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Take note for those attending the UPSI tourney, there is a slight change in schedule. For one thing, the start of the tournament is at 9.30am (instead of 10.30am).

Here is the updated and latest schedule:-

Last chance to register for the coming KTJ Tournament coming this Sunday..

Organiser	:The Kolej Tuanku Jaafar
Event	:Inaugural KTJ Chess Tournament 2014
Venue	:Mantion, Negeri Sembilan
Date	:2nd November 2014, Sunday

Download the entry form

The app has been updated to now support iPad/iPhones. Latest rating is July 2014 and will be updated again once the October rating is published by IA Lim Tse Pin.

RAPID EVENTSYSTEM OF PLAY: 9 rounds Swiss SystemTIME CONTROL: 20 minutes + 10 seconds increment per moveTIE-BREAKS: Buchholz, SB and CumulativeCATEGORY: Open (FIDE RATED).

Age-Group Category (National Rated): Under-8 Boys, Under-8 Girls, Under-10 Boys, Under-10 Girls, Under-12Boys, Under-12 Girls, Under-14 Boys, Under-14 Girls, Under-16 Boys and Under-16 Girls.

BLITZ EVENTSYSTEM OF PLAY: 9 rounds Swiss SystemTIME CONTROL: 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per moveTIE-BREAKS: Buchholz, SB and CumulativeCATEGORY: Open (FIDE RATED).Age-Group Category: Under-8 Boys, Under-8 Girls, Under-10 Boys, Under-10 Girls, Under-12 Boys, Under-12 Girls, Under-14 Boys, Under-14 Girls, Under-16 Boys and Under-16 Girls.

* For Open Category only, players without FIDE ID must get their FIDE ID before they are allowed to register. Please contact us for further information on the FIDE ID registration no later than 12th November 2014.

ENTRY FEE: The fee shall cover BOTH rapid and blitz events. No refunds will be given if player chooses to participate in only one event.1. RM 40.00 for Age-Group Category (Under-16, Under-14, Under-12, Under-10 and Under-8)2. RM 70.00 for Open Category – FIDE Rated Player3. RM 120.00 for Open Category – NON-FIDE Rated Player4. FREE ENTRANCE FEE for Malaysian IM / FM / WIM / WFMCLOSING DATE: 19th November 2014 (Wednesday)INFORMATION: Please contact Lee Ming Xiang (mingxiang1006@gmail.com; 012 - 979 1319) or Tisha Loh(tishaloh@hotmail.com; 019-3779444) or visit our website at http://nrbcc.weebly.com.

 

 

 

 

 

I see chess organisers are getting better at using online forms for tournament registration. Example the form used in Stonemaster’s Sg Besar event.

Online forms are not difficult as in this case where a free service can be used. One popular service (and also used by Stonemaster) is JotForm.com.

The big advantage besides having a nice and tidy participant list in electronic form, you can even import the participants particulars directly to Swiss Manager. This saves a lot of time particularly for organisers who are familiar with tedious process of “hand-keying” in the data from bits of papers everywhere.

Also it comes complete with validation making sure certain fields are compulsory etc.

I like the feature where you can upload your bank in slip as proof of entry fee payment.

I don’t want to use JotPro.com although it is easy and convenient, they do charge if you want to get feedback for more than 100 forms. This means the free version only allows you to capture maximum 100 entries. For more than 100, you have to subscribe to their service which starts at USD 9.95 a month.

I will try my hand at creating similiar online chess form registration as this is right my alley. Been creating forms for my last project for the whole of last year. Hopefully this can be automated and reused for other local tournaments too.