Turkish Chess Federation: The 7Th European Individual Chess Championship General Information

TURKISH CHESS FEDERATION
THE 7th EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
GENERAL INFORMATION
1. ORGANISERS
The Turkish Chess Federation under the auspices of the European Chess Union.
Information:
Trkiye Satran Federasyonu
Ulus Ishani Kat:2 G.S.G.M. Ulus ANKARA
tel. + 90/312/3097594, +90/533/6417867, fax: + 90/312/3109620,
http://www.tsf.org.tr, e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
2. VENUE, DATE, SCHEDULE

The Championship will be held from April 3 (day of arrival) until April 17 (day of
departure) 2006 in Aydin, Kusadasi. The tournament official hotel will be Korumar
Hotel. http://www.korumar.com.tr/
3. TOURNAMENT-SCHEDULE
Monday 03.04 Arrival of participants
Monday 03.04 at 20.30 Opening ceremony
Monday 03.04 at 22.00 Technical Meeting
Tuesday 04.04 at 15.00 1st round
Wednesday 05.04 at 15.00 2nd round
Thursday 06.04 at 15.00 3rd round
Friday 07.04 at 15.00 4th round
Saturday 08.04 at 15.00 5th round
Sunday 09.04 at 15.00 6th round
Monday 10.04 at 15.00 7th round
Tuesday 11.04 free day
Wednesday 12.04 at 15.00 8th round
Thursday 13.04 at 15.00 9th round
Friday 14.04 at 15.00 10th round
Saturday 15.04 at 15.00 11th round
Saturday 15.04 at 22.00 Technical meeting for tie-breaks
Sunday 16.04 at 10.00 Tie-breaks
Sunday 16.04 at 20.00 Closing Ceremony
Monday 17.04 Departures
The Chief Arbiter after consultations with ECU and the Organizers may make
changes to the above tournament schedule. Such changes will be announced in
due time.
4. SYSTEM AND RATE OF PLAY
The championship will be 11 rounds, played in the Swiss system in accordance with the ECU
Tournament Rules and FIDE Laws of Chess. The playing time will be 90 minutes for 40 moves
plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting
from move one.
5. TIE-BREAK SYSTEM
The order of players that finish with the same number of points shall be determined by application of
the following tie-breaking procedures in sequence, proceeding from (a) to (b) to (c) to (d) the extent
required:
a) Median-Buchholz 1, the highest number wins;
b) Buchholz, the highest number wins;
c) Number of wins, the highest number wins;
d) Progressive Score, the highest number wins.
In the case of unplayed games for the calculation of (a) and (b) the current FIDE tournament rules
shall be applied: Independently of the result of an unplayed game (win by Bye, win or loss by forfeit,
no game because the player has withdrawn or was absent for some round(s)) for reasons of tiebreak
the result shall be counted as a draw against the player himself. Annex to FIDE Tournament Rules,
pt.1.
Tie-break Matches
Tie-break matches are limited to the following cases:
a) to establish the Champion;
b) to establish the medal winners;
c) to establish qualifiers, for the World Chess Championship.
In the case of a) and b) the relevant tie-break matches will decide the final ranking and the
money prizes connected with these places.
In the case of c), the relevant tie-break matches will not influence the final ranking and the
money prizes will be shared equally.
6. PARTICIPATION
The European Championship is open to all players representing the Chess Federations which
comprise the European Chess Union (FIDE zones 1.1 to 1.9) regardless of their title or rating.
There is also no limit of participants per federation; however applications have to be sent
by the national federations only.
7. QUALIFIERS
The European Individual Championship 2006 is a qualification event for the next Chess World
Cup. According to the decision passed by the ECU Board 16 players will qualify for this
championship
8. PRIZES
Money prizes:
Prizes for Top 16 Special Prizes for rating groups (Euro)

2401- 2301- 2201- 2001- under
RANK RANK Place 2500 2400 2300 2200 2001
1 7.000 9 1.100 1 1.100 1.100 1.000 900 500
2 5.500 10 1.100 2 900 900 600 500 300
3 3.500 11 1.100 3 750 750 400 300 200
4 2.800 12 1.100 4 450 450 400 300 200
5 2.400 13 1.100 Total 3.200 3.200 2.400 2.000 1.200
6 2.000 14 1.100
7 2.000 15 1.100
8 2.000 16 1.100
Total 36.000
Total Prize Fund is 48,000 Euro.
All prizes are tax-free.

