Palau Chessmate: (1577) INFORMATION FOR THE TEAM CAPTAINS (TBN- Oct. 01, 2018)

TEAM CAPTAINS IN PALAU AND GEORGIA

I and Tito Cabunagan will be the Team Captains of Palau Chess Team to 2018 WCO in Batumi, Georgia (Sept. 23-Oct. 07) with Tito spearheading the Open team while me, the Women’s team. Both of us are also Team Captains in the just concluded 2018 1^st Surangel Chess Team Tournament with me leading the Yellow Team and Tito, the Teal Team. All the other Palau Chess Team members (Open), except Paquito Suringa, Jr. and Dennis Gonzales, are also Team Captains of that event—Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., Rustum Cabuso, Angelo Salvadora, Leif Toribiong and Bobot Tan.

INFORMATION FOR THE
TEAM CAPTAINS

Tito Cabunagan and I are the Team Captains of Palau Chess Team to 2018 WCO in Batumi, Georgia. Chief Arbiter IA Takis Nikolapoulus sent a letter to all Team Captains that states:

from 23 September (Arrival) to 6 October 2018 (Departure). You will be provided in advance by email (which will be sent to you on 16 September 2018 by TAP) with detailed instructions and the unique password for every participating team, for the online registration of your team composition for every round of the tournament. Additionally you have to submit online and according to the instructions that the will be also sent to you the FIXED BOARD ORDER of your team (i.e. the exact order of the boards, where you want the players of your team to play in the tournament) until 21 September, 24.00 hour.

In case of facing any difficulties you can send the FIXED BOARD ORDER of your team by email to the Chairman of TAP IA Werner Stubenvoll, at Werner.stubenvoll@liwest.at, until 21 September, 24.00 hour.

The captains’ meeting will take place on 24 September, at 09.30, at the Batumi Sport Palace (Playing Hall). Transportation from and to your hotels will be provided by the Organizers. Your participation in the meeting is very important, because all details of the Olympiad tournament will be discussed there.
The team pairings for the 1st round will be published on the websites (official website, chess-results.com, etc.) at 08.00, on 24 September.

The deadline for submission of the team compositions is at 10.00 in the morning of the day of each round. For the first round the deadline will be at 11.00 in the morning of the day of the round (24 September). For the last round the deadline will be at 24.00 in the night of the previous round (4 October).
The submission must be online, through Swiss Manager Program and according to the instructions and with the use of the unique password that will be given to every captain by TAP. In case of any problem an Assistant will be present in every Olympiad hotel from 09.00 to 10.00 every morning, to offer any help needed. Additionally, the captains will be provided with the TAP telephone number and will have the possibility to call the TAP members, should any problem arise in the registration of their team composition. In case that no team composition had been submitted by the captain for a specific round, the composition of the team shall be the Fixed Board Order (1, 2, 3, 4 boards) of the team.

Every round of the Tournament will start at 15.00, except the last round (5 October), which will start at 11.00.
The Zero Tolerance has been extended to fifteen (15) minutes. It means that the players have the right to arrive at their board up to (maximum) fifteen (15) minutes after the start of the round. If they arrive after fifteen (15) minutes from the start of the round they may be forfeited, according to the Laws of Chess.
Captains are allowed to have books with them (supposing that they are not chess books, the match arbiters shall check them) and photo cameras. Taking photos (with or without flash) will be allowed according to the tournament regulations (i.e. only in the first ten (10) minutes after the start of the round).
The captains have the right to arrive in the Playing Hall maximum up to two (2) hours after the start of the round (The players of the team have to inform the match arbiter accordingly). At the moment they enter the playing venue, they are not allowed to leave it and come back, before the end of the match of their Team.
They must wear their badges and their green cards and present them to any check.

Chairs for the captains will be next to the arbiter’s chair. The captains have the right to communicate with their players according to the Laws of Chess, as follows: The team captain must not stand behind the opposing team during play. If the team captain wishes to speak to one of his players, he shall first approach the match arbiter. The team captain shall then speak to the player in the presence of an arbiter, using a language the arbiter can understand. The same procedure shall be followed if a player needs to speak to the Captain.

A team captain is entitled to advise the players of his team to make or accept an offer of a draw, following the draw restriction rule which is in effect for the Olympiad (30 moves must have been completed by both players) of the tournament regulations. He shall not intervene in a game in any other way. He must not discuss any position on any board during play.

The team captain may delegate his functions to another person, provided he informs the match arbiter of this in writing in advance.
As the 180 match arbiters from all over the world may not know the players and the captains of the participating teams, captains and players must wear their badges that they will receive from the Organizers, during the whole round. Additionally the captains will be given five (5) green cards by the match arbiter. The players and the captain of the team MUST also wear this green card during the whole round and especially when they are walking in the Playing Hall or visiting toilets, the smoking area, the bar area etc. The green card will indicate that their game is still in progress and therefore they are allowed to be in the Playing Hall. After the end of every game of the match, the player has to give his green card to the match arbiter and quit the Playing Hall (Analysis room is provided by the Organizers). After the end of the match the captain MUST receives back all the green cards (4) from the match arbiter, in order to use them (together with his own card) for the match of the next round. The captains must take care not to lose the green cards, as their number is limited and any loss may cause problems at the entrance of the players to the Playing Hall, as no player and captain will be allowed in the Playing Hall without his green card.

The captain (or the player who finishes his/her game last) MUST sign the match protocol, after checking the results of the games and the final result of the match written by the match arbiter. Before he leaves the Playing Hall he has to receive back all the four (4) green cards from the match arbiter.
In case any player of his/her team will be selected for a check according to the article 11.3.3. of the Laws of Chess and the Anti-cheating regulations (i.e. thorough check in a separate room, with private inspection of clothes, bags and other items of the player), he may be present, as a witness of his/her player.
I believe that the captains play an important role in every Olympiad and their contribution to the success of the event is essential. The good co-operation between Captains, Players and Arbiters is necessary, for the success of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad. I hope to have your valuable help on this issue.
I am expecting to see you all in Batumi. IA Takis Nikolopoulos Chief Arbiter 43rd World Chess Olympiad

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CAPTION: TEAM CAPTAINS IN PALAU AND GEORGIA