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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.
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)
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.
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:
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."
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.
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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