SCF Labour Day Rapid Tournament 2025

The event is organised by the Singapore Chess Federation. All events are played under the FIDE Laws of Chess.

Dress Code
Casual with covered shoes. Sandals and flip-flops are strictly forbidden.
Chief Arbiter and/or Tournament Director reserves the right to remove individuals who flout this rule until dress code has been rectified.

Venue: Singapore Chess Federation – 51 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 579799 #02-01A

Schedule:

Date	Time	Event
1st May (Thursday)	8.45am	Arbiter’s Briefing
	9am	Round 1
	10.15am	Round 2
	11.30am	Round 3
	1pm	Lunch
	2pm	Round 4
	3.15pm	Round 5
	4.30pm	Round 6
	5.45pm	Round 7
	7pm	Prize Presentation

*Prize Presentation may be brought forward if last round completes ahead of time

Format and Time Control:
7 Rounds Swiss System, 15mins and 10 seconds increment from move 1.
Default time – when clock runs to zero.

Tie Break:

1.  Direct encounter
2. Buchholz Cut 1
3. Buchholz
4. Sonnenborn Berger
5. Cumulative system – Sum of Progressive Scores (Sum of Progressive Scores: After each round a player has a certain tournament score. These scores are added to determine the total Sum of Progressive Score)

Category:
OPEN – Rapid FIDE Rated, Open to all.
FIDE ID is compulsory for all players. Participants with ineligible FIDE ID will not be allowed to participate in this event.

**Prizes:
Open
1st – $500 | 2nd – $300 | 3rd – $200 | 4th to 5th – $188 each | 6th to 10th – $50 each

Women
1st – $300 | 2nd – $200 | 3rd – $100 | 4th – $70 | 5th – $70

Trophies
Top 10 Overall, Top 3 Ladies and Top 3 in U8, U10 and U12 (boys and girls combined)
Players may only win one prize.
No sharing of cash prizes in the event of tie.

**All individuals are expected to attend the prize ceremony. Price recipients who fail to attend the prize ceremony will forfeit their prize.

Ratings are based on STANDARD or RAPID ratings, whichever is higher. BLITZ ratings DO NOT count below.

Rating Band	Public	Existing SCF Members or Q2 2025 SCF Students
Unrated	$119.90	$102.46
Below 2000	$76.30	$65.40
2000 and above	$54.50	$49.05
GM/WGM or IM/WIM	Free
Para Athlete	Free

*This applies for Chess courses from Beginner to Developmental or under National Training Programmes

Click here for Registration Link

Closing Deadline: 24 April 6pm or first 120 entries.
Late entries and entries without payment will not be accepted.

Entry fees are strictly non-refundable. Organiser reserves the right to reject any entries without any assigning reasons.

Disputes:
In the event of any disputes, the Chief Arbiter’s decision is final and no further correspondence shall be entertained after the tournament.