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Vidor Draughts Festival 2025
Post by Alex_Moiseyev » Fri Oct 11, 2024 11:12 am
Here is very preliminary information about Vidor Draughts Festival 2025 without
much details, conditions, dates etc.
Festival will start at the end of June going over July 4, presumably lasted 11
days. Festival will consist of 4 major events:
1) World Series International match USA vs South Africa, presumably 6
boards with one alternate player, same format as we played this year against
Italy: each player from one team competing against each player from another
team. This is a 3-Move event, 6 rounds, 3 days.
2) Blitz. Time control presumably 3 mins + 3 seconds increment. I am in
favor of Round Robin with 11 or 13 rounds, small entry fee, prizes, 1 day.
3) USA 3-moves National, 3 Divisions. Standard as any other year 3-moves
National, entry fees for each Division, prizes, 4 days.
4) USA 11 man ballot National, 7 or 8 Swiss system, have WQT rights -
winner of this event (or second player if I finish 1st), earn rights to play 11
man ballot World Title Match. Small fees, prizes, 3 days.
Main Referee for all events, General Director of Vidor Draughts Festival -
Watson Franks
Referee Assistance, online streaming, games processing, designated car driver
and excellence - John Acker
We are expecting now from our South Africa colleagues list of opponents by the
middle of December and then hopefully have sufficient time for them to apply for
visas.
Always Yours,
ALEMO
I am playing checkers, not chess.
2025 Tournament Dates