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Open Chess Tournament Mediterranean 2017 |
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Sunday, 10 April 2011 06:45 |
 The 5th "Mediterranean 2017" open chess tournament is set to take place from 12th to 19th November in Rijeka, Croatia, under management by the local Chess Club "Rijeka".
The President of the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Ivo Josipovic, is the patron of this chess manifestation, while the City of Rijeka, City of Opatija, Mountain-litoral county, Tourist board of Kvarner, Tourist board of the City of Rijeka and Tourist board of the City of Opatija as co-sponsors have provided 12.000 EUR in prizes.
Rijeka is located on the North-west of the Croatian coast of the Adriatic sea. The tournament is organised for the occasion of candidacy of the city of Rijeka for organisation of the Mediterranean games in 2017, under the motto "Chess with the scent of the sea".
The main goal is to promote companionship and cooperation of chess players and chess federations of the Mediterranean countries. The tournament venue will be the space of Chess club "Rijeka", Blaža Polića 2/2, which surface of 650 sqm serves exclusively for chess playing.
The chess organizers from Rijeka are very active, having already hosted the Mediterranean Flower women tournaments, the 7th Mediterranean Men and Women Chess Championships in 2009, and the 11th European Individual Men and Women's Chess Championship.
The registrations for the tournament are to be sent to the following address:
e-mail:
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Srđan Zelenika (deputy festival director), Cell phone: +385 91 52 82 175
Vladimir Šakotić, IA, Cell phone: +381.64.111.3117
Ornela Rušin, Cell phone: +385.98.571.079 (every day after 16:30)
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