Tournament Regulations
The championships will be held in seven rounds, played in the Swiss system in accordance with the ECU Tournament Rules. If there are eight teams or less in a competition, the competition will be played as a Round Robin tournament. In such case the drawing of lots will take place at the Captain’s Meeting. If there are 9-12 teams in a competition, the competition will be played by a combined system according to the ECU Rulebook.
The order of teams that finish with the same number of match points shall be determined by application of the following tie-breaking procedures in sequence, proceeding from (a) to (b) to (c) to (d) the extent required:
- a) by the sum of Sorbonne-Berger points, which is calculated as follows: match points of each opponent, excluding the opponent who scored the lowest number of match points, multiplied by the number of board points scored against each opponent respectively. The highest number wins. In case of two or more opponents with this same number of matches points the lowest results of multiplication should be excluded
- b) by the number of board points won, the highest number wins.
- c) by the sum of the board points of all team’s opponents, the highest number wins
- d) by the sum of the board points of all opponents defeated plus one half of the board points of all the opponents with which a tied result was achieved, the highest number wins
According to ECU rules, the time control will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. Players may only agree to a draw after the 30th move has been made by black. Players violating this rule will be forfeited. If a player is offered a draw before the 30th move has been made by black, he should call an arbiter. His opponent shall be punished for distracting, according to the FIDE Laws of Chess
Additional Competition Rules
The default time is 15 minutes.
Analyzing is not allowed in the playing hall. Flash photography may be used only in the first ten (10) minutes of the playing session. Only the players, captains, arbiters, and appeals Committee members, shall be allowed in the playing area, except with the expressed permission of the Chief Arbiter. Players are not allowed to enter the closed area of the top boards if they don’t play there themselves.
During a game a player may talk only to an arbiter or his captain in compliance with the ECU Rulebook. A players may also talk to his opponent within the limitations given by the Laws of Chess.
FIDE Titles and Norms will be awarded in accordance with FIDE regulations. This competition is offering the possibility to achieve GM or IM norms based on seven games.
No teams of federations which have financial arrears with respect to the European Chess Union will be allowed to enter the competition.
The ECU Rule for dress code is valid for all European Championships.
The European Anti-Cheating rules are valid for all European Championships (Article Q of the ECU Tournament Rules).
It is assumed that all the players have read the ECU Rulebook and accept to conform to them.
Arbiters And Appeals Committee
The Appeals Committee, Chief Arbiter, and two Deputy Arbiters of the competition will be announced by the European Chess Union.
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