Dear
All
Due
to Eid ul Fitri (Hari Raya) celebration in Malaysia and many
other Muslim countries, and the Istanbul Chess Olympiad being
held towards the end of August, the 9th IGB Dato
Arthur Tan Chess Festival 2012 has experienced a less than
expected entries for this year’s event. In our effort to
continue making this event a reality despite the low turnout,
the Organizing Committee at a Meeting held earlier this week has
decided to combine all the individual open events – the Dato
Arthur Tan Rapid Open, the Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng Seniors Open and
the AmBank Challenge Open, into a single open event. Despite the
merger, the single open event will continue to provide separate
prizes for each playing category with slight amendments to the
prize structure and the total funds offered. The decision was
made to show a respectable response for the event rather than to
cancel the event which may damage its continuity and future
responses.
As
an additional effort to continue attracting more participants
for the event, Dato Tan Chin Nam, the adviser of the event, has
decided to reduce the individual’s event Entry Fees to RM 50 for
any FIDE Rated players wanting to play in the event, and RM 100
for non FIDE Rate players. Other tournament conditions such as
event dates, number of rounds, time control, etc. will remain as
per the original format. Please find the new Entry Form attached
for your kind information and perusals.
For
those who have already registered and find the changes not
acceptable, the Organizing Committee will refund all monies in
full. For others who agree to the changes and have paid the
entries in full, the committee will refund the difference for
the entry fees.
These
changes will only effect the Individual Open events. There will
be no changes to the ASTRO Team event and the SWENSEN Age Group
event.
Download the entry form here
source: Abdul Hamid Majid
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