GUADARRAMA • 21st a 27th June 2014

U2000 CATEGORY

ORGANIZED BY: IN COLLABORATION WITH:

INTRODUCTION

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

ENROLLMENT

RULES AND REGULATIONS

ROUNDS TIMETABLE

PRIZES

ACCOMMODATIONS

VENUE

LODGING

FOOD

DIRECTIONS

LEISURE

CONTACT

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INTRODUCTION

Dear Friends, if you're reading this it's probably because in one way or another, you care to know more about this chess festival. In this document you'll find all the practical information you need to be able to participate: information about the prizes, requirements, lodging and much more.

We at Chess Studios are passionate about chess, reason why we've organized this international chess festival. We've gathered our experience from multiple tournaments and festivals in the chess world. We trust Checkmate Chess International Festival will become a reference in the wonderful world of chess, a sport that usually goes unnoticed, an intellectual discipline, a passion many of us share...

If you find you need further information, please feel free to get in touch with us. At the end of this document, in the Contact section, you have all the details you need on how to reach us. We'd be delighted to answer any queries or doubts, if anything comes up.

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

Any player that meets the following requirements can participate:

- The player must not be in possession of an Elo FIDE rating or if he/she has one it must be inferior to 2000, accor-ding to the FIDE ratings published in June 2014.

- The player must not have any such title as CM, FM, IM, GM or their female equivalents.

- The player must not have exceeded 2,150 points since and including January 2009, so long as it can be verified on the official FIDE website.

- The player must not have surpassed 2,080 points since and including January 2012, so long as it can be verified on the official FIDE website.

- The player must not possess an Elo FIDE rating and must abide by one of the following:

a. Be a Spanish citizen and have a federative license. If this is the case can have an Elo FEDA of 2000 or more points.

b. Not be a Spanish citizen and have a FIDE code or belong to a U16 category. In this case the player can have an Elo FEDA of 2000 or more points.

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ENROLLMENT

In order to subscribe to the festival, besides meeting its participation requirements, you must follow a series of steps:

1.- Please provide the following information:

Nombre Completo y Apellidos Full Name and Surname D.N.I. /N.I.E / Passport Nationality Date of Birth Elo FIDE (if applicable) Elo FEDA (if applicable) E-mail Telephone number Skype ID (if applicable) A photograph or scan of your identity document (Passport / D.N.I. / N.I.E.) *both sides are needed A photograph or scanned copy of your Elo FIDE or Elo FEDA certifying document *a screenshot is valid Participation category [U2000 or U2300] You can submit this information via e-mail to tournament@checkmatechessfestival.com or by directly filling up the same form on our website: http://www.checkmatechessfestival.com.

2.- Once you've provided this data, we'll verify all the information and get back to you within the next 24 / 48 hours and let you know the next course of action.

3.- Finally, if you meet all the requisites to participate in the chess festival, you shall pay the enrollment fee via bank transfer to the following account:

IBAN: ES20 0049 4943 3424 1002 0491 BIC/SWIFT: BSCHESMM

ENROLLMENT FEE General Category: 95,00 €* U18 (participants born since 1996): 85,00 €* Veterans (participants born before 1954): 85,00 €*

* ATTENTION! You'll get a 15% discount off the enrollment fee if you formalize your subscription before Saturday, May 31st by 11:39 p.m.

When you make the bank transfer please write the concept as follows:

[Passport, D.N.I or N.I.E.]_[FULL NAME IN CAPITAL LETTERS]_CMCF

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RULES AND REGULATIONS

- The tournament will be disputed following a nine-round Swiss system with a time control of 90 minutes plus an increment of 30 seconds per move. The pairing procedure will be managed via a FIDE-endorsed computer pairing software.

- The pairings for the first round will be published the 21st of June at 4:00 p.m. The other rounds will be published in the tournament playing hall and on the official website sufficiently in advance.

- The grace period established is 60 minutes beginning at the official start time of each round.

- Players may request a maximum of 3 half-point BYEs. They must do so in writing before the end of the round prior to the one they would like to apply it to. If these BYEs are requested during the last 3 rounds, they will be worth 0 (zero) points.

- Players are allowed to claim a draw at any time during a game, except on the first 15 tables of the last 3 rounds. On those specific rounds and tables an agreement cannot be reached before the 30th move.

