Tournament rules (EN)

Second Vaujany International Chess Festival
July 14-22, 2011

last update december 13th, 2010

Tournament Rules (Draft)

Article 1

The 1rst Vaujany International chess festival will occur in Vaujany between july 14th and july 22th, 2011. It is organized by PROMO-ECHECS and takes place at the "Espace Loisirs" center. Participants can register in one of the following three tournaments:

The main tournament (Tournoi Principal), for players with Elo rating above 1850
The B tournament (Tournoi Accession), for players with Elo rating between 1450 and 1899
The C tournament (Petit' Zelos), for players with Elo rating below 1500

Players with Elo between 1850 and 1899 can choose either the main tournament or the B-tournament, while players with Elo between 1450 and 1500 can choose either the B-tournament or the C-tournament.

Upon motivated request, the organisers can allow somebody who does not satisfy the above criteria to register in the strongest tournament.

Article 2

a) Rate of play:
All games will be played at the Fischer rate: 100 minutes plus 30 seconds per move for the first 40 moves, then 50 minutes plus 30 seconds per move for the next 20 moves, then 10 minutes plus 30 seconds per move to finish.

b) Timetable:

All the tournements will be held in 9 rounds as follows:

Rounds 1 à 8 will be played at 14 h 30 (2:30 pm)
The last round will be played on friday, july 22 at 10h00 am
The prize-giving ceremony will occur on friday, july 22th at 17h30 (5:30 pm).

c) Registration:

Registration will close on thursday july 14th at 13h (1 pm).

Registration fees:

Main tournament : 56 € (youngsters: 28 €), free for IGM et IM
B tournament : 48 € (youngsters: 24 €)
C tournament : 30 € (youngsters: 15 €)

To be paired for the first round, the players need to be present and to have paid the registration fees .

Article 3

The FIDE Laws of Chess (1st july 2009) will apply.
Draws by mutual agreement in less than 30 moves are not allowed.

Article 4

The pairings will be made according to the Swiss system The arbiter will be assisted by P.A.P.I. pairings program devised by Erick MOURET.

The classification is made according to the total numbers of point scored. Ties are resolved first by the truncated buchholz (sum of adjusted scores of opponents minus two lower) and then by rating performance

Article 5

The Appeal Jury will be composed of five players, who will be appointed during the first round and publicly advertized. The Jury's decision will be final. If a player disagrees with an arbiter's decision he can give notice of appeal before resuming the game, which he must finish. After the game he must make a written statement of claim which will be attached to the official report of the tournament.

Article 6

Withdraws: Players arriving 30 minutes or more after the start of a round shall lose.

If a players defaults without reasons of absolute necessity, to be explained as soon as possible to the chief arbiter, then he will not be paired at the next round.

Article 7

Prizes: The definitive list of prizes will be displayed from round 4 at the latest. A player cannot win more than one prize (he will receive the largest one). If there is a tie the prizes in the general classification are shared according to the Hort system. The other prizes (per range of elo) will be attributed to the player with the best dep.

Prizes will only be awarded to players who attend the closing ceremony.

Article 8

Arbiters: The arbiters of the tournament are Jean-Sébastien TROCHET, FIDE arbiter, and Claire PERNOUD, international arbiter.

Article 9

All players are requested to comply with these rules. Violator will receive a written warning.

At the end of the game, the winner (or the player with whites in case of draw) has to give the result of the game to the arbiter.

Arbiters : Claire Pernoud and Jean Sébastien TROCHET
Organizer: J.BRETHE