National Amateur Chess Championship

Madhya Pradesh

The heart of Incredible!ndia

Welcomes You

1st National Amateur Chess Championship-2013

(An official National Championship of Below Elo 2000)

Organized Under the Aegis of All India Chess Federation

From 26th January to 31st January 2013

At

Madhav Nagar Auditorium, Near Madhav Nagar Police Station

Katni, Madhya Pradesh

Organized By

State Level Chess Association Madhya Pradesh

&

Right Move chess Club, Katni (M.P.)

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Arrival – 26-01-2013

at SYNA CHESS CLUB, FITNESS CENTER MADHAV NAGAR KATNI 10.00 hrs

Managers/Players meet 26-01-2013 1400 Hrs

Inauguration 26-01-2013 1500 Hrs

Round - 1 26-01-2013 1630 Hrs

Round - 2 27-01-2013 10.00 Hrs

Round - 3 27-01-2013 15.00 Hrs

Round - 4 28-01-2013 10.00 Hrs

Round - 5 28-01-2013 15.00 Hrs

Round - 6 29-01-2013 10.00 Hrs

Round - 7 29-01-2013 15.00 Hrs

Round - 8 30-01-2013 10.00 Hrs

Round - 9 30-01-2013 15.00 Hrs

Round - 10 31-01-2013 09.00 Hrs

Round - 11 31-01-2013 14.00 Hrs

Closing Ceremony 31-01-2013 18.00 Hrs

Departure 31-01-2013 20.00 Hrs

VERY IMPORTANT -

Eligibility: The participants shall not have a FIDE title or published FIDE

rating above 2000 at the start of the tournament nor had such a rating for

at least 21 months prior to the start of the event. The National Amateur

Championship is open to all eligible chess players registered with their

State Chess Association/AICF Affiliated Institution. State Chess

Association/AICF Affiliated Institution shall have the right to send any

number of entries. The National Amateur Women's Championship shall be

held as part of the National Amateur Championship and female contestants

will be eligible to win both titles. However all entries should be

forwarded/recommended by the respective State Chess Associations.

Entry Fee

Entry Fee Rs. 1500/- for each player and there is a 50% concession in the entry fee for

participants from North Eastern States, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

The entry form should be sent together with the entry fee by a crossed Demand Draft

drawn in favour of “Right Move Chess club “payable at Katni,M.P. and sent to Mr .

Niklesh JAIN ,HN/569,IN FRONT OF VODAFONE TOWER ,RAJIV GANDHI WARD KATNI

(M.P.),Mb.09753643940,09993798131 ,phn-07622236485

Bank Transfer –

Bank deposit is also possible in the account of RIGHT MOVE CHESS CLUB KATNI

A/c No.2545101100149 with CANARA BANK (IFSC CODE CNRB0002545)

Late Fee

The last date of receipt of entry is 15th Jan 2013. Entries received after the last date

will attract a late fee of Rs.250/-However no entry will be entertained after 24 Jan 13.

Lodging

Players have to make their own arrangement for their stay during the event. If

informed well in advance Hotel Accommodation may be booked. For the same,

payment to be made in advance by sending DD in favour of “ Right Move Chess Club”

payable at KATNI.

Prizes

Open-

1st – Rs.21,000/- , 2nd- Rs.12,000/- , 3rd –Rs.8,000/-, 4th –Rs.-7,000/- ,

5th Rs.- 6000/-, 6th Rs.-5000/- , 7th Rs.- 4000/-, 8th Rs.-3000/-,

9th Rs.-2000/-, 10 Rs.- 2000/-

Women-1st– Rs.10,000/-,2nd-Rs.6,000/-,3rd–Rs.5,000/-,4th –Rs.-4,000/- ,

5th Rs.- 3000/-,6th-Rs. -2000/-

The total prize fund of the championship is Rs. 1, 00,000/-.

Tournament Committee

AICF or its representative, two members of the Chess Promotion Committee for

Madhya Pradesh and two members from Right Move Chess Club, Katni will constitute

the Tournament Committee.

System of play

The championship will be an 11 round Swiss, played as per FIDE laws of chess. Rate

of Play shall be 60 minutes each with an increment of 30 seconds per move from

move number one. Changes in these timings or the number of rounds shall be

announced by the Chief Arbiter at the start of the first round.

Tie-break

The final ranking order of the players is determined by the number of points scored.

If at the end of the tournament two or more players are tied for the first place, the tie

shall be broken according to Buchholz tie-break Score.

Zero Minute Rule:

Zero Tolerance: The “zero tolerance” rules will be followed (i.e.): “Any player who

arrives at the chessboard after the start of the session shall lose the game. Thus the

default time is zero minutes. “

Protest

Protest, if any, against the decision of the Chief Arbiter shall be made in writing with

a Protest fee of Rs. 500/- within 30 minutes of the occurrence of the incident. The

protest fee will be refunded, if the appeal is upheld.

Appeals Committee

Before the commencement of the tournament, a five member Appeals Committee

shall be formed by the AICF/ organizers. All the members and Reserves shall be from

the different States. No member of the Committee can vote on Dispute in which a

player from his own state is involved and in such case the reserves shall take his place

in the committee.

Disqualification

No participant will leave the venue before the Prize Distribution function without the

permission of the Chief Arbiter. The participants disregarding the rule will be

suspended for one year.

Interpretation

On any point not covered under these rules, the decision of the Tournament

Committee shall be final and binding on all. The Tournament Committee has every

right to make any addition or amendment to these rules, without notice. Such

changes will, however be displayed in the tournament hall.

AICF Registration:

All participants in the Championship must be registered with AICF for the year

2012-2013. Application forms are available in the website www.indianchessfed.org

those who have already obtained registration cards from AICF Website for 2012-13

should send photo copy of the same. Those who have paid the AICF Registration fee

but are yet to receive the AICF Registration card should send a photo copy of the

acknowledgment for having paid the fee to organizers of earlier tournaments or to

their association. Those who have not registered with AICF for the year 2012-2013

should send a amount of Rs.250/-towards AICF registration fee along with the duly

filled and signed AICF player’s registration form plus one passport size photo.

For further details please contact

Mr Kapil Saxena, Member CPC –MP- 09425016455, 08815278232

H.N. E-3/251 ,Arera colony Bhopal -462016

[email protected]

Mr.Rajesh Bahadur, Member CPC-MP -09993025462

email- [email protected]

Mr Prafful Zhaveri, Fide Instructor -09820547548

Mr Nayandeep, Fide Arbiter -09021054899

Mr Yashpal Arora ,Fide Arbiter(Registration ) -09179138911,08962596323

Mr Jitendra Choudhary (Registration) -08130875063

Mr Sunil Soni, (Registration) -09827284986, 09754599335

Mr Rohit Sahu (Registration)-09303612458

For Detail Information -

Mr Niklesh Jain, organizing Secretary, Member CPC-MP -09753643940,

09993798131

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Web: www.mpchess.com & www.chessprix.com

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