Lille 2012

[Alex_Moiseyev]

I decided to open this separate topic for future discissions and details. As far as I understand - everyone pays on their own + potentiall fees from IMSA and/or FMJD.

http://www.lillegrandpalais.com/

Here is a little bit more information from bridge site

http://www.abf.com.au/events/playoffs/2 ... sLille.pdf

Personally I may need an extra business days to commit 11 man ballot World Title match, Strawberry Festival, NC & Alabama state tournaments.

Still thinking ...

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Little bit more information.

http://fmjd.org/docs/Lille.pdf

[Alex_Moiseyev]

More details ...

1) Next IMSA meeting will be on Tuesday, March 27 in Lille.

2) Information from 10x10 FMJD Tournament Director Pavlitzki

10x10 events and schedule in Lille in Auguts.

August 9 - Arrival Day

August 10 - first day of main tournament which will be considered as a World Cup. It will be 9 round Swiss event with same scoring as it was in Bejing 2011: from 12-0 to 7-5.

20,000 EURO price fund for mans and 10,000 EURO price fund for woman.

99% possibility that this event will not be limited to number of players from each country. In other words this will be an OPEN event.

August 18, Saturday - last 9th round.

Aigust 19, Sunday - FMJD GA where Section-64 and Checkers Section will be abonded and kick off. After voting FMJD will change Statue and becomes an organisation of only one form of game - 10x10. Both current Sections will be an Associate members and have to renew this membership every year if demonstrate a good behavior and show loyality.

August 20 - Individual World Championship (RAPID)

August 21 - Team World Champlionship (RAPID). Man team - 3 players, Woman team - 2 players

August 22 - Individual Blitz World Championship

August 23 (last day) - Team Blitz World Championship. Man team - 3 players, Woman team - 2 players.

All for now.

[Ingo_Zachos]

Here is the latest communication of the WCDF to the respective national federations and the checker community:

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"4th April 2012.


World Mind Sports Games 2012
The 2nd World Mind Sports Games will take place at Lille, France, from 9th – 23rd August 2012. The game of Draughts (Checkers) will have two events running simultaneously – a men’s event and a women’s event, and the schedule for this will be as follows:


Day Time Event
Thursday 16th August 7.30pm Registration of entrants
Friday 17th August 10.00am & 3.00pm Rounds 1 & 2
Saturday 18th August 10.00am & 3.00pm Rounds 3 & 4

Sunday 19th August Free day FMJD Special GA Meeting

Monday 20th August 10.00am & 3.00pm Rounds 5 & 6
Tuesday 21st August 10.00am & 3.00pm Rounds 7 & 8
Wednesday 22nd August 10.00am Round 9
Wednesday 22nd August 19.00 hrs Presentation Ceremony of Medals
Thursday 23rd August 19.00hrs Closing Ceremony of 2nd WMSG
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The WCDF Executive Board has agreed to nominate the 2nd World Mind Sports Games 2012 to double as the World Qualification Tournament 2012.

In each of these events the top three players will receive a World Mind Sports Games Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal.

In the men’s division the winner will be recognised as the next challenger to the World (3 Move) Championship Match title currently held by Alex Moiseyev (USA).
In addition the WCDF will offer a prize fund as follows; 1st €1,000, 2nd €500, 3rd €250, 4th €100, 5th €100, 6th €100.

The women’s event will double as the 1st Women’s (3 Move) Championship Tournament where the winner will be recognised as the Women’s World (3 Move) Champion 2012, as agreed at the GA meeting San Remo, Italy, last year.
In addition the WCDF will offer a prize fund as follows; 1st €600, 2nd €350, 3rd €200, 4th €100.

Format:
These events will be run over 9 rounds using 3 move openings. There is the potential for a play-off round on the final day should two players finish level on points and SB points.

