Propozice Šachové olympiády 2004, Calvià,Španělsko

Regulations for 36th Chess Olympiad

These are the specific regulations that shall apply to 36th Chess Olympiad from October 14 to 31 in Calviŕ (Spain).

1 Progress of the event.

1.1 The Olympiad will be played in Calvia (Spain) from October 15 to October 30, 2004.

1.2 A captains meeting will take place at Gran Casino de Mallorca (Urb. Sol de Mallorca s/n), Arturo Pomar room, on October 15 at 9:00 hrs.

1.3 The opening ceremony will begin at Playa Santa Ponsa on October 14 at 17:00, with a giant chess festival, followed at 19:00 by the authorities´ reception.

1.4 All the rounds will be played at Gran Casino de Mallorca (Urb. Sol de Mallorca s/n), Ruy López room, for the open section and Reina Isabel room for women´s, and will begin at 15:30. October 21 and 30 will be rest days.

1.5 The closing ceremony will take place at 19:00 on October 30 at Gran Casino de Mallorca (Urb. Sol de Mallorca s/n).

2 The players.

2.1 The ranking of teams shall be finalized at the initial captains meeting (1.2). Any team whose captain is not present at the captains meeting will be excluded from the ranking and shall not be paired for Round 1.

2.2 Not later than 6 hours before the start of Round 1, the players in each team must be listed in a fixed board order by their captain (open: boards 1-6; women: boards 1-4). The board order cannot be changed during the tournament.

2.3 During the whole course of the contest, the players must conduct themselves in accordance with sporting fairness and decency, and must take care neither to distract nor to annoy their opponents. They should endeavor to settle all disputes by mutual accommodation.

2.4 No analysis is permitted in the playing area when play is in progress. Analysis for finished games is allowed in the analysis room. It is not allowed to move sets and clocks from playing area to the analysis room.

2.5 The players are not allowed to leave the playing venue without permission from the Match Arbiter. The playing venue is defined as the playing area, rest rooms, refreshment area, smoking area and other places as designated by the Chief Arbiter.

2.6 The player having to move is not allowed to leave the playing area without permission of the Match Arbiter.

2.7 Players, captains, arbiters and authorized persons shall wear the appropriate badge, without which they will not be allowed to enter the playing area.

2.8 There is a ban on using either mobile phones or any other device that can disturb the players during the games. Mobile phones have to be switched off completely in the playing hall; silence mode is not allowed. The player whose mobile phone rings during the game shall lose the game.

2.9 The players shall leave the playing area when they finish their games.

2.10 Prior agreement between players as to the result of individual games or of a match shall be penalized with the utmost severity. If any such agreement is proved to have taken place, the points apportioned by it shall be annulled and the matter shall be referred to the Appeals Committee for the fixing of the penalty.

3 The team captains.

3.1 The RBR (Round-by-Round) Team List (4 for the open teams and 3 for the women´s teams) has to be submitted by the team captain between 10:30 and 11:00 hrs. for rounds 2nd to 14th. For the 1st round, it will be submitted during the initial captains meeting.

3.1.1 If any specific RBR Team List is not submitted on time, the team must only use its top 4 players (open) or its top 3 players (women).

3.1.2 The order of the players, as indicated by the FBO (Fixed Board Order) Team List cannot be altered; hence reserves must play on the bottom boards only.

3.1.3 If the board order in which a team plays differs from the board order of FBO Team List, the team's score for that round shall be reduced by one game point for every deviation from the correct sequence. (Example: for playing 1-2-4-3, (considering only the open teams) two points are forfeited; the score shall not, however, be reduced below zero.) The use of any player who does not figure in the FBO Team List will cause the round to be forfeited 4:0.

3.1.4 Pairings by teams shall be posted not later than 22:00 of the day before. For the 1st round they will be made public during the initial captains´ meeting.

3.1.5 Pairings by players shall be posted not later than 13:00 of each round.

3.2 In the exercise of his functions the team captain has the right of access to the area reserved for the players, but it is his duty to ensure that the members of his team who are not involved in the current match or have finished their games do not enter or remain in this area. When the match of his/her team has finished, the captain will be considered as a spectator and he/she will leave the playing area.

