REGULATIONS FOR 36TH CHESS
OLYMPIAD
These
are the specific regulations that shall apply to 36th Chess
Olympiad from October 14 to 31 in Calvià
(Spain).
1
Progress of the event.
1.1
The
Olympiad will be played in Calvià
(Spain) from October 15 to October 30, 2004.
1.2
A captains meeting will take
place at Gran Casino de Mallorca (Urb.
Sol de
Mallorca s/n), Arturo Pomar room,
on October
15 at 9:00 hrs.
1.3
Theng ceremony will begin
at Playa Santa Ponsa on October 14 at 17:00, with a giant chess festival,
followed at 19:00 by the authorities’ reception.
1.4
All the rounds will be played at
Gran Casino de Mallorca (Urb.
Sol de
Mallorca s/n), Ruy López room, for thesection and Reina Isabel room
for women’s, and will begin
at 15:30. October 21 and 30 will be rest days.
1.5
The closing ceremony will take
place at 19:00 on October 30 at Gran Casino de
Mallorca (Urb.
Sol de Mallorca s/n).
2
The players.
2.1
The ranking of teams shall be
finalized at the initial captains meeting (1.2). Any team whose captain is
not present at the captains meeting will be excluded from the ranking and
shall not be paired for Round 1.
2.2
Not later than 6 hours before
the start of Round 1, the players in each team must be listed in a fixed
board order by their captain ( boards 1-6; women: boards 1-4). The
board order cannot be changed during the tournament.
2.3
During the whole course of the
contest, the players must conduct themselves in accordance with sporting
fairness and decency, and must take care neither to distract nor to annoy
their opponents. They should endeavor to settle all disputes by mutual
accommodation.
2.4
No analysis is permitted in the
playing area when play is in progress. Analysis for finished games is
allowed in the analysis room. It is not allowed to move sets and clocks from
playing area to the analysis room.
2.5
The players are not allowed to
leave the playing venue without permission from the Match Arbiter. The
playing venue is defined as the playing area, rest rooms, refreshment area,
smoking area and other places as designated by the Chief Arbiter.
2.6
The player having to move is not
allowed to leave the playing area without permission of the Match Arbiter.
2.7
Players, captains, arbiters and
authorized persons shall wear the appropriate badge, without which they will
not be allowed to enter the playing area.
2.8
There is a ban on using either
mobile phones or any other device that can disturb the players during the
games. Mobile phones have to be switched off completely in the playing hall;
silence mode is not allowed. The player whose mobile phone rings during the
game shall lose the game.
2.9
The players shall leave the
playing area when they finish their games.
2.10
Prior agreement between players
as to the result of individual games or of a match shall be penalized with
the utmost severity. If any such agreement is proved to have taken place,
the points apportioned by it shall be annulled and the matter shall be
referred to the Appeals Committee for the fixing of the penalty.
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The team
captains.
3.1
The RBR (Round-by-Round) Team
List (4 for theteams and 3 for the women’s teams) has to be submitted
by the team captain between 9:30 and 10:00 hrs. for rounds 2nd to
14th. For the 1st round, it will be submitted during
the initial captains meeting.
3.1.1
If any specific RBR Team List is not
submitted on time, the team must only use its top 4 players ( or its
top 3 players (women).
3.1.2
The order of the players, as
indicated by the FBO (Fixed Board Order) Team List cannot be altered; hence
reserves must play on the bottom boards only.
3.1.3
If the board order in which a
team plays differs from the board order of FBO Team List, the team's score
for that round shall be reduced by one game point for every deviation from
the correct sequence. (Example: for playing 1-2-4-3, (considering only theteams) two points are forfeited; the score shall not, however, be
reduced below zero.) The use of any player who does not figure in the FBO
Team List will cause the round to be forfeited 4:0.
3.1.4
Pairings by teams shall be
posted not later than 22:00 of the day before. For the 1st round they will
be made public during the initial captains’ meeting.
3.1.5
Pairings by players shall be
posted not later than 12:00 of each round.
