Hong Kong Chess Championship 2011 Preliminaries
Schedule:
Jan 3 Entry
Jan 10 Round 1
Jan 17 Round 2
Jan 24 Round 3
Jan 31 Round 4
Feb 14 Round 5
Feb 21 Round 6
Feb 28 Round 7
Mar 7 Round 8
Mar 14 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 (or shorter format regulated for rating)
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 3, 2011.
Note: Brian DEW, Hon Ki TSANG, CHONG Chor Yuen, and David OR 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.