David Dunn Memorial Rapid-play Tournament

Rules Section A: General Rules

Rating

The tournaments will be submitted to FIDE for international rating and the English Chess Federation (ECF) for national rating. It is a condition of playing in the David Dunn Memorial Rapidplay that the data submitted at the time of entry will be forwarded to the ECF and FIDE as required to enable the games rated by the ECF and FIDE.

Allocation of Ratings in All Sections

The ratings used for the tournament will be the highest of the following:

ECF Rapidplay Rating (April 2024) – A or K categories only

FIDE Rapidplay Rating (April 2024)

Where a player has none of these, the organisers will assign an estimate based on all available data on a case-by case basis, failing which the player will be assigned a rating of 0.

The conversion between ECF grades and FIDE ratings will be: FIDE Elo = ECF Elo The ratings allocated by this process will be used in the calculation of any relevant prizes. (See Prize Calculation below for more information.)

Levels of ECF Membership Required

All entrants must pay a £10 surcharge if they are not Silver, Gold or Platinum members of the ECF. Note that this applies irrespective of the FIDE nationality of the player.

Obtaining a FIDE Identification Number

All entrants must have a FIDE Identification Number at the time of submitting their entry, unless they wish their FIDE nationality to be England. English players without a FIDE Identification Number will have one created at the time the rating files are submitted by FIDE. Please note: At the time of writing, changing this nationality later costs 50 Euros.

Section B: Tournament Specific Regulations

Number of Rounds         7

Number of Half Point Byes Permitted 1 (but not in the last round)

Time Control Game/15 + 10’

Default Time None: The player has until their time expires to begin their game

Schedule Round 1 Saturday,27th April 1030

Round 2 Saturday, 27th April 1140

Round 3 Saturday,27th April 1250

Round 4 Saturday,27th April 1400

Round 5 Saturday, 27th April 1510

Round 6 Saturday, 27 April 1620

Round 7 Saturday 27th April 1730

Pairings Published for each Round

1000 for Round 1, ASAP thereafter

Tournament Sections

Open Open

Major Under 2000

Inter Under 1750

Minor Under 1500

Entry Fee All sections £23.

Refund Policy (Withdrawals) Before 20th April £5 admin fee deducted 100% refund on remaining money paid

13th – 20th April £5 admin fee deducted 50% refund on remaining money paid

27 April No refund

Place Prizes

(Open) 1st £250 2nd £100 3rd £50 Rating Prize (Open) W-We £25

(Other Sections) 1st £150 2nd £80 3rd £50

Section C: Prize Calculation

Entry Limit Entry for the David Dunn Memorial Rapidplay is limited to 90 players in total.

Postal Entries No postal entries can be accepted.

Prize Calculation

The place prizes in all tournaments will be awarded to the player scoring the most points. There will be no tie-breaks applied, and in the event of a tie on points, the prize money will be shared equally between all tied players. The rating prizes will be calculated on W-We, where W is the number of points scored, We is the expected number of points based on the difference between the ratings of the players in the game. A player is only eligible for a rating prize if: - The player has not defaulted any games in the tournament, and - The player had not withdrawn from the tournament (see the section on Byes below) Players allocated a rating of 0 (see Allocation of Ratings in All Sections above) are not eligible for rating prizes. Where there is a tie for a rating prize, the prize shall be won by the lowest-rated player involved in the tie. Where a player wins a place prize and a rating prize, the player will win whichever prize is of the higher value.

Prize lists Full prize lists for each tournament will be published online as soon as possible at the end of the tournaments. The event organisers will contact all prize winners as soon as possible to arrange for the payment of prizes.

Byes

One half Point bye may be requested for Rounds 1 to 6 (or a request may be cancelled) either: - At the time of entry, or - At any point before the pairings are published for each tournament. Where the pairings are published as soon as they are available, the request should be made no later than the conclusion of the last game in the round of the tournament being played. Such requests should be made to the Chief Arbiter at the tournament. Players who miss more rounds than the number of Half Point Byes permitted in each tournament will be withdrawn from the tournament, unless the Chief Arbiter decides otherwise.

Section D: Registration, Defaults & Pairing Alterations

 Defaults

A player who defaults a game will not be included in the pairings for the next round of the tournament, or any subsequent round, unless the Chief Arbiter decides otherwise. Should this be decided, the Chief Arbiter reserves the right to apply a bond of £50, which will be     returned at the end of the tournament if the player takes part in all remaining rounds. A player who defaults a second game in the tournament will be expelled from it, and shall not have the bond returned to him.

All re-arranged games listed below will be rated by both ECF and FIDE.

Late Pairings

 The Organisers may permit players to enter (or register) after the pairings have been published for Round 1 of a tournament. In general, these players will score 0 points in the rounds they have missed. However, the player may be paired against another player in this  category, who has entered the same tournament, and that game shall be played as though part of the tournament. Should any players remain after this process, then they will be considered available for any of the pairing procedures below once the default time for the relevant tournament has elapsed.

Re-pairings

No re-pairings will be offered in the event of a player defaulting their game, the opponent will win their game by forfeit. If the opponent who wins their game by forfeit wishes to play a game, the organiser will make every effort to find another player to play against them in a ECF and FIDE Rated game.

Section E: Miscellaneous

Mobile Phones

  During play mobile phones and other electronic devices must be completely switched off and placed in a bag below the table or on the table in front of the player. A player must not have any such device about their person or carry it with them during play. A player will be immediately forfeited if during the game any such device either

(a) makes any sound; or

(b) is found to be switched on; or

(c) is found to be about their person or being carried by them.

Anti-Cheating

Players may be scanned before or after their game.

Parental Responsibility

Parents or guardians are responsible for their children during the tournament. The organisers and helpers are not able to act “in loco parentis” and are not able to take responsibility for any child’s actions, or for the actions of anyone that may affect your child.

Liability

The organisers accept no responsibility for any loss, theft or accident during the tournament.

Right to Refuse Entry

The Chief Organiser reserves the right to refuse entry without being required to state a reason, and to transfer players between tournaments at any time.

Zero Tolerance to Abuse

The Chief Arbiter is empowered to expel anyone who shows dissent by word or action towards an arbiter,  or any member of staff connected with the tournament.

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