Russian Mahjong Championship 2012

On November 17-18, 2012 the Moscow city will host the fourth Mahjong Championship of Russia. Two days of intense competition, 12 hours of playing time, dozens of skilled players which you probably have never met before, qualification by European Mahjong Association (2 MERS points), prizes and the title of the Champion of Russia — all of these await you this autumn. If you certainly do not want to miss it, register for the competition and win!

ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIP

Four years have passed since the first Russian Open Mahjong Championship (October 2008). During these years both the organizers and participants gained considerable experience and learned from our European fellow players and organizers.

You can address any questions related to the Russian Open Championship to the organizing committee via email federation@mahjong.ru

Responsible person: Aleksey Bolshakov, tel. +7 (926) 10-30-400.

REGISTRATION

All players wishing to participate in the tournament should go through registration procedure. For this purpose one should fill in the registration form on our website and pay registration fee in the amount of 40 EURO before the end of registration period. 

The registration is open September 13 till Novembber 13, 2012. The maximum number of players allowed is 60 persons. Hurry up to register!

To ensure due level of competition the Regulation of the tournament provides for obligatory qualification of the participants, which is not necessary, however, if you participated in the official tournaments of the Russian Mahjong Federation or EMA tournaments before. For more details about the qualification see point 3 of the Regulation.

VENUE

The competition hall is the "Time-out" cafe located at the address Izmailovsky val, d.2, 2 minutes walk from "Semenovskaya" metro station.

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") with clarifications given by EMA. In addition to these rules the Federation of Mahjong will elaborate and publish the Regulation of the Mahjong Championship of Russia 2012.

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