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Leon Candia Chess Club and Public Benefit Company of Municipality of Hersonissos will organize through the platform of chess.com the 1st Online Hersonissos International Chess Tournament from 5th to 14th of June 2020 under the aegis of Municipality of Hersonissos and the support of Novelty Mind Games.

1ST ONLINE HERSONISSOS INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT, 5TH TO 14ND OF JUNE 2020 

 

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Organizers

Leon Candia Chess Club and Public Benefit Company of Municipality of Hersonissos will organize through the platform of chess.com the 1st Online Hersonissos International Chess Tournament from 5th to 14th of June 2020 under the aegis of Municipality of Hersonissos and the support of Novelty Mind Games.

Mode

2 Groups Swiss FIDE system 9 (nine) rounds with one round per day + 1 day blitz tie-breaks of first 16 players of the final standings in knock out system.

The tournament will not be valid for ELO FIDE.

SCHEDULE

                                                                       

   

Deadline of participation

Wednesday, 3-6-2020

CEST Timezone

Greek Timezone

Pairings 1st round

Thursday, 4-6-2020

16.00

17.00

 

Opening Ceremony

Friday, 5-6-2020

15.30

16.30

 

Round 1

Friday, 5-6-2020

16.00

17.00

 

Round 2

Saturday, 6-6-2020

16.00

17.00

 

Round 3

Sunday, 7-6-2020

16.00

17.00

 

Round 4

Monday, 8-6-2020

16.00

17.00

 

Round 5

Tuesday, 9-6-2020

16.00

17.00

 

Round 6

Wednesday, 10-6-2020

16.00

17.00

 

Round 7

Thursday, 11-6-2020

16.00

17.00

 

Round 8

Friday, 12-6-2020

16.00

17.00

 

Round 9

Saturday, 13-6-2020

16.00

17.00

 

Blitz Tiebreaks

Sunday, 14-6-2020

16.00

17.00

 

Closing Ceremony

Sunday, 14-6-2020

20.00

21.00

 

Time Control

90 min for the game + 30sec per move from move one. Default time is 30 minutes; players arriving later will be forfeited.

Pairings

Swiss manager will be used for the pairings of the tournament. Starting list will be sorted according to FIDE rating lists.

Participation & Fees

Group A: Participation fee 20€. (Only players with FIDE ID can participate in Group A).

Group B (under U1100 rating): Participation Fee 10€.

Registrations by latest 1st of June through the electronic form in: http://hersonissos.noveltymindgames.com

Participation fees should be deposited by latest 1st of June to the following bank account

Piraeus Bank, IBAN: GR96 0172 7510 0057 5109 1778 649
Account Holder: Leon Candia Chess Club
SWIFT-BIC CODE: PIRBGRAA
25th August str., No 39, Heraklion 712 02

Prizes

GROUP A (after the Blitz tiebreaks)

1st winner

500€ + trophy

2nd winner

200€ + trophy

3rd winner

100€ + trophy

4th to 8th winner

25% discount  in noveltymindgames.com e-shop + medals

9th to 16th winner

20% discount in noveltymindgames.com e-shop

 

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Special Prizes in Categories: Senior +50, Senior +65, U18, U16, U14, U12, U10:

1st Trophy, 2-3rd Medals + 20% discount in noveltymindgames.com e-shop

Group B Prizes: 1st Trophy, 2nd-6th Medals.

Byes

Number of byes a player can request is unlimited. For each bye requested, zero points will be assigned. Byes should be requested by sending an e-mail to the organization committee This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before the end of the round before the one they are requesting the bye for. Prior to the start of the tournament byes can be requested by e-mail as well.

Tie-breaks

After the 9th round, a provisional classification of the Group A of the tournament will be obtained by applying the following tie-break system, and in the following order:

1) Particular games’ results among players still tied, should they have played against all against each other

2) Buchholz FIDE (virtual opponent)

3) Sonnenborg-berger

4) Total Buchholz FIDE least the worse result (virtual opponent)

Tie-break games will be held on the 14th of June 2020 in order to decide the final classification, as well as for obtaining trophies and/or cash prizes. No trophies and cash prizes will be divided among the players who have tied points.

First 16 classified players in that provisional classification (after the results of 9th round) will have to play match tie-break games that will decide the final general classification. It will be used the knock out format system (round of 16, quarter-finals, semifinal and final) among the top-16 players of Group A of the tournament, with the following format:

In case of a tie, an "Armageddon" blitz game, with 6 minutes for the player with white and 5 minutes for the player with black (no increment). The color of each player will be randomly decided and, in case of draw, the player who has played with black will win.

Fair play – Anticheating

Claims

Additional participation rules

Communication – Staff:

 

Organization committee email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Organization website: http://hersonissos.noveltymindgames.com

Tournament Manager: Georgios Georgopoulos

Tournament Organizer: FIDE IO Kostas Klokas

Chess.com Business Development Manager: Anastasios Tzoumpas

Chief arbiter: FIDE IA Anastasios Mihailidis

Deputy Chief Arbiter: Maria-Anna Stefanidi

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