World Junior 1-16 August Chennai India

[LozCooper]

WORLD JUNIORS AND GIRLS U-20 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS CHENNAI, TAMILNADU, INDIA August 01-16, 2011

1. Organizer

The Organizing Committee of the World Junior Chess Championships on behalf of the All India Chess Federation and the FIDE cordially invite all member Federations of the FIDE to participate in this prestigious World Juniors and Girls U – 20 Chess Championships to be held at Chennai, India from 01 to 16 Aug, 2011.

2. Date and venue

The 2011 World Juniors and Girls U-20 Chess Championships will be held from August 1 (arrival day) to 16 (departure day) at Hotel Vijay Park, Arumbakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, South India.

3. Schedule

Monday August 1 Arrival
Monday August 1 18:00 Opening ceremony
Tuesday August 2 10:00 Technical Meeting
Tuesday August 2 14:00 round 1
Wednesday August 3 14:00 round 2
Thursday August 4 14:00 round 3
Friday August 5 14:00 round 4
Saturday August 6 14:00 round 5
Sunday August 7 14:00 round 6
Monday August 8 free day
Tuesday August 9 14:00 round 7
Wednesday August 10 14:00 round 8
Thursday August 11 14:00 round 9
Friday August 12 14:00 round 10
Saturday August 13 14:00 round 11
Sunday August 14 1:00 round 12
Monday August 15 11:00 round 13
Monday August 15 18:00 Closing Ceremony
Tuesday August 16 Departure Page 1 of 7

4. Organizing Committee

Chairman: Mr.P.R.Venketrama Raja President, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association Organising Committee Members: Mr.Manuel Aaron Mr J.C.D.Prabhakar Former Hon.Secretary Vice President, All India Chess Federation. Tamil Nadu State Chess Association R.M.Dongre Mr.Bharat singh President – Asian Zone 3.7 President – Commonwealth Chess Association
Mr.G.G. Anantharaja Mr.S.Venket Kumar Mr.B.Murugavel Vice President, President Vice President, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association Chennai District Chess Association Championship Director: Mr.K.Muralimohan, International Arbiter and FIDE Instructor. General Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association Mobile: +91 99400-94717

Address of Organizers: Tamil Nadu State Chess Association No.75, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Periamet, Chennai-600 003 Phone: +91 44-2538 4477 /Fax : +91 44 - 2536 6464
E-mail: [email protected]

5. Website

www.tamilchess.com. Further, exclusive website for the Championship will function from 10th April, 2011 – www.wjcc2011.org

6. Chief Arbiter

Prof. Rathinam, Anantharam, International Arbiter
E-mail: [email protected] Mobile phone: +91 94431-55852

7. Appeals Committee

Names of the members of the Appeals Committee will be announced during the Technical meeting. Protest against the decisions of the Chief Arbiter or his assistants must be submitted in writing together with the protest fee of 100 Euros to the Championship Director within 30 minutes after the completion of the game. If the appeal is admitted, the protest fee shall be returned immediately. If the appeal is refused, the protest fee will not be returned.

8. Playing system and rate of play

The championships will be played in 13 rounds, Swiss System, in accordance with FIDE regulations of July 1, 2009.
According to FIDE rules, the rate of play will be 90 minutes for the 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for all remaining moves with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

9. Final ranking of players. Tie-breaks.

1. The final ranking order of the players is determined by the number of points scored.
2. Ties for all placing will be broken as per the following FIDE rules.
The order of the players is determined according to the number of points obtained. If at the end of the tournament two or more players are tied for a place, the tie shall be broken in the following order:
a. For Swiss tournaments where the players involved in the tie have all played only against rated opponents, after eliminating the lowest rated opponent, find the sum of opponents` ratings. The highest total wins. If still tied, eliminate the rating of the next lowest rated opponent(s) until a decision is possible.
b. If any player involved in the tie has played against an unrated opponent, the tie shall be broken according to Buchholz tie break system.

10. Additional competition rules

1. Any player who arrives at the chessboard after the start of the session shall lose the game. Thus the default time is zero minutes - vide art. 6.6a of the FIDE Laws of Chess.
2. Analyzing is not allowed in the playing hall.
3. During the game the players are not allowed to go to the analyzing room or to the press room.
4. Flash photography may be used only in the first ten minutes of the playing session.
5. As long as the game is in progress a player may talk only to an arbiter or to his opponent as permitted by the Laws of Chess.
6. Players shall not agree for a draw before each player making 30 moves.

