WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WOMEN 2011 Official Information

General organization 1. The organization of the World Championship Women 2011 has been allotted by the FMJD to the Ukrainian Federation and will take place from September 2nd (arriving day), till September 19th (departure day) in .

2. The fourteen participants are nominated according to a schema and rules accepted by the FMJD General Assembly in 2009:

1. gmif Daria Tkachenko () – World Champion 2. gmif Zoja Golubeva () – Last WC tournament winner 3. mif Sayyora Yuldasheva (Uzbekistan) – Asia 4. gmif Tamara Tanssykuzhina () – Europe (1) 5. mif Natalia Sadowska () – Europe (2) 6. mif Matrena Nogovitsyna (Russia) – Country rating (1) 7. mif Vitalia Doumesh () – Country rating (2) 8. gmif Olga Balthazi (Ukraine) – Country rating (3) 9. mif Olga Fedorovich () – instead of African Champion 10. Veronika Vilcinska (Lithuania) – instead of American Champion 11. Lublyana Turiy (USA) – sponsor place 12. mff Viktoriya Motrichko (Ukraine) – organisation place 13. Karlij Overes (Netherlands) 14. mif Viktoriya Motrichka (Ukraine) – Wild Card

3. The tournament will be supervised by main referee ai Rima Danileviciene (Lithuania).

4. Reserve players. If necessery, CD FMJD will nominate a reserve player from the group of countries that regularly organize National Championship Women.

Format of the tournament 5. The tournament will be played as a round-robin, so 13 rounds in total.

6. The official rules of the FMJD will be used. Use of clocks and recording games is compulsory during the whole game. The games will be played in the official FMJD time rate of the Fischer system with 1h20 per player plus 1 minute per move. Conforming to the FMJD regulations players are not allowed to agree on a draw before they both made 40 moves. If they do so nevertheless, the referee is obliged to decide on a 0-0 result.

FMJD – WCWomen 2011 page 1(4) 7. The final classification will be based on the total points obtained. The first place gives right to the title of ‘World Champion International Draughts Women 2011'.

8. If two or more players share the same place the following factors will be used to define the places occupied: (a) the largest number of victories (b) largest difference between plus and minus draws (c) largest number of plus draws (d) the best results between the tied players (e) the best results obtained in order of the classification (in comparing the results between the players a plus draw is better than a normal draw which is better than a minus draw) 9. If the criteria from the previous point will not decide about final order: (a) for the places 1, 2 or 3 - a deciding tie-break will be played: One tie-break with system Lehmann-Georgiev (15 minutes and 2 seconds added per move for an unlimited number of games). If more players shared place then round robin tournament with G-L games (10 minutes and 2 seconds). The number of minutes to start with may be changed by the main referee depending on the number of players ending ex-aequo and the time available, if necessary after consultation with the Tournament Director FMJD and the organization. (b) for the places 4- … the places will be shared (prizes will be divided) 10. “Plus Draw” (a) When the result of a game is a draw and when there is a difference of 3 men or more (a king counting for two men, e.g. 2 kings and 1 man against 1 king) then the player with the majority gets a plus draw and his opponent receives a minus draw. This rule holds for the draw by mutual consent (see Annex 1 article 7) and for the regulatory draw (See Annex 1, article 6: three times the same position, the 25 moves rule, the 16 moves rule and the 5 moves rule). The players write a 1+ or 1- on their notation forms. (b) If a position of a king plus 2 men against a King is reached then, as given in Annex 1 article 6.3, a maximum of 16 moves may be played. If the game is not yet ended the result is a plus draw for the player with the 3 pieces, unless 2 of the 3 pieces are not yet King and their promotion can be prevented by the player with one King. (c) If it is clear for both players that the game will end in a plus draw they may agree upon a plus draw even if the difference of three men is not yet reached on the board. (d) If it is clear for both players that the game will end in an equal draw they may agree upon such a draw even if there is a difference of three men or more on the board.

FMJD – WCWomen 2011 page 2(4) Finances 11. All expenses for the travel of players and visa costs are on charge of their federations as well as travelling, lodging and visa expenses for accompanying persons and /or Officials of delegations . Costs for lodging and food of the players are on charge of the organization from September 2nd till September 20th.

12. The national federations presenting players have to pay the registration fee of their players to the representative of the FMJD, according to the regulation of the General Assembly. A player for whom the registration fee is not paid before the first round, is not allowed to participate in the tournament. This amount is 60€ or 120€ depending on country status in FMJD.

13. Prize money – total amount is € 20,000 and will be divided as follows: 1st place 5,000 € 2nd place 3,500 € 3rd place 2,500 € 4th place 1,500 € 5th place 1,000 € 6th place 1,000 € 7th place 900 € 8th place 900 € 9th place 800 € 10th place 700 € 11th place 600 € 12th place 600 € 13th place 500 € 14th place 500 €

Other 14. Rights from this World Championship for the title match 2012 and the World Championship 2013 (a) If the titleholder keeps the title, the number two will be Challenger. (b) If the titleholder loses the title, she will be the Challenger. (c) The new world champion and the challenger are qualified for the World Championship 2013.

15. The players finishing in the first three places will receive a medal and an official diploma.

16. According to the rule adopted in the General Assembly of Abidjan 1996, it is forbidden to smoke in the playing hall.

17. The player has to be at his board at the scheduled starting time of the game. The consequences will be an official warning and a fine of 100 Euro for those who where not present for the 1st time and after that – the game will be declared in a loss for them.

15. A Jury d’Appel will be composed by the CD of the FMJD.

FMJD – WCWomen 2011 page 3(4) 16. Contact to the organizing committee → (a) Anatoli Yatsenko ([email protected], [email protected]), – President of Ukrainian Draughts Federation (UDF); (b) Mikhaylo Zaharchenko ([email protected]), tel. +380-63-64-19930 – UDF executive secretary.

17. Each participant is obligated to confirm his participation to FMJD tournament director ([email protected]) before August 17th. Without it – the place will be given to reserve player

18. In the case of something not being clear in the FMJD regulations or in this regulation, the decision will be made by the main referee in consultation with the organization and the FMJD tournament director.

Schedule

1 Fri 2 Sep 11 arriving day

2 Sat 3 Sep 11 Opening

3 Sun 4 Sep 11 Round I

4 Mon 5 Sep 11 Round II

5 Tue 6 Sep 11 Round III

6 Wed 7 Sep 11 Round IV

7 Thu 8 Sep 11 Round V

8 Fri 9 Sep 11 day of rest

9 Sat 10 Sep 11 Round VI

10 Sun 11 Sep 11 Round VII

11 Mon 12 Sep 11 Round VIII

12 Tue 13 Sep 11 Round IX

13 Wed 14 Sep 11 day of rest

14 Thu 15 Sep 11 Round X

15 Fri 16 Sep 11 Round XI

16 Sat 17 Sep 11 Round XII Round XIII 17 Sun 18 Sep 11 Closing ceremony 18 Mon 19 Sep 11 departure

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