- If a player fails to show up to any round he/she will me immediately eliminated from the tournament.

- The Appeals Committee is made up by 5 people: three members and two reserve members. This Committee is selected by the Arbitration Committee after consultation with the Tournament Management. The members cannot object to forming part of this committee. Complaints to any arbitral decisions must be presented in writing through the Chief Arbiter and addressed to the Appeals Committee. The deadline for submitting a complaint ends within an hour after the incident has occurred. The decision made by the AC is definite and not subject to appeal.

- No round can be analyzed in the playing hall; there will be a designated area for that purpose. It is absolutely forbidden to move tournament boards and/or clocks to this area.

- TIE-BREAKER. The final ranking will be determined by the following tie-breakers in the order they appear below:

1. Direct Encounter.2. ARPO System (-1,1): the average of the recursive performances of the player’s opponents, excluding the best and the

worst players.3. Cumulative: the sum of the running score for each round. If there's a tie, the points from the first round will be discar-

ded. If there's still a tie, proceed in the same way until a decision can be reached.4. Bulchholz system: the sum of the number of points earned by the player's opponents, but discarding the highest and

lowest. The FIDE adjustment consisting of using a virtual opponent will be applied.

- No player will be able to oppose to his/her match being disseminated or broadcasted via Internet or any other format the Tournament Management deems fit.

- The participants of the tournament give authorization to have their personal information published in the media or on the Tournament Organizer's own publications if the Tournament Management considers opportune to divulge the event (results, rankings, participants, matches, news articles...).

- De no conseguirse un m’nimo de inscritos, la Organizaci—n se reserva el derecho de anulaci—n del Festival o cambio de fechas de la celebraci—n. En cuyo caso se comunicar‡ debidamente a todos los participantes hasta entonces inscritos para llegar a un entendimiento en cuanto a devoluci—n de cuotas y promoci—n de fechas.

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- ENROLLMENT REVOCATION. If a player decides to voluntarily withdraw from the tournament, 50.00 € will be charged for cancellation expenses (only if the withdrawal is requested before 11:59 p.m. of 31st May 2014). This amount shall be discounted from the enrollment fee and the Organization will refund the difference. If the player decides to back out of the tournament after the above mentioned date and time, the totality of the enrollment fee will be used to cover these costs.

- The Organization reserves the right to modify these rules in order to better carry out the tournament, with the sole obli-gation to publish these changes on the official website.

- All players are subject to the regulations currently in force by FIDE and entirely accept these grounds.

ROUNDS TIMETABLE

Below you will find a calendar with the dates and times of the different activities of the tournament.

SATURDAY, 21ST JUNE 20145:00 p.m. - Opening Ceremony5:30 p.m. - Round 1

WEDNESDAY, 25TH JUNE 201410:00 a.m. - Round 65:30 p.m. - Round 7

SUNDAY, 22ND JUNE 20145:30 p.m. - Round 2

THURSDAY, 26TH JUNE 20145:30 p.m. - Round 8

MONDAY, 23RD JUNE 201410:00 a.m. - Round 35:30 p.m. - Round 4

FRIDAY, 27TH JUNE 201410:00 a.m. - Round 92:30 p.m. - Closing Ceremony

TUESDAY, 24TH JUNE 20145:30 p.m. - Round 5

PRIZES

The prizes will go as follows:

GENERAL PRIZES*subject to the corresponding legal deductions

1st place 5.000,00 €

2nd place 2.500,00 €

3rd place 1.000,00 €

4th place 750,00 €

5th place 650,00 €

6th place 500,00 €

7th place 400,00 €

8th place 300,00 €

9th place 250,00 €

10th place 200,00 €

11th - 20th place 150,00 €

21st - 30th place 125,00 €

31st - 40th place 100,00 €

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PRIZES BY SECTION*Subject to the corresponding legal deductions

1st U1800 250,00 €

2nd U1800 150,00 €

1st U1600 250,00 €

2nd U1600 150,00 €

1st VETERAN 250,00 €

2nd VETERAN 150,00 €

SPECIAL PRIZES1st U18 U18 Spanish Championship Invitation

2nd U18 U18 Spanish Championship Enrollment

1st U16 U16 Spanish Championship Invitation

2nd U16 U16 Spanish Championship Enrollment

1st U14 U14 Spanish Championship Invitation

2nd U14 U14 Spanish Championship Enrollment

1st U12 U12 Spanish Championship Invitation

2nd U12 U12 Spanish Championship Enrollment

Beauty Prize IV International Open “Ciudad de Albacete” 2015 Enrollment

- SPECIAL PRIZES don't correspond to any exclusive category; these are also applicable to U2300 and U2000 players.

