Presents: XXVIII Open & Girl s Chess championship 2014 September 1-9, 2014
EVENT CODE: 98872/WB/14 & 98873/WB/14 Arrival: 31 st August 2014 Managers Meeting: 1 st September 2014, 10:00 AM Opening Ceremony: 1 st September 2014, 1:00 PM PLAYING SCHEDULE ROUND DATE TIME ROUND DATE TIME 1 1/09/2014 3:00 PM 7 5/09/2014 10:00 AM 2 2/09/2014 10:00 AM 8 6/09/2014 10:00 AM 3 2/09/2014 3:00 PM 9 7/09/2014 10:00 AM 4 3/09/2014 10:00 AM 10 8/09/2014 10:00 AM 5 4/09/2014 10:00 AM 11 9/09/2014 10:00 AM 6 4/09/2014 3:00 PM PRIZE DISTRIBUTION 9/09/2014 3:00 PM *** Please Note: Attending the Prize Distribution Ceremony is Compulsory for each Participant. Participation Certificates will be issued only after the Prize Distribution Ceremony and will be delivered directly to the Managers of the Participating States and Units. *Timings are subject to change as per managers meeting. DEPARTURE: After Prize and Certificate Distribution.
LODGING: Free dormitory type lodging will be provided to the selected and seeded players and 1 Manager from each of the participating states (nominated by the respective state associations). Accommodation will be provided from 31/08/2014 to 10/09/2014 till 8am. All special entries and accompanying persons have to arrange accommodation of their own. BOARDING: A lump sum amount of Rs.1000/- (Rupees One Thousand Only) towards boarding expenses will be provided by AICF to the selected and seeded players of the State Associations through the organisers. AGE LIMIT: Players born on or after 01/01/2007 can participate in this tournament. AGE PROOF: Players have to submit a valid date of birth proof compulsorily. Please note that the preferable document is the Birth Certificate issued by the Panchayat/Municipality/Corporation, issued shortly after birth. Players without the date of birth certificate will not be allowed to participate. *** Please note that the date of birth certificate issued within 1 year of the date of birth alone will be considered as a valid document. No state association shall recommend players who do not come under this criterion. However any player who is aggrieved by this stipulation can apply to the ALL INDIA CHESS FEDERATION with proper documentary proof and the AICF s decision will be final and binding in this regard. If any doubt arises about the claimed age of a player, the tournament committee has the right to refer the player during the championship for a due evaluation of age by competent medical experts. A player if declared over-age by such experts shall not continue in the championship and the matter shall be reported to AICF. Protest about the age of players may be made to the Chief Arbiter in writing along with a fee of Rs. 1000/- per player. This will not be refunded. No Protest about over age of a player will be entertained after 2 nd round of the championship. Only the Coach or Manager deputed by participating State Chess Association can lodge such protests. The Tournament Committee has the right to decide the day, time and place for such medical evaluation of age. Players refusing to take the test as decided by the Tournament Committee shall be deemed to have failed the test and shall be disqualified from the Championship. Zero Minute Rule: The zero tolerance rules will be followed (i.e.); Any player who arrives at the chessboard after the start of the session shall lose the game. Thus the default time is zero minutes. Eligibility: Subject to age limit the following players can participate: 1. Two players in each category from every affiliated State Association of AICF. If any Association fails to send its quota, the vacancies so caused will not be filled. 2. Top four players from 2013 National under 7 (Open & Girls) Chess Championships are eligible to participate as seeded players in their respective categories subject to age stipulation. 3. In addition to the above, the following states can field additional seats as their players have won gold, silver and bronze medals in the previous National Under 7 Chess Championship. OPEN: MAHARASHTRA 3 (GOLD MEDAL LAST YEAR); WEST BENGAL 2 (SILVER MEDAL LAST YEAR); TAMIL NADU 1 (BRONZE MEDAL LAST YEAR) GIRLS: TAMIL NADU 3 (GOLD MEDAL LAST YEAR); MAHARASHTRA 3 (SILVER AND BRONZE MEDAL LAST YEAR)
4. The AICF secretary has a discretionary entry in each category. 5. Any player who remits the special entry fees of Rs.4000/- can participate. 6. Current World Champion in any category subject to age limit. 7. Current World No. 2 & 3 in Under 7 category subject to age limit. 8. Current top 3 in Asian Under 7 category subject to age limit. 9. Two players from each category approved by AICF will be permitted from areas where no state chess association exists. 10. The host association is entitled to field one additional entry in each category as host entries. 11. Current National champion in any higher category subject to age stipulation. 12. All IM s are seeded in Open section and all WIM s are seeded in the girls section subject to age limit. 