• Manx Cup is a 3 phase pool tournament consisting of 7 rounds, with a 1 round playoff if necessary.
  16 entries & above will result in a playoff to qualify for the 3 stage group tournament.
  Example – 19 entries will result in the top 13 players advancing to the Manx Cup and the remaining 6 players in a playoff 14 v 19 / 15 v 18 / 16 v 17 – even numbers have white.
  In the event of a draw, the winner will be decided by a blitz play-off after all games have finished. The play-off will consist of blitz games until we have a winner, with reversed colours, rate of play of 5 minutes plus an increment of 2 seconds a move. Winning players will progress to the Manx Cup, remaining players will move into the Manx Pool – refer to the Manx Pool tournament page.
• Stage 1: Manx Cup Quarterfinals – The 16 qualifiers are split into 4 groups of 4 players. (1, 5, 9 & 13 / 2, 6, 10, 14 / 3, 7, 11 & 15 / 4, 8, 12 & 16) Each player plays the other players once in their group.
  The top 2 players from each group qualify for the semifinals. The bottom 2 players from each group move into the Manx Plate – refer to the Manx Plate tournament page.
• Stage 2: Manx Cup Semifinals – The 8 remaining players are split into 2 groups of 4 players. (A1, B2, C1 & D2 / A2, B1, C2 & D1) Each player plays the other players once in their group.
• Stage 3: Manx Cup Final – The two semifinal group winners play one match. The winner of that match becomes the Manx Cup Champion. Remaining players will play the corresponding player from the opposite group for the remaining places. 
• NO RE-ARRANGED GAMES ON FINALS DAY – IF YOU CAN’T PLAY YOUR OPPENENT WINS BY DEFAULT.

• The Controller is Brian Woodard. The chief arbiter, to be assisted by the Deputy arbiters, the name of both arbiters will be announced before the tournament. If his assistance is required during play, the arbiter has the right to stop their own clock until the issue is resolved. If the chief arbiter is unavailable or directly involved in the issue as a player, the Deputy will be available to deal with the matter in question.

• Federation member. If you are not a federation member it will be presumed that you wish to appear in the FIDE Ratings Database under the Isle of Man Flag (subject to the international rating officers approval) and an application to this affect will be made on your behalf, subject to you providing your full name and date of birth, If, however, you are joining an alternative federation, please advise Brian Woodard. Please note that you must be a member of a federation before the start of the tournament otherwise you will not be able to take part.

• If necessary games can be re-arranged to be played on an alternative date / venue, but must be played before the Monday of the commencement of the last round.
• It is the responsibility of the player who wishes to change the date to organise the re-arranged game.
  If this is not possible or your opponent doesn’t want to re-arrange then the opponent will receive a default win.
• You must inform the controller before the round in question who wishes to re-arrange the game, when and where the game is to be played; followed up by the result.

Group Tie Break.

• Result between players.
• Number of wins with or without playing.
• Number of games won over the board.
• Number of games played with black.
• Number of games won with black.
• Flip of a coin.

Final – In The Event of a Draw.

• In the event of a draw, the winner will be decided by a play-off after all games have finished. The play-off will consist of two blitz games with a rate of play of 5 minutes plus an increment of 2 seconds a move, with colours to be determined by the toss of a coin.
• If the blitz match finishes equal then the winner will be determined by Armageddon with 5 minutes for White and 4 minutes for Black, plus an increment of 2 seconds a move,  Black having draw odds. A toss of a coin will determine colours.

• Mobile phones must be switched off and left on the table in plain view until the end of the game.

• No eating in the playing hall, including sweets. Drinks are allowed at the board, if consumed quietly.

• No smoking is allowed in the church or its grounds.