World Amateur Chess Championship Regulation 
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REGULATIONS / INVITATION

http://wacc2011.tsf.org.tr

1.   INVITATION

The Government of Turkey and the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF), have the honor to invite all FIDE affiliated Chess Federations throughout the world to participate in The World Amateur Chess Championship 2011 which will take place in Antalya, Türkiye, from 30^th September (Arrival) to 11^th October (Departure) 2011.

TCF aims to organize an excellent event with your participation.

2.   PARTICIPATION

2.1  The World Amateur Championship is open to all eligible players registered  with their Federation. The participants shall have no FIDE title or published FIDE Rating above 2000 at the start of the tournament nor have had such a  Rating for at least 2 years prior to the start of the event.

2.2  FIDE member federations shall have the right to send as many players as they wish. The World Amateur Women`s Championship shall be held as part of the World Amateur Championship and female contestants will be eligible to win both titles.

2.3 All participants including parents, coaches, observers and relatives are obliged to stay in official hotels. Access to playing areas, venues and the hotels will be allowed only to accredited people by the organization. No  participant will be allowed to book directly in the official hotels. All bookings must be through the organizers.

2.3.1 Accommodation and travel expenses will be covered from the participants, federations and their Sponsors. Guest players should pay accommodation and organization fee except for Fide fee. Travel arrangements should be made into Antalya Airport (AYT).

3.   FIDE ENTRANCE FEES

3.1 Entry for the first two nominees of each FIDE member federation shall be free. The entry fee for other players is 30 euro and this shall be collected by the organizer and forwarded to FIDE.

4.  REGISTRATION AND TRAVEL

4.1 In order to provide appropriate tournament conditions, every participating  Federation should complete carefully the official Registration Form (attached   to this file) and send it back to the Organizing Committee; any other application method shall not be accepted.  The deadline for registration is 15^th September 2011. After this date a penalty of 100 € (Euros) for each late registration will be charged to participants till 15^th September 2011 latest. After this date, organizers reserve the right to refuse or decline late registrations or charge higher hotel costs for participants.

4.2 The registration form must include the Federation name, the surname, the first   name, the FIDE ID, the category(open or women’s) and international rating(if available), and the passport details of every player and every accompanying person. It must also include the name, details and phone number/ address/fax/ email of the head of the delegation. An identity photo (2x3 cm) must also be sent for each player (guest, additional or qualified) and each  accompanying person by 01^th September 2011. The photo can also be taken on arrival at the Hotel.

4.3 Each player and each accompanying person must pay to the organizing committee the amount of 100 € (Euros) at the moment of their registration (before 01^th September 2011). This payment is compulsory and represents a confirmation of participation. This payment includes transportation from Antalya Airport to hotel, accreditation and identification badges.

4.4 TRAVEL DETAILS. The venue is the Limra (5 Stars) Hotel in Kemer, Antalya. The venue is 70 km west of Antalya Airport. Antalya is a tourism city very well known, and has a large number of charter flights from main points of Europe. Another way to come to Antalya is via Istanbul.

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5.  PAYMENT

5.1 BANK TRANSFERS. When registering for any category, the above mentioned amount of 100 € (Euros) must be transferred to the following  account:

            All bank commissions should be paid by sender, although even if it is paid by the sender, there is usually a transfer cost on Turkish side (18 € (Euros) for each transfer), this will be charged to sender.

5.2 As soon as the payment transfer is confirmed, the organizing committee will send to the respective chess Federation the confirmation of the hotel    reservations. Also all confirmed registrations will be declared on the official web site, where Federations may check their participants’ situation on a daily   basis.

5.3 Players will not be paired until all the payments are effected to the organizers.

6.  ACCOMMODATION

6.1 All inclusive accommodation will be offered in the hotels in Kemer-Antalya booked by the organizing committee. In the hotel there will be free wireless connection in the lobby to all participants.

6.2 The accommodation charges must be paid in advance. The payment will be done only in Euros.

6.3  All accommodation cost will be paid for 11 nights as a total package plus registration cost for whoever will be coming on the 30th September and leaving on the 11th October. If someone comes later or leaves earlier, they will pay also this cost as a total cost. If any participants will be arriving earlier or leaving later they will pay the difference of the nights mentioned below.

