Chesscube » CHESSA http://blog.chesscube.com ChessCube's Blog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:09:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 ChessCube SA Open 2009 Report http://blog.chesscube.com/chesscube-sa-open-2009-report/ http://blog.chesscube.com/chesscube-sa-open-2009-report/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:20:07 +0000 Sarah http://blog.chesscube.com/?p=300 In July 2009, ChessCube and CHESSA announced the first FIDE rated online matches. These were matches were played in the 2009 SA Open between players based in Melbourne, Australia and players based in Cape Town, South Africa. GM Amon Simutowe won the tournament.

ChessCube has recently released a report on the event for FIDE. The report summarises the key challenges and lessons from this chess world first, with the aim of encouraging increased online participation in chess tournaments. FIDE’s support for this venture, and in particular in rating these matches, demonstrates exciting possibilities in the world of chess.

This report and the player agreement are available for download. Click on the following links to download pdf versions of the report and player agreement. ChessCube SA Open 2009 Report (pdf). ChessCube SA Open 2009 Player Agreement for online matches (pdf).

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