1. DATE AND VENUE
The tournament will be held on February 17-19, 2012 in the Moscow City Golf Club.
The tournament will start on February 17, 2012 at 12:00.
The tournament will end on February 17, 2012; the approximate time is 18:00.
2. ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBLE PERSONS
The tournament will be played according to the Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge and these Conditions of Contest.
Organizing Committee: Pavel Portnoy (Chairman), Sergey Minko (Vice-Chairman),
Pavel Kuleshov,
Valery Lyandin,
Vitold Sliva,
Vitold Brushtunov,
Andrey Gromov
Tournament Directors: Leonid Greenbaum (Chief TD),
Denis Dobrin,
Anwar Kursakov.
Director of operations: Anton Osipov.
Vugraph online: Bridge Base Online.
3. CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
Slava Cup - 2012 will be organized as two independent competitions: the team tournament TOP-8 and the pair tournament TOP-32. The team tournament TOP-8 will consist of 8 teams which are personally invited by the Organizing Committee. The pair tournament TOP-32 will consist of 32 pairs, of which no more than 1/3 will be admitted by invitation of the Organizing Committee, 7 pairs will be admitted in accordance with the results of the special qualifying competitions* and the Russian Bridge Federation sport grade of the players as of February 1, 2012 will serve as the criterion for the selection of the rest participants. In case of coincidence of the Russian Bridge Federation sport grade an advantage will be given to the pairs with a higher Russian Bridge Federation rating as of February 1, 2012. The number of participants in the pair tournament TOP-32 maybe increased from 32 to 40 by special decision of the Organizing Committee.
*These tournaments are defined as special qualifying competitions:
| Memorial Nepochatyh-Nikityuk |
Gorny Altai, August 4-7, 2011 |
| Ural Cup |
Perm, October 7-9, 2011 |
| Pairs Championship of Samara region (MP’s) |
Samara, October 15-16, 2011 |
| Belarusian Pairs Championship (MP’s) |
Minsk, November 11-13, 2011 |
| Kiev Sunday Times |
Kiev, November 18-20, 2011 |
| Sunday Times in Saint-Petersburg |
Saint-Petersburg, December 3-4, 2011 |
| Moscow Pairs Championship (IMP’s) |
Moscow, February 4-5, 2012 |
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4. REGISTRATION
All potential participants of the pair tournament TOP-32 must be submitted electronically by 16:00 February 12, 2012, via the website (not by email) at registration
5. ENTRY FEE
There will be no entry fee.
6. ACCOMMODATION
The Organizing committee is willing to assist with the accommodation of foreign participants, but with advance warning of this requirement.
7. FORMAT
Team tournament TOP-8
The teams will be divided into two groups of four and in each group a complete round-robin qualifier of 24 boards (two 12-board segments) will be played. The teams will be assigned to the different groups by the Organizing Committee to seek an equal and well balanced subdivision of the groups and taking into account, whenever possible, that teams from the same country do not play against each other at this stage. The result of each match shall be calculated in IMP and then converted into VP in accordance with the official scale of World Bridge Federation. If two teams are tied with the same number of VP at the end of round-robin, the tie shall be broken according to the IMP balance in the match between the two tied teams. If the tie remains, it will be resolved by playing the additional 4-board mini-matches.
At the end of the round-robin qualifier the first two ranked teams will play a knockout match of 24 boards (two 12-board segments: 1st of group A v. 2nd of group B – 1st of group B v. 2nd of group A) in semifinal A; the third and fourth in semifinal B (3rd of group A v. 4th of group B – 3rd of group B v. 4th of group A). Then the winners of semifinal A will play a 32-board final (two 16-board segments) to determine the title; the losers will play a 32-board playoff (two 16-board segments) for third place; the winners of semifinal B will play 32-board match (two 16-board segments), respectively, for fifth place; the losers of semifinal B will not be involved in further play. There will be no carryover in the knockout matches. If a tie exists at the end of a knockout match, it will be resolved by playing the additional 4-board mini-matches.
In each segment of the tournament the designated Home Team sits in the North-South direction in the Open Room and in the East-West direction in the Closed Room throughout the match. The Home Team has the right to designate its line-up for the first segment after the Visiting Team has turned its line-up over to the Tournament Director. For the second segment, the Visiting Team has the right to designate its line-up after the Home Team has turned its line-up over to the Tournament Director.
Players are expected to complete each 12-board segment in 1 hour 45 minutes; each 16-board segment in 2 hours 20 minutes. The Tournament Director may remove unplayed boards from players if in his opinion the match would otherwise strongly exceed the allotted time.
Pair tournament TOP-32
The tournament will be organized as a "Swiss pairs" tournament and will consist of 15 8-board rounds. The line-up in the first round will be made in accordance with the sport grade, by the principle "first with medium", in the last two rounds the first place will play strictly against the second place, the third – strictly against the four, the fifth – strictly against the sixth etc. The result of each board will be calculated in IMP (in order to calculate the average score of the board, ~25% of the scores from the "top" and ~25% of the scores from the "bottom" will not be taking into consideration), and then the total amount of IMP in each round will be converted into VP in accordance with the scale "Sunday Times" 60:0 where 1 IMP = 1 VP, so it is not possible in one round to win or to lose more than 30 IMP. Average plus or minus are, respectively, equal plus or minus 3 IMP. In the event of two or more pairs having the same number of VP, their rankings will be determined according to their total amount of IMP. If this parameter is not enough, the places and the prizes will be shared by the competitors.
