On September 17, 2016, the Latvian championship in the board game Saboteur will be held for the first time. During one day, the participants will compete in the main tournament and playoffs to determine the Latvian champion, who will get the right to represent Latvia at the world championship this November in Budapest.
Application annex: http://ej.uz/Saboteur2016

Saboteur Championship Rules:

Time of the championship: 17.09, from 10:00 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m.

Championship venue: Elkor Plaza (Brīvības gatve 201, Riga)

Participants: Anyone who has registered, no age limit (need to know the Saboteur game rules as they will not be explained).

Fee: 5 EUR.

Important! The participation fee is payable in cash upon arrival at the registration. However, if you want to pay by bank transfer, we can prepare and send an invoice upon individual request.

Rules of play

The main tournament lasts 5 rounds .

If a total of 30 or more participants participate, then after the main tournament, the best 18 play the semi-finals , after which the best 6 play the final , the winner of which is the Latvian champion.

Round

One round consists of three plays (or a full game of Saboteur). In each round, the roles are reassigned and points are awarded at the end of the round. The game follows the basic Saboteur game rules with minor changes to roles and scoring as described below.

Roles

Unlike Saboteur's regular game, the tournament has two changes:

• It will always be known exactly what the roles are in the game.
• In addition to dwarves and saboteurs, an egoistic dwarf comes along, whose task is to win alone (he does not win together with ordinary dwarves).

Points

At the end of each hand, points are awarded depending on the outcome of the hand.

• If the saboteurs win, the saboteur gets 4 points if he is the only one, or 3 points if there are two or three saboteurs.
• If the path to the gold is made by the selfish dwarf, then he alone gets 4 points.
• If the path to the gold is made by an ordinary gnome, then that gnome gets 3 points, and every other ordinary gnome gets 2 points.

Division by tables

In the first five rounds, the distribution at the tables is drawn.

Each table is played by 6 players (2 saboteurs, 3 normal dwarves, 1 selfish dwarf), however, if the number of participants is not divisible by 6, tables with 5 participants (1 saboteur, 3 normal dwarves, 1 selfish dwarf) or 7 participants are also created (2 saboteurs, 3 normal dwarves, 2 egoistic dwarves).

If there is a semi-final, then the division at the tables takes place according to the rating:

1. table – 1st, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th and 18th place.
2. table – 2nd, 5th, 8th, 11th, 14th and 17th place.
3. table – 3rd, 4th, 7th, 12th, 15th and 16th place.

The 6 best participants according to the ranking obtained after the semi-final (or after the main tournament if there was no semi-final) play in the final. The winner of the final becomes the champion of Latvia and is entitled to represent Latvia at the world championship in November.

Rating

To rank the players, firstly, the number of points of the player is taken into account, secondly, the number of wins , thirdly, the rating of the player's opponents.

Championship Prize Fund:

1st place €45 Brain Games gift card, €25 Elkor Plaza gift card, opportunity to represent Latvia at the Saboteur World Championship in Budapest*;

2nd place €35 Brain Games gift card, €20 Elkor Plaza gift card;

3rd place €25 Brain Games gift card, €15 Elkor Plaza gift card;

4th place €10 Elkor Plaza gift card;

5th place €10 Elkor Plaza gift card.

Championship schedule

10:00 – 10:30 – arrival and registration.

10:30 – 10:45 – division of the first round and opening of the tournament.

10:45 – 11:30 – first round.

11:40 – 12:25 – second round.

12:35 – 13:20 – third round.

13:20 – 14:00 – lunch break.

14:00 – 14:45 – fourth round.

14:55 – 15:40 – fifth round.

15:50 – 16:35 – semi-final.

16:45 – 17:30 – final.

17:35 – award ceremony.

* Costs (participation in the championship and travel to Budapest) will be partially covered. The information will be clarified.

Participants (added on 5.09.):

No.	Name and surname	Nickname
1		Mara
2	Robert Mukan	Afromeister
3	Jānis Bergs
4		LatvianCat
5	Jēkabs Kruziņš	Crouse
6	Rainer Westmanis	Silver
7	Kristaps Galvanovskis	Head
8		weasel
9	Kristine Kalnāja	Lariel
10		Barduchi
11		Aer Anima
12	Edgar Sosnar	edric
13	Igor Bondar	Sound
14		Martin
15		Dante
16		Zlatan
17		Latvian Cat
18		My friends call me Ebundi :D.
19	Paula Poočite	Poochel
20	Laura Vitola	dance-rose
21	Edgar Captain	Captain
22	Mārtiņš Puķītis
23		Saby
24	karlis kreiks	Karl
25		coat of arms
26		Faith
27	Caroline Grant
28	Martha Weinberg

29	Kitty Raven
30	Ingus Rumpeters	Vigant

31	Baiba Krastiņa
32	Arvis Krastins
33		GPI
34	Dayla Klieder	chabulite
35	Sergey Gorshkov

36	Krisjānis Zviedrāns
37		Megamind
38	Jolanta Laizāne
39	Marta Anna Liepiņa

40	Esther Urbanczyk
41	Gleb Kučinskis	let's go

42		Lena
43	Katrina Nesenberg	Kate
44		Swami Brahmin
45	Raimonds Urtans	comedian
46	Ralf Gutmanis
47	Ugis Resnis	Seafrog
48	Emil Machuk
49	Dāvids Miezaks
50	Elizabeth Miter