11th Blitz Chess Festival 2022

 

THESSALONIKI GREECE, HOTEL “PHILIPPION”28/10/2022

ORGANIZERS: KERAYNOS OREOKASTRO Chess Club - Chess Clubs Union of Thessaloniki- Halkidiki - Greek Chess Federation.

 ΤOURNAMENT VENUE: Thessaloniki – “Hotel Philippion”.

 MODE: 12-round Swiss-system FIDE blitz rated event.

                                                        Tournament Schedule

1st Round  16:30	2nd Round  17:00	3rd Round  17:20	4th Round  17:40	5th Round 18:00	6th Round  18:20
7th Round       19:00	8th Round       19:20	9th Round        19:40	10th Round       20:00	11th Round           20:20	12th Round         20:40

 CLOSING CEREMONY: Friday 28/10/2022 at 21:30.

ENTRY FEE: 10€. No entry fee for GMs, IMs, WGMs, WIMs. No entry fee for those with Fide Blitz rating over 2.300. No entry fee for the third member of the same family and disabled players.

 DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Wednesday 26/10/2022 at 22:00. Pairings for the 1^st round on Thursday 27/10/2022 at 23:00 (Greece time).

 TIME CONTROL: 3 minutes for each player plus 2seconds increment per move from the first move.

 TIEBREAKS:

1) Direct encounter (the result of players in the same point group)

2) Buchholz cut-1

3) Buchholz

4) Sonneborn-Berger

5) Greater number of victories (variable)

 ANTI CHEATING: The anti-cheating regulations will be implemented according to the Anti-Cheating Committee directives.

Prizes: 500 € 

1st 100 €

2nd 80 €

3rd 60 €

4th 50 €

5th 40 €

6th 20 €

1st woman 60 €

2nd woman 50 €

3rd woman 40 €

 Prizes are not shared. No player may win more than 1 prize.

Medals will be given to the first three and to the first girl in the categories U8, U10, U12, U14, U16.

Cups will be given to the first three (3) in the final ranking and to the first (1^st) woman.

 ACCOMMODATION: Accommodation and board are offered in the 4-stars hotel “Philippion”

PRICES PER PERSON WITH  F/B: Double room: 44 euros. Triple room: 41 euros, Single: 64 euros. Children up to 12 years old who stay in their parents' room pay 24 euros. Accommodation tax of 3 euros per night is not included in the above prices.

Accommodation at the hotel is not mandatory.

TRANSFER TO HOTEL “PHILLIPION”: The hotel’s bus will start from the Archaeological Museum, downtown at 15:00. Departure from hotel to the city center at 21:30.

REGISTRATION-ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: iskosalex@gmail.com

All chess players must submit their names, year of birth, FIDE id).

 SPECIAL OFFERS:

For GMs, WGMs free accommodation with full board in double rooms.

For IMs, WIMs 50% discount in the above prices.

CHIEF ARBITER: IA Gerontopoulos Prodromos

 PAIRINGS: IA Iskos Alexandros

 TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Tsarouhas Vasileios  (vastsarouhas@yahoo.gr).