Players are expected to complete each 8-board round in 1 hour 5 minutes. The penalty for slow play is 1 VP for every 3 minutes, for being late to the beginning of the round - 2 VP. The Tournament Director may remove unplayed boards from players if in his opinion the round would otherwise strongly exceed the allotted time.
8. SYSTEMS POLICY AND CONVENTION CARDS
HUM systems are not allowed. Psyching conventional or artificial opening bids are forbidden. All participants must have two copies of the duly filled convention card.
9. ALERTING
The participants of the team tournament TOP-8 should follow the official Alerting Policy of the World Bridge Federation, the participants of the pair tournament Top-32 - official Alerting Policy of the Russian Bridge Federation.
10. PROCEDURAL PENALTIES
In accordance with the Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge the Tournament Director, in addition to implementing the rectifications in the Laws, may also assess procedural penalties for any offence that unduly delays or obstructs the game, inconveniences other contestants, violates correct procedure, or requires the award of an adjusted score at another table.
11. LEAVING THE PLAYING AREA
No player may leave his seat during a round unless accompanied by a person designated by the Tournament Director. If any player leaves the playing area during a round without permission of the Tournament Director, that players team/pair will be fined 2 VP in the team tournament TOP-8 and 5 VP in the pair tournament TOP-32.
12. SMOKING REGULATIONS
Smoking in the playing area and toilets is prohibited. No player may leave the playing area in order to smoke. Any player found to be smoking during a round will cause his team to be fined 2 VP in the team tournament TOP-8 and 5 VP in the pair tournament TOP-32.
13. ALCOHOL
The consumption of alcoholic beverages of any nature in the playing area and toilets is prohibited. No player may leave the playing area in order to consume alcohol. Any player found to be consuming alcohol during a round will cause his team/pair to be fined 2 VP in the team tournament TOP-8 and 5 VP in the pair tournament TOP-32.
14. MOBILE PHONES
No player may have a mobile phone during a round. Any player found during a round with a mobile phone will cause his team/pair to be fined 2 VP in the team tournament TOP-8 and 5 VP in the pair tournament TOP-32. The Chief Tournament Director may, at his discretion, prohibit a player from bringing other equipment into the playing area.
15. SPECTATORS
All spectators are invitees of the Organizing Committee and their presence at the tournament is subject to their behaving in a correct, ethical and sportsmanlike manner and to their observing this condition of contest, and the laws of the game, to which they are subject. The number permitted shall be determined by the Chief Tournament Director. Spectators must remain at one table. The observance of this regulation is particularly important. Any spectator who attempts to move to a second table will be required to leave the room for the remainder of the round. Spectators are requested to remain quiet and to refrain from addressing the players or otherwise distracting their attention. Looking at two hands is forbidden. If this opportunity should arise by accident no special interest may be shown. Sitting in a position so as to see both sides of the screen is forbidden. Spectators who violate any restrictions of this Conditions of Contest will be disqualified from the playing area automatically.
16. SCORE CORRECTIONS
Score corrections may be made as sanctioned in Law 79 and in Laws 69 and 71, 63 and 64. An agreed-upon score that is proven to be erroneous to the complete satisfaction of the Chief Tournament Director may be corrected up to thirty minutes after the posting of scores of the respective round. This period maybe extended by the special decision of the Chief Tournament Director.
17. APPEALS
The appeal notification should be made to the Director within thirty minutes of the end of the round during which the ruling was made; or in the case of a ruling given after the end of such round, within thirty minutes of receiving the ruling.
The appeal should be in writing on the special appeal form.
The appeal should be accompanied by a deposit of RUB 1000.
18. CHANGES IN REGULATIONS
The Organizing Committee of the tournament has a right to make some changes to these Conditions of Contest in order to increase the comfort for the participants.
19. PRIZES
Group TOP-8
1 st place = $ 12,000
2 nd place = $ 8,000
3 rd place = $ 4,000
5 th place = $ 2,000
With TOP-40
1 st place = $ 5,000
2 nd place = $ 3,000
3 rd place = $ 2,000
4 th place = $ 1,500
5 th place = $ 1,000
6 th place = $ 1,000
7 th place = $ 500
8 th place = $ 500
20 th place = $ 500
20. SCHEDULE
Team tournament TOP-8
| Fr, February 17, 2012 |
Sa, February 18, 2012 |
Su, February 19, 2012 |
| 12:00 – round 1 seg. 1 |
11:00 – round 3 seg. 1 |
12:00 – final seg. 1 |
| 14:00 – round 1 seg. 2 |
13:00 – round 3 seg. 2 |
14:40 – final seg. 2 |
| 16:00 – LUNCH |
15:00 – LUNCH |
17:15 – Prize-giving ceremony |
| 17:30 – round 2 seg. 1 |
16:30 – semifinal final seg. 1 |
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| 19:30 – round 2 seg. 2 |
18:30 – semifinal final seg. 2 |
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Pair tournament TOP-32
| Fr, February 17, 2012 |
Sa, February 18, 2012 |
Su, February 19, 2012 |
| 12:00 – round 1 |
11:00 – round 6 |
12:00 – round 12 |
| 13:20 – round 2 |
12:20 – round 7 |
13:20 – round 13 |
| 14:40 – round 3 |
13:40 – round 8 |
14:40 – round 14 |
| 16:00 – LUNCH |
15:00 – LUNCH |
16:00 – round 15 |
| 17:30 – round 4 |
16:30 – round 9 |
17:15 – Prize-giving ceremony |
| 18:50 – round 5 |
17:50 – round 10 |
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19:10 – round 11 |
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