Online Victory Cup in Draughts-64, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, completed

INFORMATION ON VICTORY CUP IN DRAUGHTS-64,
dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) holds on the PlayOk platform (https://www.playok.com/) the Online Victory Cup in Draughts-64, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Competitions are held in close collaboration with the Draughts Federation of St. Petersburg.

The following tournaments are held:

MAY 9 – Victory Cup  (men, women, veterans 60+)

2 separate competitions are held:

1. Victory Cup among men
2. Victory Cup among women

Competitions are held according to the Swiss system in 9 rounds.
Draw of initial moves and positions, micro-matches from 2 games, time control 3 ’+ 2”

Players around the world are invited to participate.

To participate in each tournament are allowed: Grandmasters, Masters of Sports (IM, FM, NM), candidates for masters of sports (kms).

In the Victory Cup winners and prize-winners in the following categories are determined:

– men, women
– veterans 60+
– the best player in Asia, Africa and Pan America
– the best Master of Sports
– the best candidate for masters of sports

Winners of the Victory Cup among men and women are awarded with cups.
Cups will be handed over to the winners at the next competition.
All winners and prize-winners are awarded with diplomas.

MAY 10 – Victory Cup (boys and girls under 17, 14, 11 and 9 years old)

7 separate competitions are held:

1. Boys under 17 years old (2004-2006)
2. Boys under 14 years old (2007-2009)
3. Boys under 11 years old (2010-2011)
4. Boys under 9 years old (born 2012 and younger)
5. Girls under 17 years old (2004-2006)
6. Girls under 14 years old (2007-2009)
7. Girls under 11 and 9 years old (born 2010 and younger)

All competitions are held according to the Swiss system in 9 rounds.

Competitions among boys and girls under  17 years are held with a draw for the initial moves and positions, micro-matches from 2 games, time control 3 ’+ 2 ″.

In the age groups boys and girls under 14, 11 and under 9 years, competitions are held in classic Russian draughts, one game, time control 3 ’+ 2 ″.

Players around the world are invited to participate.

To participate in the competition are allowed:

Boys and girls under 17 years old (2004-2006) – 1 category, kms and masters of sports (IM, FM, NM)
Boys and girls under 14 years old (2007-2009) – kms, 1, 2 and 3 categories
Boys and girls under 11 years old (2010-2011) – not lower than 2nd youth category
Boys and girls under 9 years old (born 2012 and younger) – not lower than 3rd youth category

By the results of the competition, winners and prize-winners among boys and girls in age groups under 17, 14, 11 and 9 years are determined.

Winners and prize winners in all age groups are awarded with diplomas.

Registration for participation in competitions

All participants not registered on PlayOk must register in advance there.

All participants must indicate in their card the surname, first name, year of birth, title, city and country. Photo is welcome. Data must be reliable.

Without these data, participants will not be included to the tournament!!!

Then, all participants must pre-register from May 1 to 7 to the tournament in which they will participate by filling out a special form (see above).

Pre-registration is required!
Participants who are not pre-registered will not be included in the tournament!

15 minutes before the start of the tournament, you need to go to PlayOk in the draughts/tournaments section (шашки/турниры), register for your tournament, wait for the start and not go anywhere.

By registering to participate in the tournament, the participant confirms that he will play honestly and will not use any devices and game programs or other people’s help as a hint.

In case of violation of this rule, the participant will be excluded from the table and will not be admitted to our tournaments on the PlayOk platform in the future.

Online Tournament Features

1. The participant will not be able to play in the tournament:

1) if he/she are late for registration in the program;
2) if he/she could not register in the program;
3) if he/she registered, but dropped out of the list before the start of the tournament registered, for any reason.

2. The participant receives a loss automatically set by the program:

1) if at the beginning or in the course of the game player had a connection failure with the Internet;
2) if at the beginning or in the process of the game player had a malfunction in the work of the technique on which he plays;
3) player left the tournament and the game started without him;
4) the player does not see his game table for any reason;
5) the player flew out of the game table and was unable to return;
6) the player does not move pieces and he cannot make a move for any reason;
7) other failures in the program, not described here, which do not give the opportunity to start, lead or end the game.

The player is given one minute to solve these technical problems and failures. During this time, the player must return to his game table in the program.

After the minute that this program expires, it automatically loses to the player who was unable to play the game of the round that began.

Proposed solutions to the problems of clause 2.1-2.2 – replace the gaming equipment with another.

Suggested solutions to the problems of clause 2.3-2.7 – you should refresh the playok.com page, find your tournament, find your table and continue the game.

The results in the tournament set by the program for the players in which there was a failure (for any reason), are accepted by the referees without changes.

The game is considered to have started simultaneously with the start of the current round in the ongoing tournament and its result is considered valid.

If one or several unplanned players participate in the tournament, its place is excluded from the final distribution of places, but  the results of the games of participants with such a player are taken into account without changes.

For all questions of participation, you can contact Anna Filipenko by e-mail: [email protected]

SCHEDULE (Moscow time)