First Russian Mahjong Championship · Федерация маджонга

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!

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!

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OPEN MAHJONG CHAMPIONSHIP OF RUSSIA
October 25-26, 2008
Moscow, Russia
Federation of Mahjong
federation@mahjong.ru
+7 926 2357679

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

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

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
Name

Город
City

Страна
State

Рейтинг
RU / MERS

Статус
Status

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

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

10 | Александр Крылов
Aleksandr Krylov | Клин
Klin | Россия
Russia | --- / --- | заявка
applied

11 | Станислав Петров
Stanislav Petrov | Москва
Moscow | Россия
Russia | --- / --- | 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

заявка

applied

заявка

applied

заявка

applied

заявка

applied

21 | Татьяна Логинова
Tatiana Loginova | Москва
Moscow | Россия
Russia | --- / --- |

заявка

applied

22 | Алексей Большаков
Aleksey Bolshakov | Балашиха
Balashikha | Россия
Russia | --- / --- | регистр.
registred

заявка

applied

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.