COMPETITION AND RESULTS

SPORT REGULATIONS

Full rules and regulations will be published by January 2022.

GENERAL TERMS

• The Chess tournaments shall be organized in accordance with the most recent technical regulations of the “Fédération Internationale des Échecs” (FIDE). In any dispute, the English text shall be regarded as authoritative.
• The program and duration of competitions are fixed by FISU in agreement with the Organizing Committee and the ITC WUC.
• The program of competitions shall last a minimum of six days and includes the following events:
  • one men’s tournament (9 rounds): classical and one men’s Blitz tournament;
  • one women’s tournament (9 rounds): classical and one women’s Blitz tournament;
  • Two teams classifications shall be carried out jointly for men and women in classical games and in Blitz games.
• Each country is authorized to enter a maximum of thirteen persons: eight competitors and three officials.
• Each country may enter a maximum of eight competitors: a maximum of five men and three women, or five women and three men, or four women and four men.
• Only countries with three competitors or more, of whom at least one man and one woman, shall be taken into account for team classification.
• At the first General Technical Meeting, the Head of Delegation or his/her representative shall confirm and sign the official list of competitors accredited by the CIC.
• Individual classification shall be based on the total of points scored during the game. In case of a tie, the winner shall be determined according to the FIDE rules and the tournament rules applicable to the concerned Chess Championship.
• Team classification shall be based on the total of points scored in the individual tournament and on the three best scores of at least one man and one woman from the same country. If the number of men is equal or more than 1.5 times the number of women, team classification shall be based on the best results of two men and one woman. Similarly, if the number of women is equal or more than 1.5 times the number of men, team classification shall be based on the best results of two women and one man.
• In the event of a tie, the winning team shall be determined according to the FIDE rules. There are two competitions: Classical games (6 days) and Blitz games (1/2 day). The Blitz tournament is played over 9 rounds (one men’s tournament, one women’s tournament and one team classification. Teams are formed according to the same rules as in classical games. Only participants of classical games can register for the Blitz games.

SEEDING METHOD

The seeding is made according to the international ELO-rating. Players who do not have ELO-rating shall be placed at the bottom of the starting list in alphabetical order. The pairing of all rounds shall be made with the latest version of Swiss Chess Software “Swiss Manager”. This allows an easy publishing of the results and pairings on the website “chess-results”.