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:1892@chesshub.org.za DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg;VALUE=DATE:20240511 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg;VALUE=DATE:20240512 DTSTAMP:20240508T150538Z URL:https://chesshub.org.za/events/jmc-2024-crawford-sandton/ SUMMARY:JMC 2024 Crawford International Sandton DESCRIPTION:JMC Crawford International Sandton – Saturday 11th May 2024\n \nTime control 60 / 60 \n\n \;\n\n Venue: Crawford International Sand ton - Prep school\n\n11 Benmore Rd\, Benmore Gardens\, Sandton\n\n \;\ n\nRight of admission reserved – Only Eligible Players can enter\n\n \n \nOnline Entries: \n\nA\, B\, C\, D Sections\n\nU10: Players born in 2015 and 2016\n\nU8:  Players born in 2017 or later\n\n \;\n\nhttps://ches shub.org.za/events/jmc-2024-crawford-sandton/\n\n \n\nEntries Close: 9th May 2024 at 20.00    \n\n \n\nJoin the Tournament WhatsApp group for t ournament information and updates: \n\nhttps://chat.whatsapp.com/Fy7De0zAI ZuCE1nBK5y9K1\n\n \;\n\nTo get info on JMC tournaments join - https:// chat.whatsapp.com/IksXG6jGUReCoLUzdjrkXj\n\nDraws and results will be publ ished on http://chess-results.com/fed.aspx?lan=1&\;fed=RSA\n\n \n\n \ n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nNOTICE TO PARENTS\n\n \n\n The safety and wel l-being of all players outside of the Playing Hall remains the responsibil ity of the parents of the players. JMC and its officials do not provide su pervisory or caregiving services to young players.\n Parents of players a re therefore urged to remain present at the venue for the duration of the tournament to supervise their children.\n JMC and Crawford International accepts no liability for any harm caused to\, or damages suffered by any a ttendee of the tournament (player\, parents\, siblings or other persons) a rising from any cause whatsoever.\n\n \n\nRules: \n\n Players to provide their own CLOCKS.\n Latest FIDE rules will apply.\n All Sections will b e rated by CHESS SA\n Standard ratings file will be used\n Guideline 3.4 will be applied\n JMC will provide Notation Pads\n It is the responsibi lity of the player to ensure that he/she is entered into the correct secti on. The Organiser reserves the right to move a player to the appropriate s ection.\n The Organiser has the right to combine sections.\n Only player s with confirmed payments will be added to the draw as published on http:/ /chess-results.com/\n No cell phones will be allowed in the playing area except for the TD\, Chief Arbiter\, Arbiters and PC personnel.\n The Orga niser of the tournament and other tournament officials are not responsible for the safety or property of players or spectators.\n The player/parent /guardian gives consent for the player’s name\, surname\, gender\, race\ , date of birth to be submitted to the rating agencies for the purposes of rating the tournament and the rating agencies displaying it on their resp ective websites.\n The player/parent/guardian gives consent for photo's t o be taken of the players during the tournament and to be published on our Social Media pages. Should consent not be given please notify us before t he tournament so that we can notify our photographers. \n The tournament organisers reserve the right to cancel the tournament. Players will have t heir entry fee refunded\n Rounds will commence at the published starting times\n Default time 20 mins for round 1 – thereafter 15 mins for round s 2 -5\n Players are expected to adhere to the JMC Code of Conduct for To urnaments\, contraventions of which must be reported to the Chief Arbiter without delay and prior to the end of the Tournament.\n Players to supply their own PENS.\n No spectators in the playing hall\n No refunds for wi thdrawals or no-shows (refund only if we cancel the tournament)\n Appeals must be submitted in writing within 10 minutes of the game being complete d and before the next round starts. A fee of R200 must accompany the appea l.