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Supplement 1
24 April 2012
System of Running the Russian Online Blitz Grand Prix Open 2102The competition will be held in three stages:
1st stage – qualifying tournaments:During this stage, 4 open tournaments for individuals are run in 13 rounds using the Swiss system. Each player has 3 minutes, gaining +1 second for each move, starting with the first one. Each of the 4 tournaments has a pool of 60 000 points. The points are distributed in the following way:
1st place – 12000 points; Tie-breaking is done using:
2nd stage – series of Final tournaments:After the qualifying tournaments, 44 players with the most points pass to the Final tournaments аnd 4 participants recommended by the Russian Chess Federation. 2nd stage system:48 participants are subdivided into 4 groups, 12 players each. The groups are formed with consideration to the results of the qualifying tournaments. Round robin system is used. Each player has 3 minutes per game, gaining +1 second for each move, starting with the first one. Forming groups:Of 12 players in each group, 4 distributed players are determined using the system below; the rest of the group is formed by the Panel of Judges, by drawing. Each group cannot have more than one player recommended by the RCF. Distributed players:
1st final group: players at the 1st, 8th, 9th, 16th places by the amount of points won in the qualifying tournaments The Final tournaments have a prize pool of 540 000 Russian roubles distributed in equal parts between the final groups. As a result, each group has 135 000 Russian roubles distributed in the following way:
1st place – passes to the Super Final tournament; Tie-breaking is done using:
3rd stage – Super Final tournament:The players who win the 1st and 2nd places in the 4 Final tournaments of the 2nd stage can pass to the 3rd stage. 3rd stage system:The 3rd stage of the competition uses the knockout (single-elimination) system. The participants play by the following scheme:
The winner of the 1st final group plays against the second-ranked player of the 3rd final group. In the quarterfinal, semifinal and final games, each player has 3 minutes per game, gaining +1 second for each move, starting with the first one. Tie-breaking in any of the matches is done using an Armageddon game, where White has 3 minutes, +1 second for every move starting with the first one; and Black has 2 minutes 30 seconds, + 1 second for every move starting with the first one. The colors are set randomly by the ChessOK Playing Zone’s automatic drawing system. In case of a draw, Black passes to the next round. The Super Final tournament has a prize pool of 740 000 Russian roubles distributed in the following way: 1st place – 200 000 roubles; |
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