Andrew Leadbetter Memorial Rules
General Rules
Eligibility
All members of Stafford Chess Club are eligible to enter the tournament, provided they hold a valid ECF membership of Bronze or higher and have not already entered the Simon Cup.
Normal FIDE rules of chess apply at all times, including recording of moves.
Rating
The tournament results will be submitted to the English Chess Federation (ECF) for national rating. It is a condition of playing in the competition that the data submitted at the time of entry will be forwarded to the ECF as required to enable the games to be rated by the ECF.
Allocation of Ratings
The ratings used for the tournament will be Standard OTB ratings at 01-August
Format: Preliminary: 5 Round Swiss
Grand Final: 1 game
Rating Limit: Under 1500 only
Time Control: All moves in 75 minutes with 10 seconds increment from move 1.
Schedule: Preliminary rounds: September to May
Finals: May to July
Tiebreaks: In the event of a points tie in the preliminary round, final placings will be decided in order of precedence by;
1. Head-to-head results
2. Rollback
3. Sonneborn-Berger
Grand-Final: The top two points scorers in the preliminary Swiss round will compete in a grand-final. Colours allocated by lot.
Tied Final: In the event of a tied grand final, the 2 players will play a tiebreak event in the following order.
1. Best of 2x Rapid 30 minutes plus 5 second increment
if still undecided then: 2. Best of 2x Blitz 5 minutes plus 2 second increment
if still undecided then : 3. 1x Armageddon 5 v 4 minutes (colours by lot)