1. VENUE & DATE:
The World Senior Chess Championships 2012 will be held in the 5-star GALINI Wellness Spa & Resort Hotel in Kamena Vourla, Greece from 12 November (arrivals) to 25 November (departures).
The opening ceremony, the games and the closing ceremony will take place in the Congress Center of GALINI Wellness Spa & Resort Hotel.
2. PARTICIPATION
The 22th World Senior Chess Championships for men and women are open to all players representing FIDE national chess federations, regardless of their title or rating, provided that the male tournament participants are born in 1952 or before and that the female tournament participants are born in 1962 or before. There is no limit to the number of participants per national federation.
3. ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation and board will be provided at the 5-star GALINI Wellness Spa & Resort Hotel which is the official hotel of the event and where the games will also be held.
Every participant and all national delegations have to register through the Organising Committee and use the official hotel. Registrations, bookings and visa invitations are made only through the Organising Committee.
Hotel payments for all players and accompanying persons must be made 20% in advance as described on the official website.
4. SYSTEM AND RATE OF PLAY
The championships will be played with the Swiss system in accordance with the FIDE Tournament Rules and FIDE Rules of Chess. The time control will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
5. RANKING AND TIE-BREAK SYSTEM
Winner and Senior World Champion will be the person who, at the end of the tournament, has scored the highest number of points.
If two or more players are tied the following tiebreaks will be used:
1. Result of direct encounters between the tied players (applies only if all tied players have played each other).
2.The sum of progressive scores. The highest total wins. If the tie persists, the first round score will be deducted and, if necessary, the second round score will be deducted, and so on.
3. If still tied, the number of games played with black by each player in the tie (the higest number wins).
4. If still tied, the average rating of the 7 top rated opponents of each player. (the highest number wins).
The title of “International Grandmaster (GM)” will be awarded to the winner of the FIDE World Senior Chess Championship 2012 who will receive the gold medal. The second place will receive the silver medal, while the third place will be awarded bronze medal.
The same rules for the medal awards are applied to the participating women players, who play separately within their own tournament. The women play their own tournament to determine the Women World Senior Champion 2012. The minimum number of participants has to be 12 women out of 4 zones, in this case a closed “Round Robin” tournament will be played.
Full info here: http://www.chessdom.com/world-senior-chess-championships-2012/
Good tournament.