Guyana will participate in the FIDE (International Chess Federation) Online Cadets and Youth Rapid World Cup from August 1-31.
According to the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Guyana will be represented in five categories, the under-10, under-12, under-14, under-16 and under-18.
Each category will require three players and in an effort to help arrive at the players to comprise the various categories, the GCF will be staging a qualifying tournament on Saturday and all chess players up to the age of 18 are invited to participate.
“This event will serve to identify which players will be representing Guyana in the upcoming FIDE Online Cadets & Youth Rapid World Cup 2021. The Qualifying tournament will match, as closely as possible, the playing conditions of the FIDE tournament which will give players who have never used Tornelo an important opportunity to familiarise themselves with that platform and associated playing conditions, “ the GCF stated in a press release.
Saturday’s tournament will see male and female players contesting the categories stated above and in order to be eligible players must not have reached their 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th birthday, respectively, before January 1st of this year.
The GCF said that final qualification will be based solely on the final standings of the various tournaments, platform tie-breaker systems will determine final placement.
Also, in an effort to meet the technical requirements of the FIDE Cadets & Youth Rapid World Cup 2021 tournament, all selected players must be able to provide the following:
Laptop or desktop based personal computer. (No mobile devices are allowed).
Internet connection
Ability to connect to Zoom
Web Camera (either built-in or external)
Ability to share your screen over Zoom and have your camera on at all times.
“A player must meet all of the above requirements to participate in the Qualifying tournament. Players who are unable to turn on their cameras and share their screens will not be allowed to play,” the GCF release stated.
The GCF said that it is every player’s individual responsibility to have a working Internet connection for the duration of the tournament. If a player is disconnected from the server, the player may reconnect and continue the game while he still has time on the clock.
An individual’s delayed or lost connection may lead to a forfeiture upon the decision of Chief Arbiter.
In case of an event affecting several participants in different locations, the Chief Arbiter will decide in the best interest of the competition upon consultations with the Organising Committee. This decision can include adding time to affected players; suspending, resuming, or replaying affected games; and other measures at the Chief Arbiter’s sole discretion.
It is recommended to use Google Chrome for Tornelo. Players’ venue should be provided by internet service at least 5MB download/upload. It is highly recommended to use a wired network connection, but exclusive WI-FI is also acceptable.
Any player is entitled to use only one Desktop PC or Laptop. Mobile phones, tablets, smart watches, pens or any other electronic devices, excluding one camera, are not allowed in players’ room. In case other devices are discovered, the organising committee will start an investigation.
The room where the player will be has to be clearly lit and visible from the camera connected in zoom: the device the player is playing from has to be put in such a position that the greater part of the room can be seen. The door of the room must be in view.
During the games no one else except the player is allowed in the room. In case the arbiters see someone entering, they may inform the organising committee for further investigations.
During any stage of the tournament players will be required to join a Zoom call, sharing their screen and activate their cameras. Arbiters will communicate with the players through the Zoom chat and vocal communications so the players will be required to pay attention.
The GCF said that registration forms will be posted as soon as possible.
