MAH U13 State 2024
MAH U13 State 2024
MAH U13 State 2024
1. Invitation:
Pune District Chess Circle has the honor to invite all chess players from the state
of Maharashtra to participate in the Maharashtra State Under 13 Open and Girls
Chess Championship 2024.
2. Recognition:
The championship is held under the auspices of All India Chess Federation & Maharashtra
Chess Association will serve as selection event for the National Junior (U-13) Chess
Championship 2024.
3. Eligibility Criteria:
Only the players apt in to the following conditions are eligible to play the said chess
championship.
• Born on and after – 01-01-2011
• All entries should be strictly routed through the respective District Chess
Associations affiliated to MCA.
• Each district association is entitled to field 2 players in Open & 2 in Girls for
this championship.
• ‘Selected Player’ means the player selected from the respective District
Selection Events. Besides the above, the District Associations may enter an
unlimited number of players as a Donor Entry.
• Following districts will have additional entries for this
championship:
Open: Pune (4 entries), Solapur (2 entries)
Girls: Nagpur (3 entries), Sangli (2 entries) and Pune (1 entry)
• Exemption Criteria:
Participation in the state selection chess tournaments of Maharashtra is
mandatory for everyone except for certain exemptions who can directly give
their entry for respective national tournament which are mentioned below:
No. Tournament Criteria
1 State Under 13 Open and Players with classical rating of 1600
Girls and above exempted from participation
If any player wishes to skip the state selection championships and directly take
part in national championships then he/she will have to pay a non-refundable
privilege fee of Rs. 3,500 to MCA. Privilege fee will not be collected if the player
has participated in any one of the state selection championship prior to playing
in the national championship in which he/she desires to take part in. Any
decision taken by the Hon. Gen. Secretary of Maharashtra Chess Association
regarding entry under the privilege fee scheme will be treated as final.
4. Selection of Maharashtra Team:
• Top 2 boys and Top 2 girls from each age group will be selected to
represent Maharashtra State in forthcoming National Chess Championship
for the same age group. Players participating in this championship will only
be allowed to participate in National Chess Championship.
• Participation in this championship is compulsory if any player wishes
to take part in national championship.
Event Schedule:
Date Particular Time
Inauguration 9:00 AM
Round 1 09:30 AM
Round 2 1:30 PM
Round 3 5:00 PM
Round 4 9:00 AM
21-09-2024
Round 5 1:00 PM
Round 6 4:30 PM
Round 7 9:00 AM
22-09-2024
Round 8 1:00 PM
9. System of Play:
• Tournament will be played with 8 rounds Swiss system. The format may be changed
in emergency cases with the discretion of Chief Arbiter & Tournament Director with
prior approval from MCA & AICF.
• Time control will be 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1.
10. Default Time (Walkover Time): The default time will be 15 minutes.
11. No electronic devices, mobile phones and wrist watches are allowed in the playing venue.
If a player is caught with any of these then a loss will be given in his/her game
straightaway.
The Chief Arbiters Decision will be Final and Binding on all. In case of any Discrepancy,
the matter will be handed over to Appeals Committee which will be formed during Players
meeting before the start of 1st round.
All protests against the decision made by the Chief Arbiter shall be made in writing
with fee of Rs. 1,000 within 15 minutes of the incident. Protest fee will be refunded
if the appeal is upheld. The decision of the appeals committee will be final and binding on all.
14. Tiebreaks:
• Buchholz Cut 1.
• Buchholz.
• SB.
• Direct Encounter.
• Greater number of wins (including forfeit points).
• Greater number of wins with black.
15.Prizes: Total prize fund is Rs. 36,000
Rank Open Girls Rank Open Girls
1 Rs. 4,000 Rs. 4,000 6 Rs. 1,400 Rs. 1,400
2 Rs. 2,500 Rs. 2,500 7 Rs. 1,300 Rs. 1,300
3 Rs. 2,000 Rs. 2,000 8 Rs. 1,200 Rs. 1,200
4 Rs. 1,800 Rs. 1,800 9 Rs. 1,200 Rs. 1,200
5 Rs. 1,500 Rs. 1,500 10 Rs. 1,100 Rs. 1,100
16.Accommodation:
• Only selected players will be given Free Dormitory sharing accommodation by the
organizers.
• The donor entry players need to cater the cost of accommodation their own.