            Hotels: ALL INCLUSIVE

Hotel Limra & Limra aparts 5 stars (11 nights)

triple room          60 €/ day per person         660€ + 100€ =    760,00 € total minimum

double room      65 €/ day per person,         715€ + 100€ = 815,00 € total minimum

single room     100 €/ day per person,        1100€ + 100€ = 1.200,00 € total minimum

Rooms will be booked on the principle of FCFS (First Come First Served).

All participants are obliged to stay in Official Hotels and bookings must be via Turkish Chess Federation.

7.  TECHNICAL REGULATIONS

7.1      In the case of the more than 25 woman player participation, the Women’s  category shall be organize, otherwise, all woman players shall compete in the Open category.

7.2      The tournament will be played in Swiss system with 9 rounds.

7.3      The game rate will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

7.4      The tie-break methods (respectively) are: Buchholz cut one(the lowest score reduced), Sonneborn-Berger, sum of the progressive scores, numbers of games won.

8.  TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

9.  BULLETIN

9.1  Daily bulletins will be available for sale onsite. Each federation will receive an electronic copy of the entire tournament bulletin and can purchase hard-bound copies upon request. Each national federation must provide e-mail information for the organizers to send the complete electronic bulletin to.

10.  TOURNAMENT PUBLICITY

10.1    The top 50 boards will be broadcasted live on Tournament Website.

10.2    All tournament media and publicity will be coordinated with local and international media via selected media liaison to be named in the future.

11.  INFORMATION ABOUT VISAS

Please check the following link for information about visas:  http://www.mfa.gov.tr/visa-information-for-foreigners.en.mfa

11.1    Federations or participants who need assistance with their visas are asked to contact the Organizing Committee before 01^th September 2011.

11.2    The Organization Director will supply official letters of invitation if requested by the participant.

12. WEATHER CONDITIONS

In October, the weather of Antalya is warm and around 30º C, however there may be rain showers during this time. We propose to all participants to have a raincoat and some protective clothing.

13.  ELECTRICITY

The standard voltage in Turkey is 220 Volts.  The plugs used for appliances are twin round plug.

14.  CURRENCY & EXCHANGE

The local currency is the Turkish Lira. At the time of publication exchange rates are :

1€ (Euro)                              = 2.2972 Turkish Lira (TL) (03 Jun 2011)

1USD (American Dollar)    = 1.5858 Turkish Lira (TL) (03 Jun 2011)

15.  PRIZES-TITLES

15.1    Per FIDE regulations the World Amateur Champion will be awarded the title of FIDE Master with a rating of 2200. The Woman’s World Amateur Champion will be awarded the title of Woman FIDE Master with a rating of 2050. The Silver Medal Champion of the Open section will be awarded a FIDE rating of 2100. The Bronze Medal Champion of the Open section will be awarded a FIDE rating of 2050.They awarded with trophies and special medals.

15.2    Total 10,000 € (Euro) prize fund shall be divided between Open and Women Categories as follows:

(numbers of the players in Women Category) ÷ (numbers of the players in Open Category) X 100 (percent). Principally, Women Category prize amount shall not be lower than 35% of the total prize fund.

15.2.1

15.2.3 In the case of the equal final scores, money prizes shall be shared between players according to Hort System.

16. APPEALS COMMITTEE

16.1    Before the beginning of the tournament an Appeals Committee shall be selected. This Committee shall consist of three members and two reserves chosen by the place from among themselves or representatives of the national federations present. The persons chosen for the Appeals Committee shall represent five different federations.

            No member of the Committee shall have the right to decide on questions concerning his own federation. In such cases the member concerned shall  have the right only to partake in the discussions of the Committee.

16.2    A protest against the decision of an Arbiter must be submitted in writing to the Chief Arbiter, within one hours of the original decision. The protest shall be accompanied by 100 euro appeal fee; which shall be returned to the claimant  if the appeal is successful.

17. CONTACT INFORMATION

The Director of Tournament: Mr. Melih SAGIT

Phone : (+90)  309 75 94 / 119 Fax : (+90)  312 310 96 20

Mobile phone : (+90)  530 640 05 50

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