2021 AFRICAN ONLINE INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS - INVITATION DATES: 25th to 29th January 2021
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2021 AFRICAN ONLINE
INDIVIDUAL
CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
DATES: 25th to 29th January 2021
INVITATION
1
Dear Friends,
1. INVITATION
The African Chess Confederation (ACC) has the honour of inviting all African Federations
affiliated to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) to participate in the 2021 African Online
Individual Chess Championships (AOICC)
The event will comprise the following categories:
i. Open Section
ii. Women’s Section
iii. Seniors (Over 50) Section
iv. Junior Open (Under 20) Section
v. Junior Girls (Under 20) Section
2. PARTICIPATION AND REGISTRATION
2.1. Each National Federation in permitted to enter an unlimited number of players in
each Section.
2.2. The African Chess Confederation President may also nominate additional players.
2.3 All participants should have a valid FIDE ID.
2.4 By competing in this event, each participant agrees that his/her real (legal) name will
be shown on his/her personal card. The African Chess Confederation has the right to
publish the real names of the participants in the starting and subsequent tournament lists.
2.5 By registering, each player agrees to abide by the Regulations of the championship,
including the anti-cheating rules specified herein. By registering, each national federation
affirms that their players shall abide by the Fair Play rules and regulations.
2.6 The deadline for registration is 22nd January 2021.
2.7 The completed registration form must include the surname, first name, FIDE ID
number, FIDE rating, and title. It must also include the telephone number and email address
of players and the federation official in charge of registering the players.
2.8 A digital scan of the passport/National ID and ID photo of each player must be sent by
email to the African Chess Confederation Coordinator on Email address
benard.wanjalaw@gmail.com with copies to accounts@tornelo.com
23. TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS
3.1 The tournament will be hosted on the Tornelo Chess Platform
https://home.tornelo.com/africa/
3.2 The tournament will be played as a 9 Round Swiss Tournament for all categories.
3.3 The Time Control shall be 25 min + 10 seconds per move from the first move.
3.4 Players are not permitted to offer a draw before black’s 30th move
3.5 The event will be played in the following categories:
i. Open and Women Categories – For Participants of ALL ages
ii. Seniors (50+) Combined Category – For Participants born on or before January
1, 1971
iii. Juniors (Under 20) Open and Girls Categories - For Participants born on or after
January 1, 2001
4. PAYMENTS
A Tournament Entry Fee of US$ 60 per player will be charged for each participant and
must be paid at the time of registration.
All the Tournament Fees shall be paid directly to the ACC account either online, by bank
transfer, or by Credit or Debit Card.
Proof of payment must be provided when registering with the Tornelo Platform.
Tournament Fees, net of bank charges, must be paid by the registration deadline of 22nd
January 2021 to the ACC bank account details as provided here below:
Account Name: AFRICAN CHESS CONFEDERATION
Account Number: 62789737396
Bank Name: FNB ZAMBIA
Branch Name: Commercial
Branch Sort Code: 260001
SWIFT Code: FIRNZMLXX
Bank Address: PLOT NO. 22768, ACACIA BUSINESS PARK CNR OF GREAT EAST &
THABO MBEKI ROAD, LUSAKA, ZAMBIA
3It is the responsibility of the participants to ensure that the Proof of Payment is made
available to the African Chess Confederation Coordinator on benard.wanjalaw@gmail.com
and the Tornelo Chess Platform on accounts@tornelo.com.
For ease of identification, Bank Transfers or Deposit Slips should have the reference of
2021 African Online Individual Chess Championships with the Federation name and
names of players, being registered with the referenced payment.