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nAll Secti ons – Chess SA rated\n\n5 rounds – 60 / 60\n\n\nSchedule:\n\nRound 1: 8:00 – 10.00\n\nRound 2 – 5 Starts shortly after the end of the previo us round\, Rate of play will be followed if possible\n\nFide titled player s free entry\n\n\nA Section:\n\n(minimum 10 players)\n\n \nB Section: \n\ n(minimum 10 players)\nC Section:\nD Section:\nU8 and U10 Sections\n\n\nEn try Fee: R300\nEntry Fee: R250\n\n \nEntry Fee: R250\n\n \nEntry Fee: R2 50\n\n \nEntry Fee: R200\n\n\nRating 1600+  \n\nStrictly enforced\nRatin g 1450 - 1599  \n\nPlayers with rating 1400 – 1449 can also play in thi s section\n\nAdults (over 18) with 0 to 1599 rating\nRating 1300 - 1499  \n\nPlayers with rating 1250 – 1299 can also play in this section\nRatin g <\; 1300\nU10: Players born in 2015 and 2016\n\n \n\nU8:  Players bo rn in 2017 or later\n\n \n\n\n1st Place    R3000 + Gold Medal\n\n2nd P lace   R2000 + Silver Medal\n\n3rd Place    R1200 + Bronze Medal\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nBest female    Gold medal and R500 (minimum 2 females)\n1st P lace    R1000 + Gold Medal\n\n2nd Place   R800 + Silver Medal\n\n3rd Place   R600 + Bronze Medal\n\n \n\nBest female outside top 3 – Gold Medal + R350 (minimum 2 females)\n1st – R400 + Gold medal\n\n2nd – R35 0 + Silver medal\n\n3rd – R300 + Bronze medal\n\n \;\n\nBest female outside top 3 – Gold medal\nMedals:\n\n1st – Gold + Trophy\n\n2nd – Silver\n\n3rd – Bronze\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nBest female outside top 3 – Gold medal\nMedals:\n\n1st – Gold + Trophy\n\n2nd – Silver\n\n3r d – Bronze\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nBest female outside top 3 – Gold m edal\n\n\n\n \n\nTie Breaks that will be used: \n\n Direct Encounter.\n Buchholz cut 1\n Sonneborn-Berger\n Share the prize (if completely equa l)\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nEntry Procedures:\n\n \n\nW e are using the South African Chess Hub website to administer our booking and payment administration for the tournaments.\n\nIn order to facilitate the entry procedures in joining Chesshub we ask you to carefully follow th e steps described below:\n\nHow to book on South African Chess Hub: \n\n Go to https://chesshub.org.za/\n\n \;\n\n Log into your account or re gister a new profile.\n\n \;\n\n Go to the event on the event calenda r: https://chesshub.org.za/events-calendar/ and click on the event link fo r your tournament:\n\n \;\n\n Read the event description and scroll d own to “Bookings”\n\n \;\n\n Select the number of “Tickets” ( i.e. number of attendees) for the section/s you wish to enter. This is app licable where a family has more than one child that will be entering. It i s only necessary to register one profile with Chesshub. It is not required to register a profile for each child\, unless you want to.\n\n \;\n\n Where there are two children\, select 2 “spaces”\, you will then ent er the information for each child separately as “attendee 1” and “at tendee 2”\n\n \;\n\n At “Payment and Confirmation” select your method of payment. If you select to pay by EFT\, you will receive an email with the banking details for payment. The Account is in the name of “Pr omoting Pawns NPC”. If you pay by EFT your entry will only reflect once payment is received.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n Complete the attendee(s) i nformation and then click on\n\n \;\n\n This will take you to the Pay fast secure payment page. Complete the payment.\n\n \;\n\n You will r eceive a booking confirmation email a short while after completing payment .\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chesshub.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/ 04/WhatsApp-Image-2022-07-13-at-8.33.26-PM-1.jpeg CATEGORIES:Over-the-Board LOCATION:https://chesshub.org.za/events/jmc-2024-crawford-sandton/\, Crawfo rd International Sandton\, 11 Benmore Road\, Sandton\, Johannesburg Metro\ , South Africa X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=11 Benmore Road\, Sandton\, Johannesburg Metro\, South Africa;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Crawford Int ernational Sandton:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Johannesburg X-LIC-LOCATION:Africa/Johannesburg BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20230512T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:SAST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR