VIII INTERNATIONAL CHESS 
OPEN DE SANTS, HOSTAFRANCS & LA BORDETA
Barcelona 25th Agust at 3th Setember 2006

BIENVENIDOS - BENVINGUTS - ACCUEIL

SCHEDULE

25 th august Round 1   16.30h - 21.30 26 th august Round 2   16.30 h. - 21.30 h. 27 th august Round 3   16.30 h. - 21.30 h. 28 th august Round 4   16.30 h.  - 21.30 h. 29 th august Round 5   16.30 h.  - 21.30 h. 30 th august Round 6   16.30 h.  - 21.30 h. 31 th august Round 7   16.30 h.  - 21.30 h. 1 th setember Round 8   16.30 h.  - 21.30 h. 2 th setember Round 9   16.30 h.  - 21.30 h. 3 th setember Round 10 9.30h - 14.30 h.     Tie breaks   17.00 h. - 19.30 h   Closing ceremony   20.00 h. 24 th august Bughouse Tournament   players and rules   17 h.  - 20 h. 2 th setember Blitz tournament 10.00 h - 13.00 h.

General Information

1. The tournament will be hold in 79 Sants st, Barcelona (Auditori del Centre Cívic de les Cotxeres de Sants). Swiss FIDE System at ten rounds.

2. There are two groups ("A" and "B"): The "A" will be for all players with running license; "B" will be for players up-to-1999 rating. Playing in group B is volunteer, as an up-to-1999 player can choose to play in group "A" or "B".
FIDE rating will be taking into account, otherwise, Catalan rating, and finally, FEDA rating. Local & National ratings will be validated by the organization.

3. Organization reserves the right to cancel a registration.

4. Pairings will be established with "Swiss manager”.

5. Tournament will start at 25th Agust to 3th September.

6. Rounds will be played from 16.30h to 21.30h, In September 3th will be played from 9:30h to 14:30h.

7. The time control will be 1:30 hours for 30 moves and 1 hour to guillotine.

8. Entry Fees:

Group A

 General:.............................…......37€
 >2000 FIDE Rating .........….......32€
 <16 and >65.........................…....27€
 +2350 FIDE Rating....................free

Discount for paying before 08-18-2006: 3€

Group B

General:.........................…........27€
<16 and >65.................................22€

Discount for paying before 08-18-2006: 3€

9. Registration:

A) Telephone: +0034 93 291 87 01 (Cotxeres de Sants) 9.30h to 13h. 

B) Filling registration in www.cotxeres-casinet.org/open/formo.htm

C) E-mail: toniayza@secretariat.org

The players with rating under 2000 must indicate in wich group (A or B) they want to participate.

10. Limit date is 08-24-2006 at 14h. (+1 GMT).

11. Missing of the 1st round without justification will be penalised with the expulsion from the tournament. This penalisation will be applied for those players who miss two rounds, too.

Those players who have to miss a round must communicate it to arbiters during the previous round.

12. Prizes:

Cash prizes will be delivered according with the final standings. Prizes aren't accumulables, execept age prizes ones, that can be accumulables with rating sections & generals. Age prizes can only be win according to age.

For players distributions in different Rating sections, FIDE rating will be taken into account; otherwise, Catalan Rating, and finally FEDA rating. Local & National ratings will be validated by organization. Players can only win prizes available in their own Rating Section, can not apply for superior section prize.

13. Tie-Breacks:

Blitz games (by KO) will be applied only for those players who are tied and with a chance of winning a prize in the general standings. For the rest prizes and for the Blitz's ranking, the tie-breacks will be:

     -Median Bucholz FIDE
     -Total Bucholz FIDE
     -Progressive (no fine)

The order of application will be draw after last round.

Players who get achieve a prize both in final standing and in his Rating Section must choose just one of them. Once the provisional Final Standing is established, they must communicate to the organization their choice; otherwise, it willl be supposed they choose for playing their Rating Section.
The Blitz Games will be played on Sunday at 5pm.

14. The player who opts to Beauty Prize must give the game to the organization.

15. Tournament Director will be Mr. Alex Sulleva.

16. Arbiter's decisions shall be appealed to Appeal Comitee. This Comitee will be consist of Tournament Director, Chief arbiter and three players chosen among total of participants. Comitee's decisions will be definetely and unappealed.

17. Phone users is regulated by Fide laws of chess

18. Tournament will valid for GM, IM-Norms and for FIDE, FEDA and FCE rating.

19. Any point unexpected in these rules, will be solved applying FIDE General Rules for open tournaments.

20. Take part in this tournament involves total acceptation of these rules.