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.

 

START:

·     Players will be accepted to the venue by 14:00 on 19th of August 2016, Friday.

·     The first activity will be the "Warm-Up" side action which will start at 17:30 and is free of charge for players who have completed their registrations until that moment.

·     At 21:30, all start will be given for the "Main Event". Late arrivals will be accepted for 30 more minutes, then players who still do not have an opponent in first round will be given a "bye".

 

MAIN EVENT TOURNAMENT MODEL:

·     The running model of Main Event is Single Elimination brackets of Main with "Progressive" Consolation and Last Chance rounds. The maximum contingency is 128 players in principle. However, tournament director keeps the right to accept more players in case of high attendance.

·     In Main Event, all registered players will be put into a manual random draw for the Main Bracket. Those who lose a match in any round of Main will go down to Consolation. Players who get a 2nd loss without reaching any prize will be drawn for Last Chance and those who get their 3rd loss will be eliminated. 

·     Consolation will start on 20th of August 2016, Saturday, and Last Chance will start on 21st of August 2016, Sunday, both at 13:00. 

·     Top 4 players in Main Bracket and top 2 players in Consolation Bracket will be in the prize and will not take part in lower brackets. 

 

SIDE ACTIONS:

·     During the championship, players will have the chance to try their skills in side actions of “Warm-Up”, “869BG Speedgammon Cup”, “1-Pointer”, “Swing”, “Cappadocia 2016 Doubles Consultation” and “BG4BG Jackpot” for additional prizes.

·     “Warm-Up” is a Single Elimination model side action which will start on 19th of August 2016, Friday, before the start of the Main Event and will be free of charge for all pre-registered players.

·     “869BG Speedgammon Cup”, “1-Pointer” and “BG4BG Jackpot” side actions can be played all 3 days of the championship as long as there are free spots left.

·     "Swing" side action will start right after the dinner break on 20th of August 2016, Saturday at 22:00 and will end the same night.

·     “Cappadocia 2016 Doubles Consultation” side action will start on 20th of August 2016, Saturday in the afternoon.

·     In principle, players who are still busy in any "Main Event" bracket at the same time can not participate in "Swing" or "Cappadocia 2016 Doubles Consultation" side actions. However, main director may decide to let a player in such a situation to take part in "Cappadocia 2016 Doubles Consultation" side action if and only if he/she accepts to let his/her partner to play alone as long as he/she is busy in the main action.

·     Detailed information about side actions will be given at the venue during the championship.

 

GENERAL:

·     Penalty points might be given to players who are not present in the playing room although they still have matches to play.

·     During a game, it is strongly prohibited to talk and behave in a way that leads the opponent to be distracted.

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

·     Tournament Director keeps the right to reject the participation of any player in the championship without giving any reason.

·     Entry fees of forfeited players are not given back.

·     Apart from the food&beverages which will be offered by our organization during the Opening Cocktail at 20:00 on 19th of August 2016, Friday, any extras participants make during the event are on their own responsibilities.

·        Playing money games in the tournament venue is prohibited.

 

             WBF-Turkiye 2016 Cappadocia Open Backgammon Championship is organised and will be directed according by Worldwide Backgammon Federation, "WBF"`s Turkiye agent Arda Fýndýkoðlu and his professional staff. Yunak Evleri Cave Hotel owner Erol Özsoy, Tournament Director Arda Fýndýkoðlu with his staff team wish the best of luck to all participants.

PROGRAMME*:

19th August 2016, Friday:

14:00.................Opening of playing room, "869BG Speedgammon Cup" & "BG4BG" & "1 Pointer" side actions.

17:30.................Draw for "Warm-Up".

18:00.................Start of "Warm-Up".

20:00.................Opening Cocktail.

21:00.................Last registration and the draw for the main event.

21:30.................Start of main event matches.

02:00.................End of first day.

 

20th August 2016, Saturday:

13:00.................Main event gameplay continues and the start of "Consolation" rounds.

14:00................."869BG Speedgammon Cup" & "BG4BG" & "1 Pointer" side actions continue.

16:00.................Start of "Cappadocia 2016 Doubles Consultation”.

20:30.................Dinner break.

22:00.................Start of "Swing".

02:00.................End of second day with the end of "Swing".

 

21st August 2016, Sunday:

13:00.................Start of "Last Chance" rounds.

13:30................."869BG Speedgammon Cup" & "BG4BG" & "1 Pointer" side actions continue.

14:00.................Start of Finals for all categories and divisions.

21:30.................Awarding Ceremony.

 

22nd August 2016, Monday:

05:00-08:00.......Cappadocian Balloon Tour (Detailed information about the tour will be given during the championship)

 

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

 

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