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  • CFC Olympic Fund

    The CFC website now has a graphic, giving the status of the Olympic Fund. Apparently we need $6,000 to send something called a men's team, and $11,000 to send a women's team. Current balance: zero

    No word on the fund-raising methods, events, deadline, etc.

  • #2
    Re: CFC Olympic Fund

    Well better late than never perhaps... but this likely should have been started at least a year ago ... and they should get the names right :)
    Christopher Mallon
    FIDE Arbiter

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    • #3
      Re: CFC Olympic Fund

      Remember there are changes for this Olympiad:

      1) Teams of 4 "men", plus one reserve.
      2) Teams of 4 women, plus one reserve.
      3) 11 rounds (rather than 14).
      4) Match points have priority over game points - so a 2.5-1.5 result is as good as 4-0.
      5) Sept. 12 deadline for submission of player lists.
      6) Possibly some restictions on draw offers.

      (looks like admission will be 9.50 euros per game, or 75 euros for all games).
      (89 euros will get you a round-trip train ticket anywhere in Germany during the Olympiad)

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      • #4
        Re: CFC Olympic Fund

        Hugh, do you have a good link for a comprehensive list of the regulations? The Dresden site itself is flashy but short on info. The FIDE site is, well, the FIDE site ... if you have already wandered through that alligator swamp I'd appreciate the hint.

        thx :)
        ...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.

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        • #5
          Re : CFC Olympic Fund

          http://www.fide.com/component/conten...chess-olympiad

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          • #6
            Re: CFC Olympic Fund

            Thanks Pierre but that is only a summary of some of the changes... The Dresden site has additional information that was not so easy to find, but on this page:

            http://dresden2008.de/english/index....d=13&Itemid=14

            at the left you can find under "invitation and bulletin" the following bulletins:

            (zero): http://dresden2008.de/english/files/...esden_2008.pdf
            (one) : http://dresden2008.de/english/files/...esden_2008.pdf

            containing valuable information... presumably these were sent with the invitations to the participating countries...


            In there, they refer to the "Open" and "Women's" section...
            ...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.

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            • #7
              Re: CFC Olympic Fund

              These bulletins do not contain the last changes, like

              5. Registration Deadlines
              The Online Registration will open on 20 May 2008.
              Registration will close on 12 July 2008 (4 month prior to the event).
              vs
              For the first time, federations have to nominate their candidates until the fixed date of 12 September 2008
              etc

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              • #8
                Re: CFC Olympic Fund

                I think that means that Canada would have to confirm its participation by July 12 - but not have to submit names until Sept. 12.

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                • #9
                  Re: CFC Olympic Fund

                  Originally posted by Hugh Brodie View Post
                  I think that means that Canada would have to confirm its participation by July 12 - but not have to submit names until Sept. 12.
                  The next section in bulletin writes what is necessary to have for registration:
                  "6. Online registration process
                  For the online registration process the following information are needed:
                  • first name
                  • last name
                  • birthday
                  • gender
                  • arrival in Dresden
                  • departure from Dresden
                  • hotel details
                  Also a picture of each participant should be provided to be used for the accreditation card and the internet live presentation of the games. We therefore kindly ask to provide us with some lines about each player to be used for the internet presentation."

                  It sounds like a full registration.

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                  • #10
                    Re: CFC Olympic Fund

                    Originally posted by Hugh Brodie View Post
                    I think that means that Canada would have to confirm its participation by July 12 - but not have to submit names until Sept. 12.
                    I think they mean the names Sept. 12 have to be firm entries. It's not clear they will allow substitution and implies they will not. If someone later declines to go the team will be one player short, the way I read it.

                    It's interesting to see them go to the 30 moves before a draw rule. Must be in recogniton that with their new match point system, 1 win and 3 draws makes a won match.

                    In any case, it sounds like an experimental Olympics and if many nations don't participate they will likely change the format before the following Olympiad.
                    Gary Ruben
                    CC - IA and SIM

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                    • #11
                      Re: CFC Olympic Fund

                      Well, we are up to $1200, in just one day. At this rate we will be about $100,000 for the event!

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                      • #12
                        Re: CFC Olympic Fund

                        To clarify Hugh's point 4), to be clear, game points are not the tiebreaks. This is in fact a Good Move (!). Consider, for example, this scenario.
                        Round 1: defeat Canada 2.5
                        Round 2: lose to Russia 1

                        versus
                        Round 1: lose to Canada 1.5
                        Round 2: defeat Papua 4

                        Both results have the same match point score (50%).
                        The first result is obviously the stronger one, but loses horribly if game points are the tiebreak.

                        Using a tiebreak that is not game points, fixes the problem that was noted in Euro events (the club cup, AFAIR) and the Russian Team Championship (when it was a Swiss. It's now a RR, so game points are a good tiebreak). Which allows us to draw the cheery conclusion that even FIDE can learn from mistakes!

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