Rules and Regulations

Frequency | Participation | Playing Schedule | Playing Conditions
Chief Arbiter and his Assistants | Appeals Committtee
Designation of the Winner | Financial Regulations and Prizes

Frequency
1. A tournament for the Mutual Open Junior Championship shall be organized each year by the Barbados Chess Federation (BCF).

Participation
2. Entitled to participate are chess players who shall not have reached the age of 20 by January 1st of the year in which the tournament will commence.

Playing Schedule
3. The tournament shall be played in eight rounds according to the Swiss System, with 2 rounds being played each day.

Playing Conditions
4. The tournament shall be played according to FIDE regulations.

5. The time control in each game shall be 1 1/2 hours sudden death.

6. Players arriving an hour after the schedule start time shall lose their game by default, and any player defaulting more than 2 games shall be withdrawn from the competition.

Chief Arbiter and his Assistants
7. The President of BCF shall - after consultation with the organizing committee - nominate the Chief Arbiter, as well as the necessary assistant arbiters and other officials.

8. Protests, including protests against a decision of the Chief Arbiter or his assistants, must be submitted in writing to the Chief Arbiter within two hours after completion of the playing session.

Appeals Committee
9. Before the beginning of the tournament an Appeals Committee shall be selected. This committee shall consist of five members and two reserves, chosen by the organizing committee from among themselves or the representatives of national federations and school clubs present. The persons chosen for the Appeals Committee shall represent at least two different federations, if there are participants from two or more federations, and four different school clubs.

No member of the committee shall have the right to decide on questions concerning his own school club. In such cases the member concerned shall have the right only to partake in the discussions of the committee.

Designation of the Winner
10. The order of the players is determined according to the number of points obtained. If at the end of the tournament two or more players are tied for first place, the tie shall be broken in the following order:

(a) Where the players involved have all played only against rated opponents, after eliminating the lowest rated opponent, find the sum of opponents' ratings. The highest total wins. If still tied, eliminate the rating of the next lowest rated opponent(s) until a decision is possible.

(b) The sum of progressive scores. The highest total wins. If still tied, deduct the first round score, and if necessary the second round and so on.

If the tie remains unbroken, play-off by a blitz game, and if it still remains unbroken the championship shall be shared.

Financial Regulations and Prizes
11. The travelling expenses of participants and accompanying persons, specially invited by BCF, shall be paid by their national federations. Board and lodging and pocket money of at least US$10.00 per day in local currency shall be provided by the BCF.

12. The entry fee for the competition shall be Bds $10.00 ($5.00 US) which must be paid on registration for the tournament. Players registering by the announced early registration date will receive a 50% discount.

13. The BCF shall award prizes to at least the three highest placed participants.

Special prizes shall also be awarded to the highest placed under 14 and 16 player, the highest placed under 1000, 1200 and 1400 rated player and the highest placed girl.

Before the beginning of the tournament a list of these prizes shall be published together with other prizes to be awarded, and the conditions to be met for winning them.

Moreover, the BCF shall award trophies to the winner, to the player who took the second place and to the player who took the third place.