ELIGIBILITY
The right to participate in the
championships is granted to players
who pay the required Entry Fee;
whose entries are accepted before the maximum number of players is
reached;
whose participation is approved by parents or guardians;
whose year of birth is 1991 or later;
who are able to satisfy the competition director that they are or
intend to be residents of Victoria for the foreseeable future;
who have been notified by the competition director that a Special
Application for exemption from specified requirements has been
granted.
ELIGIBILITY TO HOLD TITLE
The right to hold any of the titles to be gained through
participation in the championships is awarded to the player whose
score in the tournament or tie-break (if any) exceeds that of all
other eligible players and whose participation was not subject to a
Special Application granted on a non-title basis.
EXEMPTIONS
Application for exemption from a condition of participation will be
considered but not necessarily granted if submitted as follows:
in writing, addressed to Chess Victoria Junior Chess Director
Unless otherwise advised, a player whose Special Application is
granted shall be ineligible to hold a title to be gained through
participation in the championships
TITLES
Each entrant is required to nominate the title for which he or she
wishes to compete. Tournaments to determine titleholders may be
combined or held separately, according to the number of entrants and
the titles for which they elect to compete. Where more than one
title is to be determined in a tournament, the highest-scoring
eligible player in that tournament shall be awarded the title in the
highest
the titles for which they elect to compete. Where more than one
title is to be determined in a tournament, the highest-scoring
eligible player in that tournament shall be awarded the title in the
highest age group within the tournament concerned. A female player
is eligible to hold one girls title and one open title in the same
or in different age groups.
The 2008 Championships will determine holders of the following
titles:
Victorian Junior Champion Year of Birth (or later) 1991
Victorian Girls Champion Year of Birth (or later) 1991
Victorian Under-16 Champion Year of Birth (or later) 1993
Victorian Girls Under-16 Champion Year of Birth (or later) 1993
Victorian Under-14 Champion Year of Birth (or later) 1995
Victorian Girls Under-14 Champion Year of Birth (or later) 1995
Victorian Under-12 Champion Year of Birth (or later) 1997
Victorian Girls Under-12 Champion Year of Birth (or later) 1997
Victorian Under-10 Champion Year of Birth (or later) 1999
Victorian Girls Under-10 Champion Year of Birth (or later) 1999
Victorian Under-8 Champion Year of Birth (or later) 2001
Victorian Girls Under-8 Champion Year of Birth (or later) 2001
SEEDINGS
The seeding of players shall generally be in accordance with
ACF and FIDE ratings lists available to the organisers at the
scheduled time of the close of entries.
Under-18, -16 and -14 Championships
Players shall be seeded according to their rating in the
highest-listed of the following rating systems:
ACF Classical (excluding ? and ?? ratings);
ACF Rapid-play (excluding ? and ?? ratings);
ACF Classical (including ? but excluding ?? ratings)
ACF Rapid-play (including ? but excluding ?? ratings).
Under-12 and -10 Championships
Players shall be seeded according to their rating in the
highest-listed of the following rating systems
ACF Rapid-play (excluding ? and ?? ratings);
ACF Classical (excluding ? and ?? ratings);
FIDE Classical;
ACF Rapid-play (including ? but excluding ?? ratings);
ACF Classical (including ? but excluding ?? ratings)
Unrated Players
A player whose ACF rating has a ?? reliability factor is deemed to
have no rating in the rating system referred to. A player who has no
rating or is deemed to have no rating in any of the above-listed
systems is an unrated player. Unrated players are asked to obtain an
estimated rating for seeding purposes from the Chess Victoria
Ratings Officer and to include this estimate in the entry form.
Unrated players shall be seeded according to the information
available to the Competition Director at the scheduled time for the
close of entries.
RATING OF RESULTS
Results of the Under-18, -16 and -14 championships will be submitted
for inclusion in the ACF Classical rating system.
Results of the Under-12 and -10 championships will be submitted for
inclusion in the ACF Classical rating system
TIES -
Titles
Where two players tie for a Victorian Championship title, the tie
shall be broken by tiebreak
Non-Cash Prizes
Where ties occur for non-cash prizes, the count back system shall
also be used.
