Dear Friends,

First, I congratulate you all for the selection of Team Ahmedabad in 6th Cities World Cup | 2016!

This thread is created for better understanding about the contest. Also, it would update you the journey of our team. Please track this forum for regular updates.

Good Luck!

Procedure for registrations

32 teams will be finalised for the contest.

16 finalist teams from the last year contest.
6 top power teams (average rating + # of players) from the rest of the last year contest.
10 more teams (new applicants) from the participation round.

22 qualified teams from last contest

Athens, Bangkok, Beograd, Bordeaux, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen-Malmoe, Istanbul, Kyiv, London, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Quebec, Rasht, St. Peterburg, Singapore, Sydney, Tabriz, Thessaloniki, Tirana, Yerevan, Zagreb

The participation round for new applicants

50 new applicants will play the participation round. They have been divided into 10 groups. Each group has 5 teams. Each team will play 4 matches. The top team from each group (10 teams) will join the 22 qualified teams for the preliminary round of the contest.

The Preliminary Round-1 16 matches will be played with 32 qualified teams. 1st team vs 17th team, 2nd vs 18th, ... 16th vs 32nd.

The Preliminary Round-2 8 matches will be played with 16 winning teams of the Round-1. 1st team vs 9th team, 2nd vs 10th, ... 8th vs 16th.

The Quarter-finals 4 matches will be played with 8 winning teams of the Round-2. 1st vs 5th, ... 4th vs 8th.

The Semi-finals 2 matches will be played with 4 winning teams of Quarter-finals. 1st vs 3rd and 2nd vs 4th.

The Final will be played between the winning teams of the Semi-finals.

RULES

5+ players in the Preliminary Rounds, 8+ players in the Quarter-finals, 12+ players in the Semi-finals, 15+ players in the Final.
A foreign country flag (International flag counts as a foreign flag) can not be more than 25% in all tables. If more flags, all of extra flags matches will be declared as a lost.
One player will not be able to play for two different teams in the cup for the same year. If such case occurs, the winning games of that player will be annulled.
The player loses all his/her games, in case of disqualifying by Chess.com or closed account.
In case of a draw a team wins when: has more individual victories (in first ten tables) or has more individual victories with black pieces (in first ten tables) or has more individual victories with black pieces (in all tables except the 5 last tables)
If the match will not be finished within 2 months, the player will be declared winner with more than 3-points advantage in ongoing games. Else it would be declared a draw.
In case of a draw again, one player from each team will play live chess games until getting the winning team.

50 teams for the participation round

Group 1: Kosicky Kra, Paris, Chilangos, Delhi and NCR, Phoenix

Group 2: Bradford, Alexandria, Sevastopol, Australia - WA (Perth), Metz

Group 3: Izmir, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Glasgow, Ahmedabad

Group 4: Toronto, Sao Paulo, Queretaro, Minsk, ----

Group 5: Berlin, Prague, Manila Boy, Seichamps, ----

Group 6: Grad Nis, Ufa, Stockholm (chess), Pittsburgh, ----

Group 7: Babylon City, Burgas, Torino, Cairo, ----

Group 8: Barcelona, Central Florida, Gdansk, Napoli, ----

Group 9: Guadalajara, Brisbane, Hastings, Marseille, ----

Group 10: Bristol, Milano, San Diego Group, Toulouse, ----

AHMEDABAD

Super Admins