BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:Africa/Johannesburg X-WR-TIMEZONE:Africa/Johannesburg BEGIN:VEVENT UID:715@chesshub.org.za DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20220212T000000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20220213T000000 DTSTAMP:20220210T165605Z URL:https://chesshub.org.za/events/cwopen2022/ SUMMARY:Cape Winelands Open 2022 DESCRIPTION:Cape Winelands Open 2022\nChess Championship\nTOTAL PRIZE FUND: R8 500\nDate: 12-13 February 2022\nVenue: Somerset High School\, Worcester \nVenue Map: https://tinyurl.com/mtv93ja3\n\nFORMAT AND TIME CONTROL\n\n\n \nSection\nRating /Criteria\nFormat\nTime Control\n\n\nChampionship\nPlaye rs with FIDE/ CHESSA rating: 1600+\n6 Round Swiss\n60+10 spm\n\n\nAdvanced \nPlayers with FIDE/ CHESSA rating: 1300 - 1599\n6 Round Swiss\n60+10 spm\ n\n\nIntermediate\nPlayers with CHESSA rating below 1300\n6 Round Swiss\n6 0+10 spm\n\n\nBraille \nOpen to all Visually Impaired players\n6 Round Swi ss\n60+10 spm\n\n\nJunior \nU14: Players born during 2009 and 2010\n\nU12: Players born during 2011 and 2012\n\nU10:  Players born 2013 or later\n6 Round Swiss\n60+10 spm\n\n\n\nPlayers with a rating within 50 points of a higher section may “play-up” into that section.\n\nJunior players may “play-up” into any of the other sections if they meet the minimum rat ing requirements.\n\nFor the Championship and Advanced sections\, the high est rating between CHESSA rating and FIDE rating will be used to determine the section in which the player will compete.\nENTRY FEES\n\n\n\nChampion ship Section\nAdvanced Section\nIntermediate Section\nJunior Section\nBrai lle  Section\n\n\nR150\nR120\nR100\nR100\nFREE\n\n\n\nPLAYING SCHEDULE\n\ n\n\nAll Sections (Except Juniors}\nJunior Section\n\n\nSaturday\, 12 Feb   2022\n\n 09h00    Round 1\n 12h00    Round 2\n 15h00    Rou nd 3\n 18h00    Round 4\n\nSunday\, 13 Feb  2022\n\n 09h00    Rou nd 5\n 12h00    Round 6\n\nAll rounds will be accelerated\nSaturday\,1 2 Feb    \n\n 09h00   Round 1\n\nAll rounds will be accelerated\n\n\ n\nDefault time: ZERO minutes for 1st round\; thereafter 10 minutes for th e remaining rounds.\nPRIZE BREAKDOWN\n\n\n\nPosition\nChampionship Section \nAdvanced\nSection\nIntermediate &\; Braille Section\nJunior\nSections \n\n\n1st\nR2000\nR1000\nNo cash prizes\n\nMedals only\nNo cash prizes\n\n Medals only\n\n\n2nd\nR1500\n R  800\n\n\n3rd\nR1000\nR  600\n\n\nBest Female\nR  500\nR  300\n\n\nBest Junior\nR  500\nR  300\n\n\n\n\n Med als will be awarded to Top 3 as well as Best Female and Best Junior for ea ch section.\n\nREGISTRATION &\; PAYMENT\n\n Registration to be made us ing the South African Chess Hub website and payment to be made via PayFast .\n The closing date for registrations and payment is Wed\, 9 Feb 2022 at 21h00. Late entries will be subject to an additional late entry fee of R5 0 and will be allowed up to 24 hours before the scheduled start time for t he first round of the relevant section.\n A maximum number of 200 players will be allowed to participate in this event.\n\nLOC CONTACT DETAILS\n\n\ n\nTournament Director\nChief Arbiter\nCovid Compliance Officer\n\n\nAbdur razaak Jacobs\n\nCell: 083 376 9894\nRicardo Minnaar\n\nCell: 081 546 22 21\nWillem van Tonder\n\nCell: 082 850 9784\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSA Chess Hub\nCo aches Training \nBraille Coordinator\n\n\nPaul Wilson\n\nCell: 083 461 874 2\nJocelyn Nel\n\njocelinejnel@gmail.com\nTBC\n\n\n\nTOURNAMENT REGULATION S\nClick Here for Full Tournament Regulations\n\nSelected regulations:\n\n The Championship and Advanced sections will be FIDE rated. All other sec tions will be CHESSA rated.\n The following tiebreak systems\, in the ord er given below\, will be used to rank the players (who finish the tourname nt on the same scores) to determine the final standings.\n\n Direct encou nter\n Buchholz\n Sonneborn-Berger\n Greater number of victories\n\n\n Players withdrawing from the event will forfeit their entry fees.\n If a player withdraws during the event\, rating penalties will be applied as p er Chess SA Rating Regulations if no valid and acceptable reason(s) are pr ovided by the player.\n All players (or parents of junior players) MUST j oin tournament WhatsApp group to receive communication regarding the event . Refer to booking confirmation email.\n\nCOVID-19 HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTO COLS\n\n A total of 200 players will be allowed to participate in the eve nt.\n All officials\, players\, parents\, and other persons attending the event must complete the online Covid-19 screening form every day before t heir arrival at the playing venue.\n Only players will be allowed to ente r the playing area. No spectators or parents will be allowed into the play ing area.\n Screening of all players\, support staff\, officials and atte ndees will be done upon entry at the venue and recorded in a register.\n All players\, support staff and attendees will complete a self-screening q uestionnaire to ensure efficient contact tracing where necessary.\n Any p erson displaying symptoms associated with Covid-19 (fever\, cough\, shortn ess of breath or breathing difficulties) or people who are considered in a high-risk group should not attend.\n Players will not be allowed to leav e the playing venue during the day as well as its associated demarcated br eakaway area.\n Food deliveries will not be allowed\; players will not be able to leave the playing venue to buy food or drink.\n Sanitisation of chess pieces\, sets and surfaces will be done in between rounds\, but play ers may bring their own hand sanitizers as well.\n Hand sanitiser will be available at the entrance of the venue\, as well as at strategic areas in side the venue and toilets. Toilets will have sufficient soap and paper to wels as well as marked Covid-19 disposal facilities.\n All players must w ear masks always covering both their noses and mouths.\n All players must adhere to strict social distancing at all times.\n Players\, support sta ff and officials over the age of 60 or people with comorbidities will be e ncouraged to be cautious and minimise exposure.\n Players will sign their own scoresheets and report the result to the arbiter. No signing of oppon ent sheets and no sharing of pens.\n No hands will be shaken at the comme ncement of the round\, nor at the end of the match.\n Once the players ar e done with a match\, and their results have been recorded\, they become “Spectators” and must leave the playing area immediately and reside in the breakaway demarcated area.\n No informal games on private chess sets are allowed outside the playing venue in the demarcated breakaway area.\n Any player that does not comply with Covid-19 Health and Safety protocol s may be expelled from the event.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chesshub.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/ 02/Cape-Winelands-logo.png CATEGORIES:Over-the-Board LOCATION:https://chesshub.org.za/events/cwopen2022/\, Somerset High School\ , Noble Park\, Worcester\, South Africa X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Noble Park\, Worcester\, So uth Africa;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Somerset High School:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Johannesburg X-LIC-LOCATION:Africa/Johannesburg BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20210212T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:SAST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR