Asian Chess: Continental Manny Pacquiao Event in Manila from May 17
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Hi everyone,
The National Chess Federation of the Philippines, on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE is organising the Manny Pacquiao Cup Asian Continental Chess Championships (Open, Women’s and Blitz) with the Eugene Torre Chess Foundation, Inc. from May 17-27th 2013 at the Midas Hotel in Pasay City, Metro Manila.
Each Federation from FIDE Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 can enter one official player in the Open and one official player in the Women’s Division. The official players from each National Federation will be provided with lodging from afternoon of May 17 till noon of May 27 with breakfast and lunch/dinner meal allowance. Participants will be accommodated in double (or triple) shared bedrooms.
In addition, each Federation may send extra players rated 2300 and above for the Open, and 2000 and above for Women based on the May 2013 FIDE Rating List. Extra players will be responsible for the payment of their board and lodging through the Organizing Committee. Exceptions for the rating floor may be made by the Continental President on request of national federations.
The tournament shall be conducted as a Swiss System competition of 9 rounds and will be played according to FIDE regulations. The time control is 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. The games shall be played with DGT clocks. Pairings will be made by Swiss Manager Program. Players from the same federation with more than 50% score shall not be paired together in the last round.
The blitz competition will be organized in 9 round Swiss System for players under the same conditions as the main tournament. Time control will be 3 minutes and 2 second increment per move.
Prize fund is $100,000 for Open, Women and Blitz (before tax, if any), prize distribution to be announced.
The top five (5) from the 2013 Asian (Open) Championship shall qualify for the 2013 World Cup. The 2013 Asian Women’s champion shall qualify for the Women’s World Championship.
If previous qualifiers are among the winners, the next in line in the Continental shall take the Continental qualification place to the World Cup / Women’s Championship. For more details: Tel no +63-927-7209260 Email: NCFPsecretariat2012@gmail.com.
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Hi everyone,
The National Chess Federation of the Philippines, on behalf of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE is organising the Manny Pacquiao Cup Asian Continental Chess Championships (Open, Women’s and Blitz) with the Eugene Torre Chess Foundation, Inc. from May 17-27th 2013 at the Midas Hotel in Pasay City, Metro Manila.
Each Federation from FIDE Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 can enter one official player in the Open and one official player in the Women’s Division. The official players from each National Federation will be provided with lodging from afternoon of May 17 till noon of May 27 with breakfast and lunch/dinner meal allowance. Participants will be accommodated in double (or triple) shared bedrooms.
In addition, each Federation may send extra players rated 2300 and above for the Open, and 2000 and above for Women based on the May 2013 FIDE Rating List. Extra players will be responsible for the payment of their board and lodging through the Organizing Committee. Exceptions for the rating floor may be made by the Continental President on request of national federations.
Midas Hotel in Pasay City, Metro Manila
The tournament shall be conducted as a Swiss System competition of 9 rounds and will be played according to FIDE regulations. The time control is 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. The games shall be played with DGT clocks. Pairings will be made by Swiss Manager Program. Players from the same federation with more than 50% score shall not be paired together in the last round.
The blitz competition will be organized in 9 round Swiss System for players under the same conditions as the main tournament. Time control will be 3 minutes and 2 second increment per move.
Prize fund is $100,000 for Open, Women and Blitz (before tax, if any), prize distribution to be announced.
The top five (5) from the 2013 Asian (Open) Championship shall qualify for the 2013 World Cup. The 2013 Asian Women’s champion shall qualify for the Women’s World Championship.
If previous qualifiers are among the winners, the next in line in the Continental shall take the Continental qualification place to the World Cup / Women’s Championship. For more details: Tel no +63-927-7209260 Email: NCFPsecretariat2012@gmail.com.
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
Don't miss Chess Queen™
YouTube Channel
Labels: asian continental chess, eugene torre chess foundation, manny pacquiao
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