The World Zone Cup
Saturday, July 6, 2019: Announcement
FOR WORLD ZONE PLAYERS ONLY
The World Zone Head Tournament Director IA Juan Martello (ARG) announces a new Open tournament, the World Zone Cup. It will be played in three stages, preliminaries, semifinals and final.
Preliminaries
Start date: August 31, 2019
Closing date for entries: July 31, 2019
Time control: Triple Block 600 days
7 players per section
Entry fee: via online store US $ 12 per section, your federation may charge a different amount
Entries unlimited per player
Section winner advances to semifinal, ties are not broken.
If you want to register in our online store please follow this link:
WZ Cup Preliminaries in the WZ store
If you want to register via your national federation please follow this link:
WZ Cup Preliminaries via NF
Semifinals
Start date: after the end of the Preliminaries
Time control: Triple Block 600 days
11 or more players per section, according to the number of entries
Players with elo of 2200 or higher may register directly into the Semifinals with an online store entry fee of US$ 24 per section, your federation may charge a different amount.
Section winner advances to the Final, tiebreak rules in order: Baumbach rule, SB, results between tied players, number of wins with black, higher rating
Norms available based on tournament category.
If you want to register in our online store please follow this link:
WZ Cup Semifinals in the WZ store
If you prefer to register via your national federation please follow this link:
WZ Cup Semifinals via NF
Final
Start date: after the end of the Semifinals
Time control: Triple Block 700 days
Cash prize in Final: US$ 1000 (50% first place - 30% second place - 20% third place)
Tiebreak rules in order: Baumbach rule, SB, results between tied players, number of wins with black, higher rating
Norms available based on tournament category
Winner of the Final will obtain the title of WZ Grand Master
Sincerely,
The WZ management team