REFERENCE: Please use a payment reference of Category followed by Last Name, First
Name for example, for payment to the Open Category for Judy Polgar one would use
reference: “OPEN_POLGARJUDY” or for Junior Open entry for Magnus Carlsen one
would use “JOPEN_CARLSENMAGNUS”
Scanned copies of payment receipts must be e-mailed immediately to the African Chess
Confederation Coordinator on benard.wanjalaw@gmail.com with a copy to
accounts@tornelo.com
5. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Date Activity Time (EAT, GMT+3)
Friday, January 22, 2021 Arbiters Meeting 16:00
Saturday, January 23, 2021 Players’ Technical 16:00
Meeting
Sunday, January 24, 2021 Warm up event on 16:00
Tornelo
Monday, January 25, 2021 Opening Ceremony 16:00
Round 1 16.30
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Round 2 16:00
Round 3 19.00
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 Round 4 16.00
Round 5 19:00
Thursday, January 28, 2021 Round 6 16:00
Round 7 19.00
Friday, January 29, 2021 Round 8 16.00
Round 9 19:00
Sunday, January 31, 2021 Closing Ceremony 19:00
46. LIGHTING
6.1 Adequate and even lighting is required, including on the players’ faces.
6.2 Natural light can be sufficient but artificial lighting is highly recommended for
consistency.
6.3 Please ensure that you and your surroundings will always be visible on camera.
7. PLAYING AREA
7.1 Each participant’s playing area should be clear of all electronic devices, except for the
playing computer.
7.2 Cell phones and other handheld devices should be out of sight and out of reach. Players
may be asked to have their belongings checked by an arbiter or proctor.
7.3 All software except for Zoom and Tornelo must have their tasks ended in the task
manager and they may not be opened during play.
7.4 It is required that any social media notifications be turned off before the beginning of
play each round.
7.5 Players should be alone in their playing area, ideally in a location with limited foot
traffic.
7.6 Should a group of participants be playing in the same location (as specified in rule 7.1),
this needs to be disclosed to the arbiters at least 96 hours in advance.
7.7 Players should be facing a wall in their playing area and are prohibited from directly
facing a window or door.
7.8 Players may not have a second monitor connected to their playing computer.
7.9 Players may not have written notes or any reading material in their playing area.
7.10 The playing area will be checked by proctors and/or arbiters before the beginning
of each round. If a player leaves the playing area view, they may be subject to a
truncated security check upon returning.
7.11 Players are not permitted to leave the view of the camera at any time during the run
of play. They may not leave the playing area for any reason and must always be visible
on camera.
58. MICROPHONE
8.1 A working microphone is an essential requirement. The microphone may be built-in to
the computer.
8.2 This will help ensure communications in both directions are understood and clear for
all parties.
8.3 Most modern computers and webcams come with built-in microphones. If you have
had web calls before, then you have a microphone.
9. SPEAKERS
9.1 Functioning speakers are mandatory. Players must be able to hear the arbiters.
9.2 Players must make sure speakers are turned on before the start of competition so
arbiters can communicate with them. The arbiter may request that a player turn up the
sound to observe noise originating from their call. Players must comply with this
request.
9.3 During play, headphones will not be permitted. Players may use them before or after
games.
10. DISCONNECTIONS AND TECHNICAL ISSUES
10.1 In case of a disconnection a player may reconnect and continue the game if he/she
has time on the clock.
10.2 Only in special cases can the Chief Arbiter give back the player the time he/she lost
during a disconnection if this disruption was caused by a major issue.
10.3 The Chief Arbiter may also suspend or postpone one or more games in case of major
internet or electrical breakdowns.
10.4 Decisions of the Chief Arbiter under 10.2 or 10.3 of these Regulations cannot be
appealed.
611. FAIR PLAY REGULATIONS
Players must always follow all Fair Play regulations.
Our objective is to build a community of players that trust one another, any player receiving
unfair assistance during a game will be removed from the event and their entry fee
forfeited.
No appeals may be made on any Fair Play decisions, all such decisions are final.
• Players must participate using their full, real name
• Players must be always visible on Zoom video camera feed
• Players must use screen-share
• All games will be subject to statistical correlation analysis to verify fair play
• Players must be willing to support arbiter ‘room checks’ and make themselves
available for interviews upon request
All results are provisional until the conclusion of Fair Play verification process.
12. AWARDS
12.1 Winners will be awarded titles "2021 African Online Champion " for each category.
12.2 The First, Second and Third placed players in each category will receive Gold,
Silver and Bronze medals, respectively.
12.3 The First, Second and Third placed players will also receive Certificates of Merit
whilst all players will receive digitally printable Certificates of Participation.
