Saturday 24th
& Sunday 25th November 2018
The
Craiglands Hotel
Cowpasture Rd,
Ilkley LS29 8RQ
An English Chess Federation
supported Grand Prix event | Entries - Steve Burton (0113)
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Tournament Secretary - Brent Kitson kitson453@btinternet.com
Tournament Details
Saturday November 24th - MAIN EVENT TIMES
Opening Ceremony 10.45am (Open/Major/Intermediate/Minor)
Round 1: 11.00 am - 12.00 pm | Round 2: 12.40 pm – 1.40 pm | Round 3: 2.00 pm -
3.00 pm
Round 4: 3.20 pm – 4.20 pm | Round 5: 4.40 pm - 5.40 pm | Round 6: 6.00pm – 7.00pm
Saturday Junior Event
5 rounds only - start times: one hour per round
Start times same as the main events
Sunday November 25th
(Open/Major/Intermediate/Minor)
Round 7: 9.30 am -10.30 am | Round 8: 10.50 am -11.50 am | Round 9: 12.40 pm –
1.40 pm
Round 10: 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm | Round 11: 3.20 pm – 4.20 pm
Sunday’s Open Event will be
over 5 rounds and at the same
start times as the main events
PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY
4.40pm
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 - £400, £200, £100, £55 plus grading prizes
FREE ENTRY to GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs for entries received by 19th November
(2) THE MAJOR FIDE CHAMPIONSHIP
Open to players graded below 1976 (171ecf), entry fee - £42 | Prizes - £350,
£175, £90, £45 plus grading prizes
(3) THE INTERMEDIATE FIDE CHAMPIONSHIP
Open to players graded below 1788 (146ecf), entry fee - £40 | Prizes - £325,
£160, £80, £40 plus grading prizes
(4) THE MINOR FIDE CHAMPIONSHIP
Open to players graded below 1601 (121ecf), entry fee - £38 | Prizes - £300,
£150, £75, £37 plus grading prizes
JUNIOR EVENTS
Saturday 24th
(5) AN ENGLAND UNDER 11 TRIAL QUALIFIER**
Sunday 25th
(6 ) SUNDAY ONE DAY ONLY OPEN EVENT
** Age Limit: Under 11 on 31st Aug 2018 | Entry fee - £20 per junior
Saturday 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
Grading notes
Grades will be accepted in
this order of preference
FIDE
ECF
Any other grading body.
However grades based on a
small number of games will be ignored in preference to another grading body
which used a much larger number of games to create its grade.
The grader’s decision in all
such matters is final.
Use this formula to convert ECF
grades to FIDE
FIDE = (ECF x 7.5) + 700
