Belfast Rapidplay Championships - April 28th
Event details
When
from 04:45 PM to 08:45 PM
Where
Contact Name
BELFAST RAPIDPLAY CHAMPIONSHIPS
EVENT: Belfast Rapidplay Championships
DATE: Friday 28 April 2017
START TIME: 6:45pm for registration. Round 1 at 7pm.
END TIME: 10:45pm (Prize-giving at 10:40pm).
REGISTRATION: Please email Brendan Jamison at playchessni@gmail.com by noon on Thursday 27 April 2017. Entries through other people will not be accepted so please make direct contact.
ENTRY FEES:
£5 per player.
SPECTATORS: £5 each. (Must register in advance for keycode access to the building)
AIM: The final event to help raise funds to bring 4 children to Russia to compete in a 12 player chess match of Saint Petersburg v Belfast (18-25 August 2017).
ARBITER: Brendan Jamison
FORMAT: Open tournament with 5 Rounds
TIME CONTROL: 20 minutes per player for all the moves therefore games will last a maximum of 40 minutes.
EARLY ENTRIES:
SENIOR BAND (over 1300)
|
SEED |
PLAYER
|
RAPIDPLAY RATING |
|
1 |
Mark Newman
|
1605 |
|
2 |
Mikhail Pavlov
|
1504 |
|
3 |
John O'Doherty
|
1494 |
|
4 |
Richard Morrow
|
1452 |
JUNIOR BAND (under 1300)
|
5
|
Barney McGahan
|
1045 |
|
6
|
Paul Anderson
|
1012 |
|
7
|
Adam Fitzsimons
|
702 |
|
9
|
Rhys McLean
|
692 |
6 PRIZES:
Small engraved trophies and medals will be awarded across both bands. In cases where a player does not have a rapidplay rating, their standard UCU rating will be used.
|
BELFAST RAPIDPLAY CHAMPION
|
Small engraved trophy |
|
BELFAST RAPIDPLAY 2nd Place
|
Silver medal |
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BELFAST RAPIDPLAY 3rd Place
|
Bronze medal |
|
BELFAST RAPIDPLAY JUNIOR CHAMPION
|
Small engraved trophy (highest score by a UCU rated player under 1300) |
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BELFAST RAPIDPLAY Junior 2nd Place
|
Silver medal (2nd highest score by a UCU rated player under 1300) |
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BELFAST RAPIDPLAY Junior 3rd Place
|
Bronze medal (3rd highest score by a UCU rated player under 1300) |
TIMETABLE:
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REGISTRATION
|
6:45pm |
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ROUND 1
|
7:00pm to 7:40pm |
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ROUND 2
|
7:45pm to 8:25pm |
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ROUND 3
|
8:30pm to 9:10pm |
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ROUND 4 |
9:15pm to 9:55pm
|
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ROUND 5
|
10:00pm to 10:40pm |
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PRIZE-GIVING
|
10:40pm to 10:45pm |
TIE BREAKS: For tie-breaks, players will be ranked based on their scores by Median Buchholz, followed if necessary by Buchholz and then Progressive Scores.
RULES: FIDE rules will apply. Touchmove will apply. The second illegal move will result in the immediate loss of the game, however, your opponent must announce when the first illegal move has been played and then once again announce the second illegal move has been played before claiming the win, provided the player still has mating material left on the board, otherwise only a draw can be claimed. If play continues, the opponent may not claim the win retrospectively.
LOCATION: Ground floor conference room, Good Shepherd Centre, 511 Ormeau Rd, Belfast BT7 3GS.
CAR PARKING: Ample free spaces are available in the church car park which players will drive through to get to the building.
KEY CODE: Players must register in advance to get the key code to enter the pedestrian gate after parking their vehicles in the church car park.
http://www.chessni.co.uk/belfastrapidplaychampionships.html
