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Horst Rittner Team Tournament
Sunday, April 3, 2022: Tournament Announcement
Horst Rittner Team Tournament Announcement
On behalf of the ICCF, I’m pleased to announce the V. ICCF Team Tournament for players rated <2300 – here in memoriam, Horst Rittner.
All ICCF member federations (that are not currently suspended) and Zone (only for isolated players) are invited to enter their teams to this event, which will be played on the ICCF web-server on two rounds: semifinal and final.
The first three teams in the final will receive medals.
Each federation and zone may enter two teams. All players on the team must be rated at <2300 on the ICCF rating list 2022/2 or on the current FIDE list. In addition, all players must be members of the federation (or zone) they represent or be registered on the ICCF server for the county of the federation they represent for the duration of the tournament.
The semifinal will start on July 1st, 2022.
There will be 6 players in each team. A maximum of 3 players may be replaced during the tournament.
The right to be promoted from the semifinal shall be determined by the ICCF Non-Title Tournaments Commissioner and approved by the Executive Board at the start of the tournament. The intention will be for a 13 Team final.
The entry fee will be at the rate of € 4 per player, i.e. € 24 per team. There will be no further entry fee for the final.
Time control will be Triple Block (Duration of Tournament: 700 days; Initial Clock: 50 days; Initial Bank: 50 days; Increment: 5 days).
Team entries have to be sent by the national federations or zonal directors to the Non-Title Tournament Commissioner Jörg Kracht (nttc@iccf.com) not later than June 12th, 2022. No replacement or board change will be allowed after that date, unless exceptional circumstances occur. All entries should include the following details:
board order
name and ICCF code of the players
name, ICCF code and e-mail address of the Team Captain
FIDE Ratings will be treated as "unfixed“ for title norm purposes. If at least 75% of an event's players are rated, then the average rating of the rated players shall be applied to the players with an unpublished rating. If less than 75 % of an event's players are rated, the assumed rating shall be 1.800 without any exception. In a team competition, the relevant “event” is the single board on which the player is playing, not the entire set of players across the various boards.
Jörg Kracht
Non-Title Tournaments Commissioner