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Details of the ICCF Diamond Jubilee Webserver World Cup 18 at: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=358
Registration was closed on 1st September 2011. Now all entries are verified. Final report includes players with new ratings (from rating list 2011/4). Assumed rating for a player without a published rating at the beginning of a cup preliminary round is 1800. However, FIDE rating is used for one player.
Finaly we have 845 qualified entries from 685 players from 53 countries, including 101 entries from titled players (7xGM, 39xSIM, 55xIM), with the top rating 2565. Averege rating of all entries is 2114.
Those countries with 20 or more entries are :
- -Germany 117,
- -Russia 93,
- -USA 58,
- -Spain 54,
- -Poland 52,
- -Italy 52,
- -England 38,
- -France 26,
- -Netherlands 25,
- -Turkey 25,
- -Czech Republic 23,
- -Australia 22,
- -Romania 21.
Detailed report you can find at Polish cc website under “Status of the entries” subpage (http://kszgk.com/?page_id=1596), especially designed for that purpose. Here you can find various summary tables.
Pairings is expected to be finished at the end of September.
Start of the event on 30.10.2011. All preliminary groups will finish on 01.06.2013.
Amici sumus
Mariusz Wojnar
Central Tournament Leader
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