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2011
KUALA LUMPUR 16th to 20th March
Organized by
THE MALAYSIAN CHESS FEDERATION (MCF)
Co – Organized and Hosted by
THE DATO’ ARTHUR TAN CHESS CENTER (DATCC)
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Tournament Format: 9 Rounds Swiss System Pairing (using Swiss Manager Pairing System)
Time Control : 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move per game per player
1. FIDE TOURNAMENT rules shall be applied and enforced throughout the entire tournament.
2. ALL PLAYERS are to dress in proper attire – smart casual. Players wearing shorts,
slippers/slip on, cargo pants, sleeveless, singlet, revealing/skimpy clothing including offensive
writings on T-Shirts WILL NOT be allowed to enter the playing hall and WILL BE ASKED to
change their clothing at the expense of their own playing time.
ENTRY FEES
Entry Fees :
2010 Champions (Open and Women) FREE (After 1st March, entry fee is RM50)
FIDE rating above 2000 RM 60
FIDE rating between 1600 & 1999 RM 100
FIDE rating below 1599 & UNRATED RM 150
20% discount if registers before 20th February 2011 (RM 48/ RM 80 / RM 120)
Normal charge if registers between 20th February and 13th March 2011
50% penalty if registers after 13th March 2011 (RM 90 / RM 150 / RM 225)
Entries are limited to the first 120 players who have registered, confirmed and paid the necessary
Entry Fees for the event (combine for both Open and Women section).
Refund Policy
All entry fees received are subjected to 25% penalty for any cancellation made before 1st March,
and 50% penalty for cancellation made before 14th March. No request for refund shall be
entertained for cancellation made after 13th March 2011
SCHEDULE OF ROUNDS
The waiting time is 30 minutes for all rounds based on the Scheduled Start Time AND NOT the
time shown on the clock.
APPEALS COMMITTEE
The Appeals Committee for the event shall include the Honorary Secretary of MCF, the Chief
Arbiter of the event and 5 playing participants who will be nominated and appointed during the
player’s meeting. In all appeal seating, the Honorary Secretary of MCF will preside as the
Committee Chairman together with any of the 4 available committee members that are not
involved in the appeal, either directly or indirectly. In dire situation, only 3 Appeals Committee
members are required to deliver a resolution.
Any appeal made by the players must be submitted in writing within 30 minutes after the
conclusion of his/her game, accompanied with RM200 appeal fee. The appeal fee will only be
refunded if the appeal is upheld.
All decisions made by the Appeal Committee are deemed to have been final and no further appeal
shall be entertained.
TIE BREAK
Only in the situations where there are more than one player sharing 1st place, the Personal
Encounter (PE) shall be the first Tie Break used to determine the Champion.
If the P.E. Tie Break is not available i.e. players did not play with one another in the earlier
rounds, or the earlier encounter resulted in a draw, a double round playoff shall be played
between the 2 players.
In the event that there are more than 2 players tying for 1st place, P.E. between all the
players involved will be used to determine the Champion. If the P.E. table does not yield an
outright Champion, a double round robin playoff shall be played between all the players
involved with any P.E. from the earlier rounds to be included as part of the results
o The player securing the highest number of points shall be declared the outright
Champion for 2011
Seeding for the Round Robin shall be based on player’s final ranking achieved from the
championship
Time Control for the playoff shall be dependent on the number of players playing in the play
off. In all situation, there will be no incremental time given to the players
o If there are two(2) players playing in the playoff, the time control shall be 25 minutes
per player per game with no incremental time given
o If there are more than two(2) but less than five(5) players playing in the playoff, the
time control shall be 15 minutes per player per game with no incremental time given
o If there are more than four(4) but less than nine(9) players playing in the playoff, the
time control shall be 10 minutes per player per game with no incremental time given
o If there are more than eight(8) players playing in the playoff, the time control shall be
5 minutes per player per game with no incremental time given
Once the round robin playoff has concluded and the final result has failed to yield an outright
Champion, the earlier result from the Championship will be used as the final Tie Break to
determine the Champion for players sharing the top score in the round robin playoff.
Once the outright Champion has been determined, the remaining players from the round
robin playoff shall be ranked in accordance to the earlier result from the Championship AND
NOT from the round robin play off result.
Player who is not able to play, or refuse to play in the playoff, shall be considered to have
forfeited all their games. The players final ranking shall be repositioned to the last place in
comparison to all the players that have participated in the round robin playoff.
FULL NAME
HOME
ADRESS
TOWN/CITY
STATE POSTCODE
EMAIL
TEL. (MOBILE) - TEL. (HOME) -
NAME OF
SCHOOL/OFFICE
I.C./ARMY/POLICE/BIRTH CERT. NO GENDER M F
FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES, PLEASE PROVIDE A CONTACT PERSON
FOR CHILDREN BELOW 16 YEARD OLD, PLEASE PROVIDE PARENTS/GUARDIAN AS CONTACT
NAME
RELATION CONTACT NO.
PLAYING INFORMATION
PLAYING SECTION OPEN WOMEN FIDE ID (if any)
NATIONAL RATING (if any) FIDE RATING (if any)
NOTE: Players who are below the age of 16 years old as of 1-1-2011 will need to get additional consent from
Parents/Guardians in order to participate in this event.
________________________________________ __________________________________________
NAME: NAME:
I/C Number: I/C Number:
Date: Date:
PAYMENT INSTRUCTION
Cash payment can be made at the DATO’ ARTHUR TAN CHESS CENTER (DATCC). Please call Mr.
Najib Wahab at +6016 3382542 for payment arrangement/collection and to confirm DATCC
operating hours.
Once the online/check payment has been made, please email a scan copy of the transaction details
and SMS to +6016 338 2542 for confirmation.
CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION
Player can contact MCF Secretary or DATCC Program Coordinator to get a copy of the
registration form. Photocopy of the registration form is also acceptable for registration purposes.
Pre registration, seat reservation or registration without payment is not considered as confirmed
registration until a registration form has been filled and payment has been made. Similarly, verbal
registration, registration via SMS or Email will not be accepted unless accompanied by a completed
registration form and payment in full.
For further inquiries and information about the event, please contact the following persons: