14th ICCF Veterans World Cup (VWC14)

Russell Sherwood  Thursday, April 13, 2023

14th ICCF Veterans World Cup (VWC14)

Friday, 31 March 2023: Tournament Announcement

The ICCF Congress decided that following the great popularity of this tournament amongst older players, new Veterans World Cups would be started every other year. Working in collaboration with ICCF, the Netherlands Federation for Correspondence Chess (NBC) will organize the 14th Veterans’ World Cup tournament.

The first stage of the 14th ICCF Veterans World Cup will start on 1st September 2023.

As with the previous VWCs, the tournament will be organized in three stages which will allow several players from each group stage to advance to the semi-finals and final. The number of promotions will depend on the total entries received. It is envisaged that groups at the preliminary stage will comprise 11 players (10 games) or 13 players (12 games) played by webserver with a rate of play 550 days Triple Block without "guaranteed time" (PR and SF). And only in the final with "guaranteed time". 

Eligibility

The 14th ICCF Veterans World Cup is open to all players who are 60 years old or more at the start date of the tournament. Therefore, players have to be at least 60 years old on 1st September 2023. 

Prize fund

A prize fund of €6,000 will be available for this tournament as agreed at the 2013 ICCF Congress. The exact distribution of this prize fund will be determined once the number of entries and groups is known. Medals will also be awarded to those finishing in first, second, and third place in the final. 

Entries

Players may enter:

  • through their federation (contact your federation for the amount of the entry fee)
  • where eligible, via the ICCF Direct Entry system. The entry fee by Direct Entry will be € 9.00 for each preliminary group entered.

Although the number of preliminary groups which each player may enter is unlimited, no player will qualify for more than two semi-final groups or for more than one place in the final.

Entries should be made via the server from the "New Events" page. It would be appreciated if delegates would approve entries made through their federation via the server as soon as possible after receipt rather than delay them until the closing date. Entries sent by email directly to the tournament organizer by delegates or players will not be accepted.

The closing date for entries is 25th July 2023.

All veteran chess players are heartily invited to enter this tournament, both for the enjoyment of games and for friendly contact/communication with senior players around the world.

Federations are kindly asked to give tournament-wide publicity to their veteran players.

Jörg Kracht
ICCF Non-Title Tournament Commissioner

Frank Geider
ICCF World Tournament Director

Joop Jansen
NBC Delegate and Tournament Organiser

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