The UKH Chess club (UKH- CC) is founded by John Sasser and has been led
for first time by Abdurrahman Ali Bapir. The second president was Shamal Sabr,
and the current president is Zana Mahmood. Proudly, we are now a member of the
USCF, that's United States Chess Federation, since 2010, recognized with ID
number: G6035568. That simply means that we sponsor chess tournaments of the
second biggest chess federation in the world in Kurdistan and Iraq. We have a
group and an official page in Facebook; also our Chess Club have an e- mail
which is: ukhcc@yahoo.com
UKH Chess Club Annually Activities:
UKH Chess Club has many activities
inside and outside UKH. First, UKH- CC will hold a yearly tournament at UKH.
Second UKH- CC will participate in the Chess Championship, which is held
annually between Kurdistan
Universities. In addition, also we will participate in foreign tournaments and
events outside UKH as much as possible. Finally UKH- CC will hold a training
and educational course at French Institute for Culture.
Note: Swiss Manager is the program that UKH Chess Tournaments labour by it.
Current Officers of the UKH Chess Club
(2012-2013):
President: Zana Mahmood
Secretary: Hussein Saber
Treasurer: Karzan Abdulmajeed
Webmaster: Dastan Mohammed
Top player: Rawand Hamid
Coach: Mohammed Rashid Begg
Players Rules and Conditions to participate in the universities
tournament:
1.
Players
should be undergraduate students.
2. Five players of boys and five of girls will participate in the tournament.
3.
Player
who will participate in the tournament should be one of the five best players.
4.
In
case one of the five best players, he or she doesn’t want to participate in the
tournament a player after them will participate.
5.
The
coach have right to dismiss unpanctual or unready player and choose anther one
which came after him or her.
6.
If
one of the best five players was bigger than 28 years we will chose another
player instead of him or her because that player havet access to participate in
universities tournament because of his or her age.
Players rules to participate in the UKH
tournament:
1.
Players
should be in UKH; including staff and postgraduate students.
2.
Players
should register their names before the deadline.
3.
Players
should attend the matches on time if they don’t come after 10 minutes they will
account as a loser.
4.
Players
should know how to play chess and should know about chess’s rules.
5.
There
is no matches postpone.
UKH Chess Club Election:
Election for candidates of UKH Chess
Club should be annually and every undergraduate student can candidate his or
her self for the first four positions and the final position is for the best
player for the previous year.
Rules and Conditions for Candidates:
1.
Candidate
should be UKH undergraduate student.
2.
Candidate
should know how to play chess.
3.
Candidate
has the right to choose only one of the positions.
4.
Candidate
should participate in at least 75% of the meetings.
5.
Candidates
have to write their name before deadline.
Rules and Conditions for positions:
1. President: Should have a strong communication skill, flexible with
team working. Able to face the oppositions and difficulties, also be able to
use Swiss Manager Program, and the president should oversee the tournaments and
the events.
2. Secretary: the secretary is responsible of scheduling UKHCC's
meetings, participate in tournaments, and register player’s name.
3. Treasury: the treasury should buy UKHCC's goods and needs and care
about them, make donations and provide support for the club, and taking the
responsibility of accounts.
4. Webmaster: the webmaster should have IT skills; announce every
UKHCC's activity, and run Facebook group and networks.
5. Top player: the top player goes to the player who won last year’s
championship. He or She should help chess club in the events and courses, and
rich them by ideas.
6.
The
coach: he/she will choose by the UKH Chess Club officers.
UKH Chess Club Policy created by:
© Zana Mahmood Ahmed
The president of UKH Chess Club
