FIDE ONLINE RAPID WORLD CUPCADETS & YOUTH (UNDER 10-18)
GENERAL REGULATIONS
Selection Stage August 1 – 20, 2021

FINAL STAGE 26 – 31 August, 2021
1. INVITATIONThe FIDE, the Georgian Chess Federation & the Georgian Chess Club “64” invite all FIDE member
national federations to participate in the FIDE Online Rapid WORLD CUP, Cadets and Youth Under 10 –18 (hereinafter referred to as World Cup).
2. GENERAL INFORMATION
2.1 World Cup is an official FIDE competition. The Governing Body of the Championships is theInternational Chess Federation (FIDE). FIDE Supervisor of the event is empowered to take all
relevant decisions after the FIDE Council approves the regulations.
2.2 At any time, any circumstance or unforeseen situation not covered in these Regulations shall bereferred to the FIDE President or to FIDE supervisor of the event upon authorization by the FIDE
President for any kind of amendments.
3. FORMAT & PARTICIPANTS
3.1 World Cup will be played in 5 different age groups – under 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 2 sections open and girls. Players of the Championships must not have reached their 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th,
18th birthday, respectively, before January 1st of the year 2021.
3.2 Each National Federation will appoint one captain/representative for the technical meetings andcommunication during the event.
3.3 The tournament will consist of two stages.
3.4 For any age group (open and girls) the second stage event (Finals) will consist of a 16-player KO
tournament based on 2 games (with alternate colours) and possible one Armageddon tie-break5/4 minutes game with no increment and the black qualifies if the game is drawn.
4. SELECTION STAGE
4.1 The selection stage tournaments will be played by separate online 10-round Swiss System
tournaments (Girls under 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and Open under 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18).
4.2 Every Chess Federation can register three players (recommendation) per each category in theselection stage (totally 30 players). In some cases, the federations are entitled to replace players
from various age categories, boys and girls, within (inside) 30 players.
4.3 According to the “medal statistics” of 2017 – 2020 some federations can register additional
players. “Medal list” is attached to the regulations.
4.4 In case a player or players from 4.2 and 4.3 don’t accept the invitation (via National Federation)by the deadline, the organizer shall take back their places as a wild card. The organizer has 10days for using the wild cards.
4.5 The time control for the selection stage will be 10 minutes + 3 second increment starting from thefirst move.
4.6 First 10 winners per category will be qualified to the final stages. In case a player declines his
right to play the finals for any reason, the organizer may replace him/her by the next player in thestanding. Appropriate replacements from the selection stage are possible before 23 of August
12:00 CET.
5. FINAL STAGE
5.1 The finals will consist of ten separate KO tournaments (Girls under 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and Open
under 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18) with 16 players each – 6 personal right players and 10 fromselections.
5.2 The tournament organizer shall invite players World ranked top 2-7 (personal right players)
according to FIDE Standard Rating by 01.06.2021 (FIDE Standard Rating by 01.06.2021 is used
for the purpose of invitational list) per each age/gender category. If there is a tie in FIDE standard
ratings, for example the seventh or any other (from 2-7) player has the same FIDE standard
rating as the eight on any next, the one with the higher rating in the previous published rating list
will be invited. If the players were tied also in the previous rating list, the invitation will be given to
the one with the higher published rating in the last rating list where they were not tied, going backmonth by month. Personal right players have no right to participate at the selections stage.
5.3 In case a player or players ranked top 2-7 don’t accept the invitation (via National federation) by
the deadline, the organizer shall take back their places as a wild card. The organizer may use thewild card within a 1 month.
5.4 First 3 winners per category for each selection will be qualified to the FIDE ONLINE RAPID
SUPER FINAL 2021.
5.5 Players, placed 4-8 (5 players) and one highest rated player (by 01.08.2021 Fide Standard rating)among 9 -16 (see the Grand Prix regulations 3.4) in the World Cup 2021 per category for eachselection will be qualified to the FIDE ONLINE RAPID GRAND PRIX SERIES 2021.