11. Prizes

1. Trophies will be presented to the Top 10 players (Boys & Girls). In addition, players placed first, second and third will be awarded with gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
2. The prizes will be awarded at the official closing ceremony. The players shall receive the prizes personally.

12. Age of participants

According to FIDE regulations, entitled to participate are chess players born on and after January 1, 1991.

13. Participants

Subject to age, entitled to participate are :
a. Players placed 1-3 in the previous World U-20 Juniors & Girls Championships,
b. Continental U-20 champions (for Europe U-18 Champion - the oldest group),
c. Top six juniors and top four girls at the FIDE International Rating List,
d. World U-18 and U-16 current champions,
e. One junior and one girl player from each National Federation.
All the above are invited players for whom the organizers shall provide free lodging and 3 meals per day.
The organizing federation shall have a second place in the tournament, and shall hold a player in reserve to make an even number of participants, if necessary.
If a National Federation wishes to present additional players, besides the invited ones qualified in a normal way or personal right, it should contact the Organizing Committee. A player can participate in the championship only after receiving an official consent from the Organizing Committee, but the Organizers do not wish to limit additional participants.

14. Deadline for applications and registration – June 01, 2011

Chess players can participate in the championships provided an official application is made by his/ her National Federation. The confirmations of the fee payments to the FIDE and the registration forms shall reach the Organizing Committee by fax or email before June 01, 2011.
The National Federations can also announce and register additional players as well as coaches and accompanying persons etc.
The complete registration must include the Federation, FIDE ID number, surname, first name/s, International rating and FIDE title, the passport details of every player, coach and accompanying person.
It must also include the name, details and phone number, fax, email of the contact person of the Federation.
An identity photo (2x3 cm) should be sent for the accreditation cards of the players, coaches and accompanying persons by June 01, 2011 by the official mail. Otherwise the photo can be taken on arrival – cost 5 Euros. Attention:
All guest players / accompanying person (the accommodation covered by Organizers) should make their application by the above deadline. After this date no guest player application will be accepted and their application will be treated as if they were additional players. Registration forms must be sent to:
Championship Director: K.Muralimohan, IA, FI.
E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +91-44-2538 4477 / Fax: +91 44 2536 6464 Mobile¨: +91 99400 94717

15. Entry and registration fee

According to FIDE regulations, the entry fee is 70 Euros for each Invited player and 140 Euros for each additional player. The fees shall be transferred to the FIDE bank account.
Every participant, coach and accompanying person shall pay 100 Euros as registration fee to the organizers. In return, they will be provided with transportation services from the airport to hotel and back plus accreditation.
Registration of participants after arrival will be done at the Hotel Vijay Park

16. Board and lodging

The participants will stay in the Hotel Vijay Park
The Invited players will be provided with free accommodation (in double rooms) and meal (three times a day) starting on August 1 till August 16 (breakfast), 2011. Guest players wishing to stay in a single room shall pay 40 Euros per day.
Every additional player and accompanying person shall pay:
-60 Euros per day in a double room
-100 Euros per day in a single room
The price includes accommodation plus three-meals a day.
All participants including coaches and accompanying persons must stay in the hotels proposed by Organizers. Organizers shall refuse any person to be a participant if she or he don’t stay in the accommodation offered by the Organizer.
All payments for registration and accommodation must be made in advance by transferring the amount to official bank account not later than June 01, 2011.

17. Travel expenses and arrivals

According to FIDE regulations, the participating federations shall cover the travel expenses of all players, coaches and accompanying persons.
The Organizers will arrange transport from the Anna International Airport, Chennai from 01st Aug, 2011. All participants should confirm the date and time of arrival to Chennai before July 01, 2011.

18. Mode of payment

All payments (board and lodging, registration fee) made in EUROS shall be transferred to the bank account of the Organizers.
The deadline of all payments is June 01, 2011. Account of Organizers
THROUGH Euro : CITI BANK FRANKFURT Swift : CITIDEFF
Beneficiary Bank: Swift Code : IDIBINBBPRK Account Name : Tamil Nadu State Chess Association,
Account Number : 440756872
Bank Name : Indian Bank
Branch : Park Town, Chennai
Bank commissions, if any, must be paid by the sender. If it is not paid, the organizers will charge the respective participants by an invoice, which must be paid in full before the end of the second round.
In case of not presenting the applications and not making the payments before June 01, 2011, additional 100 Euros must be paid for each participant as a fine.

