35th Ikaros International Chess Tournament
2012
Aegean
Open Championship 2012
(7-15
July 2012, Agios Kirykos, Ikaria island, GREECE
Venue: Athletic Center of Agios
Kirykos Ikaria
island, Greece
Dates: 7-15 July 2012.
Playing System: Nine (9) Rounds Swiss. FIDE rules apply.
Rate of play: Ninety (90) minutes plus 30 seconds per move (from move 1)
for the completion of the game for each player. Players that do not show up for
their game after one (1) hour from the official start of a round are be forfeited.
Schedule:
1st Round: Saturday
07/7 7.00 p.m.
2nd Round: Sunday 08/7 7.00 p.m.
3rd Round: Monday 09/7 11.00 a.m.
4th Round: Monday 09/7 7.00 p.m.
5th Round: Tuesday 10/7 7.00 p.m.
6th Round: Wednesday 11/7
7.00 p.m.
7th Round: Thursday 12/7 7.00 p.m.
8th Round: Friday 13/7 7.00 p.m.
9th Round: Saturday 14/7 11.00 a.m.
Prize Giving: Sunday 15/7 11.00 a.m.
Tie-breaks: 1. Bucholtz
2.
Median Bucholtz
3.
Number of wins
4. Sum
of progressive scores
Prizes: The prizes will be € 3000 in total and will be shared
as follows:
General Standings:
1st winner € 800
2nd winner €
500
3rd winner €
200
4th winner € 160
5th winner € 130
6th winner € 100
7th winner € 80
8th winner € 60
9th winner € 40
10th winner € 30
Special Categories:
1st Lady € 300
2nd Lady € 160
3rd Lady € 100
4th Lady € 60
5th Lady € 30
1st Veteran € 130
2nd Veteran € 80
3rd Veteran € 40
Important Note 1: The female and veteran
players, who are eligible for two money-prizes (general standings and special
category), receive both prizes, one from the general standings and one
from the special category. Cup prizes and medals will be awarded to all winners
of the tournament. Medals will also be awarded to the three best juniors and
girls in the categories below 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 08 years of age.
Important Note 2: The money-prizes are divided according to the Hort system among the players with the
same final score. (With Hort system every player gets first 50% of the prizes
according to his rank. The other 50% are distributed uniformly within a
scoregroup over the players).
Winners of the
Aegean Championship:
The first Greek male and female chess players – members of
chess clubs in the Aegean region - will be declared the Man and Woman Aegean
Champion 2012 respectively.
Entry Fee:
The entry fee for the Aegean Open Championship 2012 is
€ 50 (for players below 20 years of age
and Members of chess clubs in the Aegean region € 30).
This fee does not apply to holders of international
titles (GM, IM, FM, WGM, WIM, WFM), chess-players that have already qualified,
members of the Ikaria Chess Club and Ikarian chess-players regardless of the
club they belong to.
3nd Mediterranean
Rapid Team Tournament “Ikaros” 2012:
The Mediterranean Rapid Team Tournament is a rapid Swiss
tournament for teams. Participation is open to teams coming from the chess
federations of the countries of the Mediterranean Sea .
Further details will be announced in a complementary
announcement.
Participation Fees:
Ikaros International Chess
Tournament celebrates its 35th edition this year. For this reason
the organizers will offer a 20% discount over normal prices for all
participants that will have entered their participation for the event by the 30th of June 2012
-the latest- The special discount offer includes:
- Accommodation costs (in double room, the board
(food) expenses, meals, breakfast etc are Not included)
- Entry fee.
- Transportation (by bus) from the Therma and
Aghios Kirykos (i.e. the places where participants reside during the
tournament) to the playing venue 30 minutes prior the beginning of each
round.
- Transportation (by bus) from and to the port of
Evdilos at the day of the scheduled arrival (7/7) and departure (15/7) of
the group of chess players from Ikaria in case this is necessary due to
the ferry schedule.
The special price is set at € 200 per person (instead of € 250 the previous years) for the period
from the 7th until the 15th of July.
Players requesting for some
special room conditions or wish to spend some extra days in Ikaria
should notify the organizers in advance. Additional fees will be charged according
to the conditions requested.
For families (at least
3 members), four-member (at least) club
teams, junior players under the age of 20, natives of the Aegean region and unemployed
persons (bearing a valid unemployment card) the special price is set to € 175 per person for the period from the 7th until the 15th of July.
Participants who will pay in advance (until 30th
of June 2012) the special price for the period 7th till 15th
of July becomes € 190 per person,
while for those who are eligible for the family discount (i.e., families, juniors, club teams,
natives, etc.) the respective special price for the period 7th till
15th of July becomes € 165
per person. The amount due should be deposited until the 30th of June 2012 through bank transfer to the
account 077/947995-31 of National Bank of
Greece (the
account is in the name of Mr. Kosmas
Kefalos, ΙΒΑΝ: GR91 0110 0770 0000 0779 4799 531, SWIFT CODE (BIC) ETHNGRAA,). Participants should hold a
copy of their deposit receipt (including the name of the participant) and
present it to the organization committee upon arrival at Ikaria .
Note 1: The above prices apply also
for the accompanying persons, regardless whether they participate or not in the
tournament.
Note 2: Participants wishing to pay on-site at Ikaria should pay in cash (no credit cards are accepted)
Conditions to GMs/WGMs, and IMs/WIMs:
For a limited number of titled players (GMs/WGMs, the IMs/WIMs), and the players that have qualified from preliminary
events, the organization committee covers for:
- Accommodation costs (in double room, the board
(food) expenses, meals, breakfast etc are Not included) for the period 7th till 15th
of July
- Entry fee.
- Transportation (by bus) from Therma and Aghios
Kirykos (i.e. the places where participants reside during the tournament)
to the playing venue 30 minutes prior the beginning of each round.
- Transportation (by bus) from and to the port of
Evdilos at the day of the scheduled arrival (7/7) and departure (15/7) of
the group of chess players from Ikaria in case this is necessary due to
the ferry schedule.
Additionally GMs
and WGMs will receive € 1 (one euro) for every rating point
above 2300 (based on FIDE rating list of July 2012).
Transportation
to Ikaria :
Contact Information:
For more information
please contact:
Mr.
Dimitris Kapagiannidis at: (++30)
6947-829772 or
Mrs.
Antzela Shaka at: (++30)
6977-730286
For possible updates and additional information
concerning the Ikaros International Chess Tournament 2012, and the island of
Ikaria, you can visit: http://ikariachess.blogspot.com, http://www.ikaroschess.gr,
http://www-island-ikaria.com, http://www.nikaria.gr
and http://www.ikariamag.gr
[1] Ikaria is an island situated in the eastern Aegean Sea the name of which was inspired by the myth of
Ikaros, a young Greek that died in the region in an attempt to fly on wings
made from wax fleeing from the Cretan King Minos. For information about Ikaria island see: http://www.island-ikaria.com/,
http://www.nikaria.gr, http://www.ikariamag.gr
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