Second International Chess Festival, Erbil / Kurdistan . Standard & Rapid 12-12-2013 to 20-12-2013 . 1. Sergei Tiviakov (Holland) GM 2663 2. Constansen Tarlev (Ukraine) GM 2562 3. Vadim Malakhatko (Belgium) GM 2542 4. Sarunas Sulskis ( Lithuania ) GM 2534 5. Artur Jakubiec (Poland) GM 2515 6. Sergey Kasparov ( Belarus ) GM 2483 7. Sammalvuo Tappani (Finland) IM 2467 8. Attila Czebe (Hungary) GM 2458 9. Starostits Ilmars (Latvia) GM 2455 10. Zoltan Varga (Hungary) GM 2441 11. SAVINA, Anastasia (Russia) IM / WGM 2413 12. Alina Lami (Romania) WGM 2361 13. Anna, Zozulia (Belgium) IM / WGM 2334 14. Adriana Nikolova (Bulgaria) WGM 2293 15. Enkhtuul, Altanulzii (Mongolia) WIM 2249 16. Edyta Jakubiec (Poland) WIM 2210 17. Tatiana Kasparova. (Belarus) WM 2133 18. Johan Zwanepol (Holland) 1923 In edition to those guests there are more players from Iran, South Africa, Turkey and some others. Chief Arbiter : IA Ashot Vardapetyan Current WCH Arbiter ( Anand - Carlson ) . ( Armenia ) Deputy chief arbiter : Arbiter IA, FT Georgi Georgiev Zhivkov ( Bulgaria ) Guset of Honor : IO , TRG , GM Igor Glek president East Moscow chess federation , ( Russia ) 1- Date is : 11 /12 / 2013 ( Arrival ) to 20 /12 / 2013 ( Departure ) . 9 nights . 2- open tournament men and women from 12 / 12 / 2013 till 19 /12 / 2013. 3- Prizes are total 11100 USD . 8 prizes for all and 6 special prizes for women . Beside more prizes for local players! Prizes in Open : 1- 2000 USD 2-1600 USD -3-1200 USD 4-1000 USD 5-800 USD 6-600 USD 7- 450 USD 8- 350 USD . Women Prizes : -1000 USD 2-700 USD 3-500 USD 4-400 USD 5-300 USD 6-200 USD . In case of winning to prizes the player has to chose only one to be giving to him / her . Juniors prizes : Trophies ( cup , gifts , books ) are giving for best 3 youth U 20 and best 3 U 16 and Best 3 U 12 . Rapid tournament same time control as last rapid World Championship. Program Prices to be anounced later. Important feed back : Kurdistan is region of Iraq , very safe it is north of Iraq close to Turkey . It has their own visa system and nice modern airport only 20 minutes from Erbil the capital where the tournament will be held . A- Best flight connection to Erbil is from Istanbul :There are at least 2 flight a day from Istanbul to Erbil ( Turkish air lines , Atlas Jet and other Iraqi airlines ) . B- For Visa is easy process the invited player send his passport copy and we send him the visa by email ( The he/she print the email and show it in Istanbul and Erbil airport ) C- Google Erbil / Kurdistan and see how safe the City is ( since 10 Years there is not even 1 single incident so it is very safe independent region with there own Airport , border and security system ) . Standard Chess Tournament program Round 1 : December 12 at 5 PM . Round 2 : December 13 at 3 PM Round 3 ,4 : December 14 at 10 Am , 5 PM Round 5, : December 15 at 3 PM . Round 6 : December 16 at 5 PM ( Morning some activities . ) Round 7 : December 17 at 5 PM . ( Morning some activities ) Round 8 : December 18 at 3 PM. Round 9 : December 19 at 11 AM. Closing ceremony at 5 PM . On December 20 will be the departure day. Free transfer from and to the airport will be provided ( Airport only 20 minutes from the City ). Time Control : 90 minutes for the whole game with addition 30 seconds from move 1. Invitation : Regarding invitations please contact ONLY IM Satea Husari : huschessim@hotmail and skype him on : Satea.chess . Maximum players total ( Foreign and local ) in the tournament will be around 70 . For informations about our past first festival on : 12-12-2012 please click this link and see the comprehensive report , it is in our web as well : kurdistanchess/articles/our-chess-festivals/1.-past-festivals-2012/ Find Us On The FaceBook: https://facebook/pages/Capablanca-Chess-Institut/200553950039621 Finally again any Question please email IM Satea Husari and be ready he may ask you to talk verbal with him via skype or yahoo messenger . This make it easy for all . Satea Email : huschessim@hotmail Skype : Satea.chess Yahoo Messenger . huschessim
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 08:35:14 +0000
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