First ACP Women World Rapid Cup

Tournament Regulations

I. Place and date

The tournament will be held in Rixos Hotel, Konya, Turkey from November 30th to December 4th 2009.

II. Tournament’s system

The 1st ACP Women World Rapid Cup will be a Round Robin tournament with twelve participants including

The full players’ list is announced. ACP WS 2008-09 qualifiers:

Kosintseva, Tatiana
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
Kosintseva, Nadezhda
Cramling, Pia
Cmilyte, Viktorija
Zhukova, Natalya
Javakhishvili, Lela
Socko, Monica (replaces Pogonina)

ACP nominee:

Klinova, Masha

TCF nominees:

Ozturk, Kubra
Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi
Yildiz, Betul Cemre

Games will be played with the following time control: 20 minutes each at the start of the game with an increment of 5 seconds per move from move 1.

In case of tie for the first place, a tie-break will be played to determine a winner.

III. Players conditions

All players are provided with a full board accommodation at the Rixos hotel, Konya.
All players are provided with a free transfer from/to the Konya airport
All players get a compensation of their travelling expenses up to USD 500.

IV. Prizes

The total prize fund of the event amounts to USD 20,000. Prizes will be distributed as follows:

Winner USD 5,000
2nd place USD 4,000
3rd place USD 3,000
4th place USD 2,000
5th place USD 1,500
6th place USD 1,000
7th place USD 800
8th place USD 700
9-12 places, each USD 500

In case of tie for any place accept the first, prize money will be shared equally.