WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WOMEN 2013 Rules and Regulations

General organization 1. The organization of the World Championship Women 2013 has been allotted by the FMJD to the Mongolian Federation and will take place from October 1st (arriving day), till October 16th (departure day) in Ulanbaatar.

2. The sixteen participants are nominated according to a schema and rules accepted by the FMJD General Assembly in 2009/2011:

1. gmif Tamara Tanssykuzhina () – World Champion 2. gmif Daria Tkachenko () – previous World Champion 3. gmif Nyamjargal Munkhbaatar () – Asia (1) 4. mif Hanquing Zhao () – Asia (2) 5. gmif Zoja Golubeva () – Europe (1) 6. gmif Nina Hoekman () – Europe (2) 7. mif Ayyyna Sobakina (Russia) – Europe (3) 8. gmif Matrena Nogovitsyna (Russia) – Country rating (1) 9. gmif Viktoriya Motrichko (Ukraine) – Country rating (2) 10. gmif Olga Fedorovich () – Country rating (3) 11. mif Natalia Sadowska () – rating order A countries1 12. mff Piret Viirma () – rating order A countries 13. mif Laima Adlyte (Lithuania) – rating order A countries 14. gmif Mandakhnaran Erdenetsogt (Mongolia) – Organisation place 15. FMJD Wild Card → China (name till the end of July) 16. Sponsor place → (name till the end of July)

3. For the blitz and rapid championship – each player can participate if application will be sended to FMJD before the end of August.

4. The tournament will be supervised by main referee ir Rima Danileviciene (Lithuania).

5. Reserve players. Before the end of August 2013 → if a qualified player informs the FMJD that she cannot participate or she did not confirm her acceptance of the conditions for the event, she is replaced by a player from the tournament from which she was qualified. From September 1st 2013 → players will be taken from the reserve list defined by the Executive Board of the FMJD based on the FMJD women’s rating list and the final results of the qualification tournaments (according to Annex XII, article 7).

1 Countries with national women championship organised and reported regularly to FMJD.

FMJD – WCWomen 2013 page 1(5) Format of the tournament 6. Rapid and Blitz are open for any participants. Rapid and Blitz will be played according to FMJD Annex 6 rapid and blitz games. The system to be applied will depend on the number of players (Blitz and rapid – details will be announced during technical meeting. ) (a) game rate for rapid → 15' + 3” (b) game rate for blitz → 5' + 3”

7. The MAIN tournament will be played as a round-robin, so 15 rounds in total.

8. 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.

9. 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 2013'.

10. 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) 11. 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) 12. “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.

FMJD – WCWomen 2013 page 2(5) (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. Finances 13. 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 nominated players (list at p.2) are on charge of the organization f rom October 3 rd till October 16 th . Each day costs 90$ (sinlge room with breakfast).

14. Costs for accompaning persons and extra are: US$90 per day including breakfast if he/she use a singel room US$60 per day including breakfast if he/she stay together with his/her player Lunch and Dinner for accompanying persons are available at a reasonable price if they need arrangement with Organizing Committee. Please contact [email protected]

15. Official hotel (for players and accompaning persons) and also playing room: Puma Imperial Hotel Ulaanbaatar University Street Sukhbaatar district, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Tel:(976-11) 313043, 319147 Fax:(976-11) 319148 E-mail: [email protected] web: http://www.pumaimperialhotel.mn

16. 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. For rapid and blitz fee is 20€ or 40€ (for each championship).

17. Prize money – total amount is € 20,000 and will be divided as follows: 1st place 5,000 € 9th place 700 € 2nd place 3,500 € 10th place 700 € 3rd place 2,500 € 11th place 500 € 4th place 1,500 € 12th place 500 € 5th place 1,000 € 13th place 500 € 6th place 800 € 14th place 400 € 7th place 800 € 15th place 400 € 8th place 800 € 16th place 400 € A 10% local tax will be substracted from this ammounts.

FMJD – WCWomen 2013 page 3(5) 18. Prize money for rapid and blitz – total amount is € 2,000 and will be divided as follows: 1st place 500 € 2nd place 300 € 3rd place 200 € A 10% local tax will be substracted from this ammounts.

Others 19. Rights from this World Championship for the title match 2014 and the World Championship 2015 (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 2015.

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

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

22. The player has to be at his board at the scheduled starting time of the game. The consequences will be an official warning who where not present for the 1st time and after a fine of 100 Euro and a 3rd time → the game will be declared in a loss for them.

15. A Jury d’Appel will be composed by the CD of the FMJD. Any protest to Jury d'Appel should be given in written form (in english) to the main referee not late then 30 minutes after the game (10 minutes for rapid/blitz).

16. Contact to the organizing committee → Mongolian Draughts Federation P.O.B-49/416 Tel: +976-11-452810 Fax: +976-11-452820 Email: [email protected] Web: www.mondaam.mn Emergency contact: +976-99103339 (Mr. Bat-Erdene Chimeddorj)

17. Each participant is obligated to confirm his participation to FMJD tournament director ([email protected]) before July 30th. 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.

FMJD – WCWomen 2013 page 4(5) Schedule

Tuesday 1st October Arriving day for blitz/rapid Wednesday 2nd WCh Rapid Thursday 3rd WCh Blitz arriving day for the main championship Friday 4th round I Saturday 5th rounds II, III Sunday 6th round IV Monday 7th rounds V,VI Tuesday 8th round VII Wednesday 9th rounds VIII, IX Thursday 10th day of rest Friday 11th round X, XI Saturday 12th round XII Sunday 13th rounds XIII Monday 14th round XIV Tuesday 15th round XV Wednesday 16th October departure

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