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Information and Regulations
of the International Chess Open Festival "Aeroflot Open 2007"
General information of the festival:
The International Chess Festival "Aeroflot Open 2007" will be held in Moscow from 13 February (the day of arrival) to 23 February 2007 (the day of departure).
The official hotel and tournament venue is hotel "Gamma-Delta" belonging to the Tourist Complex "Ismailovo".
The Organizers of the Festival are the "Aeroflot-Russian Airlines", the Association of Chess Federations and the Russian Chess Federation in cooperation with the Committee on Tourism of the Municipality of Moscow.
Type of Chess Festival:
The festival consists of four tournaments. Each tournament is a nine rounds Swiss Tournament.
The Tournaments and Prize Fund:
The total prize fund of the four tournaments is 200 000 USD.
Tournament A1: for chessplayers with a FIDE rating higher than 2549.
Total prize fund Group A1: 100 000 USD
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1st Prize |
30000 USD |
6th - 10th Prize |
each 2500 USD | |
2nd Prize |
17000 USD |
11th - 15th Prize |
each 1700 USD | |
3rd Prize |
10000 USD |
16th -20th Prize |
each 1000 USD | |
4th Prize |
6000 USD |
21st - 30th Prize |
each 700 USD | |
5th Prize |
4000 USD | | |
Tournament A2: for chessplayers with a FIDE rating less than 2550, but higher than 2399.
Total prize fund Group A2: 50 000 USD
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1st Prize |
12000 USD |
6th - 10th Prize |
each 1200 USD | |
2nd Prize |
8000 USD |
11th -15th Prize |
each 800 USD | |
3rd Prize |
5000 USD |
16th - 25th Prize |
each 650 USD | |
4th Prize |
2500 USD |
26th- 35th Prize |
each 450 USD | |
5th Prize |
1500 USD |
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Tournament B: for chessplayers with a FIDE rating less than 2400, but higher than 2199.
Total prize fund Group B: 27 000 USD
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1st Prize |
5000 USD |
6th - 10th Prize |
each 700 USD | |
2nd Prize |
3000 USD |
11th -15th Prize |
each 600 USD | |
3rd Prize |
2000 USD |
16th - 25th Prize |
each 500 USD | |
4th Prize |
1500 USD |
26th- 35th Prize |
each 300 USD | |
5th Prize |
1000 USD | | |
Tournament C: for chessplayers with a FIDE rating lower than 2200 or without rating.
Total prize fund Group C: 18 000 USD
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1st Prize |
3000 USD |
6th - 10th Prize |
each 600 USD | |
2nd Prize |
2000 USD |
11th -15th Prize |
each 450 USD | |
3rd Prize |
1500 USD |
16th - 25th Prize |
each 250 USD | |
4th Prize |
1000 USD |
26th- 35th Prize |
each 200 USD | |
5th Prize |
750 USD | | |
In exceptional cases the organising committee has the right to permit a chessplayer to play in a higher tournament than his/her FIDE rating indicates.
In case of a tie of 2 or more participants, the prizes are divided according to the Hort system.
Explication of the Hort System for the prize distribution.
As mentioned in the regulations on Internet the prizes in cases of a tie of two or more participants will
be divided according to the Hort system. The following example will explain this system.
Suppose 4 players share the same place. The four prizes are as follows1st $10000, 2nd $8000, 3rd $6000, 4th $4000
We have to split $28000. We split this amount in two equal parts, of each $14000.
The first part will be split equally. Each receives $3500.
The second part will be split according to the ranking after tiebreak.
#1 receives $3500 + $5000 = $8500
#2 receives $3500 + $4000 = $7500
#3 receives $3500 + $3000 = $6500
#4 receives $3500 + $2000 = $5500
In all tournaments the number of prizes is not more than that shown in the tables above.
Tiebreak systems:
For tournament A1, A2 and B:
1. The number of games played with Black. Byes and forfeited games will be considered as games played with White.
2. The average of the opponents' ratings minus the highest and the lowest rating.
For Tournament C:
1. The Buchholz score
2. The Median Buchholz score: it is the Buchholz score reduced by the highest and the lowest score of the opponents.
Seniors and Juniors:
A player will be considered a Senior when he was born before 1-1-1947.
A player will be considered a Junior when he was born after 31-12-1988.
Girls born after 31-12-1988 will be considered as Women players.
Special Prizes:
There will be also special prizes for the best performance among seniors, women and juniors in all tournaments and rating prizes (total 5000 USD).
Only one prize can be awarded to a player (the highest one).
The exact distribution of the special prizes shall be published after the second round of the tournament, when the numbers of seniors, women and juniors and the ratings of the payers in the festival are known.
Attention is called to the fact that for such prizes to be awarded there should be at least 3 players in each of the above categories
Time control:
Tournament A 1 and A 2: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 20 moves in 1 hour, finally 15 minutes for the remaining moves with an increment of 30 seconds per move in the last period.
Tournament B and C: 90 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1.
The Festival Schedule:
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TOURNAMENTS A1, A2 |
TOURNAMENT B |
TOURNAMENT C | |
Arrival and Registration of the Players |
Feb. 13 : |
Feb. 13: |
Feb. 13: | |
Opening Ceremony |
Feb. 13: 21.00 |
Feb. 13: 21.00 |
Feb. 13: 21.00 | |
Round 1 |
Feb. 14: 15.00 |
Feb. 14: 9.30 |
Feb. 14: 9.30 | |
Round 2 |
Feb. 15: 15.00 |
Feb. 15: 9.30 |
Feb. 15: 9.30 | |
Round 3 |
Feb. 16: 15.00 |
Feb. 15: 15.30 |
Feb. 16: 9.30 | |
Round 4 |
Feb. 17: 15.00 |
Feb. 16: 9.30 |
Feb. 16: 15.30 | |
Round 5 |
Feb. 18: 15.00 |
Feb. 17: 9.30 |
Feb. 17: 9.30 | |
Round 6 |
Feb. 19: 15.00 |
Feb. 18: 9.30 |
Feb. 18: 9.30 | |
Round 7 |
Feb. 20: 15.00 |
Feb. 19: 9.30 |
Feb. 19: 9.30 | |
Round 8 |
Feb. 21: 15.00 |
Feb. 20: 9.30 |
Feb. 20: 9.30 | |
Round 9 |
Feb. 22: 11.00 |
Feb. 21: 9.30 |
Feb. 21: 9.30 | |
Prizes |
Feb. 22: 19.30 |
Feb. 21: 19.00 - 21.00
Feb. 22: 10.00 - 11.00
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Feb. 21: 19.00 - 21.00
Feb. 22: 10.00 - 11.00
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Closing Ceremony |
Feb. 22: 18.00 |
Feb. 22: 18.30 |
Feb. 22: 18.30 | |
Departure |
Feb. 23 |
Feb. 23: |
Feb. 23: |
Appeals Committee
There will be an Appeals Committee of 3 members and two reserve members.
An appeal must be delivered to the non-voting Chairman of the Appeals Committee, Mr. Bach, within one hour after the round involved.
Appeals against pairings are not possible, unless the following rules of the Swiss system are violated:
1. Two players shall not meet more than once.
2. A player can receive only one bye.
A player who appeals has to pay a deposit of 200 USD. The Appeals Committee will decide whether
this amount will be returned or not.
Swiss system
The Swiss pairings program used in this tournament is Swissmaster 5.1 based on ratings.
Visa, tickets and payment
On additional tables the financial conditions of the players are published. The price of a package (airfare, transfer, hotel accommodation and entry fee) is offered on a discount basis.
If a participant does not need an airfare and hotel accommodation, he has only to pay the entry fee. This is the same for all participants . However, the earlier the entry fee is paid, the cheaper it is.
We would like to inform all foreigners, who wish to participate in the festival, that they have to pay the full package not later than February 06, 2007. Only then the organizers are able to arrange the air ticket and the visa in a proper way.
After payment is made please send to our e-mail or fax the registration form including your name and surname, Elo, birthdate, home address, e-mail, passport number with the expiry date, the city in which you prefer to get the visa and the airport for departure and arrival. Also please indicate in the registration form where you would like to pickup your ticket (airport or city-office).
You have to download the registration form from our website.
After the confirmation of the bank, the Association of Chess Federations will arrange a visa very quickly. The Aeroflot representative in the respective country will also be informed and will provide the air ticket. The participants shall be advised in advance about the Aeroflot office addresses.
Payment in USD and Euro should be made to the Interchess Ltd. banc account.
When paying in USD 1 Euro = 1,3 USD.
Bank details
We kindly request the participants to transfer the payment (in USD) for the package to the following account:
USD:
| Bank | CREDIT SUISSE | SWIFT: CRES CH ZZ 80 A | | Account (IBAN) | CH34 0483 5056 0205 7200 0 | | Account name | Interchess Ltd. | | | | CREDIT SUISSE | Paradeplatz 8 | Sort Code (Swiss Interbank Clearing): BC 4835 | | 8070 Zurich | Postfach 500 | SWIFT: CRES CH ZZ 80 A |
EUR:
| Bank | CREDIT SUISSE | SWIFT: CRES CH ZZ 80 A | | Account (IBAN) | CH07 0483 5056 0205 7200 1 | | Account name | Interchess Ltd. | | | | CREDIT SUISSE | Paradeplatz 8 | Sort Code (Swiss Interbank Clearing): BC 4835 | | 8070 Zurich | Postfach 500 | SWIFT: CRES CH ZZ 80 A |
e-mail:
tel/fax: +7 (095) 291-8578
tel.: +7 (095) 290-6084
Calculation of the value of the package “Aeroflot Open 2007” (all prices are in euro)
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Flight |
Conditions of accommodations |
Terms of payment | |
Up to 20.11.
2006 |
21-30. 11.2006 |
01-31. 12.2006 |
01-31. 01.2007 |
01-06. 02.2007 |
07-13. 02.2007 | |
No Flight |
No accommodation |
250 |
275 |
300 |
350 |
375 |
425 | |
No Flight |
Single room |
500 |
525 |
550 |
600 |
625 |
675 | |
Place in two-bed room |
430 |
455 |
480 |
530 |
555 |
605 |
Zone 1 - Moscow - Zone 1
Moscow - Zone 1 - Moscow |
Áåç ïðîæèâàíèÿ |
300 |
325 |
350 |
400 |
475 |
525 | |
Single room |
550 |
575 |
600 |
650 |
675 |
725 | |
Place in two-bed room |
480 |
505 |
530 |
580 |
605 |
655 |
Zone 1 - Moscow - Zone 2
Zone 2 - Moscow - Zone 2 |
Áåç ïðîæèâàíèÿ |
325 |
350 |
375 |
425 |
450 |
500 | |
Single room |
575 |
600 |
625 |
675 |
700 |
750 | |
Place in two-bed room |
505 |
530 |
555 |
605 |
630 |
680 |
Zone 1 - Moscow - Zone 3
Zone 3 - Moscow - Zone 1 |
Áåç ïðîæèâàíèÿ |
350 |
375 |
400 |
450 |
475 |
525 | |
Single room |
600 |
625 |
650 |
700 |
750 |
775 | |
Place in two-bed room |
530 |
555 |
580 |
630 |
655 |
705 |
Zone 1 - Moscow - Zone 4
Zone 4 - Moscow - Zone 1 |
Áåç ïðîæèâàíèÿ |
400 |
425 |
450 |
500 |
525 |
575 | |
Single room |
650 |
675 |
700 |
750 |
775 |
825 | |
Place in two-bed room |
580 |
605 |
630 |
680 |
705 |
775 |
Zone 2 - Moscow - Zone 2
Moscow - Zone 2 - Moscow |
Áåç ïðîæèâàíèÿ |
350 |
375 |
400 |
450 |
475 |
525 | |
Single room |
600 |
625 |
650 |
700 |
725 |
775 | |
Place in two-bed room |
530 |
555 |
580 |
630 |
655 |
705 |
Zone 2 - Moscow - Zone 3
Zone 3 - Moscow - Zone 2 |
Áåç ïðîæèâàíèÿ |
375 |
400 |
425 |
475 |
500 |
550 | |
Single room |
625 |
650 |
675 |
725 |
750 |
800 | |
Place in two-bed room |
555 |
580 |
605 |
655 |
680 |
730 |
Zone 2 - Moscow - Zone 4
Zone 4 - Moscow - Zone 2 |
Áåç ïðîæèâàíèÿ |
425 |
450 |
475 |
525 |
550 |
600 | |
Single room |
675 |
700 |
725 |
775 |
800 |
850 | |
Place in two-bed room |
605 |
630 |
655 |
705 |
730 |
780 |
Zone 3 - Moscow - Zone 3
Moscow - Zone 3 - Moscow |
Áåç ïðîæèâàíèÿ |
400 |
425 |
450 |
500 |
525 |
575 | |
Single room |
650 |
675 |
700 |
750 |
775 |
825 | |
Place in two-bed room |
580 |
605 |
630 |
680 |
705 |
755 |
Zone 3 - Moscow - Zone 4
Zone 4 - Moscow - Zone 3 |
Áåç ïðîæèâàíèÿ |
450 |
475 |
500 |
550 |
575 |
625 | |
Single room |
700 |
725 |
750 |
800 |
825 |
875 | |
Place in two-bed room |
630 |
655 |
680 |
730 |
755 |
805 |
Zone 4 - Moscow - Zone 4
Moscow - Zone 4 - Moscow |
Áåç ïðîæèâàíèÿ |
500 |
525 |
550 |
600 |
625 |
675 | |
Single room |
750 |
775 |
800 |
850 |
875 |
925 | |
Place in two-bed room |
680 |
705 |
730 |
780 |
805 |
855 |
Zone Breakdown for calculation of the value of the package "Aeroflot Open 2007"
(table 2)
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Zone 1 |
Zone 2 |
Zone 3 |
Zone 4 |
Anapa
Astrakhan
Kalinigrad
Krasnodar
Mineralnye Vody
Perm
Samara
Sochi
St. Petersburg
Ufa
Volgograd |
Dnepropetrovsk
Ekaterinburg
Kiev
Krasnoyarsk
Novosibirsk
Omsk
Riga
Simferopol
Tyumen
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Amsterdam
Antalya
Athens
Baku
Barcelona
Beirut
Belgrade
Berlin
Bishkek
Brussels
Bucharest
Budapest
Cairo
Copenhagen
Damascus
Dubai
Dusseldorf
Erevan
Frankfurt
Geneva
Hamburg
Hanover
Helsinki
Irkutsk
| Istanbul
Larnaca
London
Madrid
Milan
Munich
Nice
Nizhnevartovsk
Oslo
Paris
Prague
Rome
Sofia
Stockholm
Tashkent
Tehran
Venice
Vienna
Warsaw
Zagreb
Zurich
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Bangkok
Beijing
Bombay
Delhi
Havana
Hanoi
Hong Kong
Khabarovsk
Los Angeles
Magadan
New York
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Seoul
Shanghai
Tokyo
Toronto
Ulaanbaatar
Vladivostok
Washington
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
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