Battle of Minds – 2024 (District Selections)

Only for the Unrated Players

ALL RATED PLAYERS - Direct Final Entry for Batlle of Minds – Grand Finals 2024

Age Groups
Under 06 Open / Under 06 Girls

Under 08 Open / Under 08 Girls

Under 10 Open / Under 10 Girls

Under 12 Open / Under 12 Girls

Under 14 Open / Under 14 Girls

Under 16 & 20 Open, Girls – Direct Final Entry for “Battle of Minds – Grand Finals 2024”

Awards
Champion - Trophy + Gold Medal + Certificate Over All
Second - Trophy + Silver Medal + Certificate Best Boys School - Trophy

Third - Trophy + Bronze Medal + Certificate Best Girls School - Trophy

Fourth to Tenth – Merit Cup + Merit Certificate

All players who score 3/5 or more they will receive Merit Certificates
All Participants will receive participation certificate

Entry Fee
Rs. 1500/-

Districts
Colombo/Gampaha/Kalutara

Galle/Matara/Hambantota

Kandy/Nuwara Eliya

Kurunegala/Puttalam

Kegalle/Ratnapura

Badulla/Monaragala

Jaffna/Vavuniya/Mannar/Kilinochchi

Anuradhapura/Polonnaruwa

Trincomalee/ Batticaloa
Tournament Format:
• If No of Players are greater than 06 - Swiss System

• If No of Players are 06 less than 06 - Individual Round Robin

Swiss-Manager must be used for Pairings & must upload to chessresults.com

No of Rounds:
• Up to 100 Players - 05 Rounds

• If No of Players Exceeds 100 - 06 Rounds

Default Walk-Over Time

• 45 Minutes from the Starting Time of the Round

Tie Breaks
Individual Swiss Tournaments
• Direct encounter [11]

• Buchholz Cut 1 (0, 1, N, 3, 0, N) [37]

• Buchholz (0, 0, N, 3, 0, N) [37]

• Greater No of Victories (variable) (inclusive forfeit Points) [68]

• FIDE Tiebreak (Progressive Score) [8]

• Play-off will be Played, only if all the tie Breaks are equal with Full Points.

Individual Round-Robin Tournaments:

• Direct encounter [11]

• Greater No of Victories (variable) (inclusive forfeit Points) [68]

• Sonneborn-Berger (0, 0, N, 1, 0, N, N) [52]

• Koya System (points against player with >= 50% of the points) [45]

Organized by Mayor Chess Club, Sri Lanka

Founder & President
Tharindu Weerasekara
International Arbiter & National Instructor (FIDE – World Chess Federation)