II Caribbean White Sands International Open Tournament

The Cuban Correspondence Chess Federation (FECAP) - is organizing the "II Caribbean White Sands International Open Tournament" for the participation of all ICCF players. The tournament will be played in a single phase in several sections using rating 4/26 under all ICCF Rules.

 

Section A for players with rating 2400 or higher

Section B for players with rating between 2300 – 2399

Section C for players with rating between 2000 – 2299

Section D for players with rating 1999 or lower

                                      

The tournament will be played on the ICCF server at triple block time control with an appropriate tournament duration according to the average rating of each group: 350 days event, with 75 days initial bank and 1 day increment for the first 50 moves is used. No guaranteed time will be available after move 50.

 

The game system of the II Caribbean White Sands International Open Tournament allows up to two registrations by player. Registered players grouped by rating from Higher to Lower will be allocated to groups of 11, 13 or 15 players, so that all group members have a similar rating. The player's second registration will be paired in the group following the first group.  The number of groups will depend on the number of registrations. 

 

The start date of the tournament is December 15, 2026.

 

The registration fee is 15 €.

 

Registrations

The registrations and the payment of the fees for II Caribbean White Sands International Open Tournament must be done by the DE system in the server of the ICCF opening the menu Cuba in New Events. The link leads to the registrations for II Caribbean White Sands International Open Tournament.

 

Inscriptions must be received no later than December 1, 2026.

 

Certificates

This tournament will award certificates to the top 3 in each group. The tiebreaker system will be:               1. Baumbach, 2. Sonnenborn-Berger, 3. the results of the players tied with each other and 4. the highest rating at the start of the tournament.

 

Amici Sumus,

Giraldo Menéndez Rodríguez

giraldomenendez@gmail.com

ICCF Delagate Cuba & FECAP President