Moscow Open - 11th International RSSU Chess Cup Print
Wednesday, 29 October 2014 13:06
Moscow Open 2015The 2015 Moscow Open - 11th International RSSU Chess Cup is scheduled to take place from 29th Januarya to 9th February in Moscow, Russia.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Registration of participants     until 15th January
Arrival of foreign participants     January 29 (children), January 30 (adults)
Required accreditation of the participants of the festival     January 29 from 10.00 a.m. to 19.00 p.m. – children
January 30 from 10.00 a.m. to 19.00 p.m. – adults

MAIN TOURNAMENTS:     CHILD’S TOURNAMENTS:
Opening ceremony      31st January 15.00 p.m.    30th January, 10:00 a.m.
1st Round      31st January, 16.00 p.m.    30th January, 11.00 a.m.
2nd Round      1st February,16.00 p.m.    31st January, 10.30 p.m.
3rd Round      2nd February, 16.00 p.m.    1st February, 10.30 p.m.
4th Round      3rd February, 16.00 p.m.    2nd February 10.30 p.m.
5th Round      4th February, 16.00 p.m.     3rd February, 10.30 p.m.
6th Round      5th February, 16.00 p.m.    4th February, 10.30 p.m.
7th Round      6th February,16.00 p.m.    5th February, 10.30 p.m.
8th Round      7th February, 16.00 p.m.    6th February, 10.30 p.m.
9th Round      8th February, 16.00 p.m.     7th February, 10.30 p.m.
Closing ceremony      8th February, 18.00 p.m.    7th February, 16.00 p.m.
DEPARTURE OF PARTICIPANTS    9th FEBRUARY    8th FEBRUARY
        
The Festival 2015 Consists of Eight Tournaments

Tournament A     Men’s Cup of Russia Stage (price fund is 1500 000 RR, first place is 500 000 RR)
Tournament B     Women’s Cup of Russia Stage (price fund is 800 000 RR, first place is 300 000 RR)
Tournament C     Amateurs’ Cup of RSSU ( players under 2300, price fund is 500 000 RR, first place is 80 000 RR)
Tournament D     Veterans’ Cup of RSSU (men 1954, women 1959,price fund is 300 000 RR, first place is 40 000 RR)
Tournament E     World Cup Chess Composition (price fund is 200 000 RR, first place is 40 000 RR)
Tournament F     Students-grandmasters’ Cup of RSSU (men, price fund is 250 000 RR, first place is 80 000 RR)
Tournament G     Students-grandmasters’ Cup of RSSU (women, price fund is 250 000 RR, first place is 80 000 RR)
Tournament H     School Champions’ Cup of RSSU (8 prices - complimentary hotel with meals for winners in each age categories for participation in World School Chess Champi¬onship in Thailand, April 2015)

Training courses for coaches, referees and organizers are holding during the Festival under the auspices of the Russian Chess Federation and FIDE (Russian lan¬guage with translation in English).

The total prize fund of the Festival is 4,3 million rubles

Time Control, Financial Regulations and Prizes

Tournaments A, B, D, F, G (except tournament C, E, H) played on the classical scheme (one match per day) with the time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes with an in¬crement of 30 seconds per move, starting from the first move. In tournaments C and H - 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move, starting from the first move. For being late for the tour, more than 30 minutes, is putting the defeat. In this case, the opponent is putting “+”, the latecomer is putting “-”.
In case of equal points, prizes are not divided (one player can receive only one prize - the highest). Places are determined by:
a) in tournaments under the Swiss system (A, B, C, D, H): 1) the Buchholz rating system; 2) number of wins; 3) “Performance” rating system; 4) the result of a personal competition;
b) in tournaments with a round-robin system (F, G): 1) the result of a personal competition; 2) by the Sonneborn-Berger rating system; 3) number of wins; 4) the number of matches, played with black
.For tournament E will be special time-control and rules.
To get the prize the participant must score at least 50% of points (excluding round-robin tournaments).
All prizes are the subjects of taxation in accordance with the legislation of the Rus¬sian Federation (Russian citizens the deduction of income tax rate is 13%, for foreign citizen’s tax deduction is 30%).
If the winner is missing at the close ceremony of the festival or not in compliance with the dress code, the prizes are not given and will not be sent.

Tournament fee

Men’s Cup of Russia Stage - A
The value of the fee depends on the FIDE rating on the payment date
ELO-RATING     FEE (IN RUBLES)
more than 2600     without a fee
2500-2599     1000
2400-2499     1500
2300-2399     2000
2200-2299     5000
2100-2199     7000
less than 2100 and without a rating     10000
Women’s Cup of Russia Stage - B
The value of the fee depends on the FIDE rating on the payment date
ELO-RATING     FEE (IN RUBLES)
more than 2400     without a fee
2300-2399     1000
2200-2299     1500
2100-2199     2000
2000-2099     2500
1900-1999     3000
less than 1900 and without a rating     4000
Amateurs’ Cup of RSSU - C
The value of the fee depends on the FIDE rating on the payment date
ELO-RATING     FEE (IN RUBLES)
2250-2299     1000
2200-2249     1500
2100-2199     2000
2000-2099     2500
1900-1999     3500
less than 1900 and without a rating     4500

Hotel Reservation

Applications for accommodation are accepted until January 11, 2015 on the festival web¬site open.moscowchess.org (“Registration Form”).
Hotel “Тourist” is located in three minutes’ walk from RSSU. Single/Double room “Standard” costs 1400 rubles per room per day, Single/Double room “Comfort” - 1500 rubles per room per day.

Visa Support

Visa support is provided to all foreign chess players, who have addressed to the Organizing Committee before 15th December 2013. For subsequent treatment of the Organizing Committee it is not responsible for obtaining visas.

CONTACTS:

Tournament Director: Alexander KOSTYEV
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Mob. + 7 903 796 41 76
Registration and the hotel reservation: open.moscowchess.org
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Moscow Chess Federation:
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