Українська Федерація Сьогі

Dear Mr. and Mrs.,
Kiev Shogi Club invites you to take part in " Nezalezhnist Open - 2014" tournament, dated to The Independence Day.
The event will take place from 23rd to 24th August in Kiev (Ukraine), in Kiev Shogi Club (Street Polovetskaya, 14).

Tournament rules: 6 round Mac-Mahon system with 8 players top group 
Time control: 30 minutes basic time for each player + byo-yomi: 1 minute per move

Special rules:
1) In case of sennichite the party will be replayed immediately with 10 minutes for each player time control (with no byo-yomi). 
2) In case of zishogi the points will be countered according to "27-point Declare System". The player who has less than 27 points, loses (or the declarer loses in case if any one of the "27-point Declare System" conditions is broken). If both players have 27 points, White wins.
(Rook and bishop worthes 5 points each, king worthes 0 points, other pieces - 1 point each)
These two cases can be fixed only by tournament’s judge.

Tournament fee:
80 UAH (~8Є), 
60 UAH (~6Є) for participants, registered before August 13th
free for participants under 16

Tournament schedule:
23rd August:
11-30 - opening ceremony,
12-00 - 1st round,
14-00 - 2nd round,
16-30 - 3rd round
24th August:
10-00 - 4th round,
12-00 - 5th round,
14-30 - 6th round,
16-00 - closing/prize giving ceremony

Prize giving:
The players, that took 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in main tournament, will be awarded diplomas, medals and worthy prizes. Also, some prizes for blitz tournament (1st, 2nd and 3rd place) will be founded.

Placement criteria (ranged in decreasing importance):
- MMS
- SOS
- SODOS
- the result of the party between the players.
In case all this criteria are still equal against the players in prize giving group, the additional competition will be judged between those players. Conditions of that competition will be settled by the tournament’s judge.

All expenses for players’ participating in the tournament are charged from sending organizations.

Preliminary registration is in this topic or by email:  Этот адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. У вас должен быть включен JavaScript для просмотра.

Tournament judge – Boris Baydenko
Mobile: +380663410157 
Email:  Этот адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. У вас должен быть включен JavaScript для просмотра.