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											1st
											Witney Rapidplay Online Congress 
											
											20th
											September 2020 
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								Three sections: Open, 
								Junior Major, Junior Minor.
 
								Entry fee: £5.00; 
								Pay to play fee £5.00.
 
								
								
								Trophies: 1st, 
								2nd, 3rd, best performance prize in each 
								section. 
								
								  
								
								
								No of rounds: Six. 
								
								  
								
								
								Schedule: 
								
								Round 1 - 10.00 
								
								Round 2 - 11.30 
								
								Round 3 - 13.00 
								
								Round 4 - 14.30 
								
								Round 5 - 16.00 
								
								Round 6 - 17.00 
								
								  
								
								
								Time controls: 20 
								mins + 10 sec increment Open and Junior Major, 
								10 mins +5 sec increment Junior Minor. 
								
								
								  
								
								
								Tie-breaks: sum 
								of progressive scores followed by sum of 
								opponents' scores. Games will be ECF online 
								rated. 
								
								  
								
								
								Qualification for Entry: Players 
								in the Junior Minor should know how the pieces 
								move, including castling, pawn promotion and the 
								‘en passant’ rule. They should be under 18 on 
								1st September 2020. 
								
								  
								
								
								Entry Fee: The 
								basic entry fee is £5.00, please add a pay to 
								play congress fee of £5.00 if you are not an ECF 
								member. 
								
								  
								
								
								Tournament Arrangements The 
								tournaments will be run using a SWISS system. 
								
								  
								
								(Junior section) For those not familiar with the 
								system; if your child loses their first round, 
								they are almost certain to play someone else who 
								has lost their first round. Thereafter, they 
								play people on roughly equal points to them. The 
								advantage of this system is that very quickly 
								children end up playing others of the same 
								ability and the likelihood of your child losing 
								all his/her matches is very low. 
								
								 Open and Junior Major results will be submitted 
								for ECF online grading. 
								
								  
								Queries: If you have any questions please 
								give Mike Truran a call on 01993 708645. Email 
								queries can be sent to .     |