2004 PRIZE FUND

2024 R45,000
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LOC Contact Details

Tournament Director: Martin Brink
Email: chairman@hermanuschessclub.co.za

Registration/Technical: Ethan Higham

Email: info@hermanuschessclub.co.za

Chief Arbiter: Ricardo Minnaar

Email: ricardo.minnaar@gmail.com

Registration Link
https://zfrmz.com/F1UIodiKZci2HOxsRVsy
Cut-off date for registration and payments is Wednesday the 17 h of April at 22h00. Late entries will be
subject to an additional late entry fee of R50 and will be allowed up to 24 hours before the scheduled start
time for the first round of the Rapid event.
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Blitz Event – Friday 19 April 2024

Date Friday 19 April 2024

Round 1 – 18h00
Time
Rounds will be accelerated

Format 7 Round Individual Swiss

Time Control Blitz 3/3 + 2sipm from move 1

Rated Chess SA / FIDE Rated

Rules Latest FIDE Rules Apply

Section Open

Entry Fee R50

Entry into this event is limited to a maximum of 80 players. Registration is thus on a first
come first serve basis.
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Rapid Event – Saturday 20 April 2024

Date Saturday 20 April 2024

Round 1 – 09h30
Prize giving ceremony is estimated to start at 15h30
Time
Rounds will be accelerated
Format 7 Round Individual Swiss

Time Control Rapid 15/15 + 5sipm from move 1

Rules Latest FIDE Rules Apply

Event Sections
Entry
Section Rated Entry Fee
Requirements
Chess SA / FIDE Chess SA, FIDE
Championship R300
Rating 1700+ Rated
Chess SA / FIDE Chess SA, FIDE
Advanced R250
Rating 1500-1699* Rated
Chess SA Rating
Intermediate Chess SA Rated R180
1250 - 1499*
Chess SA Rating
Unrated – 1249

Development and Chess SA Rated R100

Born 2009 or
later**

*Players are allowed to play up into a section (except for the Championship section)
** Players with a rating less than 1250 and born 2008 or earlier must enter into the Intermediate section

Please take note of the newly adjusted Chess SA and FIDE ratings as of the 1 st of March 2024.
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Prize Breakdown
Championship
Best
Best
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Senior
Female
(50+)
R10000 R5000 R2500 R1250 R1000 R1000 R1000

Advanced
Best
Best
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Senior
Female
(50+)
R5000 R2500 R1250 R1000 R750 R750 R800

Intermediate
Best
Best
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Senior
Female
(50+)
R2500 R1250 R1000 R750 R500 R500 R500

Development
1st Chess Clock + Chess Set

2nd Chess Set + Bag

3rd Chess Set + Book

4th Chess Set

5th Chess Set

Best Female Chess Bag + Book

*In the event that the best female of a section is also placed in the top 5, the prize will be awarded
to the next best female according to the final rankings of that section.
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Tiebreaks
In the event there is a tie for any position (including first place), the tiebreak between the players
with the same game points will be broken in the following order:

1. Direct Encounter
2. Buchholz
3. Sonneborn-Berger
4. Rating average of opponent

Venue
Curro Road, Sandbaai, 1, Hermanus, 7200
There will be a tuckshop as well as additional food vendors available at the venue

GOOGLE
MAPS
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Registration and Payment

How to Register

1 Fill in the form CLICK HERE

2 Make an EFT Standard Bank

Hermanus Chess Club
payment
into the Branch Code: 051001
Hermanus Account Number: 10192089682
Chess Club Account Type: Current
bank Please use your initials and section
as reference
account (e.g. JSmithAdvanced)

3 Email Proof of Payment to

payments@hermanuschessclub.co.za

Please Note
Cut-off date for registration and payments is Wednesday the 17 h of April at 22h00. Late entries will
be subject to an additional late entry fee of R50 and will be allowed up to 24 hours before the
scheduled start time for the first round of the Rapid event.

No entries or payments will be accepted on the day of the

event.
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Tournament Regulations
Registration and Sections
• With registration, the parent, guardian or player agrees to the POPI act.
• The parent, guardian or player agrees that photos and videos will be taken during this event
and give their consent to be posted to social media as well as the Hermanus Chess Club
website.
• Players may be moved to another section at the discretion of the Chief Arbiter, Tournament
Director or Registration Officer.

Default Time
• Blitz Event: No default time for all rounds.
• Rapid Event: No default time for the first round. Empty boards will be manually paired. For all
other rounds there is a default time of 5 minutes. A player who arrives at the board after the
default time has elapsed will forfeit the game unless the Chief Arbiter decides otherwise.

Venue
• Smoking inside any building of the playing area is forbidden. The general rules with regards to
smoking of the playing venue must also be adhered to.
• Any person (Arbiter, Official, Non-Official, Player or Spectator) found to be under the influence
of alcohol, drugs or any other illegal substance will automatically forfeit and immediately be
removed from the tournament. The person may be asked to leave the premises.
• No equipment or furniture of any kind such as chess clocks, chess sets, tables, chairs,
electronic equipment or stationery may be removed from the playing venue

Cell Phones and Communication Devices

• All electronic equipment (e.g. mobile phones, tablets, smart watches, etc. but excluding those
items used exclusively for the running of the Event) must be switched off when brought into the
playing area. Any player who is found to have such a device in his/her possession which is not
switched off will immediately be forfeited (loss of game)

Players
• All players must act in accordance with Article 11 of the FIDE Laws of Chess. Players must
behave in a manner that will not bring the tournament and game of chess into disrepute.
• Players who have completed their game and handed in their result become a spectator and
must leave the playing area.
• No unofficial games shall be played in the playing area during a round or in-between a round.
• Players shall not discuss or analyse a game that is in progress, or has just been completed
while still in the playing area.
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• Any incorrect scores must immediately be reported if noticed and will be dealt with on an
individual basis. Both players must agree in person to change the recorded score. Any
incorrect score reported after the start of the following round will not be changed.

Appeals
A player wishing to appeal against a ruling made by an arbiter, must do so immediately after the
game has ended and before the pairings for the next round has been published. Appeals must be
lodged with the tournament director.

Withdrawal from the event

Players withdrawing from the event will forfeit their entry fees. Players wishing to withdraw must
inform the tournament director before the first round pairings are published. If a player withdraws
during the event, rating penalties will be applied as per Chess SA Rating Regulations if no valid
and acceptable reason(s) are provided by the player

Communication
It is highly advisable that all players (and parents of junior players) join the tournament WhatsApp
group to receive updates and communication regarding the event. Pairings will be published to
Chess-Results as well as the WhatsApp group on the day of the tournament.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/DcjNJ6l6xhsIAbXXbEPzo9

Dress code
Players must always be dressed neatly and look presentable. Players must always wear shoes or
sandals whilst inside the playing area.

Transport and Accommodation

Each participant is responsible for his/her own transport and accommodation arrangements and
the costs thereof.

Catering
There will be a tuckshop as well as other food vendors in operation for the duration of the main
rapid event on Saturday the 20th of April.

The Hermanus Chess Club reserves the right to change any aspect of the tournament including
but not limited to the venue, sections, format, time control, dates, number of players and prize
funds. Any changes will be communicated to players through the tournament WhatsApp group and
to the email addresses provided by players upon registration.