10th Asian Continental Individual Championship
1st to 11th May at the Hotel Pardisan, in Mashhad, Iran
The 10th Asian Continental Individual Championship and First Asian Individual Blitz Championship (Open and Women’s) are scheduled to take place from 1st to 11th May at the Hotel Pardisan, in Mashhad, Iran. Members of all FIDE Affiliated Chess Federations in Asia, Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 are eligible to take participation.
Harika Dronavalli (2524) from India and former World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov (2687) from Uzbekistan are top rated among the currently registered players.
Mashhad is the second largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shia Muslim world.
It is located 850 kilometers (530 mi) east of Tehran, close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Its population was 2,427,316 at the 2006 population census.
The city benefits from the proximity of the mountains, having cool winters, pleasant springs, mild summers, and beautiful autumns. It is only about 250 km (156 miles) from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
RULES & REGULATIONS
1. ELIGIBILITY & PARTICIPATION
1.1 Each Federation from FIDE Zones 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 can enter one official player in the Open and one official player in the Women’s Division.
1.2 In addition, each Federation may send extra players rated 2300 and above for the Open, and 2000 and above for Women based on the March 2011 FIDE Rating List. Extra players will be responsible for the payment of their board and lodging at the official hotel. Exceptions for the rating floor may be made by the Continental President on request of national federations.
2. PLAYING CONDITIONS
The tournament shall be conducted as a Swiss System competition of 9 or 11 rounds and will be played according to FIDE regulations. If the players are 64 or less, it will be organized in 9 rounds and if more than 64 it will be in 11 rounds.
The tournament will be played according to FIDE regulations. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. The games shall be played with DGT clocks. Pairings will be made by Swiss Manager Program Draw offers are not allowed before Black’s 30th move.
The blitz competition will be organized in 11 round Swiss System for players under the same conditions as the main tournament. Time control will be 3 minutes and 2 second increment per move.
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