II. Drawing of lots

1.	The drawing of lots shall be open to players, visitors and media
2.	The drawing of lots shall take place at least 12 hours (one night) before the start of the first round. All participants should attend the ceremony of drawing of lots. A player who has not arrived on time for drawing of lots may be included at the discretion of the chief arbiter.
3.	If a player withdraws or is excluded from a competition after the drawing of lots but before the beginning of the first round, then the lots shall be drawn again, except in the following two cases: if, with an even number of participants, the player who withdraws had the last number on the table; if a substitute replaces the player who has withdrawn.
	3.1	If the pairings are restricted in any way, e.g. players of the same federation, if possible, shall not meet in the last three rounds, then this shall be communicated to the players as soon as possible
	3.2	This restricted drawing of lots may be done by using the Varma tables, reproduced below, which can be modified for tournaments of from 10 to 24 players
Direction for "restricted" drawing of tournament numbers:
1.	The arbiter shall prepare beforehand, unmarked envelopes each containing one of the below numbers. The envelopes containing a group of numbers are then placed in unmarked larger envelopes.
2.	The order in which players draw lots is listed beforehand as follows : The players of the federation with greatest number of representatives shall draw first. Where two or more federations have the same number of representatives, precedence is determined by the alphabetical order of the FIDE country code. Among players of the same federation, precedence is determined by the alphabetical order of their names
3.	For example, the first player of the first with the largest number of players shall choose one of the large envelopes containing at least enough numbers for his contingent, and then draw one of the numbers from this envelope. The other players from the same contingent shall also draw their numbers from the same envelope The numbers that remain are available for use by other players.
4.	The players of the next contingent then draw lots and the procedure is followed until all players have drawn their numbers.
5.	The following Varma Table can be used for 10 to 20 players. 9/10 players (3, 4, 8); (5, 7, 9); (1, 6); (2, 10) 11/12 players (4,5,9,10); (1, 2, 7); (6, 8, 12); (3, 11) 13/14 players (4, 5, 6, 11, 12); (1, 2, 8, 9); (7, 10, 13); (3, 14) 15/16 players (5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14); (1, 2, 3, 9, 10); (8, 11, 15); (4, 16) 17/18 players (5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16); (1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12); (9, 13, 17); (4, 18) 19/20 players (6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18); (1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 14); (5, 10, 19); (4, 20) 21/22 players (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20); (1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 14, 15); (11, 16, 21); (5, 22) 23/24 players (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 19, 20, 21, 22); (1, 2, 3, 4, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17); (12, 18, 23); (5, 24).