12.4 This event will not be FIDE Rated and no titles can be awarded during online play.
13. PRIZES
OPEN SECTION WOMEN’S SECTION
1st Prize US$ 3,000 US$ 2,000
2nd Prize 2,000 1,000
3rdPrize 1,500 750
4th Prize 750 500
5th Prize 500 250
7SENIORS (+50) COMBINED
1st Prize US$ 1,000
2nd Prize 750
3rd Prize 500
III. JUNIORS (UNDER 20)
OPEN GIRLS
1st Prize US$ 400* US$ 300*
2nd Prize 300 200
3rd Prize 200 100
*First Prize for Juniors in both the Open and Girls Categories will include an economy class air
ticket sponsorship to the 2021 World Junior Chess Championships. Dates and venue to be advised.
14. TIEBREAKS
In case of two or more players finishing with the same number of points, the final order of
placement will be determined by application of the following tie-breaking procedures in
sequence, proceeding from 1. to 5. to the extent required:
a) Buchholz (sum of opponents’ scores)
b) Progressive (sum of progressive scores)
c) Direct encounter
d) Number of wins, the highest number wins
e) Number of wins with Black, the highest number wins
15. CHIEF ARBITER
The Chief Arbiter and other Members of the Arbitration Team for the 2021 African
Online Individual Chess Championships will be appointed by the ACC President.
16. APPEALS COMMITTEE
The Chairperson of the Appeals Committee for the 2021 African Online Individual Chess
Championships will be appointed by the ACC President.
The Appeals Committee will consist of 3 members.
8The other two Appeals Committee members and two reserves will be chosen from
among officials from the participating Federations.
The Appeals Committee shall not accept or review any appeals against computer generated
pairings, failed internet connections, decisions of the Chief Arbiter under articles 10.2 or
10.3, or any Fair Play decisions.
Any appeal against a decision of the Chief Arbiter must be submitted to the Appeals
Committee in written form to the Email address of the ACC Coordinator on
benard.wanjalaw@gmail.com , not later than 30 minutes after the end of the particular
round and must be accompanied by a commitment to pay an amount of US$ 100, as a
deposit. If the appeal is successful, the deposit will not be charged.
If the appeal is rejected, the deposit will need to be paid.
17. AFRICAN CHESS CONFEDERATION COORDINATOR
Benard Wanjala
Vice President
African Chess Confederation
Email: benard.wanjalaw@gmail.com
Mobile: +254 763 591246
On behalf of the Board of the African Chess Confederation, I wish all participants a
successful event!
Yours in Chess
AFRICAN CHESS CONFEDERATION
Lewis Ncube
PRESIDENT
92021 AFRICAN ONLINE INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
REGISTRATION FORM
Federation Name
Contact Person
Email
Telephone
Open Section
Surname First Name FIDE FIDE FIDE Email Mobile
ID Rating Title Address Number
Rating
Women’s Section
Surname First Name FIDE FIDE FIDE Email Mobile
ID Rating Title Address Number
Rating
To be emailed to the ACC Coordinator: benard.wanjalaw@gmail.com with a copy
to accounts@tornelo.com by January 22, 2021
102021 AFRICAN ONLINE INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
REGISTRATION FORM
Federation Name
Contact Person
Email
Telephone
Junior Under 20 Open Section
Surname First Name FIDE FIDE FIDE Email Mobile
ID Rating Title Address Number
Rating
Junior Under 20 Girl’s Section
Surname First Name FIDE FIDE FIDE Email Mobile
ID Rating Title Address Number
Rating
To be emailed to the ACC Coordinator: benard.wanjalaw@gmail.com with a copy
to accounts@tornelo.com by January 22, 2021
112021 AFRICAN ONLINE INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
REGISTRATION FORM
Federation Name
Contact Person
Email
Telephone
Seniors Over 50 Combined Section
Surname First Name FIDE FIDE FIDE Email Mobile
ID Rating Title Address Number
Rating
To be emailed to the ACC Coordinator: benard.wanjalaw@gmail.com with a copy
to accounts@tornelo.com by January 22, 2021
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