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:682@chesshub.org.za DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20211211T080000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20211212T170000 DTSTAMP:20211210T170554Z URL:https://chesshub.org.za/events/kfnrapid/ SUMMARY:Kraaifontein Rapid Chess Tournament DESCRIPTION: \;\n\n\n\nSections\nA. Championship\n\nB. Advanced\n\nC.  Intermediate\n\nD.  Beginner\n: Players with CHESSA rating 1600+\n\n: Pl ayers with CHESSA rating 1300 to 1599\n\n: Players with CHESSA rating 1000 to 1299\n\n: Players with CHESSA rating below 1000\n\n\n\n\n\nTime contro l\nAll Sections\n: 20/20 + 10spm\n\n\n\n\n\nRating\nAll sections will be C HESSA rated\n\n\n\n\n\nPlaying schedule\nDate\nBeginner and\n\nIntermediat e sections\nAdvanced and\n\nChampionship sections\n\n\nSat\, 11 Dec\nRound 1 – 09h00\n\nRound 2 – 10h00\n\nRound 3 – 11h00\nRound 1 – 14h00\ n\nRound 2 – 15h00\n\nRound 3 – 16h00\n\n\nSun\, 12 Dec\nRound 4 – 0 9h00\n\nRound 5 – 10h00\n\nRound 6 – 11h00\nRound 4 – 14h00\n\nRound 5 – 15h00\n\nRound 6 – 16h00\n\n\n\n\n\nEntry fee\nChampionship secti on: R150\nAdvanced\n\nSection: R120\nBeginner &\; Intermediate\n\nsecti ons: R100\n\n\n\n\n The closing date for online entries is Thursday\, 09 December 2021 at 21h00\n Entries will be limited to a maximum of 100 part icipants (50 for Open Section and 50 for Junior Section).\n Late entries may be accepted after the closing date\, subject to payment of a R50 late registration fee.\n\n\n\n\nAwards and prizes\nPosition\nChampionship\nAdva nced\nBeginner &\; Intermediate\n\n\n1st\nR1000 + trophy + medal\nR500 + trophy + medal\nTrophy + medal\n\n\n2nd\nR800 + Silver medal\nR400 + Sil ver medal\nSilver Medal\n\n\n3rd\nR600 + Bronze medal\nR300 + Bronze medal \nBronze Medal\n\n\n\n\n All place (1st. - 3rd.) prize money will be shar ed equally amongst tied players.\n Prizes may be paid in by Electronic Fu nd Transfer (EFT) within 48 hours after the conclusion of the event.\n Pl ayers must attend the award ceremony to receive their prizes and/or awards .\n No player may win more than one individual prize. A player will recei ve the prize with the highest value.\n Prizes may be amended subject to n umbers of entries.\n\n \;\n\nLOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE\n\nThe appoint ed Local Organising Committee comprise of:\n\n Tournament Organiser: Kraa ifontein Chess Club\n Tournament Director: Mr Burton van Staaden\n Chief Arbiter: Mr Ricardo Minnaar\n Chief Covid Officer: Mr Darryl Jacobs\n A ppeals: Mr Paul Wilson\n Enquiries: Mr Paul Wilson                     Cell: 083 461 8742 Email: paul@chesshub.co.za\n Enquiries: Mr Burton van Staaden    Cell: 073 212 4875 Email: info@kfnchess.org.za  \n\nEVENT SECTIONS\n\nThe event will consist of the following sections:\ n\nOpen Section\n\n Championship                   : Pl ayers with CHESSA rating 1600+\n Advanced                             : Players with CHESSA rating 1300 to 1599\n\nJunior Section \n\n Intermediate                     : Play ers with CHESSA rating 1000 to 1299\n Beginner                               : Players with CHESSA rating below 1000\n \nThe Junior Section is reserved for players under 16 years of age (born 2 005 or later)\n\nPlayers over the age of 16 years with rating below 1300 m ust play in the Open Section.\n\nPlayers with a rating within 50 points of a higher section may “play-up” into that section.\n\nTIEBREAKS\n\nThe following tiebreak systems\, in the order given below\, will be used to r ank the players (who finish the tournament on the same scores) to determin e the final standings.\n\n Direct encounter\n Bucholz\n Sonneborn-Berge r\n Rating average of opponents\n\nEVENT REGULATIONS\n\n 01 January 2018 FIDE Laws of Chess will apply.\n All electronic equipment (e.g. mobile p hones\, tablets\, smart watches\, etc. but excluding those items used excl usively for the running of the Event) must be switched off when brought in to the playing hall. Any player who is found to have such a device in his/ her possession which is not switched off will immediately be forfeited (lo ss of game).\n The “late arrival time” for all rounds will be 5 minut es. Any player who arrives more than 5 minutes late after the actual start of a round will immediately be forfeited\, unless the Chief Arbiter decid es otherwise.