19. Entry visa

All participants should have valid entry Visa. Therefore players are requested to apply for visa well in advance to avoid last minute hassles.
All participants are requested to approach the nearest Indian Embassy for obtaining Indian visa. Please contact the Organizing Committee for any invitation in this regard.
All participants applying for visa must send the copy of the passport (the pages with the photograph and main data) before May 1, 2011 to:
Championships Director: Mr.K.Muralimohan, IA, FI. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +91-44-2538 4477 / Fax: +91 44 2536 6464 Mobile¨: +91 99400 94717
Organizer will assist participants to receive entry visas to speed up the procedure in Embassies and Consulates of India.

20. Additional Information

1. In the middle of August the maximum temperature in Chennai is about 35° C and minimum temperature is 27 °C
2. The electrical voltage in India is 230 V.
3. Currency – Indian Rupees. 1 USD = approx. RS.`45.00, and 1 Euro = approx. Rs. `65.00 as on March 2011
4. The games will be displayed live on the Internet.
5. Internet / Wi-fi facility at the hotel is available on payment of 3 $ per day.

21. Attention

The Organising Committee’s decisions will be final and binding on all matters not covered by the above.
Mr.P.R.Venketrama Raja K.Muralimohan, IA, FI. (Chairman-Organising Committee) Championships Director

[andrew martin]

Do we have enough money in the bank to send anyone?

[Ben Purton]

Ill fund a certain Sambuca Shark junior lady to go. If ECF authorised it.

[LozCooper]

Do we have enough money in the bank to send anyone?

Support of juniors isn't just limited to the ECF. We have the John Robinson Trust and we have some very dedicated parents. If we have juniors wanting to go I see no reason for it not to happen.

[Peter Turner]

Do we have enough money in the bank to send anyone?

Support of juniors isn't just limited to the ECF. We have the John Robinson Trust and we have some very dedicated parents. If we have juniors wanting to go I see no reason for it not to happen.

Good evening Lawrence

Hopefully a suitably 'qualified' boy and girl will be identified and available to represent England at the World Junior. Funding has always been an issue and will continue to be so, especially in the current circumstances. Unfortunately the World Junior clashes with the British Championships and it may be that the Trustees would not want to support two talented youngsters with the consequence that they could not then compete in the British.

Regards

Peter T

[Carol Williams]

LozCooper wrote:
Support of juniors isn't just limited to the ECF. We have the John Robinson Trust and we have some very dedicated parents. If we have juniors wanting to go I see no reason for it not to happen.

Peter Turner wrote:
Good evening Lawrence

Hopefully a suitably 'qualified' boy and girl will be identified and available to represent England at the World Junior. Funding has always been an issue and will continue to be so, especially in the current circumstances. Unfortunately the World Junior clashes with the British Championships and it may be that the Trustees would not want to support two talented youngsters with the consequence that they could not then compete in the British.

Regards

Peter T




Loz – You are absolutely right - however we may have the triple whammy – the ECF don’t have the money, the JRT won’t give the money, the parents may not be able to afford the money – whichever way you look at it this is a sorry state of affairs.

Peter – You seem to be restricting it to one girl and one boy - why is this and how do you define “suitably qualified”? Why would the Trustees not want to support two or more talented youngsters - if they chose to only support one then I and hopefully others am not convinced that this is what JR would have wanted – to the best of my knowledge the bequest was to promote and support junior chess – where did the restriction of one of each gender come into it?

[Peter Turner]

Carol wrote:-
Peter – You seem to be restricting it to one girl and one boy - why is this and how do you define “suitably qualified”? Why would the Trustees not want to support two or more talented youngsters - if they chose to only support one then I and hopefully others am not convinced that this is what JR would have wanted – to the best of my knowledge the bequest was to promote and support junior chess – where did the restriction of one of each gender come into it?

Good evening Carol

The tournament being discussed is the World Junior, which is the U20 Championship. I only mentioned one boy & one girl because that was the tradition before FIDE allowed additional entries in order to make lots of money!! In the U20s there are many IMs & GMs and highly rated competitors and only our very best should be considered. I am, and was as Junior Director, open to sending additional players provided they were suitably qualified. In almost every year when JD I invited many additional players BUT these were players who had been close to being invited as number 1. My belief is that no player should represent their country just because of an ability to pay and no-one selected to play because they are number 1 or 2 should be unable to go because of a genuine financial hardship.
I regarded John R as a close friend, he was a marvellous servant and supporter of the BCF/ECF and the British Championships were perhaps his greatest love in chess terms. I believe the only specific bequest in his will was an amount of money each year to support the British Championships. The JR Youth Chess Trust was, I think, a sensible proceedure in order to avoid losing a huge amount of the bequest to a tax liability. So I do not believe you are correct in stating that, " .... this is what JR would have wanted..."

