World Senior Chess Championship 2019 Regulations

29th World Senior Chess Championship
Bucharest, Romania, 11-24 November 2019
General Regulations
1. Invitation
The World Chess Federation (FIDE) and the Romanian Chess Federation have the honour to
invite all senior women and men throughout the world to participate in the 29th World Senior
Chess Championship (50+ and 65+) organised in Bucharest, Romania, 11th November (arrival)
to 24th November (departure) 2019.
2. Participation
The World Senior Chess Championship is open to all players, regardless of rating and title.
The player must have reached the required age during the year of Competition. and represent
National Chess Federations which are members of FIDE. There is no limit in the number of
participants per federation.
According to the FIDE tournament rules, the Championship will be played in four categories:
age 50+ and 65+, Open and Women.
The top 3 players from the previous edition shall have personal rights to participate. In addition, the
top 3 players from each Continental Senior Championship of the year preceding this edition are
qualified with personal rights and their places cannot be substituted, and will be accepted with free
board and hotel accommodation.
3. Entry fees and registration fees

FIDE entry fee: Each player has to pay to FIDE the amount of 70 EUR as FIDE entry fee.
Organizing fee: Each player has to pay 80 EUR as registration fee for the event. It includes
registration and accreditation and transfer from and to Bucharest Intl. Airport.
FIDE entry fee and registration fee together with the payment for booking must be paid
simultaneously with the application. The payment must be made by bank transfer. Invited players
or their federations will also pay the fees.
The registration period ends on 11th September 2019, after that the FIDE entry fee is 140 EUR
and a Late Registration fee of 20 EUR may be applied.
4. Registration, bookings and payments

All players have to register before 11th September 2019 (registration deadline). The entry form
should be filled out on the official website of the championship.
All players are obliged to be accommodated in the official hotel through the organizer.
Access to playing areas and venues will be allowed only to people accredited by the organizer.
In addition to the written application, a personal registration before the beginning of the
tournament is necessary. This will be done on 11th November, in the playing venue, between
16.00 and 22.00 hrs. and on 12th November, between 08.00 and 10.00 hrs. Players who are not
http://worldseniors2019.com/
registered before the technical meeting (November 12th, 10.00 hrs.) cannot be included in the
drawing of lots and entry fees will be forfeited.
At the time of registration, minimum the amount of 300 EUR (80 EUR registration fee + 70 EUR
FIDE entry fee + 150 EUR part of hotel booking) must be transferred (free of bank charge) to the
following bank account and the balance upon arrival.
Bank Account: ALPHA BANK S.A., ROMANIA

BIC: BUCUROBU
IBAN: RO66 BUCU 1032 2353 4075 8RON for payments in LEU
EURO: RO56 BUCU 1031 2159 5330 8EUR for payments in EURO
ACCOUNT HOLDER: ASOCIATIA CLUB SPORTIV MIND GAMES & EVENTS
BENEFICIARY ADDRESS: STRADA SIRENELOR NR. 35, SECTOR 5, BUCURESTI,
ROMANIA, POSTAL CODE 050855
Players with personal rights must pay only FIDE entry fee and registration fee (150 EUR
together) if they register till September 11th 2019.
Accompanying people must pay only a part of hotel booking (150 EUR) till September 11th
2019.
Entry Fees for late registration, withdrawal or no show: late registration after the closing date two
times of stipulated entry fee; withdrawal after submission of registration: two times of stipulated
entry fee and one night hotel expenses; no show after registration: two times of stipulated entry
fee and two nights hotel expenses; if a player/team registers late and withdraws or does not appear
the federation will be charged the higher penalty. Registration fee will be reimbursed based on a
prior medical letter/report received no later than 9 November.
5. Airport transfers
The organizer will arrange the transfer from the Bucharest Airport to the hotel and back for free
for all players (it is including in the registration fee), on the arrival day and respectively on the
departure day.
6. Accommodation and Playing Hall

Lodging and boarding will be provided with full board (breakfast, lunch, dinner included) at RIN
GRAND Hotel****, as follows:
single room = 69 EUR / person and night
double room = 56 EUR /person and night.
Players with personal rights will be accommodated with full board in single rooms. Free lodging
and boarding will be provided for them from 11th November (dinner) to 24th November (lunch).
Any additional overnights will be charged according to prices mentioned above.
7. Tournament schedule, November 2019

Monday 11.11. Arrival day, registration (16.00 – 22.00)
Tuesday 12.11. 08.00 – 10.00 Registration
10.00 Technical meeting
14.30 Opening ceremony
15.00 Round 1
Wednesday 13.11. 15.00 Round 2
20.30 Wine tasting (free)
Thursday 14.11. 10:00 – 12:00 city tour (free)
15:00 Round 3
Friday 15.11. 10:00 – 12:00 visit at the Natural Park Vacaresti (free)
15.00 Round 4
Saturday 16.11. 15.00 Round 5
20.30 Blitz tournament
Sunday 17.11. free day 9.00 – 13:00, touristic visit in Bucharest (free)
19.00 – 22.00, Old city by night (free)
Monday 18.11. 15.00 Round 6
Tuesday 19.11. 15:00 Round 7
Wednesday 20.11 09.00 -13.00 Excursion: Mogosoaia Palace (extra)
15.00 Round 8
Thursday 21.11. 15.00 Round 9
20.30 Wine tasting (free)
Friday 22.11. 15.00 Round 10
Saturday 23.11. 14.00 Round 11
21.00 Closing ceremony
Sunday 24.11. Departure day
8. Rules and regulations