5.6 The time control for the final stage will be 15 minutes + 10 second increment starting from the firstmove.
5.7 In the final stage, players will be ranked according to their August 2021 FIDE standard rating list
and will be paired according to the following “tree” (Final “tree” will be made on 23 of August,
2021)

1
16
3
14
5
12
7
10
9
8
11
6
13
4
15
2

O1
O3
O5
O7
O8
O6
O4
O2

Q1
Q3
Q4
Q2

W O1
W 08
W 03
W 06
W 05
W 04
W 07
W 02

S1
S2

W Q1
W Q4
W Q3
W Q2

W S1
W S2

6. HIP
6.1 The Organizing Committee is responsible for choosing the Hosting Internet Platform.
6.2 The HIP will be announced before the opening of the registrations.
7. REGISTRATION & FEES
7.1 Registrations shall be handled by the National Chess Federations through the registration forms
7.2 Registration deadline is July 10th, 22:00 CET, 2021.
7.3 During the registration every player will have to register himself in the HIP with his real name andto ensure that his account is active and he is able to use it. Further instructions on how to registerand manage the HIP will be issued before the Registration Deadline.
7.4 Registration fee is 65 Euros for each player. It includes 15 Euro – FIDE fee. The registration fee
is not refundable. If a player paid for the selection stage and later qualified for the final, he/shedoesn’t have to pay again.
8. PAYMENT
8.1 The payment deadline is July 15th, 2021. After the Registration form has been filled in, sent to theorganizer and approved by the organizer, the national federations will receive invoices for bankpayments. The invoices will contain all the necessary details for the bank payment. A sender is
responsible for all bank commissions.

9. SCHEDULE

CATEGORYDATETIME & EVENTAll

July 10th

Registration Deadline

June 20 - 25th

Webinar: registration and use of HIPAll

August 1st

CET 12:00 – 13:00

Technical Meeting

All

August 1st

CET 13:00 – 14:00

Arbiter Meeting

All

st

CET 15:00 – 15:30

Opening Ceremony

August 1

ROUND

Selection
Open - 10, Girls -18

August 1st

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 1 - 2

Open - 10, Girls -18

August 2nd

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 3 - 4

Open - 10, Girls -18

August 3rd

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 5 - 6Open - 10, Girls -18

August 4th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 7 - 8Open - 10, Girls -18

August 5th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 9 - 10Open - 14, Girls -14

August 6th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 1 - 2

Open - 14, Girls -14

August 7th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 3 - 4

Open - 14, Girls -14

August 8th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 5 - 6Open - 14, Girls -14

August 9th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 7 - 8Open - 14, Girls -14

August 10th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 9 - 10Open - 12, Girls -16

August 11th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 1 - 2

Open - 12, Girls -16

August 12th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 3 - 4

Open - 12, Girls -16

August 13th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 5 - 6Open - 12, Girls -16

August 14th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 7 - 8Open - 12, Girls -16

August 15th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 9 - 10Open - 16, Girls -12

August 16th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 1 - 2

Open - 16, Girls -12

August 17th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 3 - 4

Open - 16, Girls -12

August 18th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 5 - 6Open - 16, Girls -12

August 19th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 7 - 8Open - 16, Girls -12

August 20th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 9 - 10Open - 18, Girls -10

August 16th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 1 - 2

Open - 18, Girls -10

August 17th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 3 - 4

Open - 18, Girls -10

August 18th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 5 - 6Open - 18, Girls -10

August 19th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 7 - 8Open - 18, Girls -10

August 20th

CET 16:00, CET 17:30

Round 9 - 10

All

August 26th

CET 16:00, CET 17:15 and Armageddon

First round

August 27th

CET 16:00, CET 17:15 and Armageddon

Quarterfinals

August 28th

CET 16:00, CET 17:15 and Armageddon

Semi-finals

August 29th

CET 16:00, CET 17:15 and Armageddon

Matches for 3 places

August 30th

CET 16:00, CET 17:15 and Armageddon

Final

August 31th

CET 15:00

Closing Ceremony

The schedule for the Selection and Final stages can be modified at the organizer’s discretion.
10. PAIRINGS AND TIE-BREAK OF THE SELECTIONS
10.1 Pairings and Tie-breaks will be handled by FIDE certified software under the responsibility of the
Pairings Officer and the Chief Arbiter.
10.2 Pairings of the selection stage will be done according to the Swiss FIDE System considering therating list being valid at the moment the pairings are generated. For the final stage the pairings will bedone according to the "tree" as described in art. 5 and players will be ranked according to their
August 2021 FIDE standard rating list.
10.3 The final ranking order of the players is determined by the number of points scored. If at the endof the tournament, two or more players are tied for the first place or for any prize, the tie shall be
broken in priority according to the following criteria for Swiss events:-

Direct Encounter (only if all tied have played each other);-

Buchholz Cut1;-

Buchholz;-

The greater number of games with Black;-

The greater number of wins.

