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Witney OTB Rapidplay
Sunday 29th September 2024
Cokethorpe School,
Witney,
OX29 7PU
www.cokethorpe.org.uk
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Contact: | Arbiters: Matthew Carr and Keith Freshwater
Sections: Open,
Junior Major, Junior Minor.
Entry Fee: £10.00. Additional pay
to play fee £15.00 Open/£3.00
Junior Major for players who are not ECF members
at Gold level or above.
Entries on the day will be
subject to an additional £5.00 fee.
If entrants withdraw before the event their
entry fee will be refunded less a £2.50
administration charge.
Ratings: All sections will be ECF rated.
Ratings will be taken from the ECF's latest
revision of the September 2024 list. (If you do
not have an ECF rating, please give any other
official rating, or, if you have none, provide
other evidence of your playing strength, e.g.
other tournament results.) Please note that it
is a condition of entry that players agree to
their rating information being published on the
ECF website.
Trophies: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, best performance
prize in each section.
The best performance prize in each section will
be awarded to the player with the best
performance relative to rating (W-We).
Unrated players may not win a best performance
trophy.
No of rounds: Six.
Schedule:
Round 1: 10.00
Round 2: 11.15
Round 3: 12.30
Round 4: 13.45
Round 5: 15.00
Round 6: 16.15
Prizegiving 17.30
Time controls: 20
mins + 10 sec increment Open and Junior Major,
10 mins +5 sec increment Junior Minor (Junior
Minor: two games per round with alternating
colours).
Late arrival:
Players arriving more than ten minutes after the
start time of any round will lose by default
unless they can be re-paired satisfactorily.
Players whose opponents have not arrived should
expect to be re-paired if this can be done.
Tie-breaks: Sum
of progressive scores followed by sum of
opponents' scores.
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Qualification for entry: Players
in the Junior Major and Junior Minor sections
should be under 18 on 1st September 2024.
Players in the Junior Minor section need to be
unrated or have an ECF rating of below 1100. |
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Pairings: Pairings
will be made using Swiss Manager.
Rating:
Results in the Open and Junior Major sections
only will be submitted for ECF and FIDE
rapidplay rating. Players’ ECF ratings from the
September 2024 list will be used for determining
allocation to sections, tournament pairings, and
best performance prizes.
Catering:
A wide range of food and drinks will be
available at the venue.
Car parking:
Car parking is available on site.
Other:
Parents/guardians/teachers are
responsible for their children throughout the
entire duration of the event. The submission of
an entry form and payment of the entry fee
denotes acceptance that the organisers' decision
is final in all matters to do with the congress.
All players shall consent to their details being
shown on the Witney Chess Club website. Those
wishing to withhold their consent shall not be
permitted to play in the congress. The
organisers reserve the right to refuse any entry
without explanation.
Queries: If
you have any questions please email .
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