Saturday 18^th & Sunday 19^th November 2017

The Craiglands Hotel

Cowpasture Rd,

Ilkley LS29 8RQ

An English Chess Federation supported Grand Prix event | Entries - Steve Burton (0113) 2568157      end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Tournament Secretary - Brent Kitson kitson453@btinternet.com

Tournament Details

Saturday November 18^th - MAIN EVENT TIMES
Opening Ceremony 10.45am (Open/Major/Intermediate/Minor)
Round 1: 11.00 am - 12.00 pm | Round 2: 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm | Round 3: 2.30 pm - 3.30 pm
Round 4: 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm | Round 5: 5.30 pm - 6.30 pm
Saturday Junior Event
5 rounds only - start times: one hour per round
Start times same as the main events

Sunday November 19^th
(Open/Major/Intermediate/Minor)
Round 6: 9.30 am -10.30 am | Round 7: 11.00 am -12.00 pm | Round 8: 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm
Round 9: 2.30 pm - 3.30 pm | Round 10: 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Sunday’s Junior Events will be over 5 rounds and at the same
start times as the main events

PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY 5.30pm

RATE OF PLAY/DEFAULT RULES
Rapidplay rules apply. ECF default rules apply. A player arriving more than ten minutes late will be defaulted. Re-pairings will take place ten minutes after start of play

All players will have 20 minutes, plus 10 seconds per move, to complete the game. There is no other time control.

All event prices and prizes are provisional and are subject to change

MAIN EVENTS
(1) THE OPEN FIDE CHAMPIONSHIP
Open to all players, entry fee £45 | Prizes - £500, £250, £125, £65 plus grading prizes
FREE ENTRY to GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs for entries received by 8th November
(2) THE MAJOR FIDE CHAMPIONSHIP
Open to players graded below 171, entry fee - £42 | Prizes - £450, £225, £110, £55 plus grading prizes
(3) THE INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Open to players graded below 146, entry fee - £40 | Prizes - £400, £200, £100, £50 plus grading prizes
(4) THE MINOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Open to players graded below 121, entry fee - £38 | Prizes - £350, £175, £90, £45 plus grading prizes
JUNIOR EVENTS
Saturday 18^th
(5) AN ENGLAND UNDER 11 TRIAL QUALIFIER**
Sunday 19^th
(6) JUNIOR BRITISH RAPIDPLAY UNDER 16 ***

** Age Limit: Under 11 on 31st Aug 2017 | Entry fee - £20 per junior Saturday event:

*** Age Limit: Under 16 on 31st Aug 2017 | Entry fee - £15 per junior Sunday event
Selected cash/books/certificates/and medals will be given.

The timetable for junior events may be varied at the discretion of the controllers

Important conditions for entry.

FIDE-rated sections

(a) Players whose FIDE registration is England (ENG) must be ECF Silver members.

(b) Players whose FIDE registration is Wales (WLS), Scotland (SCO), Ireland (IRL), Guernsey (GCI) or Jersey (JCI) do not need ECF membership at all.

(c) Players whose FIDE registration is something other than one of the above countries must be ECF Silver members.

Where a player has no FIDE registration, then they must choose a Federation, and the relevant rule of (a), (b) or (c) above will apply.

ECF-graded sections

(a) Players resident in England or Isle of Man must be ECF Silver members.

(b) Players resident in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey or Jersey do not need to be ECF Silver members.

(c) Players resident in any other country outside the British Isles must be ECF Silver members.

The ECF's Obligations

If the conditions above are met, then the ECF will:-

(a) ECF-grade or FIDE-rate the event as appropriate for the relevant section, as normal.

(b) Not charge any Pay to Play charges in respect of the event.

This is a change from the present arrangements, where the ECF invoices your tournament as if it were just another Rapidplay tournament.

NB. The above only applies to the 4 main tournaments - NOT the Junior tournaments