3.2
In the exercise of his functions
the team captain has the right of access to the area reserved for the
players, but it is his duty to ensure that the members of his team who are
not involved in the current match or have finished their games do not enter
or remain in this area. When the match of his/her team has finished, the
captain will be considered as a spectator and he/she will leave the playing
area.
3.3
At the end of the playing
session, the captain is responsible both for reporting the result to the
Assistant Arbiter and for delivering to them legibly written score sheets of
the finished games.
3.4
During the games the captain
must refrain from interfering in any way. He is, however, entitled to advise
his players on the offering or accepting of draws or resigning of games,
provided that he makes no comment on the actual position on the chess board,
and confines himself to giving brief information which can in no way be
construed as an opinion about the progress of the game. The exchange of
information between captain and player must take place in the presence of an
Assistant Arbiter.
3.5
The captain is permitted to
appoint a deputy to exercise his functions, but must inform the Chief
Arbiter of this in writing.
3.6
In matters relating directly to
the play, the captain alone is entitled to lodge or present demands made by
his players.
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The Advisory
Panel
4.1
In the Chief Arbiter's initial
discussion with the captains, the latter shall elect an Advisory Panel.
4.2
This panel shall be composed of
5 persons, as follows:
·
the members may be team captains or players;
·
they should be chosen from all 5 rating
categories, which are made according to each team’s 4 ( or 3 (women)
highest rated players’ average rating;
·
the 5 members shall nominate their own
chairman.
4.3
The task of the Advisory Panel
is to give advice to the Chief Arbiter and Tournament Director whenever they
request it. Equally, the Appeals Committee or the FIDE President may take
advice from the panel before arriving at a decision.
4.4
Request for this advice should
be addressed to the chairman of the panel.
5
Laws of Chess
5.1
The general FIDE Laws of Chess
shall be applied with their supplements and interpretations as laid down by
the FIDE Rules Commission. The specific regulations for the Chess Olympiad
in FIDE Handbook shall also be in force.
6
System of Play
6.1
The basic Swiss pairing system
shall be Burstein System in 14 rounds, with one section for theteams
and one section for the women's teams, considered as separate competitions.
6.2
Every match in thesection
shall be played over four boards and each match in the women's section shall
be played over three boards.
7
Start and finish
of the session
7.1
Five minutes before the start of
each round, the Tournament Director must announce the approaching start of
the session by a double acoustic signal.
7.2
The beginning of the playing
session shall be announced by a single acoustic signal.
7.3
Once the signal for the start of
the round has been given, the clock of the player with the white pieces
shall be started by his opponent. If the player of the black pieces is not
present at the appointed time, his clock shall be started by the player with
white, but without any move being made by the latter. Then, when the player
of the black pieces arrives, he shall start his opponent's clock and the
latter shall make his first move. If both players are absent, white's clock
shall be started by the Assistant Arbiter. Any player arriving at the
chessboard more than one hour late shall forfeit the game. If both players
arrive more than one hour late, the game shall be declared lost for both of
them.
8
Time control
8.1
The time control is all the
moves in 90 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from
the first move.
9
Scoring
9.1
Each team's place in the order
of classification shall be decided by the number of game points it has
scored.
9.2
Ties shall be resolved as
follows:
The position of teams that
finish with the same number of game points shall be determined by
application of the following tie-breaking procedures in sequence, proceeding
from (a) to (b) to (c) to (d) to the extent required:
(a) by the sum of the
game scores of all the team's opponents;
(b) by the number of
match points won;
(c) by the sum of the
game scores of all opponents defeated plus one half of the game scores of
all the opponents with which a tied result was achieved.
(d) by the sum of the
game scores of all the team's opponents, excluding the two opponents who
scored the highest number of game points and two opponents who scored the
lowest number of game points.
10
Procedure in the
case of infringement of the rules, disputes and improper conduct.
10.1
In matters relating to the play:
·
the initial decision shall be taken by the
Arbiters.
·
an appeal against this decision may be
addressed to the Chief Arbiter.
·
the second, provisionally binding decision,
shall be taken by the Chief Arbiter.
