Hong Kong Chess Championship 2010 Preliminaries
Schedule:
Jan 4 Entry
Jan 11 Round 1
Jan 18 Round 2
Jan 25 Round 3
Feb 1 Round 4
Feb 8 Round 5
Feb 22 Round 6
Mar 1 Round 7
Mar 8 Round 8
Mar 15 Round 9
Games will start at 6:30 pm
Venue: Committee Rooms, Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Oi Kwan Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Time Control: 120 mins for 60 moves followed by 20 sec per move
Format: Swiss System, FIDE rated
No. of rounds: 9 rounds
Tie-breaks: 1. Buchholz (BH) 2. Median Buchholz (BH -1) 3. Berger (SB)
Entry Fee: HK$65; (HKCF full members waived for entry fee)
Chief Arbiter: Jackson Li
Event Controller: Mingo Lam
How to register: Send your name to Mingo Lam (email: Mingo Lam) on or before Jan 4, 2010.
Note: CHONG Chor Yuen, Robin LAI, Hon Ki TSANG and Edwin BORIGAS are pre-qualified for the Finals. The other eight places in the Finals will be automatically selected from the top rank order of players from this Prelims. All participants in the Finals are subject to full membership or entry eligibility.