Rules and Conditions

Entry into the tournament is an implied agreement to abide by these rules and conditions.

  1. Organisers reserve the right to refuse entry to a player.

  2. There is no analysis in the playing hall.

FIDE Rules

The competition will be run in accordance with the FIDE Laws of Chess, which can be found on the FIDE website here.

Ratings

All the games will be ACF quick rated.

Pairing system

Swiss pairing system with barred pairings. This means players from the same school will not verse each other in most games.

All the pairings will be done with Vega software https://www.vegachess.com/ns/home

BYEs

If a player is unable to play a round (for any reason), they may request a bye from the organisers.

Such a request must be made before the start of the previous round to the round concerned (i.e. a request for a bye in round 3 must be made before the start of round 2)

If such a request is approved, a player will receive half a point (0.5) for that round with the following exceptions:

1. In the final two rounds a player shall receive no points (0) for that round

2. A player may only receive a maximum of one requested (1) half-point bye.

The organisers reserve the right to refuse any request for a bye.

Mobile phone policy

We will be enforcing a strict No Mobile Phone usage during the event policy. All mobile phones and other communication devices are to be switched off in the tournament hall. This includes tablet computers, MP3 players and any other devices that can receive external transmissions.

A breach of this rule will result in the automatic loss of the game in the case of a player (if a game is in progress), or the exclusion from the tournament hall until the start of the next round (in the case of player who has finished their game), or for the rest of the day (in the case of a spectator).

Disputes Procedures

A protest against a decision of an Arbiter must be submitted to the Chief Arbiter within 15 minutes after the end of the relevant playing session.

The Chief Arbiter will investigate the appeal and make a ruling. This decision will be final.