No double prize award is carried out. All players are to take part in the opening
and closing ceremony. If one the prize-winners is absent during the closing
ceremony, then their money prize will be reduced by 20% with a minimum of 100
.. The first 3 places will be awarded cups and medals.
8.APPLICATIONS, REGISTRATION
The national federations are kindly requested to fill in and return the enclosed
Application Form 1 (Players - Nominal conformation) to the organizers as soon as
possible but not later than 13th February 2006.
Registrations will be accepted if for each participant a deposit fee of 100 is

transferred to the organizers. Without this deposit fee applications will not be
accepted. Federations may send this deposit fee of 100 per person to the official
bank account of Turkish Chess Federation (see below) or they may pay it on
following web site by credit card:
http://secure.tsf.org.tr/euro2006
Account for Accommodation, Transfers, and registration fees:

Bank Account: BANK: Garanti Bankas
IBAN: TR730006200071100009095907
SWIFT: TGBATRISXXX
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 711-9095907
BANK ADDRESS: Anafartalar Caddesi Ulus, Ankara, Turkey
ACCOUNT HOLDER: Turkish Chess Federation, Ankara, Turkey
The National federations are kindly requested to fill in and return the enclosed
Application Form 2 and Application Form 3 (Players and Accompanying persons
hotel reservation and transport) to the organizers as soon as possible but not later
than 20th February 2006. Any application after this date will be charged 100
penalty by organizers for each individual application.
9. FEES:
The entry fee for the European Individual Championship is 65 per player. Every
national federation will receive an invoice after the championship sent by ECU
Treasurer Kamen Toshkov.
There is no additional organization fee.
10. ACCOMMODATION
The organizers offer accommodation in (5 stars- full board +) in Aydin, Kusadasi
Korumar Hotel (official hotel). The championship will be played in this hotel as
well.
All participants including players, accompanying persons and coaches have to

stay in official hotel as the tournament was granted to Turkish Chess Federation in
2004.
Hotel Double room Single room

1 person/per night (full board+) 49 in double/ 69 in single room.
The indicated prices are per person per day, FULL BOARD + accommodation /
VAT, insurance, service tax included.
The number of single rooms is limited for the national federations.
Penalty for Late Entries: After 13th February 2006, all applications will be
subject to 100 penalty to be paid to organizers.
The hosts will bear the expenses of GM Liviu-Dieter NISIPEANU (Romania,

European Champion 2005) on a basis of full board accommodation in a single
room.
Do not forget that organizers have right to refuse late entries due to over booked
rooms.
11. LOCAL TRANSPORT

The Organizers offer a round trip bus transfer (Izmir airport competition venue
Izmir airport, app. 2 x 90 km) for 55 per person. However, if a player insists to
make this transfer alone without waiting, then the fee is increased to 75 per
person.
12. PAYMENT FOR ACCOMMODATION

All payments for accommodation have to be done by bank transfer to the bank
account or in cash upon arrival. A player may be excluded from the players list
without paying for accommodation. Also the following website may be used for
payments by credit card:
http://secure.tsf.org.tr/euro2006
13. WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather in the venue will be quite pleasant for relaxation and swimming
during April.
14.ELECTRICITY
The standard voltage in Turkey is 220 Volts.
15.CURRENCY & EXCHANGE

The local currency is the New Turkish Lira.
1 = 1,65 YTL : 1USD = 1,35 YTL The best way to exchange your money is to do
it in Turkey, you may do it on Airport or in exchange offices in cities or banks.
Otherwise you may pay high commissions for exchange abroad.
16.VISAS
If Turkish entry visas are required please contact the respective Turkish Embassy
in your country. If you need visa, send us the registration form in the time
mentioned above. Organization will send invitation letter as soon as possible. The
organizers will not be responsible for the participants visas that send registration
form after 13th February 2006.
17.CHIEF ARBITER:
The Chief Arbiter of the tournament will be declared soon.

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TURKISH CHESS FEDERATION

THE 7th EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

2. VENUE, DATE, SCHEDULE

Prizes for Top 16 Special Prizes for rating groups (Euro)

Total Prize Fund is 48,000 Euro.

All prizes are tax-free.

Registrations will be accepted if for each participant a deposit fee of 100 is

Account for Accommodation, Transfers, and registration fees:

There is no additional organization fee.

All participants including players, accompanying persons and coaches have to

Hotel Double room Single room

The hosts will bear the expenses of GM Liviu-Dieter NISIPEANU (Romania,

11. LOCAL TRANSPORT

12. PAYMENT FOR ACCOMMODATION

13. WEATHER CONDITIONS

15.CURRENCY & EXCHANGE

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