Location:
Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium
Highlights for the visitor include an attractive old town with a strong Flemish accent, three renowned art museums, stylish shopping, some fine dining options and a cutting-edge, student-driven nightlife scene. The Lillois are justly proud of their reputation for friendliness.
Read more: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/france/nort ... z1ou9TfxGa

Venue:
The playing venue will be the Jeanne de Flandre #2 Room. This can be viewed at http://www.lillegrandpalais.com/visite_virtuelle/

Travel:
Nearest Airports are Paris or Brussels (both around one hour by train). Eurostar trains (http://www.eurostar.com) from London (1¾ hours) via the Channel Tunnel.

Entries:
Our 1st round offer involves an invitation to all countries affiliated to the WCDF to send 2 men and 2 women players each. However, Britain will get 6 places + 2 women (Great Britain made up of England, Scotland, Wales, & N. Irl), and the USA 3 men + 2 women players (relating to its size and strength). Countries wishing to enter more players can request extra places. Countries will be given an initial 3 weeks to reply (25th April 2012) and depending on feedback of entries from affiliated countries further allocations may be made of available places.

Michele Borghetti (Italy) and Amangul Berdiyeva (Turkmenistan) will have automatic entry from QT 2010.

A number of places will be held for countries affiliated to the FMJD but not directly to WCDF. (In Beijing we had entries from places like Latvia, Ukraine, Russia, China, and Mongolia)

All players will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses, as no sponsorship is available from IMSA. There will be an entry fee of €100 (euro) per entrant payable to the FMJD on behalf of IMSA.
We require the name of players who need an invitation for visa applications (and all necessary data) not later than April 25th 2012. We also require a list of any special requirements for participants by this date.

SportAccord World Mind Games Beijing 2012

The 2nd SportAccord World Mind Games will be held in Beijing, China, during 2012. The FMJD have offered Checkers (WCDF) the opportunity to join them to exhibit the game of “checkers” at this event. The FMJD offer involves the participation of four players and one official / referee (i.e. five persons). They hope to offer free flights and accommodation to the five individuals concerned, and will offer a donation of $5,000 towards a prize fund. The WCDF nominee’s for this event will be World 3 Move Champion Alex Moiseyev (USA), World GAYP Champion Ron King (Barbados), and Lubabulo Kondlo (South Africa). It is intended that the 4th representative position will be awarded to the top placed player from either Europe or Asia at the 2nd WMSG being held at Lille, France, with the top placed player not already nominated to be the 1st reserve player should anyone be unable to go.

World GAYP Championship Match 2012
The World GAYP Championship Match between defending champion Ron King (Barbados) and challenger Sergio Scarpetta (Italy) will take place at the “Hotel Parco della Rose”, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy from 15th – 20th July 2012. The Referee will be Ian Caws (IOW). Individual donations will be welcomed. Contact any member of WCDF Executive Board or FID.

World GAYP Women’s Championship Match 2012
The World GAYP Women’s Championship Match between defending champion Amangul Berdiyeva (Turkmenistan) and challenger Erika Rosso (Italy) will take place in Italy during 2012. Finals arrangements (dates) are currently being agreed. Individual donations will be welcomed. Contact any member of WCDF Executive Board or FID.

Sincerely yours,

Hugh Devlin,
(President)"
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Note that it contains informations about the WMSG in Lille, including schedule, prices etc., the SportAccord World Mind Games Beijing 2012, and both the GAYP World Championship matches Ron King (BAR) vs. Sergio Scarpetta (ITA) and Amangul Berdiyeva (TRM) vs. Erika Rosso (ITA)


Greetinx from cloudy Dortmund, Germany

Ingo Zachos

[Alex_Moiseyev]

They hope to offer free flights and accommodation to the five individuals

In this sentence I especially like and enjoy the word hope

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Many my Russian friends asked me- when information about these events, Lille and Beijing, will be published on WCDF site - so they can read it and use it for references in their Federations. I said that I have no idea.

They want to play in Lille in Anglo-American Checkers event but don't have information and I can't help them because they trust and are dealing only with official sites: FMJD and WCDF

Regards,

Alex

[Ingo_Zachos]

Dear Alex,

it is published on the FMJD site:

http://www.fmjd.org/

direct link:

http://fmjd.org/docs/checkers/WCDF_Comm ... l_2012.pdf

Hope it will be published on the WCDF site soon.