The FIDE Tournament Rules should be followed.
The tournament will be played by a 11-rounds Swiss system. National ratings will not be taken
into consideration for pairings. The time rate will be 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed
by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from
move one.
Default time for all 11 rounds is 30 minutes.
The women tournaments will be played separately if there are more than 10 participants in total
from at least two continents. If there are less than 10 participants in one group, then there will be
only one women tournament, with separate prizes. If the women participants are less than 10 in
total or from less than 2 continents, they will play in the open tournaments with separate prizes.
9. Anti-Cheating guidelines
The FIDE Anti-Cheating guidelines are valid for WSCC. During WSCC random AC inspections
are possible.
10. Appeals procedure

A protest against the decision of an Arbiter must be submitted in writing to the Chief Arbiter,
within 30 min after the end of the game. A protest fee of 200 Euro shall be payable to FIDE which
is refundable if the protest is upheld. The Appeals Committee may also decide to refund the fee if
it considers the appeal was not frivolous.
11. Scoring and tie-breaking system

11.1. The score in each game is 1 for a win, ½ for a draw and 0 for a lost game.
11.2. Tie-breaking:
The order of players, that finish with the same number of points, shall be determined by
application of the following tie-breaking procedures, beginning from (a) to (b) to (c) to (d) to (e)
in sequence:
(a) Results of direct encounters between the tied players (it applies to the situation only if all tied
players played with each other),
(b) Buchholz Cut 1,
(c) Buchholz,
(d) The greater number of games played with black,
(e) The greater number of wins.
12. Chess equipment

DGT clocks, electronic boards and other FIDE standard chess sets.
13. Tournament bulletin
The tournament bulletin will be available on the website for all interested persons free of charge.
14. Visa information

The federations, players and accompanying people needing visas are requested to contact the
organizer by 11th September 2019 on the email address:
[email protected]
The organizer will provide invitations for visas only after the necessary payments. Schengen visas
are valid in Romania.
15. Awards and titles

The winner of the World Senior Chess Championship +50 receives the title “2019 World Senior
Chess Champion +50“.
The winner of the World Senior Chess Championship +65 receives the title “2019 World Senior
Chess Champion +65“.
The winner of the World Senior Women Chess Championship +50 receives the title “2019 World
Senior Woman Chess Champion +50“.
The winner of the World Senior Women Chess Championship +65 receives the title “2019 World
Senior Woman Chess Champion +65“.
The title of “International Grandmaster (GM)” will be awarded to the two winners of the 2019
FIDE World Senior Chess Championships 50+ and 65+ who will also receive trophies and gold
medals. The player finished second will receive a silver medal and “International Master (IM)”
title, while the third place will be awarded a bronze medal and also “International Master (IM)”
title. The same applies to the Women championships, respective the awarding FIDE titles for
women (WGM, WIM).
OPEN GM IM
World >65; >50 Individual Gold – title; Silver & Bronze - title
1st equal – norm
WOMEN WGM WIM
World >65; >50 Individual Gold – title; Silver & Bronze - title
1st equal – norm
*0.62 for a direct title to be awarded immediately an applicant has to have achieved at some time or
other a minimum rating as follows:
GM 2300 WGM 2100 IM 2200 WIM 2000
16. Prizes
All participants will receive diplomas. Special certificates for the places 1-5.
Money prizes. All together 16.000 EUR.
Rank Open 50+ Open 65+ Woman 50+ Woman 65+
1 1.500 1.500 700 700
2 1.200 1.200 500 500
3 900 900 300 300
4 800 800 250 250
5 500 500 200 200
6 400 400
7 300 300
8 250 250
9 200 200
17. Currency
The local currency is the Leu (RON), 1EURO approx. 4.75 Leu
18. Tournament office

Chief organizer IO Elena Cristian
Phone: +40 723 309 101
E-mail: [email protected]
Official website (all information and on line registration):

World Senior Chess Championship 2019 Regulations

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

World Senior Chess Championship 2019 Regulations

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Description:

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

World Senior Chess Championship 2019 Regulations

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

29th World Senior Chess Championship

Bucharest, Romania, 11-24 November 2019

3. Entry fees and registration fees

4. Registration, bookings and payments

Bank Account: ALPHA BANK S.A., ROMANIA

6. Accommodation and Playing Hall

7. Tournament schedule, November 2019

8. Rules and regulations

10. Appeals procedure

11. Scoring and tie-breaking system

12. Chess equipment

14. Visa information

15. Awards and titles

WOMEN WGM WIM

GM 2300 WGM 2100 IM 2200 WIM 2000

18. Tournament office

You might also like