章程略有修改，请有意参赛的棋手们仔细阅读！1 棋赛宗旨：促进象棋活动；提高棋艺水平。
2 主办机构：新加坡象棋总会。
3 比赛日期：2009年6月26日（星期五）至7月12日（仅于星期五、星期六与星期日举行）。详见《比赛时间表》
4 比赛地点：新加坡象棋总会，51 Bishan St 13,#01-01 电话：62590984 。
5 参赛组别：分为公开A组、B组与女子组。
6 比赛资格：
-凡新加坡公民、永久居民、持就业准则、学生准证或学生准证者皆可参加。
-具有象棋大师、甲级棋士或乙级棋士称号者，才能参加公开A组。
-公开B组只限其他无等级称号人士参加。女子组只限女性参加。
7 报名手续：
-参赛者须填妥报名表，并付报名费与押金，经审核后方为有效。
-报名费：公开A组$50；B组$20；女子组$10.
-21岁以下在籍学生和60岁以上人士，报名费减半。
-象棋总会会员（01/04/09以前入会者）免交报名费。
-押金：公开A组$50；公开B组$30.完成赛程可取回押金；缺席两轮则押金没收。
-报名期限：即日起至6月21日晚上9时。逾期一概不受理。
-报名处：新加坡象棋总会，51 Bishan St 13,#01-01 电话：62590984 。
8 比赛制度：
-公开A组采用瑞士积分一局制，轮数视人数而定。
-公开B组的比赛分成两个阶段：全体比赛员先进行七轮积分编� (more...)
Learning from the methods used in the last 5 years .......
11 + 0 method used in 2005.
9 + 0 method used in 2006.
in fact, 7 + 3 method was considered before 2007 National Open but 7 + 2 method was used instead in 2007 and again in 2008 ........
For 7 + 3 method, assume players A, B, C and D perform very well in the first 7 rounds as compared to players E, F, G and H.
After the first 7 rounds, the orders of ranking are A, B, C, D, E,F, G and H.
In Round 8, all players A, B, C and D perform badly and ended up players E, F, G and H move into semi-final and promoted to Grade B, i.e. Round 8 is the most critical round for all 8 players.
Personally, if we have times for 7 + 3 method, could we consider 9 + 1 method, if it is too late for National Open 2009, then how about next year ?
I understand it is not easy to design a system to take care of all factors, but since we have tried 11 + 0, 9 + 0, 7 + 2 methods so far, if it is not working well this year for 7 + 3 method, may be we should conisder the x + 1 method in future.
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