TOURNAMENT RULES&PROCEDURES:

All participants who are registered to the tournament are counted that they have already read and accepted to obey all the rules&procedures written below. Detailed information about the rules will be given before the start of the event.

BEGINNING:

·         Championship will start on 16th of September, Friday at 11:30 AM with Modern Backgammon, Jackpot and WBF-Turkiye patented Arena side actions. Participating in any side action is totally optional and during this first day, detailed information about the main event starting the next day will be given. Modern Backgammon side event will be finished until the end of first day.

·         On 17th of September, Saturday, entrants will be accepted to the venue by 10:00 AM.

·         After their arrival, entrants have to check in by visiting the information desk, get their draw sheet numbers by a manually random draw, take their seats shown by tournament staff and wait for the start.

·         After the arrival of pre-registered players and the draw process, all start will be given at 11:30 AM. If there are any absent players when the first two matches are finished, those players will be forfeited and they will be replaced with substitutes.

MAIN TOURNAMENT MODEL:

·         This tournament will be directed with a 2⁷ Double Elimination style according to WBF-Turkiye traditional backgammon (Tavla) rules&procedures.

·         In Double Elimination style, there are 2 parts in draw sheet, Winners and Losers. In 1st Round, all participants are put into Winners Group according to manually random draw and start their matches. During the event, when a player gets his/her first loss, he/she starts playing in Losers Group and continues the event until he/she gets his/her second loss. The final match is played between the winners of each group. If the winner of Losers Group wins the first match, then finalists play one last match to find the champion.

·         It is decided that maximum attendance of 128 players will be accepted to the event. Tournament director keeps the right to raise this quota in case of high attendance and/or reject the participation of any individual without giving a reason.

SIDE ACTIONS:

·         During the event, all participants will have the chance to try their skill against WBF-Turkiye masters in 5 different side actions, Modern Backgammon, Jackpot, Doubles Consultation, Swing and WBF-Turkiye patented Arena events.

·         Apart from Modern Backgammon side action which will be finished at the end of first day, other side actions will continue until the end of the event on 18th of September.

·         Tournament Director keeps the right to reject the participation of any player who is still playing in main event to play in a side action at the same time.

·         Detailed information about side actions will be given on 16th and 18th of September at the venue.

WBF-TURKIYE TRADITIONAL BACKGAMMON (TAVLA) RULES:

Tavla is played similarly as modern backgammon is played. There are some little differences which are mentioned below:

·         Tavla is played cubeless. There are no doubling actions and no Crawford Rule.

·         In the opening roll of the first game of the match, each player rolls 1 die. Whoever rolls the higher number takes both dice and rolls again to make the opening move of the match. In the opening roll of subsequent games, the winner of the last game rolls both dice and starts the game.

·         Usually total of 2 dice are used. One side rolls and moves, then the opponent takes the dice and rolls. However, upon mutual agreement with the opponent, players can request playing with 4 dice (2 dice for each player).

·         The most important speciality of Tavla is that a player cannot change the places of his/her checkers as he/she is trying to find the best move. When a checker is put on a slot and hand contact is lost, it is not possible to take it back. In other words, a player's move automatically ends when he/she has lifted his/her hand from the last checker to be moved.

·         It is not obliged to throw the dice on the right side of the board. Plus, it is not cocked if one die lands on the left and the other one on the right side of the board.

·         Single games worth 1 point, gammons and backgammons both worth 2 points.

·         Other rules of Tavla are the same as modern backgammon.

GAMEPLAY DETAILS:

·         The direction of gameplay and the colour of checkers are chosen by mutual agreement. In case of dispute, opponents roll their dice and after the higher number makes a choice of colour or the direction, the lower number makes the other choice.

·         It is obliged to use the shakers when rolling in all of the matches.

·         If one die or both dice lands on a checker, they are counted as cocked and must be re-rolled together.

·         For each match, Score Keeping Cards will be given to each player. Each side has to keep the score until the end. At the end of the match, it is the winners` responsibility to bring both cards to organization desk to get an approval for his/her win. With this approval, staff members write his/her name to next round. Detailed info about how to use Score Keeping Cards will be given before the start of the event.

·         In case of an illegal movement, upon drawing attention to an illegal move, a player may condone or demand the opponent to legally replay the entire roll. Player condones a prior illegal move by rolling the dice.

·         If a player who is still playing in the event wants to leave the venue for a time period, he/she has to inform the tournament director and get his approval. Otherwise, he/she may get 1 penalty point for every 5 minutes of his/her absence.

·         During a match, each side can take a single break of 5 minutes. In finals, each side can take 2 breaks of 5 minutes.

GENERAL:

·         During a game, it is strongly prohibited to talk and behave in a way that leads the opponent to lose his/her concentration.

·         When a dispute arises, without leaving their chairs, all players must leave dice, checkers, and score sheets unchanged while the director is summoned.

·         Entry fees of forfeited players are not given back.

·         All additional expenses entrants make during the event are on their own responsibilities.

·         Playing money games in the tournament venue is prohibited.

PROGRAMME*:

16th September 2011, Friday:

10:00.................Opening of the championship and draw for "Modern Backgammon" side action.

11:30.................Start of "Modern Backgammon" side action.

13:00.................Start of ”Arena” & “Jackpot” side actions.

20:00.................End of "Modern Backgammon" side action & dinner break.

22:00.................Start of "Swing" side action first session.

01:00.................End of "Swing" side action first session & end of first day.

17th September 2011, Saturday:

10:00.................Opening of the room and draw for the main event.

11:30.................Start of main event. 

14:00.................Start of ”Arena” & “Jackpot” side actions.

20:00.................Dinner break.

22:00.................Start of "Swing" side action second session.

01:00.................End of "Swing" side action second session & end of second day.

18th September 2011, Sunday:

11:30.................Opening of the room for games to be continued. 

12:00.................Start of ”Arena” & “Jackpot” side actions.

13:00.................Start of ”Doubles Consultation” side action.

18:00.................Start of Finals.

22:30.................Awarding Ceremony.

* The organization reserves the right to change the program in any of its parts. Changes will be announced in advance.

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