11. DISCONNECTIONS AND TECHNICAL ISSUES
11.1 It is every player’s individual responsibility to have a working Internet connection for the durationof 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.
11.2 An individual delayed or lost connection may lead to a forfeit upon the decision of Chief Arbiter.
11.3 In case of a force majeure event affecting several participants in different locations (e.g., a global
or regional Internet outage, a power outage caused by a natural disaster, a widespread serverside failure), the Chief Arbiter will decide in the best interest of the competition upon
consultations with the Online Play Administrator. This decision can include adding time toaffected players; suspending, resuming, or replaying affected games; and other measures in the
Chief Arbiter’s sole discretion.
11.4 The Chief Arbiter’s decisions under Art. 11.2 or 11.3 of these Regulations cannot be appealed.
12. FAIR PLAY
12.1 The fair-play measures are based on resources of HIP and FIDE-approved external tools andfollow FIDE’s anti-cheating guidelines.
12.2 Anti-cheating matters will be governed by a fair-play panel (hereinafter referred to as FPP)
nominated by the organizing Committee in consultation with the Chief Arbiter, consisting in fair-playexperts.
12.3 During any stage of the tournament players will be required to join a ZOOM call, sharing theirscreen and activate their cameras.
12.4 At any moment, FPP works to ensure fair results for each game and may apply or suggest thechief arbiter any measures that it considers necessary and sufficient in order to ensure fair-playconditions during the tournament.
12.5 Based upon the results of the anti-cheating algorithm and/or other evidence deemed sufficientby the FPP to establish a cheating incident, the chief arbiter has the right to disqualify any player for asuspected fair-play violation during the course or after conclusion of any tournament. The disqualified
player may be declared lost in all the games he/she played in the tournament. The decision of chief
arbiter to disqualify a player for a suspected fair-play violation is final and is not subject to any appeal,
review or other challenge.
12.6 Detailed information about each fair-play violation case on any stage of Event t is submitted to
FIDE.
12.7 The Chief arbiter, in consultation with FPP may decide in the case of a clear or gross violation,or repeated violations, to refer the matter to the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission which may
exclude the player from all official chess participation, including over-the-board events for a period up
to 15 years.
12.8 By entering into the tournament each player accepts the above-mentioned Fair-Play measures
as a condition of entry in a voluntary sports event and agrees that his/her participation takes placesubject to these Fair-Play measures. Each player acknowledges and agrees that he/she consents tothe transfer of all his/her personal data by HIP to FIDE, including his/her real name, games played,
evidence of compliance with the fair play rules, including video recording of games (if any).
12.9 The organizer reserves the right to institute additional fair play rules before the start of thecompetition, based on FIDE’s guidelines and best practices.
13. ARBITERS
13.1 The FIDE President shall appoint the Chief Arbiter, two deputy arbiters.
13.2 For the Selection stage, the Organizing Committee shall appoint two arbiters per category.
13.3 For the Final stage, the Organizing Committee shall appoint one arbiter per category.
14. APPEALS
14.1 The FIDE President shall appoint the Chairman and two members of the Appeals Committee, as
well as two substitutes.
14.2 The Appeals Committee shall not accept or review any appeals against computer generated
pairings, failed internet connection, decisions of the Chief Arbiter under art. 11.2 or 11.3, or fair play.
14.3 Any appeal against a decision of the Chief Arbiter must be submitted to the Appeals Committeeby the captain/representative of National federation in written form to the address -------- not later
than 15 minutes after the end of the particular round and must be accompanied by a commitment to
pay an amount of 200 euros, as a deposit. If the appeal is accepted, the deposit will not be charged. If
the appeal is rejected, the deposit will be kept, unless the Appeals Committee decides otherwise.
14.4 Any member of the Appeals Committee cannot sit in judgement in a dispute involving one player

from his/her Federation. In such case the Chairman will replace him with a substitute. In case the
Chairman has to be replaced, the eldest member will act as the Chairman.
14.5 The Appeals Committee endeavour to decide as quick as possible. In case it finds it necessary,
the Appeals Committee may summon the complainant and/or any other people. Refusal to participate
to the session of the Appeals Committee is considered for the final decision.
14.6 The written decision of the Appeals Committee arising from any dispute in respect of theseregulations is final.
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regulations 3.4) in the World Cup 2021 per each selection category will be also qualified to the FIDEONLINE RAPID GRAND PRIX SERIES 2021.

16. CONTACT INFORMATION
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