3.3 At the end of the playing session, the captain is responsible both for reporting the result to the Assistant Arbiter and for delivering to them legibly written score sheets of the finished games.

3.4 During the games the captain must refrain from interfering in any way. He is, however, entitled to advise his players on the offering or accepting of draws or resigning of games, provided that he makes no comment on the actual position on the chess board, and confines himself to giving brief information which can in no way be construed as an opinion about the progress of the game. The exchange of information between captain and player must take place in the presence of an Assistant Arbiter.

3.5 The captain is permitted to appoint a deputy to exercise his functions, but must inform the Chief Arbiter of this in writing.

3.6 In matters relating directly to the play, the captain alone is entitled to lodge or present demands made by his players.

4 The Advisory Panel

4.1 In the Chief Arbiter's initial discussion with the captains, the latter shall elect an Advisory Panel.

4.2 This panel shall be composed of 5 persons, as follows:

  • the members may be team captains or players;
  • they should be chosen from all 5 rating categories, which are made according to each team´s 4 (open) or 3 (women) highest rated players´ average rating;
  • the 5 members shall nominate their own chairman.

4.3 The task of the Advisory Panel is to give advice to the Chief Arbiter and Tournament Director whenever they request it. Equally, the Appeals Committee or the FIDE President may take advice from the panel before arriving at a decision.

4.4 Request for this advice should be addressed to the chairman of the panel.

5 Laws of Chess

5.1 The general FIDE Laws of Chess shall be applied with their supplements and interpretations as laid down by the FIDE Rules Commission. The specific regulations for the Chess Olympiad in FIDE Handbook shall also be in force.

6 System of Play

6.1 The basic Swiss pairing system shall be Burstein System in 14 rounds, with one section for the open teams and one section for the women's teams, considered as separate competitions.

6.2 Every match in the open section shall be played over four boards and each match in the women's section shall be played over three boards.

7 Start and finish of the session

7.1 Five minutes before the start of each round, the Tournament Director must announce the approaching start of the session by a double acoustic signal.

7.2 The beginning of the playing session shall be announced by a single acoustic signal.

7.3 Once the signal for the start of the round has been given, the clock of the player with the white pieces shall be started by his opponent. If the player of the black pieces is not present at the appointed time, his clock shall be started by the player with white, but without any move being made by the latter. Then, when the player of the black pieces arrives, he shall start his opponent's clock and the latter shall make his first move. If both players are absent, white's clock shall be started by the Assistant Arbiter. Any player arriving at the chessboard more than one hour late shall forfeit the game. If both players arrive more than one hour late, the game shall be declared lost for both of them.

8 Time control

8.1 The time control is all the moves in 90 minutes with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from the first move.

9 Scoring

9.1 Each team's place in the order of classification shall be decided by the number of game points it has scored.

9.2 Ties shall be resolved as follows:

The position of teams that finish with the same number of game points shall be determined by application of the following tie-breaking procedures in sequence, proceeding from (a) to (b) to (c) to (d) to the extent required:

(a) by the sum of the game scores of all the team's opponents;

(b) by the number of match points won;

(c) by the sum of the game scores of all opponents defeated plus one half of the game scores of all the opponents with which a tied result was achieved.

(d) by the sum of the game scores of all the team's opponents, excluding the two opponents who scored the highest number of game points and two opponents who scored the lowest number of game points.

10 Procedure in the case of infringement of the rules, disputes and improper conduct.

10.1 In matters relating to the play:

  • the initial decision shall be taken by the Arbiters.
  • an appeal against this decision may be addressed to the Chief Arbiter.
  • the second, provisionally binding decision, shall be taken by the Chief Arbiter.

10.2 In administrative matters

  • the initial decision shall be taken by the Deputy Tournament Director.
  • an appeal against this decision may be addressed to the Tournament Director.
  • the second, provisionally binding decision shall be taken by the Tournament Director.

10.3 Any ruling by the Chief Arbiter or Tournament Director shall take effect immediately; any proceedings which were suspended shall then be resumed.

10.4 Written protests against a decision of the Chief Arbiter or Tournament Director are permissible and shall be settled by an Appeals Committee.

11 The Appeals Committee

11.1 The FIDE President, as the highest executive officer of the Chess Olympiad, shall have the support of an Appeals Committee, of which he himself shall select the three members.