Count back System
In a swiss tournament, the tie shall be broken using the Sum of
Progressive Scores system described in paragraph 2.1.1 of the annex
to Section C.06 of the FIDE Handbook, as approved at the 1998 FIDE
General Assembly. If still tied, the tie shall be broken by the
Buchholz system (sum of opponents' points) as described in paragraph
2.2.1.
(points scored against opponents who scored 50 per cent or better),
as described in paragraph 2.1.3. If still tied, the Sonneborn-Berger
system, as described in paragraph 2.2.2. shall be employed.
RULES -
Laws of Chess
Games will generally be conducted in accordance with the current
version of the FIDE Laws of Chess.
In circumstances which the arbiter regards as special, the arbiter
may exempt a player from the requirement to record moves and may
impose a similar requirement in place of that requirement or may
reduce the amount of time given to a player so exempted.
EQUIPMENT
FIDE-approved Digital Game Timers will be used in all games
Each player is required to make a correct and clearly legible record
of the game on the duplicate scoresheet provided, which remains the
property of the tournament organisers. Completed scoresheets must be
delivered to the Arbiter as soon as possible after the game. Players
may retain the yellow copy of the scoresheet
TIME CONTROLS
U-18,-16, -14 75 mins + 30 secs per move.
U-12,-10 40 mins + 30 secs per move.
ENTRY FEES
U-18,-16, -14 Entry fee: $55 less $10 early bird discount if paid by
June 19
U12,-10 Entry fee: $45 less $10 early bird discount if paid by June
19
ENTRIES -
OBTAIN A PRINTED ENTRY FORM
Forms may be obtained from affiliated Chess Clubs listed at the
Chess Victoria web site.
Forms may also be downloaded from this the tournament’s website
http://chessvictoria.netfirms.com
SUBMIT an ENTRY
Entries should be submitted by mail to 09 Vic Junior championships
23 Chester Street Surrey Hills 3127
Or in person at the Box Hill Chess Club and Canterbury Junior Chess
at 3 Rochester Road Canterbury 3126 Tuesdays from 6PM Fridays from
7PM
CONFIRMATION
Entrants may check that entries have been received by
visiting this web site
or by phoning the inquiries number [03] 9 878 3163 min 48 hours
after the entry would normally have been received.
Acknowledgement that an entry has been received does not indicate
that eligibility criteria have been met. Indication that an entrant
has been admitted to a particular competition will be clearly
indicated at the web site and/or given personally to the entrant.
Receipts for payments made by cheque will be issued if requested.
NOTE
Entries claiming the early bird discount need to be received and
paid for by June 20
Entries lodged before payment of Entry Fee are accepted on the basis
that failure to pay as required may result in this and other options
being withheld in future.
WHERE, WHEN, HOW TO PAY
By Mail
Post cheque payable to Canterbury Junior Chess Club Inc to 09 Vic
Junior championships 23 Chester Street Surrey Hills 3127 Early bird
discounts before June 20
In person
At the Box Hill Chess Club and Canterbury Junior Chess at 3
Rochester Road 3126. Tuesdays from 6PM,. Fridays from 7PM Or on the
second Sunday of the month during the Sunday tournaments. Note:
Early bird discounts before June 20
Payments in cash or by cheque
In person
At the competition venue [Full Entry fees only]
Pay by cash or cheque before 9.30 am on
June 28 (Under-12,-10,-8. June 30 (Under-18,-16,-14)
THE VENUE
Box Hill Chess Club, / Canterbury Junior Chess 3 Rochester Road
Canterbury Melway ref .
PRIZES
DISTRIBUTION OF CASH PRIZES
Unless otherwise indicated in the prize list, a player may not
receive more than one cash prize per tournament.
Where players are tied for a number of cash prizes, the total value
of those prizes is divided equally among the tied players
The cash prize to be received by a player who would otherwise
receive more than one such prize is determined as follows.
1. Separate conditional prize winners' lists are made for each prize
group showing each amount payable to prize-winners after the sharing
of prizes among tied players but without regard for the requirement
that a player cannot win more than one such prize.
2. Conditional lists are then considered in turn to determine which
prizes are to be paid to players named on more than one conditional
list.
3. The major prize list is considered first, followed by the list
for each age group in descending order. Within each list, each prize
is allocated in descending order of value.
4. A player named in more than one list is deemed to have won or
shared the appropriate prize of highest value on one of the lists on
which his/her name appears. (Where prizes are of equal value, the
player receives the prize considered first in the above sequence.)