Greetinx from cloudy Dortmund, Germany,


Ingo Zachos

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Ingo, I just finished translation of Hugh letter regarding Lille event and published it on Russian language checkers site www.shashki.com.

Most of Russian speaking players (not only from Russia) are visiting frequently this site and will be timely informed about "Checkers in Lille"

I also plan to post on this site eventually WCDF information about world title matches and Sport Accord.

Sincerely,

Alex Moiseyev

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Ingo, if it's not a big secret, can you update us here with the following information:

1) Does WCDF plan to use one or few electronic board in Lille ?

2) Who will be in charge of processing games after round and entering them into Internet ?

3) What kind of broadcasting / Internet recording WCDF plans to use in Lille ?

4) What kind of software WCDF plans to use in Lille to run event ... like one we used in San Remo or similar ?

5) If none of this done - does ACDF plan to require players to use clocks and record games or this is optional ?

6) Any specific requirements to dress code in Lille ?

7) Assuming we should have two different events and approximately 15-20 boards, how many Referee assistants will be on field in Lille for Anglo-American Chekers events ?

Respectfully,

Alex Moiseyev

[Ingo_Zachos]

Dear Alex,

happy Easter!


Plz take out your Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

It says "DON' T PANIC!"

and this is the simple answer to many questions that may get lost in details.

To try to give some answers at frist attempt I use your numbers:

1) Not so far. We don`t own any of this boards, and besides they are not cheap.

http://dgtshop.nl/index.php?option=com_ ... 9&Itemid=2

We are waiting for your donation.

2) We have not yet set up a team for Lille, but I would like to process them like in San Remo immediately during or after the rounds, and publish them with the pairings.

3) I myself plan to publish pictures and reports, and if possible to use a webcam to transmit the top board(s). But this also depends a lot on the team of officials.

4) I would prefer to use Chess Arbiter like in San Remo, at least to do the pairings. If I were selected for Lille I will have it on my Laptop, but it might be that like in Beijing FMJD or IMSA require other programs to publish the results in the format they prefer on the WMSG site.

5) Of course, clocks will be used, time limit according to the WCDF rules:

http://wcdf.wz.cz/rules.htm

6) I guess the same as in Beijing.

7) Not yet determined, but with two events planned you can guess that we need referees, a press/media officer and possible assistants. But this depends on who wants to go, and plz be patient, as I can not give you any names now.

Greetinx from rainy old Europe,

Ingo

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Wikipedia says: "I know everything!"
Facebook says:" I know everybody!"
Google says:"I can find anything!"
Internet says:" Without me you're nothing!"
Electricity says:"Keep talking'"
WCDF says: "Don't panic!"

[Alex_Moiseyev]

WMSG-II website started. It also has references to WMSG-I event in Beijing

http://wmsgfmjd.org.

I think all WCDF announcements regarding Lille news must be migrated here and people / Federations can observe this timely.

Ingo, It's all yours now, don't be panic

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Just friendly remind everyone that deadline for claims to play in Lille - April 26. After this time I assume WCDF will publish a list of attendants and probably no more players will be allow to play.

National Federations, WCDF members and associates, should rush - only one day left.

Today I've got email (on Russian) from Ukraine Federation with question - how they can register and reserve places in QT in Lille. And I helped them to contact with WCDF authorities.

The only thing I don't understand - why I should do a job which other people have to do ? it''s not my responsibilities.

Contact information supposed to be posted in initial announcement.

Alex

[rich beckwith]

Alex, thanks for assisting with the Ukraine Federation. Hugh Devlin & John Reade have been sending letters to WCDF delegates of the various federations regarding nominations (and dues). Hugh sent a communication in early April, and John sent a reminder earlier this week regarding the preliminary deadline. After collecting these initial nominations, federations will be able to submit additional WMSG nominations if openings still exist (which I think is likely).

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Richard, thanks for update. The main thing is - make sure in Lille we don't have anymore a manual handling cross table and pairing.