- The tournament will start on Monday July 11 and end on Friday July 15 2022.
- The rules and regulations of the FMJD apply to this tournament.
- Over the course of 5 days 8 rounds will be played.
- We will play according to the Swiss system on truncated Solkoff.
- The time control will be Fisher system with 1 hour and 20 minutes plus 1 minute for each move.
- Two points are alloted for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss.
- It is not allowed to postpone a game, unless the tournament direction decides otherwise.
- If 30 minutes after the start of a round one of the players has not yet arrived, the game is declared lost to the absent player, unless there is a special reason for his absence, to be judged by the tournament direction.
- 10 minutes before the start of a round it has to be silent inside the playing hall.
- The final classification is according to Truncated Solkoff.
- If a player has to withdraw from the tournament, the remaining games will be declared lost; in case more than 50% of the games have been played, the total points of the player will remain.
- Both players are obligated to fill in the notation form and keep it up with the game.
- The notation form needs to be filled in duplicate and is required to be clear and readable.
- During the game, the notation form needs to be next to the board and clearly visible to the arbiter.
- It is not allowed to analyze games in the playing hall, there is a designated analysis area with boards and pieces in a seperate hall.
- In case the tournament direction has indications that constitute the view that the result of the game has been agreed upon in advance, the tournament direction will arrange a meeting with both players involved. The tournament direction has the right to allocate both players zero points for the respective game and deny entry to the subsequent rounds and/or the next edition of the tournament.
- It is not allowed to smoke inside the playing venue nor on the terrace outside.
- Players are not allowed to carry any turned on electronic communication devices, documents and notes that will could facilitate cheating.
- Mobile phones and suchlike have to be switched completely during the game.
- In exceptional cases, an iPad may be used for electronic notation. This requires permission of the FMJD, the chief arbiter and the opponent.
- In case a women wins a higher prize in the open tournament than in the women tournament, she will be awarded with the highest prize (only). The other prize does not pass on.
- In situations in which these rules and regulations do not comply, the tournament direction will make a decision.
Finally
By participating in the tournament a player implicitly grants permission to the organisation to use ones name and photo’s on the tournament website. In case a player does not want a particular photo online, (s)he remains the right to announce as such to the tournament direction.