15th Rapid Chess Festival 2022

             THESSALONIKI, HOTEL “PHILIPPION” 29-30/10/2022

ORGANIZERS: Keravnos Oreokastrou Chess Club with the Chess Clubs Union of Thessaloniki-Halkidiki and the Greek Chess Federation.

ΤOURNAMENT VENUE: Thessaloniki – “Hotel Philippion”.

GROUP A: Open to all chess players. Group A will be valid for FIDE Rapid rating.

GROUP B: Open to all chess players under 10 years old (born in 2012 and beyond) without FIDE rating (they are still allowed to play in Group A instead if they choose so). Group B will not be FIDE rated.

MODE: 10-round Swiss-system FIDE rapid rated event.

Tournament Schedule

29/10/2022	1st Round                16:30	2nd Round 17:20	3rd Round 18:10	4th Round 19:00	5th Round 19:50
30/10/2022	6th Round  10:00	7th Round      10:50	8th Round 11:40	9th Round 12:30	10th Round 13:20

CLOSING CEREMONY: Sunday 30/10/2022at 14:30.

ENTRY FEE: 20€. No entry fee for GMs, IMs, WGMs, WIMs. No entry fee for those with Fide Rapid rating over 2300.

Siblings will have discount of 5€ (total 35€). Players who will participate in both rapid and blitz will pay 25€. Two (2) members from the same familywho will participate in both tournaments (Blitz and Rapid) will pay50 euros. Three (3) members from the same family will pay60 euros forboth tournaments (Blitz and Rapid).

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Thursday 27/10/2022 at 22:00. Pairings for the 1^st round on Friday 28/10/2022 at 23:00 (Greece time).

TIME CONTROL: 15minutes for each player plus 3 seconds 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: 1200 €

1st 250 €	2nd 200 €	3rd 150 €	4th 100 €	5th 70 €	6th 50 €
1st woman     150€	2nd woman      100€	3rd woman    80€			1st  Veteran>55     50€

Group A:

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

Medals will be given to the first three (3) and to the first (1^st) girl in the categories U08, U10, U12, and U14.

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

Chess players over 55 years old are considered veterans.

Group B:

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

Medals will be given to the first three (3) and first (1^st) girl in the category U08.

All the Preschoolers will be rewarded.

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

PRICES PER PERSON PER NIGHT 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 (2 nights) 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).