\n Organisers reserve the right to combine or split sections depending on entries.\n\nAPPEALS\n\nA player wishing to appeal against a ruling made by an arbiter\, must do so immediately after the game has ende d and before the pairings for the next round has been published.\n\nARBITE RS\n\nThe following arbiters have been appointed:\n\n Chief Arbiter: Rica rdo Minnaar\n Other Arbiters: Darryl Jacobs &\; Takudzwa Chiriya\n\nWI THDRAWAL FROM THE EVENT\n\n Players withdrawing from the event will forfe it their entry fees.\n If a player withdraws during the event\, rating pe nalties will be applied as per Chess SA Rating Regulations if no valid and acceptable reason(s) are provided by the player.\n\n DRESSCODE\n\nPlayer s must always be dressed neatly and look presentable. Casual wear/clothing will be allowed. Players must wear shoes or sandals.\n\nPHOTOGRAPHS\n\nPh otographs will be taken during the event and the award ceremony. All playe rs are deemed to allow publication of photographs of them taken at the eve nt by the organisers for publicity purposes unless they inform the organis ers otherwise.\n\nTRANSPORT AND ACCOMODATION\n\n Each participant is resp onsible for his/her own transport &\; accommodation arrangements and th e costs thereof.\n\n TUCKSHOP\n\nA tuckshop will be in operation for the duration of the event.\n\n COVID-19 HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS\n\n  A total of 100 players (50 for Junior section and 50 for Open section) will be allowed to participate in the event.\n Only players will be allowed to enter the venue.\n No spectators or parents will be allowed at the venue .\n Screening of all players\, support staff\, officials and attendees wi ll be done upon entry at the venue and recorded in a register.\n All play ers\, support staff and attendees will complete a self-screening questionn aire to ensure efficient contact tracing where necessary.\n Any person di splaying symptoms associated with Covid-19 (fever\, cough\, shortness of b reath or breathing difficulties) or people who are considered in a high-ri sk group should not attend.\n Players will not be allowed to leave the pl aying area during the day as well as its associated demarcated breakaway a rea. Players should therefore bring their own food and drink.\n No food d eliveries will be allowed\, and players will not be able to leave the play ing area to buy food or drink.\n Sanitisation of chess pieces\, sets and surfaces will be done in between rounds\, but players may bring their own hand sanitizers as well.\n Hand sanitiser will be available at the entran ce of the venue\, as well as at strategic areas inside the venue and toile ts. Toilets will have sufficient soap and paper towels as well as marked C ovid-19 disposal facilities.\n All players must wear masks always coverin g both their noses and mouths.\n All players must adhere to strict social distancing at all times.\n Players\, support staff and officials over th e age of 60 or people with comorbidities will be encouraged to be cautious and minimise exposure.\n Players will sign their own scoresheets and rep ort the result to the arbiter. No signing of opponent sheets and no sharin g of pens.\n No hands will be shaken at the commencement of the round\, n or at the end of the match.\n Once the players are done with a match\, an d 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 no t comply with Covid-19 Health and Safety protocols may be expelled from th e event.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chesshub.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/ 12/Logo1.png CATEGORIES:Over-the-Board LOCATION:https://chesshub.org.za/events/kfnrapid/\, Kraaifontein Library\, Brighton Road\, Kraaifontein\, South Africa X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Brighton Road\, Kraaifontei n\, South Africa;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Kraaifontein Library:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Johannesburg X-LIC-LOCATION:Africa/Johannesburg BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201211T080000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:SAST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR