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.
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