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    Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

    September 5, 2018

    Under the Olympiad logo:

    2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad: Information for the Captains

    43rd WORLD CHESS OLYMPIAD
    Batumi, Georgia
    23 September – 6 October 2018

    INFORMATION FOR THE TEAM CAPTAINS


    Dear Team Captains,

    With this letter I would like to inform you about the basic procedures of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad that will be held in Batumi, Georgia, from 23 September (Arrival) to 6 October 2018 (Departure).

    You will be provided in advance by email (which will be sent to you on 16 September 2018 by TAP) with detailed instructions and the unique password for every participating team, for the online registration of your team composition for every round of the tournament. Additionally you have to submit online and according to the instructions that the will be also sent to you the FIXED BOARD ORDER of your team (i.e. the exact order of the boards, where you want the players of your team to play in the tournament) until 21 September, 24.00 hour.
    In case of facing any difficulties you can send the FIXED BOARD ORDER of your team by email to the Chairman of TAP IA Werner Stubenvoll, at Werner.stubenvoll@liwest.at, until 21 September, 24.00 hour.

    CAPTAINS’ MEETING:
    The captains’ meeting will take place on 24 September, at 09.30, at the Batumi Sport Palace (Playing Hall). Transportation from and to your hotels will be provided by the Organizers.
    Your participation in the meeting is very important, because all details of the Olympiad tournament will be discussed there.
    The team pairings for the 1st round will be published on the websites (official website, chess-results.com, etc.) at 08.00, on 24 September.

    BEFORE THE ROUND:
    The deadline for submission of the team compositions is at 10.00 in the morning of the day of each round.
    For the first round the deadline will be at 11.00 in the morning of the day of the round (24 September).
    For the last round the deadline will be at 24.00 in the night of the previous round (4 October).
    The submission must be online, through Swiss Manager Program and according to the instructions and with the use of the unique password that will be given to every captain by TAP. In case of any problem an Assistant will be present in every Olympiad hotel from 09.00 to 10.00 every morning, to offer any help needed. Additionally, the captains will be provided with the TAP telephone number and will have the possibility to call the TAP members, should any problem arise in the registration of their team composition.
    In case that no team composition will be submitted by the captain for a specific round, the composition of the team shall be the Fixed Board Order (1, 2, 3, 4 boards) of the team.

    ARRIVAL IN THE PLAYING HALL:
    Every round of the Tournament will start at 15.00, except the last round (5 October), which will start at 11.00.
    The Zero Tolerance has been extended to fifteen (15) minutes. It means that the players have the right to arrive at their board up to (maximum) fifteen (15) minutes after the start of the round. If they arrive after fifteen (15) minutes from the start of the round they may be forfeited, according to the Laws of Chess.
    At the entrances of the Playing Hall there will be X-ray frames and for anti-cheating measures all the players and captains will have to pass through them. In order to avoid long queues and delays of the start of the games, please make sure that your teams arrive in the Playing Hall in advance before the start of the round and don’t miss the buses that will be provided by the Organizers for the transportation from your hotels. The buses will be scheduled in such a way that all last buses should arrive at the playing venue at 14.30 (except at the last round, when they will arrive at 10.30).
    Additionally, the captains (and the players) have to deliver their laptops, mobile phones, watches, pens and any other communication device that they have with them, before entering the Playing Hall (they will be stored in special areas and given back to them on their departure from the Playing Hall).
    Please take care so that none of your players carry such devices with him/her during the round, because they will be penalized, according to the FIDE Laws of Chess and the FIDE Anti-cheating regulations.
    Captains are allowed to have books with them (supposing that they are not chess books, the match arbiters shall check them) and photo cameras. Taking photos (with or without flash) will be allowed according to the tournament regulations (i.e. only in the first ten (10) minutes after the start of the round).
    The captains have the right to arrive in the Playing Hall maximum up to two (2) hours after the start of the round (The players of the team have to inform the match arbiter accordingly). At the moment they enter the playing venue, they are not allowed to leave it and come back, before the end of the match of their Team.
    They must wear their badges and their green cards and present them to any check.

