Saturday, June 06, 2009

The 11th World Championship in Shandong


The 11
th World Xiangqi Championship


The 11th World Xiangqi Championship will be held from 28th of August to 3rd of September 2009, under the auspices of the World Xiangqi Federation, with the Chinese Xiangqi Association as Host Organizer, while the Provincial Administration of Sport of Shandong, the Municipal Government of Xintai as Co-Host Organizer.

Venue of the Championship is at Rongfeng International Hotel, Xin Tai city, Shandong Province, China.

The events will consist of Men's Team, Men's Individual, Non-Chinese/Vietnamese Individual, and Women's Individual.

Men's Individual will be a 9 round competition using Swiss System.

Women's Individual will depend on the participants for deciding the competition system and number of rounds.

Men's Team's standing will be based on the combined performance of the 2 representatives of each team.

Non-Chinese/Vietnamese Individual's standing shall be calculated separately.

Prize Award and encouragement as following mentioned, in local currency:

Places Men’s Individual Non-Chinese/Vietnamese
Individual
Women’s Individual
1 st 50,000 30,000 20,000
2 nd 30,000 15,000 12,000
3 rd 20,000 11,000 8,000
4 th 13,000 9,000 5,000
5 th 10,000 7,000 2,000
6 th 8,000 6,000 1,000
7 th 7,000 5,000 ----
8 th 6,000 4,000 ----

Plus certificates of merit to teams and individual as well.




(Note: For UK players, please have 2 recent passport-size photo ready, and preferably hand them in during the 20th of June's tournament, for a smooth preparation of registration of the World Championship).






第十一届世界象棋锦标赛

主办单位是世界象棋联合会,承办单位是中国象棋协会,协办者山东省体育局、新泰市人民政府。

第11届世界象棋锦标赛日期为2009年8月28日-93日,赛场设在山东省新泰市荣峰国际大酒店。

比赛项目计有:

1.男子团体赛

2.男子个人赛;

3.非华越裔个人赛;

4.女子个人赛。

比赛办法基本是:1)男子个人赛采用积分编排制,进行一局制9轮比赛;2)女子个人赛根据报名人数确定赛制及轮次;3)男子团体赛根据同队两名棋手的个人名次计算团体成绩;4)非华越裔棋手单独计算成绩。

各国各协会可报名领队1人,男棋手2人,女棋手1人,非华越裔棋手名额不限。

奖励办法:

男子团体奖前8名,第1到第3名颁发奖杯,第4到第8名颁发证书;

男子个人、非华越裔个人奖前8名,女子个人奖前6名。1到第3名颁发奖杯、奖金;其他名次颁发证书、奖金。

奖金(人民币):

名次 男子个人 非华越裔个人 女子个人
冠军 50000 30000 20000
亚军 30000 15000 12000
季军 20000 11000 8000
第四名 13000 9000 5000
第五名 10000 7000 2000
第六名 8000 6000 1000
第七名 7000 5000  
第八名 6000 4000







(注: 英国棋手请准备两张护照标准的最新照片,在6月20日的棋赛时顺便提交,方便及时办理世锦赛报名手续)