13. If the total number of entries in the start of the championship is an odd number in a category, then the host association can add one more entry to make it an even number. Entry Fee: Ordinary Entry Rs. 700/- Special Entry Rs. 4,000/-. There is a 50% concession in the entry fee for participants from North Eastern States and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. All entries including Special entries should come through the concerned State Association. However, the AICF will have the right to accept or reject any entry without assigning any reason. The entry form should be sent together with the attested copy of original date of birth certificate (Birth Certificates from Panchayat /Municipality/Corporation only) and the entry fee by a crossed Demand Draft drawn in favor of KOLKATA DISTRICT CHESS ASSOCIATION, payable at Kolkata. Entries should be sent to:- Mr. KamaleshSengupta, Joint Secretary, Bengal Chess Association & Kolkata District Chess Association 224, Talpukur, Baghajatin, Kolkata: 700086 Contact: 09830243554, nu7kolkata@gmail.com Bank transfers can be made to the following Account. Please note, in case of a bank transfer, the entry forms and attested copies of the birth certificate has to be sent to the above mentioned address for the confirmation of entry. SYNDICATE BANK KOLKATA DISTRICT CHESS ASSOCIATION S.B. A/C NO. 95162010027257 IFSC CODE: SYNB0009516 Late Fee: Entries received after 20.08.2014 will be subject to a late fee of Rs. 250/- per player. However no entry will be entertained after 3 p.m. on 29.08.2014. PRIZE: Cash prizes, trophies or mementoes will be awarded to the top 20 players in the Open and Girls category. Cash prizes will be amounted to a total of Rs. 150,000/-. The distribution is as follows:
RANK OPEN (AMOUNT IN RUPEES) GIRLS (AMOUNT IN RUPEES) 1 18,000/- 18,000/- 2 14,000/- 14,000/- 3 10,000/- 10,000/- 4 6,000/- 6,000/- 5 5,000/- 5,000/- 6 3,000/- 3,000/- 7 2,000/- 2,000/- 8 2,000/- 2,000/- 9 2,000/- 2,000/- 10 2,000/- 2,000/- 11 2,000/- 2,000/- 12 1,000/- 1,000/- 13 1,000/- 1,000/- 14 1,000/- 1,000/- 15 1,000/- 1,000/- 16 1,000/- 1,000/- 17 1,000/- 1,000/- 18 1,000/- 1,000/- 19 1,000/- 1,000/- 20 1,000/- 1,000/- System of Play: The Championship will be played under FIDE s Laws of Chess and the Swiss system. Total eleven rounds shall be played. Session: The rate of play shall be 90 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move number one. In the absence of digital clock the time control shall be 2 hours each straight finish. Chess Clocks: Each participating State Chess Association must provide at least one clock in working order for every two players entered into the Championship. Tie Break: Buchholz tie-break system will be applied.in case of tie, cash prizes will not be shared. Tournament Committee: A representative of the AICF, two members from different participating Associations and two members of the host Association will serve as the Tournament Committee. Protest: Protest, if any, against the decision of the Chief Arbiter shall be made in writing with a protest fee of Rs.500/-within 30 minutes of the occurrence of the incident. The protest fee will be refunded if the appeal is upheld. Appeals Committee: Before the commencement of the tournament, a five member appeals committee shall be formed by the AICF/organizers. All the members and reserves shall be from different states. No member of the Committee can vote on a dispute in which a player from his own States in involved and in such case(s) the reserves member(s) shall take his place in the committee. Disqualification: No participant will leave the venue before the Prize Distribution function without the permission of the Chief Arbiter. The participants disregarding this rule will be suspended for one year.
Interpretation: For interpretation of the rule(s) and deciding any point not covered by the above rules of the tournament, the decision of the Tournament Committee shall be final and binding on all. The Tournament Committee has every right to make any addition or amendment to these rules, without prior notice. However, such changes should be approved by the AICF. Such changes will, however, be displayed in the tournament hall. Registration of Players: All participants in the National Championship should be registered with AICF for the year 2014-2015. Application forms are available at the website www.aicf.in, those who have already obtained registration cards from AICF Website for 2014-15 should send photo copy of the same. Those who have paid the AICF Registration fee but are yet to receive the AICF Registration card should send a photo copy acknowledgement for having paid the fee to organizers of earlier tournaments or to their association. Those who have not registered with AICF for the year 2014-2015 should send an amount of Rs.250/- towards AICF registration fee along with the duly filled and signed AICF player s registration form plus one passport size photo. Arrears: All arrears of affiliation fee/tournament fee including those of current year must be cleared by the Affiliated Association at the time of submitting the entries; otherwise the entries are liable to be rejected. ENQUIRY OFFICIAL LODGING (for selected and seeded players): ANTARIP ROY (09674127480), DIRECTOR, GLOBAL CHESS FOUNDATION HOTELS AND GUEST HOUSES: TAPAS CHAKRABORTY (09331009265), nu7kolkata@gmail.com FOR OTHER ENQIURY: SOUVIK CHAKRABORTY (DIRECTOR, GLOBAL CHESS FOUNDATION) (09051054136), KAMALESH SENGUPTA(09830243554). nu7kolkata@gmail.com / globalchessfoundation@gmail.com IN CASE OF EMERGENCY: ATANU LAHIRI, SECRETARY, BENGAL CHESS ASSOCIATION, (08961617966) ATIN SENGUPTA, VICE PRESIDENT, BENGAL CHESS ASSOCIATION, (09830186173) VENUE MAP ** FROM THE AIRPORT, THE VENUE IS 15 KMS. FROM HOWRAH STATION, THE VENUE IS 14 KMS. FROM SEALDAH STATION, THE VENUE IS 10 KMS. FROM KOLKATA STATION, THE VENUE IS 14 KMS. THE VENUE IS VERY NEAR TO THE SANTOSHPUR JORA BRIDGE. PLEASE TELL THE TAXI DRIVER TO TAKE YOU TO Jadavpur-Santoshpur JORA BRIDGE. FROM JORA BRIDGE, TAKE THE LEFT TURN TOWARDS METRO CASH AND CARRY. JUST AFTER 100MTS, YOU WILL SEE GATE NO.2 OF THE STADIUM, AND THE VENUE. COMING FROM AIRPORT, YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE RIGHT TURN FROM METRO CASH AND CARRY TOWARDS SANTOSHPUR JORA BRIDGE. DECORATIVE INDICATORS AND BANNERS WILL BE HOISTED TO ATTRACT YOUR ATTENTION TOWARDS THE VENUE ROAD.