On October 25-26, 2008 the Moscow city will host a truly historical event — the first ever Mahjong Championship of Russia! Two days of intense competition, 12 hours of playing time, dozens of players including experienced ones from the Western Europe, qualification by European Mahjong Association, prizes and the title of the Champion of Russia — all of this awaits us this autumn. If you certainly do not want to miss it, register for the competition and win!
OPEN MAHJONG CHAMPIONSHIP OF RUSSIA |
ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIP
For about one year the Federation of Mahjong was gaining the experience in organizing tournaments in our homeland, making contacts with its foreign colleagues, sending its representatives to international tournaments. And now it is time when we feel ready to arrange the main competition of the year — Open Mahjong Championship of Russia. Our initiative was welcomed by the European Mahjong Association (EMA), which put the championship into its calendar and assigned 2 points of European rating for it (MERS). In the framework of the Russian rating system the championship will have a multiplier 3.
Besides pleasant prices and rating points the Mahjong Champion of Russia will be nominated as a result of the championship. We expect the championship to be attended by the mightiest Russian players, winners of the recent tournaments in Moscow, Saint-Petersburg and Zhukovsky, as well as by Europeans, many of whom have already expressed their willingness to come to Moscow.
The Federation of Mahjong will do its best to ensure that such an important event goes in a right way and eventually becomes a landmark in history of Russian mahjong development.
REGISTRATION
All players wishing to take part in the championship should fill in the registration form on our website and pay a registration fee of 1000 rubles or 30 EUR before the registration is closed. The ways of payment are the following: credit or debit cards, bank transfer, cash (the payment instructions are sent to registered players via e-mail).
The registration is open July 20 till October 20, 2008. The maximum number of players allowed is 40 persons. Hurry up to register!
PLACE
The competition hall is in the comfortable conference center Extropolis, situated in the center of the city at the address Trekhprudny pereulok, house 9, which is 10 minutes walk from the metro stations "Pushkinskaya" and "Tverskaya" (map).
REGULATION
The championship will be held in accordance with the Mahjong Competition Rules adopted by the World Mahjong Organization in edition of the year 2006 ("The Green Book"). In addition to these rules the Federation of Mahjong will elaborate and publish the Regulation of the Mahjong Championship of Russia 2008.
In view of international character of the competition we ask its participants to carefully read the rules and regulations of the tournament in the Green Book in order to avoid misunderstandings between players from different countries.
SCHEDULE
October 25, 2008. Saturday
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11:00-11:45 |
Drawing |
11:45-12:00 |
Opening ceremony |
12:00-14:00 |
1st session |
14:00-15:15 |
Lunch break (75 minutes) |
15:15-17:15 |
2nd session |
17:15-17:30 |
Small break (15 minutes) |
17:30-19:30 |
3rd session |
October 26, 2008. Sunday
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10:00-12:00 |
4th session |
12:00-12:15 |
Small break (15 minutes) |
12:15-14:15 |
5th session |
14:15-15:30 |
Lunch break (75 minutes) |
15:30-17:30 |
6th session |
17:30-17:45 |
Technical break |
17:45-18:00 | Awards and closing ceremony |
Participants
Below is the list of the players who filed an application for the championship (as of October 23, 2008):
№ |
ФИО |
Город |
Страна |
Статус |
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1 | Алекзандер Доппельхофер Alexander Doppelhofer |
Баден бай Вин Baden bei Wien |
Австрия Austria |
--- / 86 | заявка applied |
2 | Эрнест Глазер Ernest Glaser |
Брюк ан дер Мюр Bruck an der Mur |
Австрия Austria |
--- / 130 | заявка applied |
3 | Сергей Егоров Serguey Egorov |
Ижевск Izhevsk |
Россия Russia |
7 / --- | заявка applied |
4 | Алла Данилевская Alla Danilevskaya |
Санкт-Петербург Saint-Petersburg |
Россия Russia |
9 / --- | регистр. registred |
5 | Владимир Степанов Vladimir Stepanov |
Жуковский Zhukovsky |
Россия Russia |
1 / --- | заявка applied |
6 | Ирина Безуглая Irina Bezuglaya |
Донецк Donetsk |
Украина Ukraine |
--- / --- | заявка applied |
7 | Владислав Исак Vladislav Isak |
Москва Moscow |
Россия Russia |
--- / --- | заявка applied |
8 | Игорь Щеглов Igor Scheglov |
Рязань Ryazan |
Россия Russia |
--- / --- | заявка applied |
9 | Юлия Камаева Juliya Kamaeva |
Ижевск Izhevsk |
Россия Russia |
19 / --- | заявка applied |
10 | Александр Крылов Aleksandr Krylov |
Клин Klin |
Россия Russia |
--- / --- | заявка applied |
11 | Станислав Петров Stanislav Petrov |
Москва Moscow |
Россия Russia |
--- / --- | заявка applied |
12 | Наталья Ковалева Natalya Kovaleva |
Москва Moscow |
Россия Russia |
8 / --- | заявка applied |
13 | Александра ван де Беркт Alexandra van de Berkt |
Хилверсум Hilversum |
Нидерланды Netherlands |
--- / 276 |
регистр.
registred |
14 | Бенуа Месси-Фуда Benoit Messi-Fouda |
Тулуза Toulouse |
Франция France |
--- / 28 |
заявка
applied
|
15 | Виталий Новиков Vitaly Novikov |
Москва Moscow |
Россия Russia |
--- / --- | регистр. registred |
16 | Александр Струговщиков Aleksandr Strugovshchikov |
Санкт-Петербург Saint-Petersburg |
Россия Russia |
2 / --- |
заявка
applied
|
17 | Алексей Ефремов Aleksey Efremov |
Москва Moscow |
Россия Russia |
16 / --- |
заявка
applied
|
18 | Игорь Волков Igor Volkov |
Люберцы Lubertsy |
Россия Russia |
11 / --- |
заявка
applied
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19 | Гай Кузнецов Guy Kuznetsov |
Москва Moscow |
Россия Russia |
17 / --- |
заявка
applied
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20 | Галина Дуленко Galina Dulenko |
Санкт-Петербург Saint-Petersburg |
Россия Russia |
10 / --- | регистр. registred |
21 | Татьяна Логинова Tatiana Loginova |
Москва Moscow |
Россия Russia |
--- / --- |
заявка
applied
|
22 | Алексей Большаков Aleksey Bolshakov |
Балашиха Balashikha |
Россия Russia |
--- / --- | регистр. registred |
23 | Виталий Савицкий Vitaly Savitsky |
Санкт-Петербург Saint-Petersburg |
Россия Russia |
13 / --- | регистр. registred |
24 | Борис Андреев Boris Andreev |
Санкт-Петербург Saint-Petersburg |
Россия Russia |
4 / --- |
заявка
applied
|
25 | Светлана Самарина Svetlana Samarina |
Санкт-Петербург Saint-Petersburg |
Россия Russia |
27 / --- |
заявка
applied
|
26 | Алик Дихнов Alik Dikhnov |
Варна Varna |
Болгария Bulgaria |
--- / --- | регистр. registred |
Sponsors and partners
The Championship of Russia is a complicated but very important event. The Federation of Mahjong invites all intersted persons to cooperate. Contact us and we will think of the way you can help us as well as we help you.