About the Renju World Championship and Gomoku World Cup in Tyumen
RENJU WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AND GOMOKU WORLD CUP, TYUMEN, RUSSIA, AUGUST 5 – 15, 2007
Organizers
• The 10th Renju World Championship Organizing Committee created by Administration of Tyumen region • The Renju Association of Tyumen region • The Renju and Gomoku Inter-Regional Federation of Russia • The Renju International Federation (RIF) • The Gomoku and Connect6 International Federation (GCIF)
Time
• The 10th Renju World Championship will be held from during August 5 – 15, 2007 • Day of arrival is August 4-5, 2007 • Day of departure is August 15-16, 2007
Place
The competitions will be held in AutoStar Halls, Tyumen city, Russia. About the Tyumen region: http://enc.ex.ru/cgi-bin/n1firm.pl?lang=2&f=2184 (in English) About the city: http://www.tyumen.ru/ (in Russian)
THE FINALS OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (A-tournament; A-Final; AT) by RIF The A-final is the round robin tournament with 12 players who play 11 games during the tournament. The winner of the tournament will get the title of the World Champion. Before the beginning of the tournament the 12 players have to be decided first. Below is the table that illustrates how the 12 seats are taken. Seat Description 1 The Winner of last World Championship 2 National Place for last WC 2nd place 3 National Place for last WC 3rd place 4 National Place for last WC 4th place 5 National Place for last WC 5th place 6 National Place for last WC 6th place 7 National Place for last WC 7th place 8 The 1st place of Qualification Tournament 9 The 2nd place of Qualification Tournament 10 The 3rd place of Qualification Tournament 11 The 4th place of Qualification Tournament 12 Organizing Country or The 5th place of QT
Comments: The Winner of last World Championship - the world champion of the last WC can go directly to the A-final without having any need to join the National or International Qualification tournaments. National Place - There are seats that are given to a Nation, not to a player particularly. The national federation of the country will decide which player gets the seat. Usually, the democratic principle is followed, and the country will arrange the National Qualification Tournament and that will determine the player who gets the Seat. National Place for last WC 2nd place - it means, that the Seat will belong to the nation whose player got the 2nd place in last WC Qualification Tournament - means, the International Qualification Tournament that is usually held a few days before the WC The 1st place of Qualification Tournament - means, that the 1st place player from the QT will get the seat in A-final Organizing Country Seat - it is given to Organizing Country if that country has failed to get any National or Personal Places from previous WC. When such situation occurs, only the 4 seats are given to the best players of Qualification Tournament. Cancellations - if the owner country of the Seat 1-7 cancels its participation, the seat is added to the QT seats group. Limitation - any RIF member has not more than three National Places and any other country no more than one National Place in A-final. Any Seat that is over the seats limit is given to other countries as National Places based on last World Championship places 8-12, and if the Seat is still available, then it is given to the QT seats group. Sometimes A-final is mistakenly called Men's World Championship. However it is a mistake. The World Championship sets no limits to the age or gender. So, a female player or a child may play freely in A-final is one gets the valid seat.
THE INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT (QT) by RIF This is a tournament that is usually played in Swiss system with as many players as the limitations allow. The best players of the QT will get the seats in A-final. The number of the best QT players who get the Seats in A-final depends on the situation of A-final Seats. Usually there are 5 seats given to the best QT players. However, the number may be 4 or greater than 5 in some cases (see the explanations above). The QT is played a few days before the beginning of A-final, usually in the same location as A-final. Below are the rules that explain who have the right to play in QT. Each RIF member country gets 3 National Places in QT, but if the country already has some National Places in A-final, the number of QT seats is reduced according to the amount of National Places of A-final. For example, if a member country has 2 National Places in A-final, then the country will only have 1 National Place in QT. Each non RIF member country gets 1 National Place in QT, unless the country already has the National Place in A-final. The three best players of the Open Tournament (BT) will have Personal Places in QT. All the players from special RIF Top 20 list can take part in QT, that is created On April 30 of WC year from the players who have played at least 10 games during the period of May 1 of two years ago - April 30 of WC year. In case of odd number of QT players, the organizing country will add 1 more player to QT, to make it even.
THE INTERNATIONAL OPEN TOURNAMENT (BT) by RIF The International Open Tournament is a tournament with lots of players, played usually in Swiss System, at the same time as the A-final. This tournament offers no titles, however, there is a benefit for top 3 of the tournament: The top 3 players will earn Personal Places for the next International Qualification Tournament (QT). Anyone has a right to play in BT without any limits. No matter if the player or old or young, beginner or strong player - all are welcome! Open Tournament is like a renju party that entertains all the people during the 7 days while A-final is going. Usually those who play in QT but do not succeed to reach to A-final, they will play in BT instead. Since it is quite unofficial tournament (except for the rule about the rights of top 3), the organizers have full rights to decide how the tournament is to be carried out, as long as it is played, of course, by the RIF renju rules.
