Introduction
1/8th Finals
13 September
1/4 Finals
14 September
Semi Finals and Final
15 September
Pairings
Pairings 1/4th final: 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5. Detailed information will follow soon.
Players
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13 September
1/8th Finals. Afternoon shift
14:00 game 1
15:15 game 2
16:30 Tie-breaks
1/8th Finals. Evening shift
18:00 game 1
19:15 game 2
20:30 Tie-breaks
14 September
1/4th Finals. Afternoon shift
14:00 game 1
15:15 game 2
16:30 Tie-breaks
1/4th Finals. Evening shift
18:00 game 1
19:15 game 2
20:30 Tie-breaks
All times in Riga (Eastern Europe) Summer Time
14.00 Riga = 15.00 Moscow = 13.00 Central Europe = 7.00 New York
15 September
Semi Finals
12:00 game 1
13:15 game 2
14:30 Tie-breaks
Final
16:30 game 1
17:45 game 2
19:00 Tie-breaks
Best reporter contest
The ACP Board introduces the "Best reporter" contest. Everyone of you is invited to write about the event, using whatever format you prefer.
It can be a single report or day by day coverage. It can be a professional website or just a blog/Facebook entry. It can be in English or any other language.
Contribute and win
By the end of the tournament, the ACP Board will choose the three winners of the "Best reporter" contest, and each of them will be awarded with the special ACP prizes (with the total value of USD 600).
More information and contact details will be provided on Thursday 12 September.
Regulations
Knock Out
- The ACP Cup will be a Knock Out tournament with sixteen participants.
- Regular Match games will be played according to the FIDE Laws of Chess for rapidplay.
- Tie-break games will be played according to the FIDE Laws of Chess for blitz.
- Zero tolerance rule will not be applied.
Drawing of lots
- The drawing of lots will take place during the opening ceremony on 12 September.
- The players will be ranked according to their FIDE rapid rating on 1 September 2013.
Pairings
- The pairings will be made as follows: four highest-rated players will be randomly paired against the four lowest-rated players.
- Consequently the players ranked 5 – 8 will be paired with the players ranked 9-12.
Regular Match
Matches will consist of two games, played with the following time control: 25 minutes each at the start of the game with an increment of 10 seconds per move from move 1.
Tie-break I
In case of an equal score, another match of two games will be played with the following time control: 3 minutes each at the start of the game with an increment of 2 seconds per move from move 1.
Tie-break II
In case of an equal score, the Armageddon game will be played, where White starts with 5 minutes and needs to win the game in order to win the match (sudden death game). Black, on his part, only needs a draw to win the match, but has only 4 minutes at the start of the game.
In this final tie-break game the increment (2 seconds per move) will be added starting move 61.
Playing Venue
Playing Venue
The tournament will be held in the Rietumu bank headquarters in Riga, Latvia
7 Vesetas St., Riga, LV-1013, Latvia
Live games and video
Spectators are invited to visit the playing venue.
All games will be broadcasted via this website. Video stream will be provided in both English and Russian.
Schedule for 13 September:
14:00 English
15:15 Russian
18:00 Russian
19:15 English
The Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) is a not-for-profit organisation, whose main purpose is the protection of chess professionals’ rights and the practice and promotion of chess worldwide, in particular through the organisation of chess tournaments and other chess events.
The ACP encourages the civil engagement of chess professionals, interacts with national federations, international corporations, government agencies as well as other not-for-profit organizations.
ACP members are experts in all aspects of chess related activities. The world’s top players and renowned journalists, tournament organizers and the most respected arbiters and trainers have joined the ACP in order to make the professional chess world a better place.
The ACP Cup is organized by the Association of Chess Professionals in cooperation with the Latvian chess society.
Winners ACP Cup
| 2010 | Sergey Karjakin |
| 2009 | Boris Gelfand |
| 2008 | Teimour Radjabov |
| 2007 | Peter Leko |
Winners Women's ACP Cup
| 2012 | Nana Dzagnidze |
| 2009 | Alexandra Kosteniuk |
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