Official Tournament Rules Print E-mail
  1. The tournament will be held in the Hispánico stadium(next to the bullring). And the dates will be 1st,2nd and 3th of January of 2010
  2. Swiss System, 9 rounds (2 games friday, 2 games saturday morning, 3 games saturday afternoon, and 2 games sunday morning). Pairings will be made by computer (Swiss Perfect).
  3. Top seeded will be determined by 1) Elo FIDE; 2) National Elo 3) Alphabetical Order.
  4. Every player will have 35 minutes and 3 additional seconds by move. The games will be played with digital clocks.
  5. All players will have the obligation to annotate their game until they have 15 minutes.
  6. Tie systems applied in the tournament will be the following:
    1. Bucholz FIDE -1
    2. Bucholz FIDE total
    3. Sonnenbor-Berger
    4. Progresive
    5. Pairings
  7. It is possible to ask for 1 or 2 byes (only for the first and second round and thie organization must be informed in advance) any non-appearance unjustified may mean the exclusion of the tournament.
  8. All decisions from the chief arbiter will be unappealable.
  9. Tecnical direction of the Tournament is conformed by Arturo González Pruneda as Chief Arbiter, Juan Millán and José Sanzo as arbiter and Alfonso Romero Holmes as the Technical Director.
  10. The Organisation reserves the right to refuse admission in case that a player is not well dressed, will not keep la higiene adecuada or could cause problems to the Organisation.
  11. Everything not included in these regulations will be resolved by general FIDE Laws.
  12. The participation in this tournament includes the acceptance of these regulations.

 
 
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