MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA

INVITATIONAL CHESS COMPETITION 2015

INTRODUCTION:

This tournament is sponsored by Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). The purpose of this tournament is to provide a Fide-rated standard time control tournament for chess players from local Institution of Higher Learning.

ELIGIBILITY:

This tournament is by invitation only. Anyone who fulfilled the following requirements can apply to participate in this tournament. The application must be send to the organizing committee before 26th of October 2015. For the successful applicants the invitation will be send by 29th of October 2015.

1.  Must be a Malaysian studying in an Institute of Higher Learning in Malaysia which includes

i.  Institute of Higher Learning (Public / Private)

ii. Community College

iii.  Polytechnic

iv.  College

2.  Procedures for shortlisting the players

i.  Only a maximum of 50 Males and 50 Females will be invited.

ii.  Fide rating less than 2200.

3.  Any IHL can send as many players as possible as long as their players fulfill the criteria. Priority of shortlisting

a.  Have fide rating

b.  Top 4 players (boys and girls) from each university

c.  First come first serve.

The others will be in the KIV list.

4.  If any of the players do not accept the offer by the 3rd of November, this offer will be given to the other players in the KIV list.

5.  The committee decision is final and no appeal will be entertain.

ENQUIRIES AND CONTACT:

For further enquiries, please send an email to Dr. Ng Siew Cheok () or contact Mrs. Nurfadhilah at 03-79676980 ().


TOURNAMENT DETAILS:

This Tournament is organized by University of Malaya. There will be only one event. However, there are separate prizes for males and females. The details of the event are as follows:

DATE : November 13th to November 15th, 2015

VENUE : Multipurpose Hall Sports Centre, UM Arena, University of Malaya (May be subjected to changes)

FORMAT : 7 round Swiss System

TIME CONTROL : 90 minutes per person (no increment)

REGISTRATION FEES : None

TENTATIVE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

DATE / TIME / PROGRAMME
13th November / 1430 / Players’ meeting
1500 / Round 1
1900 / Round 2
14th November / 0900 / Round 3
1300 / Round 4
1700 / Round 5
15th November / 0900 / Round 6
1300 / Round 7
* / Play-off
1700 / Closing Ceremony

TIE-BREAK

1.  Personal Encounter

2.  Play-off (only for the champion)

a) If only 2 players

i. 2 rounds of blitz (5 min per player).

ii. Armageddon (white 6 min against black 5 min.)

b) More than two players

i. Round robin blitz (5 min per player).

PRIZES (GIVEN SEPARATELY FOR BOTH THE MALE AND FEMALE)

PLACING / PRIZE
CHAMPION / RM500 + Trophy
SECOND / RM200
THIRD / RM150
FOURTH / RM120
FIFTH / RM100
SIXTH / RM90
SEVENTH / RM80
EIGHTH / RM70
NINTH / RM60
TENTH / RM50

*If 2 or more players are tied for a certain placing, the prizes will be evenly split.

IMPORTANT DATES

Date / Activity
26/10/2015 (before) / Submit Entry Form
29/10/2015 / Invitation
3/11/2015 (before) / Accept invitation
6/11/2015 / Invitation to KIV list
13-15/11/2015 / Tournament days

MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA

INVITATIONAL CHESS COMPETITION 2015

ENTRY FORM

NAME
IPT
IC. NUMBER
HANDPHONE NUMBER
EMAIL
SEX / MALE/FEMALE
FIDE ID (any)
FIDE Rating (any)

Please submit together with this form:

-  Proof of Attachment to a Malaysian Institute of Higher Learning.

-  Copy of matric card

The completed form should be e-mail to Dr. Ng Siew Cheok () by 26th October 2015 before 5.30pm.