    DURING THE ROUND:
    Chairs for the captains will be next to the arbiter’s chair.
    The captains have the right to communicate with their players according to the Laws of Chess, as follows:
    The team captain must not stand behind the opposing team during play.
    If the team captain wishes to speak to one of his players, he shall first approach the match arbiter. The team captain shall then speak to the player in the presence of an arbiter, using a language the arbiter can understand. The same procedure shall be followed if a player needs to speak to the Captain.
    A team captain is entitled to advise the players of his team to make or accept an offer of a draw, following the draw restriction rule which is in effect for the Olympiad (30 moves must have been completed by both players) of the tournament regulations. He shall not intervene in a game in any other way. He must not discuss any position on any board during play.
    The team captain may delegate his functions to another person, provided he informs the match arbiter of this in writing in advance.
    As the 180 match arbiters from all over the world may not know the players and the captains of the participating teams, captains and players must wear their badges that they will receive from the Organizers, during the whole round.
    Additionally the captains will be given five (5) green cards by the match arbiter. The players and the captain of the team MUST also wear this green card during the whole round and especially when they are walking in the Playing Hall or visiting toilets, the smoking area, the bar area etc.
    The green card will indicate that their game is still in progress and therefore they are allowed to be in the Playing Hall. After the end of every game of the match, the player has to give his green card to the match arbiter and quit the Playing Hall (Analysis room is provided by the Organizers). After the end of the match the captain MUST receives back all the green cards (4) from the match arbiter, in order to use them (together with his own card) for the match of the next round. The captains must take care not to lose the green cards, as their number is limited and any loss may cause problems at the entrance of the players to the Playing Hall, as no player and captain will be allowed in the Playing Hall without his green card.
    The captains are not allowed to visit the Press-Room or any other area of the playing venue, where they could analyze any games on computers or on chessboards. They must not carry any mobile phone, watch, laptop, tablet or any other device of communication while being in the Playing Hall.
    If a captain or a player wants to submit a complaint for cheating reasons, he has to fill the form of the In tournament complaint, according to the FIDE Anti-cheating regulations. This form will be provided by the Chief Arbiter or the Deputy Chief Arbiters.

    AFTER THE END OF THE MATCH:
    The captain (or the player who finishes his/her game last) MUST sign the match protocol, after checking the results of the games and the final result of the match written by the match arbiter. Before he leaves the Playing Hall he has to receive back all the four (4) green cards from the match arbiter.
    In case any player of his/her team will be selected for a check according to the article 11.3.3. of the Laws of Chess and the Anti-cheating regulations (i.e. thorough check in a separate room, with private inspection of clothes, bags and other items of the player), he may be present, as a witness of his/her player.

    I believe that the captains play an important role in every Olympiad and their contribution to the success of the event is essential.

    The good co-operation between Captains, Players and Arbiters is necessary, for the success of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad.

    I hope to have your valuable help on this issue.

    Expecting to see you all in Batumi.

    IA Takis Nikolopoulos
    Chief Arbiter
    43rd World Chess Olympiad


    Olympiad website batumi2018.fide.com

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    • #17
      No mention of a dress code? :-)

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      • #18
        Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

        September 15, 2018

        The official Olympiad site has all the teams, with a list of players and a description of each country.

        https://batumi2018.fide.com/en/team

        How the Georgians see us:

        Canada is a North American country stretching from the U.S. in the south to the Arctic Circle in the north. Major cities include massive Toronto, west coast film centre Vancouver, French-speaking Montréal and Québec City, and capital city Ottawa. Canada's vast swaths of wilderness include lake-filled Banff National Park in the Rocky Mountains. It's also home to Niagara Falls, a famous group of massive waterfalls.
        Last edited by Wayne Komer; Monday, 17th September, 2018, 11:56 AM.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
          Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

          September 15, 2018

          The official Olympiad site has all the teams, with a list of players and a description of each country.

          ttps://batumi2018.fide.com/en/team

          How the Georgians see us:

          Canada is a North American country stretching from the U.S. in the south to the Arctic Circle in the north. Major cities include massive Toronto, west coast film centre Vancouver, French-speaking Montréal and Québec City, and capital city Ottawa. Canada's vast swaths of wilderness include lake-filled Banff National Park in the Rocky Mountains. It's also home to Niagara Falls, a famous group of massive waterfalls.
          Shameful, since this appears lifted wholesale, without any attribution, from here.

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          • #20
            Further, this entry on the Olympiad site is lifted word-for-word from Wikipedia, with no credit or attibution as well.
            Last edited by Vadim Tsypin; Saturday, 15th September, 2018, 05:54 PM.

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            • #21
              Yet another entry copied word-for-word from Wikipedia with no attribution.

              In any Canadian high school, a student would get "F" for plagiarism and not following the methodology guide.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Vadim Tsypin View Post
                Yet another entry copied word-for-word from Wikipedia with no attribution.

                In any Canadian high school, a student would get "F" for plagiarism and not following the methodology guide.
                So how would you have handled the requirement to provide a brief synopsis of a pile of countries? I thought so......
                Fred Harvey

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Fred Harvey View Post

                  So how would you have handled the requirement to provide a brief synopsis of a pile of countries?
                  Er... To start with, I would refrain from violating the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
                  Last edited by Vadim Tsypin; Saturday, 15th September, 2018, 07:50 PM.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Vadim Tsypin View Post

                    Er... To start with, I would refrain from violating the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
                    Whatever that is! So that's what you wouldn't do....I asked what you would do....three strikes and you're out!
                    Fred Harvey

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                    • #25
                      I think Vadim would have indicated the source for the various descriptions.

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Fred Harvey View Post

                        So how would you have handled the requirement to provide a brief synopsis of a pile of countries? I thought so......
                        Maybe ask for a description from the local federation/FIDE Rep. I wouldn't have stated that Vancouver is a film centre - mention the chess TV show or the film Knight Moves? As Toronto (Searching for Bobby Fischer) and Montreal (Pawn Sacrifice) are also film centres. Maybe mention Vancouver's chess history: Sutttles, Fischer, and Keres. Maybe only mention cities where players are from/living.

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                        • #27
                          Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018

                          September 22, 2018

                          Playing Schedule


                          Round 1 September 24
                          Round 2 September 25
                          Round 3 September 26
                          Round 4 September 27
                          Round 5 September 28
                          Free Day September 29
                          Round 6 September 30
                          Round 7 October 1
                          Round 8 October 2
                          Round 9 October 3
                          Round 10 October 4
                          Round 11 October 5

                          The play in all rounds except the last begins at 15:00 local time. The last round begins at 11:00

                          Batumi time 15:00 is 7:00 AM Toronto/Montreal time
                          Batumi time 11:00 is 3:00 AM Toronto/Montreal time

                          ___________

                          From Colin McGourty in chess24.com

                          USA favourites as Olympiad set to begin in Batumi

                          Georgia for the biggest event in chess. The surprise this year is that the defending champions USA are also the top seeds, a role held by the USSR or Russia every time they’ve played since their debut in 1952. Magnus Carlsen is missing from the Norwegian team, but Vishy Anand plays for India for the first time in 12 years. In total, a record 336 teams are registered for the 11-round open and women’s tournaments that begin on Monday.

                          Where is it taking place?

                          The Olympiad is being held in Georgia’s second city, Batumi, a tourist destination that features an impressive mix of the old and the new, not to mention a long beach promenade right in the centre of the city.

                          The games will be played in the newly built Batumi Sport Palace, while the opening ceremony is taking place an hour’s drive up the coast in the Black Sea Arena in Shekvetili.

                          What’s the format?

                          The Olympiad features Open and Women’s sections, each of which is an 11-round Swiss team tournament. Teams consist of a maximum of five players, with four playing in each match. Match points determine places, with 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. That leaves little room for error – in 2016 the USA and Ukraine dropped only 2 points each. If teams are tied the first tiebreak is not game points, but the Sonneborn-Berger score, which means things can get complicated, as we saw when the winners in Baku were determined only long after the top two teams had finished their matches!

                          This year there’s only one rest day, on 29th September, so the previous day’s Bermuda Party after Round 5 finishes will be more of a social focus than ever.

                          Where can I watch?

                          The official website, with more information on the tournament, is batumi2018.fide.com, and you’ll be able to watch every single game live, with computer analysis, here on chess24: Open | Women. We’re expecting to embed official English commentary from GM Ivan Sokolov and IM Sopiko Guramishvili, as well as our own chess24 commentary in Spanish.

                          https://chess24.com/en/read/news/usa...egin-in-batumi

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                          • #28
                            Is our team at the place? I have read that a plain of the British arbiter was overbooked and he needs to spend a night in Stambul. I think Canadian players have a similar path through Stambul to Batumi.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
                              Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018
                              In total, a record 336 teams are registered for the 11-round open and women’s tournaments that begin on Monday.
                              Is a statistic available how many women play in Open?

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post

                                Is a statistic available how many women play in Open?
                                I don't see any Polgars or Pia Cramling, and it's difficult to tell the sex of Chinese (and similar) names. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the lower-ranked teams have women.

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