Chess

12th World University Chess Championship

Guimaraes, Portugal - September 2nd to 8th, 2012

Events

One (1) Men’s tournament

One (1) Women’s tournament

Team classification will be established jointly for the men and the women.

Participation

Each country may enter a maximum of 8 competitors: Maximum five (5) men and three (3) women, or five (5) women and three (3) men, or four (4) women and four (4) men Only the countries with three (3) competitors or more, of whom at least one (1) men and one (1) women, will be taken into account for the team classification. The individual classification will be established according to the total of game scored points. In case of a tie, the winner will be determined according to the FIDE rules and the Chess Tournament rules for this Championship The team classification will be determined according to the total of game points scored, in the individual tournament, by the three (3) best scored from at least one (1) man and one (1) woman from the same country. If the number of men is equal or more than 1.5 times the number of women, the team classification will be done with the best results of two (2) men and one (1) woman. Similarly, if the number of women is equal or more than 1.5 times the number of men, the team classification will be done with the best results of two (2) women and one (1) man. In the event of a tie, the winning team will be determined according to FIDE rules.

Delegation

Each country is authorised to enter a maximum of thirteen (13) persons of which eight (8) may be competitors and five (5) officials.

Age Brackets

The competitors must be born between January 1st, 1984 and December 31st, 1994.


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