2007 Canadian Open Rules and Regulations

 

As approved by the 2007 Organizing Committee

 

2007 Canadian Open Rules and Regulations Fair Play in Chess Time Control Move Recording Draw Offers Rules of Play Rounds Ratings Appeals Committee Byes Miscellaneous Smoking Dress Code Emergency Phone Number Web Page for Pairings and Results Pairings Accelerated Pairings: Système Suisse Accéléré Degréssif Class Pairings

 

Fair Play in Chess

We do not intend to subject all players to searches or lineups or metal detectors.  However, in

view of technological challenges to the concept of fair play in chess, we do intend to keep the halls of play free of distraction and of temptation.  Yes, dress appropriately for a sponsored event in air conditioned comfort.  Yes, bring your wristwatch, wallet or small purse, and pen;

pieces and clock if your score puts you below Board 100. But be prepared to check anything else, or please don't bring it.

 

• No talking during the game. (A brief greeting early in the session is OK, but otherwise players who want to communicate should first seek a staff member to be a witness).
• No cell phones, digital cameras, pagers or other electronics are allowed in the playing hall.  You may bring an ordinary wristwatch.
• No bags or equipment in the playing hall.  (Bags can be checked, or not brought at all.  Chess sets and clocks for those who need them for the game, may enter the room, but not elaborate or bulky bags to contain them.)
• For games in the Laurier Room (all the top boards), players with a game in progress may not leave the room.  There are washrooms *in* the Laurier Room.
• Hats, voluminous clothing, anything that might conceal a device: all are subject to search or exclusion from the room.
• If you don't need it for the game, please don't bring it to the playing area!
• Spectators may be excluded from the Laurier Room, which is the origin of the MonRoi broadcast games.

 

These rules are simple but sweeping.  Fair play is important to us.  Penalties even for a first offence can be as severe as loss of the game.  Since communication devices are not allowed in the playing hall, it goes without saying that we will enforce the normal FIDE penalty of loss of the game for a cell phone ringing.

 

Time Control

Game in 100 minutes with 60-second increments.  Digital clocks are provided.  Players may not use their own equipment.

 

Move Recording

• With the increment, all moves must be recorded, after they are played.
• An unplayed move may be written only in connection with a draw claim.
• The player must write his own previous move before making another.
• A MonRoi device is considered a scoresheet.
• All scoresheets must be left in full view on the table during the entire game.

 

Draw Offers

No draw may be offered or agreed before 30 moves have been played.

 

Rules of Play

 

CFC rules of play, which are the same as FIDE's.  USA players should understand that FIDE rules are not always the same as USCF rules.  A few reminders: 

• White’s clock is started first, by either an arbiter or the player, and white must make the first move before starting black’s clock.
• Castling—must be made by moving the king first. If a rook is touched first, that rook must be moved and castling is not permitted on that move.
• If a claim of repetition or 50-moves is proven incorrect, ½ of the claimant’s time (up to 3 minutes) is deducted from claimant and 3 minutes added to opponent’s clock time.  Such claims are made only by the player whose turn it is to move.  Claims may involve writing a move on the scoresheet, but the claiming player must not execute that move.
• Flags: Players in their own games, as well as arbiters, will call flag-falls.
• Each player must turn in a legible score sheet immediately at the end of the game. If an arbiter decides the score sheet is not sufficiently legible, the player may be required to copy the game and re-submit it.
• If you need help, stop the clocks (pause button at lower right) and summon an arbiter.
• Do not eat or analyze at the board.

 

 

Rounds

Round	Date	Time
Round 1	Saturday, July 7th, 2007	2:00pm EST
Round 2	Sunday, July 8th, 2007	10:00am EST
Round 3	Sunday, July 8th, 2007	4:00pm EST
Round 4	Monday, July 9th, 2007	6:00pm EST
Round 5	Tuesday, July 10th, 2007	6:00pm EST
Round 6	Wednesday, July 11th, 2007	6:00pm EST
Round 7	Thursday, July 12th, 2007	6:00pm EST
Round 8	Friday, July 13th, 2007	6:00pm EST
Round 9	Saturday, July 14th, 2007	2:00pm EST
Round 10	Sunday, July 15th, 2007	10:00 am EST

 

 

Ratings

 

FIDE ratings will be used as the basis for pairings and prizes.

National ratings may be used.  In general, we will use the (adjusted) rating under which the player competes most frequently.

 

Highest ???

 

CFC rating: up to 2199 at par; 2200-2240: 2200; 2241 and up, subtract 40 from CFC rating.

USCF rating: below 2300, add 10% of (2300 minus the USCF rating), up to a maximum of 50.

FQE rating: up to 2200, add 10% of (2200 minus the FQE rating), up to a maximum of 50.  Above 2299, subtract 40 from FQE rating.

 

Event Rating	FIDE	CFC	USCF	FQE
2400	2400	2440	2400	2440
2300	2300	2340	2300	2340
2250	2250	2290	2244	2250
2200	2200	2200	2189	2200
2100	2100	2100	2078	2089
2000	2000	2000	1967	1978
1900	1900	1900	1856	1867
1800	1800	1800	1750	1756

We will use the most recent published (in print or internet) rating.

Other ratings may be accepted, on a case-by-case basis. We reserve the right to assign a rating, for example when a rating is old or based upon few games.   In general, a US player will use the adjusted USCF rating, other foreign players their FIDE rating.

 

Appeals Committee

 

The normal arrangement: five members; first three available who don't have conflicts; appeal in writing within 1 hour of game, together with $25 fee which will be refunded if the Appeals Committee does not find the appeal frivolous.

 

 

Byes

 

Up to three (3) byes (½ point each) in any of the first 6 rounds if requested in advance (ie. before pairings are made for the first round).  Norm seekers should note that a norm is impossible with 3 byes and next to impossible with 2 byes.

 

Miscellaneous

 

Smoking

 

Smoking is not allowed in the playing area, nor, by law, in the public areas of the hotel.  Smoking is not allowed in washrooms.  A player in a room with MonRoi broadcast cannot leave the room, and thus cannot smoke during the game.

 

Dress Code

Emergency Phone Number

Web Page for Pairings and Results

 

http://cocycc.pbwiki.com/results

 

 

Pairings

 

Most tournaments are played in sections, but the Canadian Open has usually been a unitary event.  Anybody who enters may win the Canadian Open.  The main downsides of a traditionally-paired single-section tournament are that IM and GM norms become almost impossible to achieve, and the "yo-yo effect", whereby a player might meet an opponent 250 points higher, lose, and in the next round meet an opponent 240 points lower.

 

We will use Accelerated Pairings to make norms more likely.  After discussion, we have decided not to attack the yo-yo effect.

 

Accelerated Pairings: Système Suisse Accéléré Degréssif

 

The field will be divided in three, at about 2200 and 1800 rating points.  For pairing purposes only, everyone in the top group will receive 2 extra points, everyone in the middle group 1 extra point.  As the tournament progresses, the acceleration will gradually be nullified. For each 1½ points that a player scores, he will receive ½ extra point.  After round 8, all remaining extra points will be removed, so rounds 9 and 10 will be unaccelerated.   This style of acceleration is used at the annual Cappelle-la-Grande tournament in France.  Cappelle annually has some 600 players and in 2007 a record 18 norms (including 8 GM norms) were achieved.

 

Class Pairings

 

Pairings may be adjusted so that in round 10, and possibly also in round 9, contenders for class, gender, or age-group prizes may be paired against each other.

 

 

These rules are subject to change. See http://cocycc.pbwiki.com/CORules