2011 Harbin "Ice Cup" Bridge Invitational Tournament

2010-11-20

Harbin Ice and Snow Bridge Club

 1. Organizer: Heilongjiang Provincial Chess and Card Management Center

                             Harbin Ice and Snow Bridge Club

 2. Competition time: January 1-3, 2011

 3. Venue: Swan Hotel, Harbin (4-star, No. 95, Zhongshan Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin)

4. Competition method:

 (1) Execute the "Chinese Bridge Competition Rules" approved by the Chinese Bridge Association in 1999 and the "Chinese Bridge Association Judging Law (Trial)" in 2006.

 (2) The referee presides over the draw. Each pair of players must fill in the agreement card in triplicate, one should be handed over to the competition team at the time of registration, and the other two should be brought to the table for use during the competition.

 (3) The competition system adopts the Swiss shift and elimination system, and the Swiss shift adopts the 25:0 VP point system. The Swiss shift is divided into two stages for a total of 12 rounds (14 pairs per round); the preliminaries and the finals are divided into two stages.

Preliminary round: The Swiss shift system will be used, with a total of six rounds, 14 decks of cards in each round, and one quarter completed. Ranked by VP cumulative ranking.

   Finals: Divided into two parts

   The top 8 teams in the preliminaries will participate in the single-elimination rounds, which will be played in three rounds (two quarters per round, 14 pairs per quarter).

1. The first round of knockout: The top 3 teams in the first stage will choose their opponents from the 5th to 8th teams, starting from the 1st. A total of 28 decks of cards are played, divided into two quarters. The winning team advances to the second knockout round. The negative team took the average VP of Switzerland to the top four in the first and second rounds to participate in the Swiss competition.

2. The second round of knockout: the first and fourth preliminaries are one area, and the second and third are one area. A total of 28 decks of cards are played, which will be divided into two quarters, and the winner will enter the championship and runner-up finals. The negative team took the final Swiss to move the top two average VPs from the first to fourth rounds to participate in the Swiss competition.

3. The third knockout round: A total of 28 decks of cards are played, divided into two quarters. The winner is the champion of the competition, and the loser ranks second.

The teams that did not enter the top 8 in the preliminaries will be rearranged with 40% of the VP of the preliminaries for the six-round final Swiss shift. The first round consists of the 9th place in the preliminaries and the 10th place, and so on. Regardless of the arrangement of the preliminaries, it is allowed to play against each other again. Finally, the third to sixth places are ranked according to the cumulative VP.

5. Rewards:

First place: 30,000 yuan Second place: 10,000 yuan Third place: 5,000 yuan

Fourth place: 3000 yuan Fifth place: 2000 yuan Sixth place: 1000 yuan

Note: The ice and snow club will be a member of the Chinese Bridge Association and apply for the master score of the Chinese Bridge Association in accordance with relevant regulations.

 6. Registration method

 (1) Teams should send the registration form or report to Harbin Ice Bridge Club by phone before December 20, 2010. Address: Room 503, Building C, Xinhua Plaza, No. 26 Yiyi Street, Daoli District, Harbin, Zhuangnan Collection. Postcode: 150010 E-mail: zhuangnan1967@163.com; Tel: 0451-84560655 Zhuangnan: 15114503530

For details, please visit China Bridge Network (www.ccba.org.cn)

 (2) Registration fee: 800 yuan/team

 (3), Registration time: On December 31, 2010, the team leader meeting will be held at the meeting room of the Swan Hotel at 8:00 pm on December 31

 7. Participation fee: The conference will arrange accommodation in a unified way, with a standard room of 320 yuan (160 yuan per person per day - including breakfast)