First ACP World Rapid Cup Regulations

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First ACP World Rapid Cup Regulations

I. Tournament's system

The 1st ACP World Rapid Cup will feature a knock-out tournament with 16 participants. A series of individual matches will determine who will be the winner of the event. It will run through four stages:

- 1st round with all 16 participants;
- quarter-finals with the 8 winners of the 1st round matches;
- semi-finals with the 4 winners of the quarter-finals;
- final with the 2 winners of the semi-finals.


II. Matches

All matches from the 1st round to the final will consist of two rapid games. These two games will be played with the following time control: 20 minutes each at the start of the game with an increment of 5 seconds per move from move 1.


III. Tie-breaks

If a match ends in a draw (1-1), two additional blitz games will have to be played. The time control will be 3 minutes each at the start of the game with an increment of 2 seconds per move from move 1.

If this tie-break match again ends in a draw (1-1), a last game will have to be played. This final tie-break will consist of a single blitz game where White starts with 5 minutes and needs to win the game in order to win the match (sudden death game). Black, on his part, only needs a draw to win the match, but has only 4 minutes at the start of the game. This final tie-break game will be played without time increment.


IV. Drawing of lots and pairings

The drawing of lots will take place during the opening ceremony.
Participants will be ranked according to the FIDE rating list of January 2007. The two best rated players of this list will be the No1 and No2 seeds of the tournament. They will draw lots in order to determine which half of the pairing table they will top. They may obviously not play each other earlier than in the final.
Players rated 3 and 4 will then draw lots to determine which half they belong to. They may encounter the top-seed of their pool no earlier than in the semi-finals.
The same procedure will be followed with players No5 to No8, bearing in mind that in the first round, players seeded 1 - 8 will forcefully play against one of the players ranked 9 - 16.
Colours for the first round will also be drawn during the opening ceremony.


V. Prizes

The total prize fund of the event amounts to 136,000 USD. Prizes will be distributed as follows:

4,000 USD to each player eliminated in the 1st round;
6,000 USD to each player eliminated in the quarter-final;
10,000 USD to each player eliminated in the semi-final;
20,000 USD to the runner-up;
40,000 USD to the winner.


VI. Tournament's schedule

04.01.2007

6 p.m.: Opening Ceremony at the Londonskaya Hotel


05.01.2007

1 p.m.: 1st match of the 1st round
3.15 p.m.: 2nd match of the 1st round
5.30 p.m.: 3rd match of the 1st round
7.45 p.m.: 4th match of the 1st round


06.01.2007

1 p.m.: 5th match of the 1st round
3.15 p.m.: 6th match of the 1st round
5.30 p.m.: 7th match of the 1st round
7.45 p.m.: 8th match of the 1st round


07.01.2007

1 p.m.: 1st match of the quarter-final
3.15 p.m.: 2nd match of the quarter-final
5.30 p.m.: 3rd match of the quarter-final
7.45 p.m.: 4th match of the quarter-final


08.01.2007

1 p.m.: 1st match of the semi-final
3.15 p.m.: 2nd match of the semi-final
6 p.m.: Final match
9 p.m.: Closing ceremony at the Londonskaya Hotel

Remarks:

- A break of 10 minutes will be made between the two rapid games of a match, and another 10-minute break before possible tie-breaks. Colours for the tie-breaks will be drawn immediately after the end of the 2nd rapid game. The same procedure will be valid for the possible final tie-break game.
- The times indicated above represent the official start of the 1st game of each match. However, both players will be kindly asked to be in the playing hall a few minutes in advance.
- The beginning of a match may be slightly delayed in case the previous match lasted longer than foreseen because of tie-breaks. Players affected by a possible delay will be informed as soon as the information is available.
- Immediately after the end of a match, both players will be requested to attend a press-conference and to be available for possible interviews.


VII. Miscellaneous

- Games will be played under the current FIDE Rules, with the addition of the "Corsican rule" (draw offer is forbidden).
- In rapid chess, illegal moves do not lose the game. Nevertheless, each illegal move will be penalized by a 2-minute addition on the opponent's clock.
- In all tie-break games, any illegal move leads to the immediate loss of the game.