International chess festival “M.Chigorin Memorial” 2014 Print
Tuesday, 07 October 2014 23:18
mikhail-chigorinThe venue is “Park” hotel (metro station “Krestovsky ostrov”, Severnaya doroga 12, St. Petersburg, Russia)

There is a free bus from the metro station to the hotel.

 

 1.      Classic chess tournament – Russian Cup Stage, October 18-26.

 





The schedule:                                           

Round1

 18.10 at 17:00
Round 2

 19.10 at 17:00
Round 3

 20.10 at 17:00
Round 4

 21.10 at 17:00
Round 5

 22.10 at 17:00
Round 6

 23.10 at 17:00
Round 7

 24.10 at 17:00
Round 8

 25.10 at 17:00
Round 9

 26.10 at 12:00
Closing ceremony

 26.10 at 19:00
Entries are accepted from 10:00 till 20:00 on October 17, from 10:00 till 12:45 on October 18 at the playing hall. There will be an additional pairing for the players registered on October 18 from 12:45 till 16:45.

Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 seconds increment per move from move 1.

Players who are late for the game for 30 minutes get loss by default. No draw offer can be made before move 41.

Entry fees:

ELO>2500, GM, wgM

 free
2401-2500

 1500 rubles
2201-2400

 2000 rubles
2001-2200

 3000 rubles
2000 and less

 3500 rubles
without ELO

 4500 rubles
There is a 20% discount for the following players with ELO:

- women;

- players born before 31.12.1954;

- players born after 01.01.1998;

- international masters.

Prize fund 1800000 rubles.

Mail prizes

 Special prizes
1

 320000

 Women

 St.Petersburg players
2

 230000

 1

 40000

 1

 40000
3

 160000

 2

 30000

 2

 30000
4

 120000

 3

 20000

 3

 20000
5

 100000

 4

 12000

 4

 12000
6

 80000

 5

 8000

 5

 8000
7

 60000

        
8

 50000

 Juniors

 Seniors
9

 40000

 1

 15000

 1

 15000
10

 35000

 2

 10000

 2

 8000
11

 30000

 3

 5000

 3

 4000
12

 25000

        
13

 20000

 Gentlemen

 ELO <2400
14

 15000

 1

 12000

 1

 20000
15

 15000

 2

 8000

 2

 12000
16

 15000

 3

 4000

 3

 8000
17

 12000

        
18

 12000

 ELO <2200

 ELO <2000
19

 12000

 1

 15000

 1

 8000
20

 12000

 2

 10000

    
21

 12000

 3

 5000

 Without ELO
22

 10000

     1

 6000
23

 10000

        
24

 10000

        
25

 10000

        
Total:

 1415000

     Total:

 385000
 

In case of a tie, the final standing is determined by: 

- Buchholz;

- Median-Buchholz;

- progressive score.

In case of a tie the main prizes are shared by the Hort system, prizes less than 1000 rubles are not paid out. Special prizes are not shared. A player can get one prize with one exception: "women" and main prizes are cumulative.

The best seniors prizes can be awarded to a player born before 31.12.1954, best juniors – born after 01.01.1998, gentlemen - born 1955-1969.

Players who were not able to get their prizes at the closing ceremony can only get 50% of the prize afterwards.

The winners get Cup Russia points according to the Russian Cup 2014 regulations.

 2.      Blitz tournament – October 17, 17:00.

13 rounds Swiss. Time control: 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move.

Entry fees: 500 rubles (under 16, over 60 and women – 400 rubles), entries are accepted from 10:00 till 16:45 on October 17.

Prize fund 200000 rubles.

Main prizes

 Special prizes
1 st

 40000

 St.Petersburg players:
2 nd

 30000

 1 st

 5000
3 rd

 22000

    
4 th

 18000

    
5 th

 14000

 Women:
6 th

 12000

 1 st

 5000
7 th

 10000

    
8 th

 8000

    
9 th

 6000

 Best senior

 5000
10 th

 5000

 Best junior

 5000
11 th

 4000

    
12 th

 3000

    
13 th

 2000

    
14 th

 2000

    
15 th

 2000

    
16 th

 2000

    
Total

 180000

 Total

 20000
 

In case of a tie, the final standing is determined by:

- Buchholz;

- Median-Buchholz;

- progressive score.

In case of a tie the prizes are not shared. A player can only get one prize. The prizes are not paid out after the closing ceremony is over.

The best senior prize can be awarded to a player, born before 31.12.1954, best junior – born after 01.01.1998.

 3.      Accommodation.

Several grandmasters can get special conditions on agreement with organizers, Russian Cup 2014 regulations are taken into account.

All players are obliged to have medical insurance.

Organizers offer the following accommodation at discount prices:

Hotel «Park» (breakfast included):

Single room standard – 1800 rubles/night;

Double room standard – 2200 rubles/night (1100 per person);

Single room comfort – 2200 rubles/night;

Double room comfort – 2700 rubles/night (1350 per person);



Hotel website: www.otelpark.ru

The number of rooms for this offer is limited.

More information: 

+7 (921) 441 8 144, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (Irina Sudakova)