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19° WORLD SENIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP from 26.10 TILL 08.11.2009 A competition held by FIDE and the Italian Chess Federation. Organizer: Arcoworldchess Pernici Rigo Cristina The organizer invites all senior Ladies and Gentlemen throughout the world to participate at the 19° Open FIDE World Senior Chess Championship, which is to be held in Condino – Trentino. All male players must have reached their 60th Birthday by 1.1.2009 and all female players must have reached their 50th Birthday by 1.1.2009. Do not miss this opportunity to play with former world champions, legendary Grandmasters, and many known friends in such a world Championship. The organizer is proud to present this offer. The registration period ends on September 30, 2009 Even with our modest funds, we will endeavour to turn this World Senior Championship into a high – ranking social as well as sports event. The competition is going to take place in the in the Congress Hall of the beautiful resort Condino. The players will certainly be interested inthe programme, which will be lively and supplemented by a number of additional events. As usual you will find here the hotels available, rules and application form. You will also find a small map for an easier arrival. FIDE, Fsi, Cristina Pernici Rigo and the town of Condino wish you a nice trip and an unforgettable stay in Trentino. Tournament Direction: International Arbiter Cristina Pernici Rigo. Announcement / Regulation The Championship shall be played in 11 rounds of the Swiss System The time control shall be 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. (FIDE rules 2006) Computer assisted draw confirmed by FIDE and FSI. ART.6.6a FIDE HANDBOOK 2009 Any player who attives at the chessboard more than 0 min after the scheduled start of the session shall lose the game Participation: player who is registered by his/her federation. Prior to the beginning of the first round an appeals committee shall be elected by the players consisting of three members and two reserve. Arbiters team: Chief arbiter will be the International Arbiter Mr. Reinhold Unterreitmeier (Ger) assisted by a staff of multilingual arbiter team A.I. Cristina Pernici Rigo (Ita), A.I. Johan Zwanepol (Ned) A.I. Almog Burstein (Isr), A. F. Italo Vittorio Ginevrini (Ita) A.F. Giuseppe Buonocore (Ita) A.C.N. Gerhard Bertagnolli (Ita) If a protest is submitted against a decision of the arbiters, it must be submitted in writing to the Chief arbiter within two hours after the end of the playing session Winner and Senior World Champion 2009 will be the person at the end of the tournament, who has scored the highest number of point. If two or more players are tied the following tiebreak’s shall be used: 1- Result of direct encounters between tied players (applies only if all tied players have played each other). 2- The sum of progressive scores. The highest total wins. If still tied, deduct the first round score, and if necessary the second round score and so on. 3- If still tied, the number of games played with black by each player in the tie. (the highest 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 “Grandmaster” will be conferred to the winner of the 19° FIDE World Senior Chess Championship 2009 who will receive the Gold medal. The second place will receive a Silver medal, the third place is awarded a Bronze medal. The same rules for the medals award are applied to the participating women players, who play separately within their own tournament.