{"id":1552,"date":"2013-08-02T12:09:58","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T10:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kszgk.com\/bielecki\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2013-08-29T07:06:05","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T05:06:05","slug":"semifinals-of-the-iccf-diamond-jubilee-webserver-world-cup-18-initiated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kszgk.com\/bielecki\/semifinals-of-the-iccf-diamond-jubilee-webserver-world-cup-18-initiated\/","title":{"rendered":"Semifinals of the ICCF Diamond Jubilee Webserver World Cup 18 \u2013 initiated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preliminaries of this World Cup started on 2011-10-30 with 844 players in 65 server sections and\u00a0ended on 2013-06-01. Several unfinished games were adjudicated\u00a0or allowed to be continued.<\/p>\n<p>The semifinal stage was opened to the 2 top players of each preliminary section (no more than 2). In addition, those players who qualified for previous editions of World Cup Finals were also entitled to\u00a0play \u2013 unless, they exploited their right already. Special invitation was addressed\u00a0to participants\u00a0of the ICCF Golden Jubilee Final tournaments\u00a0in order to bridge\u00a0both 50th and\u00a060th Anniversaries of ICCF. All participants of the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iccf-webchess.com\/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=18198\" target=\"_blank\">ICCF 50 Jubilee Email Final<\/a>\u201d and the first 13 players (out of 104) of\u00a0the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/tables.iccf.com\/world\/j50\/jptfinal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">ICCF 50 Jubilee\u00a0Postal Final<\/a>\u201c\u00a0were invited.<\/p>\n<p>Taking into account\u00a0number of entries\u00a0organizer decided to\u00a0launch 12 semi-final groups &#8211; 13 players each,\u00a0in total\u00a0156 entries.<\/p>\n<p>Few qualified players resigned from further play or were silent (despite 3 or more warnings). So finally 152 entries were registered\u00a0and verified. Before start of the event 4 vacancies\u00a0were\u00a0filled up\u00a0by players from list of reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Final summary (Podsumowanie) as for 2013-07-31:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>entries (zg\u0142osze\u0144) = 156<\/li>\n<li>countries (kraj\u00f3w) = 33<\/li>\n<li>titled players (utytu\u0142owanych zawodnik\u00f3w) = 59\n<ul>\n<li>GM = 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>highest rating = 2564<\/li>\n<li>average rating of all entries (\u015bredni ranking wszystkich zg\u0142osze\u0144) = 2353<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Those countries with\u00a05 or more entries\u00a0 are: GER\u00a033, RUS\u00a031, ITA\u00a010, POL\u00a09, AUT\u00a06, ENG\u00a06, ESP\u00a06, USA\u00a06.<\/p>\n<p>Final pairings were completed on 2013-07-31.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u00a0semi-final stage, in each\u00a0section there is no more than:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4\u00a0German or Russian players<\/li>\n<li>2\u00a0 Polish or Italian players<\/li>\n<li>one player from any other country<\/li>\n<li>1 GM or 5 titled players<\/li>\n<li>one player with the same qualification reason.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With that assumptions we managed to distribute players to 12 groups with average rating from 2353 to 2354. It means that all sections are category 5 with title norms: SIM-9\/12, IM-8.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Qualification for the final:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Only the group winner (ties to be decided by points evaluation) will be promoted to the World Cup 18 final, with 12 players going to a 13-15 player final (including former World Cup winners). No player will qualify for more than one place in the final.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Prizes:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Prize 2000\u20ac for the first 4 players\u00a0 (1000\u20ac; 600\u20ac, 300\u20ac; 100\u20ac) \u2013 in the final, no tie break.<\/p>\n<p>Prize for a semifinal group winner: 1 free entry in any Direct Entry tournament of his choice valid for 1 year (tie-breaking applies).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The start lists\u00a0have been issued on 2013-08-02.<\/p>\n<p>The official start date is <strong>2013-08-30<\/strong>, when time counting will begin.<\/p>\n<p>There is a fixed closing date of<strong> 2015-04-01<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After the end date (2015-04-01) all unfinished games are called for adjudication.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We hope that\u00a0you will enjoy this event in the spirit of &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amici sumus <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mariusz Wojnar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Central Tournament Leader<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preliminaries of this World Cup started on 2011-10-30 with 844 players in 65 server sections and ended on 2013-06-01. Several unfinished games were adjudicated or allowed to be continued.<\/p>\n<p>The semifinal stage was opened to the 2 top players of each preliminary section (no more than 2). 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