Regards

Peter T

[Alan Burke]

The rules for the event include ...
e. One junior and one girl player from each National Federation.
All the above are invited players for whom the organizers shall provide free lodging and 3 meals per day.

If other players were sent to the tournament by 'private sponsorship', would it be expected for the ECF officials there to still 'look after' those youngsters even though they are not part of the 'official' delegation, or would those players all have their own chaperone (also privately funded) ?

[Alex Holowczak]

The rules for the event include ...
e. One junior and one girl player from each National Federation.
All the above are invited players for whom the organizers shall provide free lodging and 3 meals per day.

If other players were sent to the tournament by 'private sponsorship', would it be expected for the ECF officials there to still 'look after' those youngsters even though they are not part of the 'official' delegation, or would those players all have their own chaperone (also privately funded) ?

You misread the rules. A bit lower down, it says:

"If a National Federation wishes to present additional players, besides the invited ones qualified in a normal way or personal right, it should contact the Organizing Committee. A player can participate in the championship only after receiving an official consent from the Organizing Committee, but the Organizers do not wish to limit additional participants."

I interpret this as "we want to know if you have more than one player who wishes to attend, but we are quite happy for more if you're prepared to pay".

Such players would be part of an England squad, so could have the same Head of Delegation.

[Alan Burke]

Fair comment Alex. My concern was that the 'private sponsorship' system could open it up for any number of players to travel to the event and that the ECF officials there might be overloaded with the number of youngsters they had to look after. I was just wondering if the ECF would still be held responsible for looking after those who were competing due to external funding or whether those providing the extra monies should also be expected to cover such 'parenting' ?

[Roger de Coverly]

Fair comment Alex. My concern was that the 'private sponsorship' system could open it up for any number of players to travel to the event and that the ECF officials there might be overloaded with the number of youngsters they had to look after. I was just wondering if the ECF would still be held responsible for looking after those who were competing due to external funding or whether those providing the extra monies should also be expected to cover such 'parenting' ?

There's loads of material on the forum. Basically the ECF (or the Junior Director on behalf of the ECF) hold the view that it should be one squad. Hence they restrict the squad in principle to one player per gender and age group. This attitude has been repeatedly challenged by interested parents.

[Alan Burke]

Roger, I am certainly not an interested parent .. well, not with regard to this situation. In fact, I agree with just sending the 'official' representatives. However, as requests are often made to allow extra players to travel to such tournaments, I was just trying to establish who would be responsible for the 'well-being' of these 'privately sponsored' youngsters if they did attend the event. I personally would have thought that any ECF officials on site were there to cater just for the needs of the 'official' players', whilst any parents/sponsors who might wish to pay for others to attend should not also expect a 'free childminding' service from the ECF.

[Roger de Coverly]

. I personally would have thought that any ECF officials on site were there to cater just for the needs of the 'official' players', whilst any parents/sponsors who might wish to pay for others to attend should not also expect a 'free childminding' service from the ECF.

If you read the previous material, you note that the ECF doesn't allow unofficial entries, so the question doesn't arise.

That's not to say that the ECF shouldn't allow "unofficial" entries particularly for the older age groups. The "adult" European championship currently in progress at Aix-les-Bains was open to anyone who could afford to enter.

[Alan Burke]

Roger, it's again a matter of the written word being misinterpreted. I didn't mention 'unofficial' players; I was referring to any 'extra' players who the ECF could allow in accordance with the rules of the event (as quoted by Alex .. "Such players would be part of an England squad, so could have the same Head of Delegation.")

I just want to know if those requesting for these 'extra' players to attend would expect the ECF to 'look after' them or would they also be willing to provide or pay for a chaperone throughout the trip ?

[Kevin Thurlow]

A purely practical point relating to visas. India makes it very awkward for anyone wishing to visit. You have to apply in person at the Indian embassy, clutching all your paperwork (including the invitation to attend the event), and the fee, you queue for ages, having got the equivalent of a Deli (not Delhi) ticket, you hand it all in, then the official argues about the paperwork (admittedly I wouldn't want to spend all day doing his job, so I can understand the grumpiness), then you are told to go away for an hour or so, then you turn up at another counter, and someone shouts your reference number, and you get the visa (which looks very nice) in your passport. By now, you are wondering why you wanted to go to the place. Oh yes, it was work. But, they are very friendly when you get there, and you can buy cheap chess sets. I am not trying to put anyone off going, just be aware that getting the visa is not easy...