7th
FIDE Congress
Fri 29 – Sun 31 January
2016
Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport,
Coventry Road,
Birmingham,
B26 3QW.
Hotel website
Three Sections
FIDE Rated Open
FIDE Rated U2000 (U175)
ECF Under 135
Prize fund £2,250
Entry
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You can pay your entry fee
by credit or debit card or through
PayPal (GM's & IM's have free entry). |
Either enter online
(preferred) or download the entry form and return with entry
fee cheque as soon as possible to:
Mike Truran, The Old Farmhouse, 7 Church Street, Ducklington, Witney, Oxon OX29 7UA.
Please make cheques payable to:
4NCL
Sections
FIDE
Rated Open: Open to
all players. Prizes - 1st £400; 2nd £200; 3rd
£100 - plus best performance prize of £50
each.
Entry fee £30 (£25 for hotel
guests)
FIDE
Rated U2000 (U175): Open to: (1) FIDE
rated players rated below 2000 FIDE AND below
175 ECF; (2) players without a FIDE rating
graded below 175 ECF.
Prizes -
1st £400; 2nd £200; 3rd £100 - plus
grading prize of £50 each. Entry fee £30
(£25 for
hotel guests).
ECF U135: Open to players
graded below 135 ECF.
Prizes -
1st £400; 2nd £200; 3rd £100 - plus
grading prize of £50 each. Entry fee £35
(£30 for ECF Silver or above members or hotel
guests, £25 for ECF Silver or above members and
hotel guests)
No player may win more than one
prize. All place prize money will be shared
equally between tied players.
The method for allocating
grading prizes can be found in the
Terms and
Conditions.
Discounts: GMs / IMs free, FMs half
price. GMs please contact
Mike
Truran for other conditions.
Late Entries: Entries may
be accepted on the day subject to availability
and payment of a £10 surcharge.
Entry Forms:
Completed entry forms, together with the
appropriate entry fee (payable to “4NCL”) should
be sent to Mike Truran at The Old Farmhouse, 7
Church Street, Ducklington, Witney, Oxon OX29
7UA or emailed to
mike@truranfamily.co.uk (in the latter case,
please contact Mike for bank transfer payment
details).
Playing Schedule:
Round |
1 |
Friday |
19.00 |
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23.00 |
Round |
2 |
Saturday |
10.00 |
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14.00 |
Round |
3 |
Saturday |
15.00 |
- |
19.00 |
Round |
4 |
Sunday |
10.00 |
- |
14.00 |
Round |
5 |
Sunday |
15.00 |
- |
19.00 |
A ½ point bye may be taken in
rounds 1–4.
Time Control: All
moves in 90 minutes plus 30 second increment per
move from move 1. Re-pairing will take place 30
minutes after the start of a round. Players will
be defaulted 30 minutes after the scheduled
start of a round.
Grades and Ratings
FIDE ratings from the January
2016 list will be used for the FIDE rated
sections, and ECF grades published in the August
2015 list will be used for the U135 section and
unrated players in FIDE rated sections. If
necessary players will be transferred between
sections to take account of rating/grading
movements after date of entry (see below).
The FIDE Rated Open and FIDE
Rated U2000
sections will be both FIDE rated and ECF graded.
The ECF U135 section will be ECF graded.
Players without a current FIDE rating or ECF
grade must give details of estimated playing
strength, including any previously held grading,
or current grading from another body.
Ungraded or unrated players may not win a
grading prize and, with the exception of the
FIDE Rated Open, may only win 50% of any other prize.
Notices
English players must be ECF Gold
or Platinum members in the FIDE Rated Open and FIDE
Rated U2000 sections. There is a £5 discount for
ECF Silver or above members in the U135 sections
(see above).
Prizes may be changed subject to
numbers of entries.
The 4NCL reserves the right to
transfer players between tournaments at any
time.
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All pairings will be made using
FIDE Swiss pairing rules using Swiss Manager.
The submission of an entry
form and payment of the entry fee denotes
acceptance that the 4NCL’s decision is final
in all matters.
The 4NCL reserves the right to
refuse any entry without explanation.
Accommodation
The following rates have been
negotiated with Holiday Inn.
£32.50 BB per person per night
(based on two sharing)
£55.00 BB per person per night
(single occupancy)
£47.50 DBB per person per night
(based on two people sharing)
£70.00 DBB per person per night
(single occupancy)
How to Get There
The link
http://bit.ly/1P3WY6j gives information about travel
to and from the hotel:
Control Team
IA Alex Holowczak, FA David
Thomas
Disclaimer
The 4NCL accepts no
responsibility for any damage, theft or accident
to the person or property of anyone attending
this event.
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