Age and gender pose no boundary

National Day Chess Tourney
Written by Azaraimy HH
Saturday, 27 February 2010 08:16

Bandar Seri Begawan – Chess is fast becoming a sport where age and gender pose no boundary to the game and physical strength has no bearing on the match.

This is clearly shown during the 26`h National Day Rapid Chess Championship which started yesterday and the Blitz Chess Championship on Sunday organised by the Brunei Chess Federation (BCF). All that it takes to compete is mental fitness, skills and experiences, said BCF. Among those that are competing in the Rapid category are participants from Sabah. The Championship is open to all regardless of height and weight, age and gender. Under the Rapid category, the tournament is played in nine rounds as per playing schedule.

Each player has 20 minutes per round to complete the game. During the game yesterday, the Bulletin witnessed a young player was pitted against an experienced player and an adult was pitted against a young girl. Pairing are being automatically selected using a computer software programme called the `Swiss Manager’ pairing system courtesy of the FIDE (World Chess Federation) – an administration and pairing programme for chess-tournaments (round robin, team-round robin, swiss-system, team swiss-system tournaments).

The player with highest points at the end of the tournament will be declared as the champion. In case of any tie, the tie break scores of each player shall be considered in accordance to the following order: 1) Buchholz 2) By total number wins with Black. The Championship is being held at the Brunei Chess Centre, BSB. In the Blitz category, play is much faster where the tournament will be played in nine rounds as per playing schedule. Each player will have five minutes per round to compete the game. — Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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