AIDEF Online Championships (two tournaments)

The English version of the announcement can be found here: https://aidef-tournois-en-ligne.com/presentation-uk/ .

We need two Canadian teams of 4 players and up to two reserve players. At least one Women must be playing each rounds.

Here are the rules of those two tournaments : Championship Section and Amateur Section.

There is only one prize in the Championship Section: a free ticket and hotel to the next RIDEFF (the over the board Fracophonie Chess Championship with both Direct Titles and GM and IM Norms). This prize is very valuable and would allow us to send many more players that we can afford.

And FELICITATIONS to Pierre for being appointed as an Online Arbiter for these AIDEF Online Championships!

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Originally Posted by Pierre Dénommée

The English version of the announcement can be found here: https://aidef-tournois-en-ligne.com/presentation-uk/ .

We need two Canadian teams of 4 players and up to two reserve players. At least one Women must be playing each rounds.

Here are the rules of those two tournaments : Championship Section and Amateur Section.

There is only one prize in the Championship Section: a free ticket and hotel to the next RIDEFF (the over the board Fracophonie Chess Championship with both Direct Titles and GM and IM Norms). This prize is very valuable and would allow us to send many more players that we can afford.

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Pierre

I think you've attached the rules for the Championship Section twice

Will players for at least the Championship section team be applying to Victor Plotkin ? It is my opinion that the Championship Section will overlap with the Zonal, although Aris could start the Zonal the day after this event - in any case we have lots of strong players.

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Originally Posted by Fred McKim

Pierre

I think you've attached the rules for the Championship Section twice

Will players for at least the Championship section team be applying to Victor Plotkin ? It is my opinion that the Championship Section will overlap with the Zonal, although Aris could start the Zonal the day after this event - in any case we have lots of strong players.

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I have been told that the link to google document is not always reliable.

Apart from the dates, this is the main difference between the two tournaments.

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Originally Posted by Tournament rules Amateur Section

Article 3 : Team compositions
3.1 Each AIDEF member taking part in the tournament shall nominate a captain/representative of his
team for any communication related to the competition and to be present at the technical meeting.
3.2 Each team consists of 4 players and up to 2 reserve players.
3.3 All players shall play under the same FIDE flag as their team.
3.4 In each round, at least one female player shall be present in the team composition.
3.5 In each round, each team shall be composed of one player rated below 2000 (FIDE) and 3 players
rated below 1800 (FIDE), according to the FIDE rating list published on May 1st 2021.
3.6 The average rating of each team shall be calculated based on the top 4 ratings of selected
players.

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My role as an AIDEF director is to promote the tournament to AIDEF members', not to select the players which is a task for the Executive.

Here is a link to the tournament site https://aidef-tournois-en-ligne.com/, you must scroll down to get to the rules in both official languages.

Congratulation to team Canada for its unofficial third place, pending Fair Play checks, in the First Coupe d'échecs en ligne par équipes de la Francophonie.

https://chess-results.com/tnr558897.aspx?lan=1&art=63

In this tournament, a victory was two match points, a draw one match point and a loss zero match point. Canada's third place by two points is just one victory short of first place. Canada had more game points then the two first teams.

The Francophone Chess Association (AIDEF) is organizing the 1st Francophone online chess team championship.

Major details:

1. 1 team per country, Quebec has a separate team

2. Each team consists of 4 players and up to 2 reserve players. In each round at least 1 female player must play. Practically, we are looking for 4 men and 2 women.

3. Reply until May 24, tournament is free. Winners receive a personal invitation (tickets + accommodation) to the next "Rencontres Internationales des Echecs Francophones" (RIDEF).

4. TC: 15 + 5.

5. Schedule: May 29 (Sat) 6 rounds (10 AM - 11 AM - 12 - 1 PM - 2 PM - 3 PM). May 30 (Sun) 5 rounds (10 - 11 - 12 - 1 - 2)

6. Team pairings, 11 rounds Swiss.

7. AIDEF includes 42 members. Some of them: Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Greece, Moldova, Quebec, Romania, Switzerland.

Interesting that at least two players on the "Canada" team were from Quebec.

So far, just 1 (one) entry. Canada needs at least 3 more.

Congratulations to Team Quebec for winning the Championship Section of AIDEF Online Championships:
https://chess-results.com/tnr558898....1&art=20&snr=4

1. Québec (RtgAvg:2343, Captain: Richard Berube / TB1: 20 / TB2: 29,5)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts. Games RtgAvg
1 GM Roussel-Roozmon Thomas 2462 CAN 2603659 1 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 5,0 11 2312
2 IM Chiku-Ratte Olivier-Kenta 2377 CAN 2614782 + 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 9,0 11 2241
3 FM Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn 2276 CAN 2620049 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 H ½ ½ 6,5 10 2184
4 WGM Ouellet Maili-Jade 2257 CAN 2620472 + 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 + 9,0 11 1943

As well congratulations to Team Canada (all juniors) for decent results and to Christina Tao for organizing it:
https://chess-results.com/tnr558898....&art=20&snr=17

16. Canada (RtgAvg:1744, Captain: Christina Tao / TB1: 11 / TB2: 21,5)
Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts. Games RtgAvg
1 FM Atanasov Anthony 2172 CAN 2623897 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 6,5 11 2322
2 CM Chen Max 1997 CAN 2622440 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 H 0 ½ 5,5 10 2152
3 Han Johnathan 1805 CAN 2629631 0 0 1 ½ 0 1,5 5 2204
4 Tao Kaitlyn 1000 CAN 2623226 1 + ½ 0 0 2,5 5 2098
5 Yuen Noah Nathaniel 1699 CAN 2627353 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 2,0 6 1996
6 Guo Anni 1312 CAN 2631350 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 3,5 6 1793

Tremendous tip of the hat to Christina for stepping in like that to whip together a team! Congrats to everyone! Thanks for posting about this Michael.