C4 2015 CHESS TOURNAMENT (Announcement)

C4 2015 CHESS TOURNAMENT
INVITATION
The Chess Players Association of Nigeria (CPAN) have the honour of inviting all State Chess Associations, Chess Clubs, and All Chess players to participate in the Fide-Rated 3rd CPAN CHEVRON CHESS CHALLENGE (C4).
Dates: Thursday May 14th – Sunday May 17th 2015.
Arrival: Wednesday, May 13th 2015.
Departure: Monday, May 18th 2015.
Venue: Chevron Recreational Centre, Gbagada-Lagos.
Accommodation: There are lots of hotels around the venue and players will be responsible for their own board/lodging arrangements.
DATE TIME EVENT
Thursday May 14th 2015 8-10 a.m. Registration, confirmation of entries, filling and submission of entry forms with passport photos
9 a.m. Registration closes. Any player who registers after 9 a.m. will join the tournament in Round 2.
10 a.m. Pre-tournament briefing by Chief Arbiter and Tournament Director
10.30 a.m. ROUND ONE
3.30 p.m. OPENING CEREMONIES
4.30 p.m. ROUND TWO
Friday May 15th 2015 10 a.m. ROUND THREE
3 p.m. CPAN Elections
4.30 p.m. ROUND FOUR
Saturday May 16th 2015 10 a.m. ROUND FIVE
12 noon Under-10 Section commences
3.30 p.m. ROUND SIX
Sunday May 17th 2015 10 a.m. Knock-out BLITZ. 3mins + 2 seconds added on per move.
12 noon Under-14 Section commences
1 p.m. ROUND SEVEN
6.30 p.m. CLOSING CEREMONIES
Monday May 18th 2015 DEPARTURE
Rate of Play: 90 minutes + 30 seconds added on per move from move one.
Playing Equipment: Chess equipment will not be provided so Players are required to come with their chess sets and timers. Only standard, Staunton designed chess sets and DGT timers will be used.
Pairing System: Single Section (Open) with three categories (Masters, Amateur and Ladies). Seven Rounds, Swiss pairing format.
Tie breaks: Sonneborn-Berger system.
Default time: Any player who fails to show up an hour after the round has commenced automatically loses by default.
Entry Fees: All entry fees and CPAN dues should be paid into the following CPAN account;
Chess Players Association of Nigeria, Zenith Bank Plc. A/C 1013517608
Up to date CPAN members - N2,000
Defaulting CPAN Members - N3,500 (2015 Annual Dues exclusive) or
N5,600 comprising N2,000 (C4 Entry Fee) + N3,600 (2015 Annual dues)
Non CPAN Members – N4,500 or
N7,600 comprising N2,000 (CPAN Registration) + N2,000 (C4 Entry fee) + N3,600 (2015 Dues)
Under 10 and Under 14 - N1,000
Entry is free for all Chevron staff.
Chief Arbiter: IA Obinna Ogbonnaya
Tournament Directors: 
Rotimi Dasaolu: mobile: +234 803 445 8961, dashe13@hotmail.com 
Charles Campbell: mobile: +234 803 723 5106, carlbuckobell@yahoo.com
Dress Code: Players are expected to come dressed in formal attires as our sponsors and their representatives will be in attendance. Slippers, torn jeans etc will not be accepted as the organizers reserve the right to refuse entry.
Players’Conduct: (Paraphrased from the FIDE handbook with minor additions for C4)
12.1 The players shall take no action that will bring the game of chess into disrepute.
12.2 Players are not allowed to leave the ‘playing venue’ without permission from the arbiter. The playing venue is defined as the playing area, rest rooms, refreshment area, area set aside for smoking and other places as designated by the arbiter.
The player having the move is not allowed to leave the playing area without permission of the arbiter.
12.3 a. During play the players are forbidden to make use of any notes, sources of information or advice, or analyse on another chessboard
b. Without the permission of the arbiter a player is forbidden to have a mobile phone or other electronic means of communication in the playing venue, unless they are completely switched off. If any such device produces a sound, the player shall lose the game. (CPAN advices players submit their electronic devices at the arbiters’ desk and pick them up at the end of the day after verifying ownership). The opponent shall win. However, if the opponent cannot win the game by any series of legal moves, his score shall be a draw.
c. Smoking is permitted only in the section of the venue designated by the arbiter
12.4 The scoresheet shall be used only for recording the moves, the times of the clocks, the offers of a draw, and matters relating to a claim and other relevant data.
12.5 Players who have finished their games shall be considered to be spectators.
12.6 It is forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any manner whatsoever. This includes unreasonable claims, unreasonable offers of a draw or the introduction of a source of noise into the playing area.
12.7 Infraction of any part of Articles 12.1 to 12.6 shall lead to penalties as determined by the arbiter.
12.8 Persistent refusal by a player to comply with the Laws of Chess shall be penalised by loss of the game. The arbiter shall decide the score of the opponent.
12.9 If both players are found guilty according to Article 12.8, the game shall be declared lost by both players.
12.10 In the case of Article 10.2.d or Appendix D a player may not appeal against the decision of the arbiter.
Otherwise a player may appeal against any decision of the arbiter, unless the rules of the competition specify otherwise.
Players are expected to be well behaved during the course of this event. Deals will not be tolerated and any player/players caught facilitating, offering or accepting any deals will be immediately expelled and banned from future CPAN events.

