Western Tokyo Summer Rapid Open 2024: Max capacity reached but accepting Waitlisted players

  

 Western Tokyo Summer Rapid Open 2024

Warning: Max capacity reached but accepting Waitlisted players

Regulations

Dates/Venue/Format

• Dates: Sunday, September 22
• Venue: Nakano Industrial Promotion Center, 3F Big Meeting Room

(4 minutes walk from JR Nakano Station, south exit)
2 Chome-13-14 Nakano, Nakano City, Tokyo 164-0001

• Format: 6R Swiss, 15min+10sec/move, FIDE & National Rapid rated
• Accelerated Swiss Pairing if more than 32 players
• Chief Arbiter: NA Hiratsuka Yoshihiro
• Tournament Detail: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_details.phtml?event=385564

Registration

• Entry criteria: Japan Chess Federation Members 
• For FIDE rated games, all participants must have a FIDE ID. If you do not have a FIDE ID, you must request it through Japan Chess Federation in advance. 
• If you are not members of the Japan Chess Federation, you will have to pay 3000 yen administrative fee on top of your entry fee.
• Japan Chess Federation will not create FIDE ID unless you are a yearly members of the Federation. Also, they will not calculate national ratings for non-members of the Federation.
• For more details please see below link. https://japanchess.org/2024/07/abolition-one-time-member/
• Entry Fee:  2,000 yen for all. 

• Registration: Register here through Google Forms.（54 spots)
• 9/9 update: Any registrations received after 9/10 will initially be treated as waitlist. We will contact you separately once seats are available.
• Entries are accepted: Between Friday, 23rd August and Friday, 20th September 
  

Schedule
Sunday, September 22

9:30-10:00 Doors Open
10:00  R1
11:10  R2
13:00  R3
14:10  R4
15:20  R5
16:30  R6

Prizes 

• Players who score 6pts will receive 10000yen
• Players who score 5.5pts will receive 8000yen
• Players who score 5pts will receive 6000yen
• Players who score 4.5pts will receive 4000yen
• Players who score 4 pts will receive 2000yen
  

Other Regulations
Tournament Rules

• Tie-breaks:

1. Direct Encounter
2. Buchholz Cut-1 (Sum of the opponents’ points excluding the lowest)
3. Buchholz (Sum of the opponents’ points)
4. Sonneborn-Berger (Sum of the defeated opponents’ points and halves of drawn opponents’ points)
5. Sum of the ratings of the opponents
6. Drawing of lots

• Default time: If any player is not present within 10 min after the game starts, she/he shall lose the game by default. The game is not rated.
• Pre-registered byes: Bye requests will be accepted until 18:00 on the day before the tournament by filling in the Bye Request Form.  0.5 points will be awarded for pre-requested Byes, and 0 points for Bye requested after the deadline. The requested Bye for the final 2 rounds shall be given 0 points.  If a player has more than 1 requested byes, the player will not qualify for prizes.
• Pairing-allocated bye will be one point.
• The organizer will provide chess equipment including clocks. Players must use them.
• Players need NOT record moves. Once the game is finished, the winner should notify the arbiter the result. In case of a draw, the player with the White pieces tells the arbiter the result.
• All electronic devices including smartphones, tablets or smartwatches must be turned off and stored away. Players are not allowed to keep it on him/her or take it outside of the venue in a bag. When a player breaks these rules, his/her game shall be immediately lost. It is forbidden for anybody to use a mobile phone or any kind of communication device in the playing venue.
• The pairings will be done in order of FIDE Rapid Rating (if none, it will be substituted by FIDE Standard Rating ), National Rapid Rating (if none, it will be substituted by National Standard Rating), titles, and the alphabetical order of the players.
• ※On chess-results, the rating value used to decide one’s starting rank is shown under the “EloN” index for convenience.
• The tournament will follow FIDE rules unless otherwise stated above.  For example, an illegal move will be penalized and the second illegal move will result in the loss of the game. Pressing the clock by mistake or pressing it with the other hand which touched the pieces will also be judged as an illegal move.
• We will pair players 10 minutes before the round. Anyone who wishes to participate will have to complete registration by then.
• This tournament will be rated for FIDE 2024 October and Japan National Rapid Rating for the November 2024 update. 

Organizer

Nakano Chess Club(Nakagawa、Yokomizo）

Tournament supported by

Tachikawa Chess Club

Waseda Chess Club