- The invitation, as well as the enrollment to the Spanish Championship refers specifically to the Campeonato de Espa–a por Edades (Spanish Championship by Age Group). The first prize for each age group from the current U2000 tour-nament will compete in a 2-game lightning 5/0 chess match against the first prize winner of his/her category from the current U2300. If there's a tie, the tie-breaker will be the Armageddon system. To be able to enjoy this prize the player must be a Spanish citizen.

- Beauty Prize. Each player can submit a maximum of one game played during the tournament. It must be sent by e-mail to awards@checkmatechessfestival.com. A special committee, appointed by the Organization, will decide which of the games played during the tournament has been the most beautiful one. Games that are plagiarized, fixed or prepared will not be allowed. This prize will be given to the two players who disputed the winning game. If only one of the sides of the chosen game submits it, both players will aspire to the prize. The award consists of an enrollment to the U2300 IV International Open "Ciudad de Albacete" 2015.

- The prizes are indivisible and non-cumulative.

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ACCOMODATIONS

VENUE

The event will take place at the Fray Luis de Le—n Conference Center, located on Paseo de la Alameda 39, 28440 Guadarrama, MADRID. GPS coordinates are 40û40'59" N 4û05'59" W.

LODGING

Lodging can be booked in the same place. Three modalities are available:

1. - Hotel lodging in single or double room.

Single room + full board: 60,00 € p/p VAT included Double room + full board: 45,00 € p/p VAT included

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2. - Hostel lodging in room with bunk beds. Each room has four bunk beds, 8 beds in total.

1 bed + full board: 23,00 € p/p VAT included

3. - Lodging in tents. Each tent can accommodate up to 4 people.

Full room and board: 19,00 € p/p VAT included

The Organization has made available a Customer Service direct telephone number (refer to the contact section) for all enquiries regarding lodging. Availability in the Fray Luis de Le—n Conference Center is limited, none-the-less other options can be provided, as well as arranged, upon request and free of charge.

FOOD

The Organization has also made available a catering service for the price of 9,20 € p/p. Any food allergies and intolerances will be taken into consideration upon due notice. All participants who book lodging at the Fray Luis de Le—n Conference Center have breakfast, lunch and dinner included.

To formalize any special requests regarding the food, please make sure to contact Customer Service.

DIRECTIONS

- By bus: At the Moncola Interchange, take bus number 682 on dock 2, isle 20. Get off at the last stop which leaves you only a few meters away from the entrance to the Fray Luis de Le—n Conference Center.

- By commuter rail: From any Cercanías station in the city of Madrid, take lines C3, C8 or C10 to Villalba. Once there, take a taxi or bus to the complex. The closest bus stop is about 1 km away. From there get on bus number 682 or 685.

- By car: Take exit 42 or 47 from highway A6 (Madrid - A Coru–a). After taking the exit keep going in the direction of ÒAlto del Le—nÒ until you reach number 39 of Paseo de la Alameda.

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LEISURE

We've wanted to enrich this event with talks by experts, leisure activities, workshops of different disciplines... All these activities will be communicated in advance on the tournament's official website.

CONTACT

SPORTS INFORMATIONFor matters having to do with the rules and regulations for participating in the tournament. mail: tournament@checkmatechessfestival.com phone: +34 616 53 27 64 MIKEL or +34 617 42 41 73 çNGEL web: http://www.checkmatechessfestival.com

LOGISTICS INFORMATION - CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICEFor issues related to food, lodging, transport information. mail: lodging@checkmatechessfestival.com phone: +34 91 854 95 90 web: http://www.checkmatechessfestival.com

GENERAL INFORMATION - CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICE mail: info@checkmatechessfestival.com web: http://www.checkmatechessfestival.com

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