28th Sep 2015, Kuala Lumpur - A new chess tournament at University Malaya Kuala Lumpur is coming up this November 2015 organised jointly by Ministry of Higher Education and University of Malaya
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 (siewcng@um.edu.my) or contact Mrs. Nurfadhilah at
03-79676980 (diylladania@um.edu.my).
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 (siewcng@um.edu.my) by 26th October 2015 before 5.30pm.
For
further enquiries, please send an email to Dr. Ng Siew Cheok (siewcng@um.edu.my) or contact Mrs. Nurfadhilah at
03-79676980 (diylladania@um.edu.my).
(information courtesy of Dr Ng Siew Cheok)