THE FINALS OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (woman) (WT) by RIF The A-final is the round robin tournament among woman – best renju players of the world. The winner of the tournament will get the title of the World Champion. Who can take part: The Winner of last World Championship - the world champion of the last WC can go directly to the A-final without having any need to join the National or International Qualification tournaments. National Place - There are seats that are given to a Nation, not to a player particularly. The national federation of the country will decide which player gets the seat. THE GOMOKU WORLD CUP (5-in-raw) (GT) by GCIF The World Cup in Gomoku (5-in-raw) is the international open tournament with lots of players, played in Swiss System. This tournament offers title the best players in gomoku of the world. Anyone has a right to play in GT without any limits. No matter if the player or old or young, beginner or strong player - all are welcome! The organizers have full rights to decide how the tournament is to be carried out, as long as it is played.
THE CONNECT6 INTERNATIONAL OPEN TOURNAMENT (CT) by GCIF Anyone has a right to play in CT without any limits. No matter if the player or old or young, beginner or strong player - all are welcome! The organizers have full rights to decide how the tournament is to be carried out, as long as it is played.
Moscow – Tyumen – Moscow two-way ticket costs about 7800 Russian rubles (300 USA dollars).
By train: There are many trains that passed through Tyumen railway station Railway timetable: http://www.poezda.net/st_shed.htm?st_code=2030100 (in Russian) http://www.poezda.net/detail_en.htm (in English) (Attention please, choose station name:Tiumen)
Living in Tyumen
1. Quality Hotel Tyumen **** (Four stars hotel) http://www.hoteltyumen.ru/en (You can see virtual tour in the hotel, in English, in Russian) Quality Hotel Tyumen is ideally located in the very centre of the city, close to all main business and government offices, banks, shopping malls and historical monuments. Quality Hotel Tyumen - recognized as the first Choice Hotel in Russia, built in 1995. The hotel operates in accordance with avowed European standards. Discreet and attentive service is a distinctive feature, which makes the hotel the best one in the city. Address: Ordzhonikidze St., 46, Tyumen, Russia • Airport Roshino - 25 min • Railway station - 10 min Standart room price (per one night): Single Room 4900 Russian rubles (190 USA dollars) Double room 6600 Russian rubles (250 USA dollars, 125 $ per person) Notes: - Rates including breakfast - buffet - Check out time - 12:00 - Payments: cash rubles or credit card. They accept payment by credit cards Euro/Master, AMEX, VISA, Diners Club or in Russian Rubles. (Rates: 1$ is 26 Russian rubles)
2. Hotel “Neftyanik” *** http://www.neftyanik.ru/tour/ (You can see virtual tour in the hotel) Single Room 1600 Russian rubles (62 USA dollars) Double Room 2400 Russian rubles (92 USA dollars, 46 $ per person) Notes: - Rates including breakfast - buffet - Check out time - 12:00
3. Hotel “Prometheus” Single Room 2550 Russian rubles (98 USA dollars) Double Room 3550 Russian rubles (136 USA dollars, 68 per person)
4. Hotel “Vostok” Single Room 1000 Russian rubles (38 USA dollars per person) Double Room 1400 Russian rubles (54 USA dollars, 27 $ per person)
5. Students Hostels Double Room 700 Russian rubles (27 USA dollars for 2 person, 13.5 $ per person) Four Room 1000 Russian rubles (38 USA dollars for 4 person, 9.5 $ per person) Visa If you need invitation from us, please tell us what you need to be included. Please send us your information: first name, surname, gender (sex), date of birth, country (citizens), passport No., passport date issue, passport date limit, cities in Russia (which you will visit), the dates of stay, For business visa your information must contain additional information: company name (where you work), your post in company, company address. Please note that the validity period of your insurance policy should cover the whole planned trip to Russia.
Registration Till July 16 2007, we ask, that you to confirmed your participation in competitions. Please, send us your information: a name, a surname, gender, age, the country, city, the e-mail address, the exact transit (a plane, a train) and time of your arrival, a file with your small photo in a jpeg format. Please, send your registration information and questions to address of: wc2007@bk.ru Alexander Litvinenko, the president of Renju Association the Tyumen region tumoblsport@net.cpi.ru Committee on physical training and sports of Administration of the Tyumen region.(Vladimir Dvoeglazov dvoeglazov@mail.ru ICQ 207909348)