Magnus Ekpiken Charles Campbell
Interim President, CPAN Secretary, CPAN

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NEED for Corporate sponsorship For Nigerian Chess

CM Unwana Eugene Number one Ranked chess player  (Nigeria)

                                       CM KIGIGHA Bomo       (Current Nigerian National Champion)
  Nigeria parades a great number of Chess talents among African countries and in fact in the world. Chess is a gentle man's game, just as prestigious as the game of GOLF, it tends to improve a persons Cognitive and analytic capabilities in fact some great rulers  were said to have used strategies akin to that gotten from the game of chess to rule great kingdoms and superior military officers in the strongest super powers in the world use chess strategies. Children who play chess has been proved to do better at mathematics and aptitude tests !! a 14 year old  SAMUEL SEVIAN  yesterday defeated the USA number two ranked Chess player and number eight in the world  at the US chess championship!! so chess cuts across all ages !!  Unfortunately Nigeria with all the chess talents and with a population of more than 150 million people is yet to produce a single Chess Grand master. International master Oladapo Adu (Nigeria) in March 2015 , Last month qualified for the CHESS WORLD cup in Russia later this year. He qualified by Winning the 2015 Zone 4.4 Individual Chess Championships - Open held in Togo a tournament featuring players from six countries , CM KIGIGHA Bomo who is the current national Champion came second at the event while the 17 year old Nigerian chess wizard Daniel Anwuli and CM UNWANA Eugene Ekpoikong Who is currently the Nigerian number one ranked chess player tied for third place.
      South Africa got their First ever Grand Master less than six months ago . Grand Master Solomon Kenny, his rapid rise from aspiring talent to chess hero was fuelled by a sponsorship from a Company.
Solomon, 32, had approached many companies with requests for sponsorship, writing letters and meeting executives in an attempt to get funding to attend major chess tournaments, many of which take place in Europe.
A serendipitous meeting with a director of South African Bunkering and Trading through a friend and fellow chess player led to a low-key get-together over coffee in 2009, where Solomon was able to explain his goal of becoming a grand master.
Despite there being practically no overlap in fields — SABT is a marine fuel supplier, not a consumer brand — the company decided to sponsor Solomon fully for 2009.  Solomon won the gold medal at the 2014 African Individual Chess Championship, held in Windhoek, Namibia, in December, to become South Africa’s first grandmaster. [/i]
  It is very pertinent to note that CM Balogun, Oluwafemi  who is currently number 12 ranked Nigerian chess player defeated GM Solomon Kenny at a major tournament at Gibraltar in January this year, this goes to buttress the point that Nigerian chess talents will become the pride of Africa if they are exposed to the kind of Corporate sponsorship GM kenny is getting . see below  Picture  of GM Solomon's having the crest of the Sponsoring Company on his shirt. The name of SABT is for ever written in Gold. The  2015 African Individual Chess Championship will be coming up in may 2015 , in Egypt , Our Chess Talents sure needs corporate backing if they are to make Nigeria Proud and indeed take their rightful place as a WORLD power and the pride of Africa at the Royal Intellectual Game of Chess .

                                                         GM Solomon Kenny (South Africa)
                                                                                     
          Akinov is a Chess promoter and Brand Marketer .
 The Players when sponsored by a Company /corporate body will always wear the Company's Logo and are ready to teach young Children the beautiful game of Chess, free blindfold and simultaneous exhibition just to mention a few.