The ‘Star Tournament’ in Tbilisi!

ACP Women Cup

1. Muzychuk Anna (Slovenia) GM 2580 28.02.1990
2. Lahno Katerina (Ukraine) GM 2557 27.12.1989
3. Kosintseva Nadezhda (Russia) GM 2537 14.01.1985
4. Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) GM 2535 01.01.1987
5. Stefanova Antoaneta (Bulgaria) GM 2523 19.04.1979
6. Kosintseva Tatiana (Russia) GM 2513 11.04.1986
7. Zatonskih Anna (USA) WGM;IM 2506 17.07.1978
8. Cmilyte Viktorija (Lithuania) GM 2503 06.08.1983
9. Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia) GM 2500 17.01.1961
10. Cramling Pia (Sweden) GM 2491 23.04.1963
11. Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) GM 2448 23.04.1984
12. Zeinab Mamedyarova (Azerbaijan) WGM 2318 03.10.1983

Tournament Regulations

I Place and Date

The tournament will be held in ‘Sheraton Metekhi Palace Hotel ‘ , Tbilisi, Georgia
17 – 22 February 2012.

II Tournament System

ACP Women Cup will be a Round Robin tournament with twelve participants.

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.

Default time is not 0 minutes; zero tolerance rule will not be in place.

In case of tie for the first place, a tie-break will be played to determine a winner.

III Prizes

The total prize fund of the event amounts to USD 40,000.
Prizes will be distributed as follows:

Winner USD 10,000
2nd place USD 7,000
3rd place USD 5,000

IV Tournament Schedule

Feb 17

Arrival

20:00 Opening Ceremony – Youth Palace, Mirrror Hall (6 Rustaveli Avenue)

22:30 Players ‘Meeting – ‘Sheraton Metekhi Palace Hotel’

Feb 18

15:00 round I
16:30 round II

Feb 19

15:00 round III
16:30 round IV
18:00 round V

Feb 20

15:00 round VI
16:30 round VII
18:00 round VIII

Feb 21

14:00 round IX
15:30 round X
17:00 round XI
18:00 Tie-break
20:00 Closing ceremony

Feb 22

Departure

V Miscellaneous

Games will be played under the current FIDE Rules for rapid chess.

For tie-break, the FIDE Rules for blitz chess are applied.

Tie-break system.

If two players tie for the first place, a blitz match of 2 games will be played to determine the winner. The time control will be 4 minutes each at the start of the game with an increment of 2 seconds per move from move 1.

If the match ends in a draw an Armageddon game will 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 her part, only needs a draw to win the match, but has only 4 minutes at the start of the game. In this final tie-break game the increment (2 seconds per move) will be added starting move 61.

If three or more players tie for the first place, a round robin (or double round robin) blitz tournament will be played to determine the winner. An exact format will depend on a number of players and will be announced by the chief arbiter. The time control will be 4 minutes each at the start of the game with an increment of 2 seconds per move from move 1.

Tournament Director

Giorgi Giorgadze – President of the Georgian Chess Federation
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Appeals Committee

Chairman – Emil Sutovsky (Israel)
Member – Giorgi Giorgadze (Georgia)
Member – Mark Dvoretsky (Russia)

Reserve members:
Pia Cramling (Sweden)
Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria)
Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania )

Team of Arbiters

Chief Arbiter – IA Nana Aleksandria ; 593 198 111
Deputy Arbiter David Kodua ; 593 399 264
Arbiters – IA Marika Japaridze ; 599 315 183
– IA Evgeny Melikset-Beg; 595 323 121
– IA Margalita Tandashvili ; 599 234 212

Tournament Doctor

Marina Telia – Alpaidze ; 577 100 335; 579 414 112 ;
Home 266-18-13; Office 221 46 26

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