World Junior Chess Championship 2010
August 2-17 in Chotowa, Poland
The 2010 World Juniors and Girls U-20 Chess Championships will be held from August 2 (arrival day) to 17 (departure day) at Chotowa, Municipality Czarna, close to the city of Tarnow in Poland. 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.
The total prize fund of the event is over 25 000 eur and entitled to participate are chess players born on and after January 1, 1990. The organizers will provide accommodation for players placed 1-3 in the previous World U-20 Junior and Girls Championships, the COntinental U20 and the European U18 champions, the top six juniors from the FIDE rating list, and one junior and one girl from each federation. 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 2, 2010. The National Federations can also announce and register additional players as well as coaches and accompanying persons etc.
Strict 0 default time will be applied at the tournament and a player who arrives at the chessboard after the start of the session shall lose the game.
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 FIDE regulations D.VI.01.14: a) For Swiss tournaments where the players involved 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. and b) For other Swiss tournaments, the sum of progressive scores. The highest total wins. If still tied, deduct the first round score, and if necessary the second round and so on.
The village is situated in south-west part of Czarna Comunity. This is a center of weekends rest for the inhabitants of Czarna Community thanks to Holiday andTraining Resort “Grand”. The Resort “Grand” is one of organizator of World Juniors and Girls Chess Championship U20 and there it will be place of accomodation for participants.
Official website: http://www.wjcc2010.pl/en
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