5. Such a player is removed from all other conditional lists, to
which next-highest scorers may then be added, and the process
continued.
6. If the removal of a player from a conditional list causes the
amount to be received by one or more remaining players to exceed the
amount won by the removed player, the prize moneys concerned shall
be pooled and shared between tied players in both prize groups.
When no player’s name appears more than once on any list, all prize
lists become final. be added, and the process continued.
7 When no player's name appears more than once on any list, all
prize lists become final.
PRIZES AND TROPHIES
Open championships
Under 18
1st, $300 plus trophy, 2nd, $150 plus trophy, 3rd, $75 plus trophy
Girls Under 18
1st, $100 plus trophy
Open championships
Under 16
1st, $80 plus trophy, 2nd, $40 plus trophy, 3rd, trophy
Girls Under 16
1st, $50 plus trophy
Open championships Under 14
1st, $80 plus trophy, 2nd, $40 plus trophy, 3rd trophy
Girls Under 14
1st, $50 plus trophy
Open championships
Under 12
1st, $80 plus trophy, 2nd, $40 plus trophy, 3rd, trophy
Girls Under 12
1st, $80 plus trophy
Open championships
Under 10
1st, $80 plus trophy, 2nd, $40 plus trophy, 3rd, trophy
Girls Under 10
1st, $50 plus trophy
Open championships
Under 8
1st, $80 plus trophy, 2nd, $40 plus trophy, 3rd, trophy
Girls Under 8
1st, $50 plus trophy
TROPHIES
Players accepting perpetual trophies are asked to ensure that they
are returned in presentation condition to the appropriate organizing
body in time to be displayed before the start of the opening
ceremony of the next event at which they are to be presented.
Players receiving trophies that require additional engraving will
need to present the trophy to Waverley trophies 48b Wantirna Road
Ringwood 3134 where the required engraving will carried out free of
charge
APPEALS
The Junior Chess Director shall nominate a person to serve as
Convenor of an Appeals Committee for the event.
A player seeking to appeal against an arbiter's ruling must ensure
that the Convenor is made aware of the ground(s) of the appeal
within what the Convenor regards as a reasonable time of the ruling.
If the Convenor requires, the appeal must be made in writing.
The appeal must attempt to show that the arbiter's decision was not
within the range of reasonable rulings available to the arbiter.
If so directed by the arbiter, the player must continue to play
before the appeal is dealt with on the understanding that results so
reached will not affect the appeal.
The Convenor may dismiss an appeal if it:
- was not lodged within a reasonable time of the arbiter's ruling;
- is not written or is unintelligible;
- does not attempt to show that the ruling was not within the range
of reasonable rulings available to the arbiter;
- is vexatious or of no significant consequence.
If the Convenor does not dismiss the appeal, the Convenor shall:
- determine the membership and quorum of an Appeals committee of one
or more persons to be chosen by whatever means the Convenor
considers appropriate in the circumstances;
- determine whether the committee's task is to decide the outcome of
the appeal and/or to make related recommendations.
Until such time as the Convenor declares otherwise, the arbiter's
ruling shall stand.
TOURNAMENT DETAILS
Tournament 1
Under 12, Under 10, Under 8,
Boys and Girls. 7 rounds
Playing schedule:
Saturday June 27,
Round 1: 10.00 Round 2: 12.15 Round 3: 14.30
Sunday June 28, Round 4: 10.00 Round 5: 12.15 Round 6: 14.30
Round 7: 16.45
Rate of Play:
40 minutes plus 30 seconds
from move one
Ratings All games will be rated on the ACF ratings list.
Entry fee: $45 less $10 if paid by Friday June 19
Tournament 2
Under 18, Under 16, Under
14, Boys and Girls. 9 rounds
Playing schedule:
Monday June 29, Round 1: 13.00 Round 2: 16.00
Tuesday June 30, Round 3: 10.00 Round 4: 13.00 Round 5: 16.00
Wednesday July 1, Round 6: 12.00 Round 7: 15.00
Thursday July 2, Round 8: 12.00 Round 9: 15.00
Rate of Play:
75 minutes plus 30 seconds
from move one
Ratings All games will be rated on the ACF ratings list.
Entry fee: $55 less $10 if paid by Friday June 20 |
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