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Kent Junior Chess Association
KJCA GP4
Sunday 9th February 2025
Sunday 9th February 2025
Chislehurst School for Girls, Beaverwood Rd, Chislehurst BR7, UK
Six Round Rapidplay Tournament - 20+5
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For this tournament we will have six sections:
U8 Intro - for young players at their first or second tournament
U9 - Open section for U9 players
U11 - Open section for U11 players
U11 Girls - Girls only section for all girls U11
U14 - Open U14 section
U18 - Open U18 section - this section will be FIDE and ECF rated.
Entry fee for all sections is £20 until Friday 6 February. Later entries will be £25. No entries on the day.
Please enter early. Entries will close at 10pm the day before.
U8 Intro, U9, U11 Girls and U11 = Trophies for 1st and 2nd. Medals for 3rd, Extra Arbiters prizes.
U14 = Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and Rating prize*
`U18 = Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and Rating prize*
* rating prize in U14 and U18 = the player in the bottom half of the starting rank achieving the highest point score.
Each player will have 20 minutes plus a 5 second increment per move from move 1.
Please arrive by 9.30am in plenty of time to start the first round promptly.
If play is delayed there will be a 10 minute gap between rounds. There is no official lunch time, but a slightly longer break after Rd 3. There will be a prizegiving as soon as possible after the games finish. We expect to end at approximately 4.30pm
Chislehurst School for Girls, Beaverwood Rd, Chislehurst BR7, UK
The latest ECF Rapidplay Grading List will be used for intial ranking
U18 - This section will be ECF & FIDE rated. Initial ranking will be on ECF Rapidplay.
All sections will be sent to ECF for rapidplay rating and the U18 will also be FIDE rated.
All pairings will be done using swiss-manager software and displayed on chess-results.com Default time is 10 minutes. After which re-pairing may be made for each player whose opponent has not arrived and for any player otherwise having a full-point bye.
In general, sections will not be merged. However, the Chief Arbiter reserves the right to merge if there is an insufficient number of entries in one or more sections.
Digital clocks will be used in all sections and help will be given to anyone unfamiliar with them.
KJCA is grateful to all venues for the use of their facilities. Please treat the premises with respect and follow all signs and rules as requested.
A high standard of behaviour and respect for others and property is expected at all times. Players entering or leaving the playing area while other games are in progress should do so quietly.
KJCA and its officials are unable to act in loco parentis for children. Parents/guardians/carers are responsible for their children throughout the entire duration of this event. Children under the age of 8 must remain under sole parental supervision throughout. Supervision of children over the age of 8 and teenagers may be shared between adults. However, parents/guardians should note that they are still ultimately responsible for their children and their behaviour at this event.
KJCA has adopted the ECF Safeguarding policy which can be found on the ECF website.
KJCA and helpers accept no responsibility for any damage, theft or accident to the person or property of any competitor, trainee or other visitor at this event. Nor are they responsible for the effects of actions of anyone else attending this event.
KJCA collects personal data solely for the purposes of our events. This is for administration and to inform you of future junior chess events. We share some data with the English Chess Federation and FIDE for rating purposes. Results, grades and photos may be used on the KJCA website, social media pages or in publicity.
If you have any queries please email: webmaster@kjca.org.