Regulations of the Competition of the 10th World Xiangqi Championship

1. Organized by: The World Xiangqi Federation (WXF)
2. Host Organization: The Macau Xiangqi General Association
3. Time and Venue of the Competition: 17th – 22th October, 2007.
Ta Shi Stadium, Macau
4. Competition Events:

• 1. Men’s Team Event
  
• 2. Men’s Individual
  
• 3. Women’s Individual
  
• 4. non-Chinese/Vietnamese Individual

5. Competition Methods:

• 1. The Official Rules of the Xiangqi as approved by the WXF will be used in the competition
  (Note: same as the Rules of Asian Xiangqi Federation).
  
• 2. Men’s Individual shall be a nine (9) round competition, using the Swiss System with one (1) game for each match.
  
• 3. For Women’s Individual, the competition system and number of rounds of the matches will be determined in accordance with the number of the players registered.
  
• 4. For Men’s Team Event, the result of a team will be based on the individual places of the two (2) players from the same team.
  
• 5. For Non-Asian Individual, the results shall be calculated separately.

6. Entry:

• 1. Each association may enter one (1) team leader, two (2) male players and one (1) female player. However, this quota does not apply to non-Chinese/Vietnamese players, i.e. the number of entry is not limited.
  
• 2. Completed entry forms, together with two (2) recent photos of each member, must be mailed or faxed to the Macao Chess Association not later than 15th July 2007.
  Person to contact: Mr. Van Kuan Lok, Mr. Chen Bu Peng
  Address: Rua de Monte, No. 4-6, Macao
  Telephone No.: 853-28369192 853-28369195
  Fax No.: 853-28369159

7.Prize Award:

The first eight (8) places in Men’s Team event, the first twelve (12) places in Men’s Individual, the first eight (8) places in Non-Chinese/Vietnamese Individual and the first four (4) places in Women’s Individual will be awarded. The prize (in Macao Patacas) for each event is as follows:




8. Prize Award List (Macao Patacas)

Places
Men’s Team
Men’s Individual non-Chinese/
Vietnamese Individual Women’s Individual
1st 20,000 40,000 15,000 15,000
2nd 15,000 30,000 10,000 10,000
3rd 10,000 20,000 8,000 6,000
4th 8,000 15,000 6,000 2,000
5th 5,000 10,000 5,000
6th 4,000 8,000 4,000
7th 3,000 7,000 3,000
8th 2,000 6,000 2,000
9th 5,000
10th 4,000
11th 3,000
12th 2,000

9. Accommodation and Transportation:

• 1. The expenses of international travelling will be borne by each team.
  
• 2. The organizing committee will cover the expenses of accommodation as well as local transportation for seven (7) people of each team (Team leader: 1; male players: 2; female player: 1; and non-Chinese/Vietnamese players: 3) for their stay in Macao during the period of the Championship.
  
• 3. Extra officials and extra non-Chinese/Vietnamese players (more than 3 players) of each team, have to cover all expenses by themselves at the charge of :
  Twin-bed room: US$ 80 per day per person (including meals and lodging)
  Single-bed room: US$ 130 per day per person (including meals and lodging)

10. Clothing: Neat and tidy uniform (dark color preferred)

11. Any unsettled matter not covered in this regulation will be notified later