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1. Tournament’s schedule

Feb 17

Arrival

20:00       Opening Ceremony

Feb 18

15:00               1^st round

16:30               2^nd round

Feb 19

15:00               3^rd round

16:30               4^th round

18:00               5^th round

Feb 20

15:00               6^th round

16:30               7^th round

18:00               8^th round

Feb 21

14:00              9^th round

15:30              10^th round

17:00              11^th round

18:00              Tie-break

20:00              Closing ceremony

Feb 22

Departure

 

ACP Women Cup

Tournament Regulations

Place and date

The tournament will be held in Sheraton Hotel, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia from

February 17^th to February 22^nd 2012.

1. Tournament’s system

ACP Women Cup will be a Round Robin tournament with twelve participants including

- eight qualifiers from the ACP Women Series:

1.Kosintseva Nadezhda (Russia)

2.Kosintseva Tatiana (Russia)

3.Muzychuk Anna (Slovenia)

4.Cmilyte Viktorija (Lithuania)

5.Stefanova Antoaneta(Bulgaria)

6.Cramling  Pia (Sweden)

7.Lahno Katerina (Ukraine)

8.Zatonskih Anna (USA)

-        four nominees of the Georgian Chess Federation :

9.Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia)

10.Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia)

11.Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia)

12.Zeinab Mamedyarova (Azerbaijan)

Games will be played with the following time control: 20 minutes each at the start of the game with an increment of 5 seconds per move from move 1.

In case of tie for the first place, a tie-break will be played to determine a winner.

1. Players conditions

All players are provided with a full board accommodation at the Sheraton hotel, Tbilisi.

All players are provided with a free transfer from/to the Tbilisi airport

1. Prizes

The total prize fund of the event amounts to USD 40,000.

Prizes will be distributed as follows:

Winner                        USD 10,000

2^nd place                      USD 7,000

3^rd place                       USD 5,000

4^th place                       USD 3,500

5^th place                       USD 3,000

6^th place                       USD 2,500

7^th-9th places                 USD 2,000 each

10th-12th places          USD 1,000 each

In case of tie for any place except the first, the prize money will be shared equally.

1. Miscellaneous

Games will be played under the current FIDE Rules for rapid chess.

For tie-break, the FIDE Rules for blitz chess are applied.

Tie-break system.

If two players tie for the first place, a blitz match of 2 games will be played to determine the winner. The time control will be 4 minutes each at the start of the game with an increment of 2 seconds per move from move 1.

If the match ends in a draw an Armageddon game will be played. This final tie-break will consist of a single blitz game where White starts with 5 minutes and needs to win the game in order to win the match (sudden death game). Black, on her part, only needs a draw to win the match, but has only 4 minutes at the start of the game. In this final tie-break game the  increment (2 seconds per move) will be added starting move 61.

If three or more players tie for the first place, a round robin (or double round robin) blitz tournament will be played to determine the winner. An exact format will depend on a number of players and will be announced by the chief arbiter. The time control will be 4 minutes each at the start of the game with an increment of 2 seconds per move from move 1.