[Swiss - MoE] First Chess World Cup!

Day 3,036, 17:11 • Published in Switzerland Switzerland • by Swiss Dep. of Education


Dear friends from all over the World,

Switzerland is going to organize Chess World Cup in the beginning of the next month on 2th April. We already contact all the countries presidents and invited all of them to take participation on this big event.

For now we have lot of interest.

Countries that show interest to participate: Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Columbia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Indonesia, Israel, Norway, South Korea, Sweden ..

Countries that paid and will be on the tournament: Canada (Player:Rylde), Egypt (Player:Champ is here), India (Eraclev), Switzerland (Player:Not decided yet.)



Rules & Information for the tournaments.

1. Datum of the beginning of the Chess World Cup: 02/04/2016
2. Host: Switzerland
3. The matches will be played on: http://en.lichess.org/
- The players will need to have account. ( So we can track the matches )
4. System of the tournament: Elimination ( Depends of participants, there is possibility to be played Swiss System 9 rounds. )
5. Matches will be played 15 minutes per side, increment 5 seconds per move.
- 2 matches, one with black figures, one with white. ( If the match is draw we are going to have one more match. )
6. For participation Country President or Minister of Education can apply with the following information:

- Nickname:
- Profile Link:
- Country:
- 1000cc payed to Blackbeard00
- Only one player can represent the country.
-Deadline for application is 30th March!

7. Prizes are 50% for the first place, 30% for the second place, 20% for the third place of the money we are going to get from the participation and sponsors.



Swiss Deputy Minister of Education and organizator
Blackebard00
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