10.2
In administrative matters
·
the initial decision shall be taken by the
Deputy Tournament Director.
·
an appeal against this decision may be
addressed to the Tournament Director.
·
the second, provisionally binding decision
shall be taken by the Tournament Director.
10.3
Any ruling by the Chief Arbiter
or Tournament Director shall take effect immediately; any proceedings which
were suspended shall then be resumed.
10.4
Written protests against a
decision of the Chief Arbiter or Tournament Director are permissible and
shall be settled by an Appeals Committee.
11.1
The FIDE President, as the
highest executive officer of the Chess Olympiad, shall have the support of
an Appeals Committee, of which he himself shall select the three members.
11.2
The President shall appoint one
of the members as chairman.
11.3
The following may be the subject
of rulings by the appeals committee:
·
protests against decisions of the Chief
Arbiter or Tournament Director;
·
complaints of improper conduct by participants
in the Chess Olympiad;
·
any other matters which the committee
considers important and worth debating.
11.4
Procedure of appeals
Any protest against a decision by the Chief
Arbiter or the Tournament Director must be typed and presented to the
Appeals Committee in triplicate, together with the sum of 100 Swiss Francs
or the equivalent in local currency, as a deposit from the signatory. If the
appeal is granted, the sum shall be returned immediately.
Those entitled to lodge appeals are the team
captains and the chiefs of delegation. Where appropriate, the appeal may be
accompanied by written statements from the witnesses.
The deposit must be handed to the chairman of
the Appeals Committee. If the appeal is refused, the deposit is forfeited to
FIDE.
Requests to the Appeals Committee by
organizers of the Chess Olympiad may be made without payment.
11.5
Upon submission of the appeal,
the committee shall proceed to examine the evidence. For this purpose it may
take statements from anyone as required, consult members of the Advisory
Panel, and conduct other forms of investigation. The decision of the Appeals
Committee should be reached as quickly as possible.
11.6
The Appeals Committee should
endeavor to find acceptable solutions in the FIDE spirit. It may resolve
disputed issues with or without disciplinary action. In the case of gross
unsporting offenses or other misconduct, the following principles apply:
·
The Laws of Chess provide for the penalization
of players who break the rules; the FIDE interpretations of the laws state
that "Arbiters are requested to impose, in cases where clear contravention
of moral principles of the game are demonstrated, penalties as severe as the
loss of the game".
·
If a participant fails to comply with the Laws
of Chess or the relevant regulations, disobeys the controllers
Assistant Arbiters, commits breaches of chess etiquette or conducts himself
improperly inside or outside the tournament building, the following steps
may be taken.
11.7
Code of penalties
For minor offences or petty infringements
·
admonishment
·
correction
·
demand for an apology to the offended party.
if a participant fails to make the apology
demanded of him, which must be presented to the offended party in writing,
the Appeals Committee shall instead impose a fine, the amount of which shall
have been stipulated in a postscript to the original verdict.
For serious offences
·
written warning
·
fine
·
conditional or definitive disqualification.
The Appeals Committee shall decide whether an
offence is "serious" or "minor". All fines are to be remitted to FIDE
through the administrator, who should be notified by the committee.
The Federations shall take responsibility for
their players.
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Result sheets
(protocols).
12.1
At the end of each match the two
captains and the Match Arbiter shall sign the result sheet.
13
Staff
13.1
Organizing Committee Chairman:
Antonio Rami
13.2
Tournament Director:
Marcelino Sión
13.3
Chief Arbiter: Ignatius Leong
13.4
Deputy Chief Arbiter (
teams): Jesus Mena
13.5
Deputy Chief Arbiter (women’s
teams): Enrique Zaragoza
13.6
Spanish Arbiters’ Coordinator: Joaquín
Espejo
13.7
Appeals Committee: P. T.
Ummer Koya (Chairman), Jorge Vega and Boris Kutin
13.8
Pairings Committee: Mikko Markkula
(Chairman), Almog Burstein and Christian Krause
13.9
Administrative Committee:
Heinz Herzog, Werner Stubenvoll and Juanjo Escribano
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