11.2 The President shall appoint one of the members as chairman.

11.3 The following may be the subject of rulings by the appeals committee:

  • protests against decisions of the Chief Arbiter or Tournament Director;
  • complaints of improper conduct by participants in the Chess Olympiad;
  • any other matters which the committee considers important and worth debating.

11.4 Procedure of appeals

Any protest against a decision by the Chief Arbiter or the Tournament Director must be typed and presented to the Appeals Committee in triplicate, together with the sum of 100 Swiss Francs or the equivalent in local currency, as a deposit from the signatory. If the appeal is granted, the sum shall be returned immediately.

Those entitled to lodge appeals are the team captains and the chiefs of delegation. Where appropriate, the appeal may be accompanied by written statements from the witnesses.

The deposit must be handed to the chairman of the Appeals Committee. If the appeal is refused, the deposit is forfeited to FIDE.

Requests to the Appeals Committee by organizers of the Chess Olympiad may be made without payment.

11.5 Upon submission of the appeal, the committee shall proceed to examine the evidence. For this purpose it may take statements from anyone as required, consult members of the Advisory Panel, and conduct other forms of investigation. The decision of the Appeals Committee should be reached as quickly as possible.

11.6 The Appeals Committee should endeavor to find acceptable solutions in the FIDE spirit. It may resolve disputed issues with or without disciplinary action. In the case of gross unsporting offenses or other misconduct, the following principles apply:

  • The Laws of Chess provide for the penalization of players who break the rules; the FIDE interpretations of the laws state that "Arbiters are requested to impose, in cases where clear contravention of moral principles of the game are demonstrated, penalties as severe as the loss of the game".
  • If a participant fails to comply with the Laws of Chess or the relevant regulations, disobeys the controllers Assistant Arbiters, commits breaches of chess etiquette or conducts himself improperly inside or outside the tournament building, the following steps may be taken.

11.7 Code of penalties

For minor offences or petty infringements

  • admonishment
  • correction
  • demand for an apology to the offended party.

if a participant fails to make the apology demanded of him, which must be presented to the offended party in writing, the Appeals Committee shall instead impose a fine, the amount of which shall have been stipulated in a postscript to the original verdict.

For serious offences

  • written warning
  • fine
  • conditional or definitive disqualification.

The Appeals Committee shall decide whether an offence is "serious" or "minor". All fines are to be remitted to FIDE through the administrator, who should be notified by the committee.

The Federations shall take responsibility for their players.

12 Result sheets (protocols).

12.1 At the end of each match the two captains and the Match Arbiter shall sign the result sheet.

13 Staff

13.1 Organizing Committee Chairman: Antonio Rami

13.2 Tournament Director: Marcelino Sión

13.3 Chief Arbiter: Ignatius Leong

13.4 Deputy Chief Arbiter (open teams): Jesus Mena

13.5 Deputy Chief Arbiter (women´s teams): Enrique Zaragoza

13.6 Spanish Arbiters´ Coordinator: Joaquín Espejo

13.7 Appeals Committee: P. T. Ummer Koya (Chairman), Jorge Vega and Boris Kutin

13.8 Pairings Committee: Mikko Markkula (Chairman), Almog Burstein and Christian Krause

13.9 Administrative Committee: Heinz Herzog, Werner Stubenvoll and Juanjo Escribano

Časový program

Den36. Šachová olympiáda75. Kongres FIDE
14.10.2004 Příjezd účastníků
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15.10.2004 1.kolo  
16.10.2004 2.kolo  
17.10.2004 3.kolo  
18.10.2004 4.kolo  
19.10.2004 5.kolo  
20.10.2004 6.kolo  
21.10.2004 Volný den Příjezd delegátů
22.10.2004 7.kolo Zasedání
23.10.2004 8.kolo Zasedání
24.10.2004 9.kolo Zasedání
25.10.2004 10.kolo Výkonný výbor
26.10.2004 11.kolo Výkonný výbor
27.10.2004 12.kolo Kontinentální schůze
28.10.2004 13.kolo  
29.10.2004 14.kolo  
30.10.2004 Volný den
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31.10.2004 Odjezd účastníků