TOURNAMENT Announcement AND INVITATION
The International Correspondence Chess Federation (www.iccf.com ) is the FIDE recognised correspondence chess body. The ICCF organises CC world championships and Olympiads, as well as awarding the CC titles (GM; IM; etc) recognised by FIDE.
The 15th Afro-Asian Zonal Correspondence Chess Championships are due to start in January 2012. The tournament will be played on the webserver of the ICCF (www.iccf-webchess.com )
Entry is FREE, but only entries received up to midnight on 31 December 2011 will be considered. All chess players in Africa and Asia may enter. Entries must be emailed to the address below.
The tournament will consist of a preliminary round, semi-finals and finals. The preliminary round will be divided into groups equal in rating strength of between 9 and 13 players.
Qualifying criteria for progression to the semi-finals will be calculated once the total number of entrants is known, but will be communicated at the start of the preliminary round. All players with a fixed rating of 2250 and ICCF titled players (WIM; WGM; IM; SM; GM) will be allowed to bypass the preliminary round and enter directly into a semi-final round if they so wish.
The preliminary round will be an ICCF rated event allowing players to obtain ICCF ratings, while the semi-final and final will be international title norm tournaments (subject to the rating strength of the qualifiers). Players with FIDE ratings may use these ratings for the preliminary round.
Kindly communicate this announcement to all members of your national federation as soon as possible.
Amici sumus
Iain Smuts
Tournament Organiser (ICCF)
Paarl – South Africa
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