Rudaga - Regulations - 2021
Rudaga - Regulations - 2021
All players shall join to the tournament club on the chess.com platform:
https://www.chess.com/club/rudaga-kaissa-2021-online
The final stage qualifiers list, draw and results will be published using players’ real
names rather than their chess.com handles. It is a condition of entering the final stage
that this is adhered to.
Players should make themselves aware of the chess.com rules for maximum time for
the first move, disconnects and reconnects, losing on time, drawing and insufficient
material; as well as other internet chess concepts like pre-moving and automatic
promotion.
Schedule:
Day Date Time Program
11:00 CET Rounds 1-11
(Qualifier A*)U 12
11:00 CET Rounds 1-11
(Qualifier A*) U16
Friday 23 July
17:00 CET Round 1-11
(Qualifier B*) U 12
17:00 CET Rounds 1-11
(Qualifier A*) U16
11:00 CET Final stage U12
Open and Girls
(Knock out)
Saturday 24 July
17:00 CET Final stage U16
Open and Girls
(Knock out)
* All players can play in one or both qualifier tournaments based on their age group.
In the qualifier stage, all rounds will be played immediately after the end of the
previous round.
Second Stage - F I N A L S - Knock Out
Category Day Date Time Program
Tournament will be played in 2 different age groups – under 12 and under 16 (open
and girls will play together). Players of the Championships must not have reached
their 12th,16th birthday, respectively, before January 1st of the year 2021.
The tournament will consist of two stages: Qualifier Stage and Final stage.
The Qualifier stages will be played by two online 11-round Swiss System tournaments:
Open & Girls under 12 (Qualifier A – U12)
Open & Girls under 12 (Qualifier B – U12)
The second stage event (Finals) will consist of a 16-player Knock out tournaments:
Open Under 12
Open Under 16
Girls Under 12
Girls Under 16
based on 2 games (with alternate colours) and possible one Armageddon tie-break
5/4 minutes’ game with no increment and the black qualifies if the game is drawn.
The time control for the both stages will be 5 minutes + 3 second increment starting
from the first move.
5. Tie-Breaks
Tie breaks for qualifier stage will be based on Chess.com tie-break score.
6. Fair-play rules
Other people or electronic devices (except for the player's computer or laptop)
are not allowed in the playing area. Playing from a mobile device or tablet is
permitted (at the qualification stage). At the final stage, the game is only possible
using a computer or laptop.
For the final stage, players must download and install ZOOM. The application can
be downloaded at the link: https://zoom.us/download
Players are required to turn on their webcams and activate the Share My Screen
feature in ZOOM during each round.
If the player does not enter the ZOOM chat at the beginning of the round, or turns
off the webcam, or stops showing his screen, this can lead to a loss.
The announcement of the final results of the tournaments will be after an anti-
cheat check using the Chess.com algorithm the next day after the completion of
all stages of the tournament.
The last name, first name, patronymic (if any) must be indicated in the Latin
alphabet, FIDE ID, full date of birth, e- mail (it must be the same from which you are
registered on Chess.com), mobile phone number (WhatsApp).
9. Payment
After confirmation by the Organizing Committee, players must pay no later than July
21, 2021 to the bank account of FIDE. All bank charges are paid by the sender.
2. CREDIT CARD
Write an email to accounts@fide.com according to the sample:
A link will be send as a reply to take you to a safe platform for payment.
10. Prizes
All t o u r n a m e n t p a r ti c i p a n ts w i l l r e c e i v e e l e c t r o n i c certificates of
participation.
a. Winners and awardees (1-3 places) will receive electronic diplomas.
b. The winner of the tournament in open and girls’ sections in each category (U-12, U-
16) receives Accreditation for the World Chess Olympiad 2022, an entrance ticket for
the Opening Ceremony.
Players taking 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in the category U-12 (open & girls) will be
awarded a free online 1.5-hour group lecture with Antoaneta Stefanova – Women's
World Champion (2004-2006)
Players taking 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in the category U-16 (open & girls) will be
awarded a free online 1.5-hour group lecture with Ruslan Ponomariov – FIDE World
Champion (FIDE World Chess Championship 2002)
11. Contacts
Tournament Director
Nadia Kravchuk
Mob.tel: +380 50 906 44 61 (WhatsApp)
E-mail: nadzeya.krauchuk@gmail.com