. Wilfredo Abalos 0921 2601662 NCFP Secretariat: Mr. Patrick Lee 0927 7209260 |
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