2023 Women’s Chess Championship cycle

Qualification Tournament for Unrated Players

NOTE: THIS EVENT WAS CANCELLED / MERGED INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

Entry requirements:

  • Unrated in the 1 September 2023 standard FIDE Rating List
  • Maltese citizen or ordinarily resident in Malta for 6+ years out of last 8 calendar years
  • Registered with FIDE (with a FIN) as a female player under the Maltese flag
  • Paid-up member of the Malta Chess Federation

Non-members may apply for membership here. Membership is free for youths and cadets (born 2007 or later).  Players may register under the Maltese flag through the same form. 

Format: Swiss System (FIDE) 5 rounds, G/60+30 time-control, unrated

Schedule:

  1. Friday, 29 September at 19:00
  2. Saturday, 30 September at 10:00
  3. Saturday, 30 September at 15:00
  4. Sunday, 1 October at 10:00
  5. Sunday, 1 October at 15:00

Qualifiers: Top 3 placed players (after tiebreaks) qualify to the Women’s Championship Tournament

Tie-breaks, applied in accordance with FIDE Handbook section C.07. Tie-Break Regulations (effective till 31 August 2023):

  1. Direct encounter
  2. Buchholz Cut 1
  3. Buchholz

Pre-register at info@chessmalta.com by Thursday, 28 September 2023.  Free entry.

Minimum required number of players: 5