Tournament Regulations

I. Place and date

The tournament will be held in Rixos Hotel, Konya, Turkey from November 30th to December 4th 2009.

II. Tournament's system

The 1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup will be a Round Robin tournament with twelve participants including

The full players' list is announced. ACP WS 2008-09 qualifiers:

Kosintseva, Tatiana
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
Kosintseva, Nadezhda
Cramling, Pia
Cmilyte, Viktorija
Zhukova, Natalya
Javakhishvili, Lela
Socko, Monica (replaces Pogonina)

ACP nominee:

Klinova, Masha

TCF nominees:

Ozturk, Kubra
Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi
Yildiz, Betul Cemre

Games will be played with the following time control: 20 minutes each at the start of the game with an increment of 5 seconds per move from move 1.

In case of tie for the first place, a tie-break will be played to determine a winner.

III.             Players conditions

All players are provided with a full board accommodation at the Rixos hotel, Konya.
All players are provided with a free transfer from/to the Konya airport
All players get a compensation of their travelling expenses up to USD 500.

IV.            Prizes

The total prize fund of the event amounts to USD 20,000. Prizes will be distributed as follows:

Winner                         USD 5,000
2nd place                     USD 4,000
3rd place                      USD 3,000
4th place                      USD 2,000
5th place                      USD 1,500
6th place                      USD 1,000
7th place                      USD    800
8th place                      USD    700
9-12 places, each          USD    500

In case of tie for any place accept the first, prize money will be shared equally.

V. Tournament's schedule

     Nov 30

    Arrival
    22:00 p.m.      Technical Meeting     
 
    Dec 1
    11:00 a.m        Opening Ceremony
    11:30 a.m.       1st round
    12:30 a.m.       2nd round
    4:00 p.m          3rd round
    5:00 p.m.         4th round

    Dec 2

    11:30 a.m.       5th round
    12:30 a.m.       6th round
    4:00 p.m          7th round
    5:00 p.m.         8th round

    Dec 3

    11:30 a.m.       9th round
    12:30 a.m.       10th round
    3:00 p.m.         11th round
    5:30 p.m.         Tie-break
    7:00 p.m.         Closing ceremony

    Dec 4

    Departure

VI.  Miscellaneous

Games will be played under the current FIDE Rules, with the addition of the 'Corsican rule' (draw offer is forbidden).

Illegal moves do not lose the game.  Nevertheless, each illegal move will be penalized by a 2-minute addition on the opponent's clock.

In all tie-break games, any illegal move leads to the immediate loss of the game.

Tie-break system.

If two players tie for the first place, a blitz match of 4 games will be played to determine the winner. The time control will be 3 minutes each at the start of the game with an increment of 2 seconds per move from move 1.

If a match ends in a draw, two additional two blitz games will have to be played. The time control will be 3 minutes each at the start of the game with an increment of 2 seconds per move from move 1.

If this tie-break match again ends in a draw (1-1), a last game will have to be played. This final tie-break will consist of a single blitz game where White starts with 5 minutes and needs to win the game in order to win the match (sudden death game). Black, on his part, only needs a draw to win the match, but has only 4 minutes at the start of the game. This final tie-break game will be played without time increment.

If three or more players tie for the first place, a round robin (or double round robin) blitz tournament will be played to determine the winner. An exact format will depend on a number of players and will be announced by the chief arbiter. The time control will be 3 minutes each at the start of the game with an increment of 2 seconds per move from move 1.