Right of admission reserved – Only Eligible Players can enter

Online Entries:

A, B, C, D, U10, U8 , Female Sections

U10: Players born in 2016 and 2017 U8: Players born in 2018 or later

Entries Close: 31^st January 2025 at 18.00

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Draws and results will be published on http://chess-results.com/fed.aspx?lan=1&fed=RSA

NOTICE TO PARENTS

The safety and well-being of all players outside of the Playing Hall remains the responsibility of the parents of the JMC and its officials do not provide supervisory or caregiving services to young players.
Parents of players are therefore urged to remain present at the venue for the duration of the tournament to supervise their children.
JMC and Trinityhouse accepts no liability for any harm caused to, or damages suffered by any attendee of the tournament (player, parents, siblings or other persons) arising from any cause whatsoever.

Rules:

Players to provide their own
Latest FIDE rules will
All Sections will be rated by CHESS SA
Standard ratings file will be used
Guideline 4 will be applied
JMC will provide Notation Pads
Players to supply their own
It is the responsibility of the player to ensure that he/she is entered into the correct The Organiser reserves the right to move a player to the appropriate section.
The Organiser has the right to combine
Only players with confirmed payments will be added to the draw as published on http://chess-results.com/
No cell phones or any communication devices (e.g. smart watches) will be allowed in the playing area except for the TD, Chief Arbiter, Arbiters and PC personnel.
The Organiser of the tournament and other tournament officials are not responsible for the safety or property of players or spectators.
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 respective websites.
The player/parent/guardian gives consent for photo’s to 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 the tournament so that we can notify our photographers.
The tournament organisers reserve the right to cancel the Players will have their entry fee refunded
Rounds will commence at the published starting times
Default time 20 mins for round 1 – thereafter 15 mins for rounds 2 -5
Players are expected to adhere to the JMC Code of Conduct for Tournaments, contraventions of which must be reported to the Chief Arbiter without delay and prior to the end of the Tournament.
No spectators in the playing hall
No refunds for withdrawals or no-shows (refund only if we cancel the tournament)
Appeals must be submitted within 10 minutes of the game being completed and before the next round starts

All Sections – Chess SA rated 5 rounds – 60 / 60
Schedule: Round 1: 8:00 – 10.00 Round 2 – 5: Starts shortly after the end of the previous round, Rate of play will be followed if possible
A Section: (minimum 10 players)	B Section: (minimum 10 players)	C Section:	D Section:	U8 and U10 Sections	Female Section
Entry Fee: R350	Entry Fee: R300	Entry Fee: R300	Entry Fee: R300	Entry Fee: R200	Entry Fee: R200
Rating 1600+	Rating 1450 – 1599 Adults (over 18) with 0 to 1599 rating	Rating 1300 – 1449 (No Adults)	Rating < 1300 (No Adults)	U10: Players born in 2016 and 2017 U8: Players born in 2018 or later	Females with rating below 1300 (No Adults)
1^st Place R4000 2^nd Place R2500 3^rd Place R1500 4th Place R1000 Best female R500 (minimum 2 females)	1^st Place R1000 2^nd Place R800 3^rd Place R600 Best female R300 (minimum 2 females)
		Medals: 1^st – Gold 2^nd – Silver 3^rd – Bronze Best female outside Top 3 – Gold	Medals: 1^st – Gold 2^nd – Silver 3^rd – Bronze Best female outside Top 3 – Gold	Medals: 1^st – Gold + Trophy 2^nd – Silver 3^rd – Bronze Best female outside Top 3 – Gold	Medals: 1^st – Gold 2^nd – Silver 3^rd – Bronze

Tie Breaks that will be used:

Direct
Buchholz cut 1
Sonneborn-Berger
Share the prize (if completely equal)

Entry Procedures:

We are using the South African Chess Hub website to administer our booking and payment administration for the tournaments.

In order to facilitate the entry procedures in joining Chesshub we ask you to carefully follow the steps described below:

How to book on South African Chess Hub:

Go to https://chesshub.org.za/

Log into your account or register a new

Go to the event on the event calendar: https://chesshub.org.za/events-calendar/ and click on the event link for your tournament:

Read the event description and scroll down to “Bookings”

Select the number of “Tickets” (i.e. number of attendees) for the section/s you wish to This is applicable where a family has more than one child that will be entering. It is only necessary to register one profile with Chesshub. It is not required to register a profile for each child, unless you want to.

Where there are two children, select 2 “spaces”, you will then enter the information for each child separately as “attendee 1” and “attendee 2”

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 The Account is in the name of “Promoting Pawns NPC”. If you pay by EFT your entry will only reflect once payment is received.