CCLNY 2009 INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

FORMAT - 4 round Swiss

DATES - Wednesdays - May 13, 20, 27 & June 3

BYES - No byes

RULES - CCLNY rules

TIME CONTROL - Game in 90 minutes, clocks start at 6:30pm

LOCATION - Mutual of America.

Thank you to Leo Fiore for arranging the availability of the playing site.

ENTRY FEE – None

EQUIPMENT

Player who is assigned White is responsible for bringing the chess equipment (clock, board, pieces).

Player who is assigned Black vs a player declared to be without equipment,

is responsible for bringing the missing chess equipment

as it will be indicated in the announced pairing.

SCORESHEETS - Are the responsibility of each player individually.

PRIZES - Chess clocks to the First Place, Second Place and best under 1800

TIE-BREAKS

First - 4 tie break points for a played win, 2 for a played draw, 1 for a played loss; 0 otherwise.

Second – The sum of the cumulative (running) game point totals off the wall chart for each round

(example: win, loss, win, draw appears as 1, 1, 2, 2.5 on the chart for the tie-break total of 6.5).

One point will be subtracted from the total for each unplayed win or one-point bye.

Third – This tie-break is determined by calculating the sum of of the player's opponents' second tie-breaks.

Fourth - The average rating of the opponents. If still tied, co-champions will be declared.

NO SHOWS - Registered players who do not show up for any round, will be dropped out of the tournament.

PAIRINGS - Pairings will be sent by email to players Tuesday night before the scheduled round. .

TD - Ralph Frisch

Last updated on May 28, 2009