Hello to all,

The 3rd FICGS correspondence chess championship will start on 2007
july 7.

http://www.ficgs.com


It is still possible to register (it's free).

Current waiting list :

http://www.ficgs.com/waiting_list_ficgs_chess_wch.html


FICGS world chess championship is a 5 stages tournament. The 8 players
with the strongest established ratings at the start of the tournament
play first a 3 stages (quarter-final, semi-final, final) knockout
tournament. The others play a 3 stages single round-robin tournament.
All games during the whole cycle are played in 30 days + 1 day / move.
Norms are only possible in the round-robin tournaments.

Round-robin tournaments are groups of 5, 7, 9, 11 or 13 players. The
winner of each group is qualified for the next stage. In case of
equality, the player with the strongest tournament entry rating (TER)
is qualified for the next stage. If tournament entry ratings are
equal, ratings when the next stage begins will be taken in account.
Groups are built grading all players by rating and distributing them
to obtain similar elo averages. Players with a rating superior or
equal to 2300 will play 1st stage in high rated groups if possible.
Winners of these groups will be directly qualified for stage 3, others
will play stage 2. If necessary, a player could be invited to complete
a group or to replace a forfeiting player.

The knockout tournament is played into 8 games matches. The special
rule (avoiding short draws) is that in case of equality (4-4), the
winner is the player with the strongest tournament entry rating if all
games are draw, the player with the lowest tournament entry rating if
not all games are draw. The winner is qualified for the next stage.

Knockout tournament winner will play round-robin cycle winner in a 8
games candidates final match (stage 4). In case of equality (4-4), the
knockout tournament winner is qualified for stage 5 if all games are
draw, the round-robin cycle winner if not all games are draw.

At last, the player qualified is the challenger for FICGS world
champion title. If current world champion defends his title, they will
play a 12 games match. In case of equality (6-6), the winner is the
former world champion.


Have good games