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City: Kitchener, Ontario
Dates: Saturday June 15th, 2013
Place: Kitchener City Hall, 200 King Street West
Rds: 5
Round Times: 10:00am, 11:30am, 1:00pm, 2:30pm, 4:00pm
Registration Instructions: 9:00am - 9:45am at the door or email Mario Piccinin; mvp@embreellp.ca , please include KW June Quick Team Tournament in the subject line. Register by email by June 9th for a $10 discount. CFC membership required. Website: http://www.kwchess.com (click on tournaments).
TC: G/25 + 10 sec (Bronstein) Misc: Chess pieces, boards, and clocks will be provided by the KW Chess Club. Free parking is available a block away at the corner of Water St. and Charles St.
EF: $50 per team of four players. CFC membership of each player is required.
Prizes: Trophies and prize fund based on entries.
Question for organizers: Can you please explain the rules regarding:
1. Board order
2. Which team sits first
3. Scoring system
I am not sure about #2. My understanding is that one of the teams is determined to be "white". They get white on Board 1 and they sit first. I believe normal colour alternation rules apply.
#1 and #3 are related. The scoring system is 8, 7, 6 and 5 board points where draw splits the points. This is to discourage the strategy of putting the best players on boards 2, 3 and 4 and tanking board 1.
Scenarios
1. DRAW All boards draw.
2. DRAW Team A wins Boards 1 and 4, Team B wins Boards 2 and 3.
3. WIN If equal number of wins, team with win on higher board wins.
4. WIN Team with more board victories wins.
Does this make sense?
Last edited by Tony Li; Tuesday, 4th June, 2013, 09:47 AM.
Reason: Hungry for meat, misspelled wins as "wings".
Does scenario #3 only refer to a 1 win/3 draws each situation? If it was 2 wins apiece, scenario #2 would apply (or does Team A win, with a win on a higher board?).
Does scenario #3 only refer to a 1 win/3 draws each situation? If it was 2 wins apiece, scenario #2 would apply (or does Team A win, with a win on a higher board?).
Maybe it is easier to think of it as scenarios in terms of number of decisive games:
0 decisive games DRAW
1 decisive game WIN for the team that won
2 decisive games WIN for the team that won on the higher board (obviously win also for the team if it won both games)
3 decisive games WIN for the team that won 2 games (or 3 games)
4 decisive games WIN for the team that won Board 1 unless :p it also won Board 4 in which case it is a DRAW.
Moral of the story: Put your best player on Board 1.
Could you please provide the names of your team members? This allows for the TD to check on memberships and ratings and facilitates the first round getting underway on Saturday.
There are currently 14 teams pre-registered (including 6 titled players + Razvan). Please find list in above thread. Could the captains who know all their team members please provide this information?
The special offer is still on: First all-women's team to pre-register receives a free entry.
Thanks for registering and see you all on Saturday!
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