FIDE online tourney for differently abled persons on next Sunday

Jun 14, 2020 Sports

The inaugural International Chess Federation (FIDE) online Chess Cup for differently-abled under-20 players gets underway in exactly one week and it is an open individual tournament for junior players between the ages of eight and 19-years as of December 31, 2019. Players must fall under any of the following three categories: visually-impaired, hearing-impaired, or physically-disabled.

FIDE to host online tourney for differently-abled persons for the first time.

The event is to be played as an Open Swiss System tournament of five (5) rounds on the Hosting Internet Platform (HIP) chosen by FIDE DIS. The event will, in all aspects, adhere to the FIDE Laws of Chess and the FIDE General Regulations for Competitions, except in those aspects where the contrary is explicitly announced by the Chief Arbiter.
Time control is 10 minutes plus 5 seconds increments per move starting from move one (10’ + 5” increment). DIS will determine, in consultation with HIP, which player ratings will be used in the tournament. The final ranking order of the players would be determined by the number of points scored.
If, at the end of the tournament, two or more players are tied for any place, the following tie-break criterion would be applied in the listed order: sum of the progressive scores, Median Buchholz (ignoring the best and worst score).
There would be no default time, and no penalty would be imposed on a player if s/he is late for any of his/her games; his/her clock would simply keep running until the flag falls.
The prizes would be allocated as follows: the first-place finisher and the best among girls will each receive a three-hour teaching session with Grand Master Thomas Luther.
For the top three places overall and the top three among girls, they will each receive a ‘special package chess gift’ but all participants will receive a chess gift.
The registration deadline for this event is tomorrow.

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