XVI INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL

"Seahorse of Rewal 2011"

Rewal (POLAND) 18.08 - 29.08 2011

ORGANIZERS

  • SRGU "Strategia"
  • Region Chess Federation

SPONSORS

DATE AND PLACE

  • 18.08-29.08.2011
  • Poland, 72-344 Rewal, Słowackiego str. 1
  • Tournament Office - Holiday House "Idylla", Saperska str. 16

PROGRAMME OF FESTIVAL

Tournament A - International Open Tournament for players with FIDE ranking >= 2000 (the organizer can allow 5 % players without ELO) Organizer assures participation in competition 10 titled players (IM,GM) and representatives of 6 nations.

Tournament B - International Tournament for players with ranking <= 2100

Tournament C - International Tournament of amateurs with rank to 1800

Tournament D - Senior tournament: men for 60 years, women for 50 years.

Tournament E - Juniors International Tournament (born in 1996 and younger) The girls and boys separate classification under 10 and under 14.

Tournament F - International Chess Tournament P-15

Tournament G - International Chess Tournament Blitz P-5

Tournament H - International Tournament Fischer's Chess P-10

GAMES SYSTEM

  • Swiss system,
  • 9 rounds in tournaments A,B,C,D,E,F,G
  • 7 rounds in tournaments H
  • Tournament A,B,C,D,E : 90' + 30'' per move

PRIZES

Total prizes: 30 000 zl (4 zl = 1 euro)

Guarantee prizes

Open A:

  • I - 3000 zł + cup
  • II - 2000 zł
  • III - 1500 zł
  • IV - 1000 zł
  • V - 700 zł
  • VI - 600 zł
  • VII - 500 zł
  • Best junior(16) - 200 zł *
  • Best woman - 200 zł *

Open B:

  • I - 2000 zł + cup
  • II - 1500 zł
  • III - 1200 zł
  • IV - 1000 zł
  • V - 700 zł
  • VI - 500 zł
  • VII - 300 zł
  • VIII-X - 200 zł
  • XI-XX - material prizes
  • Best woman - 200 zł *

Open C:

  • I - 1000 zł + cup
  • II - 700 zł
  • III - 600 zł
  • IV - 500 zł
  • V - 400 zł
  • VI - 300 zł
  • VII - 200 zł
  • VIII-X - 150 zł *
  • XI-XX - material prizes
  • Best woman - 200 zł *

* - * - Coupons onto shopping in internet shop: www.caissa-chess.com/shop/

Open D: 700zł/500zł/300zł/200zł/100zł

Open E

  • Cups, medals and material prizes for I-VI place
  • The girls and boys separate classification under 10 and under 14
  • All children will receive dyploms and gifts.

Open F: I - 500 zł (10% prize-winnings)

Open G: I - 300 zł (10% prize-winnings)

Open H: I - 150 zł (10% prize-winnings)

Gran Prix Festival

  • Gran Prix Festival (only for juniors): 300zł /200zł/150zł/100zł/50zł
  • Ranked results of main tournaments and Open F,G,H.

Entrance fee:

Open A: 120 zł
GM - individual conditions, WGM,IM,WIM - 0

Open B: 120 zł

Open C: 90 zł

Open D: 70 zł

Open E: 70 zł

Open F: 30 zł
juniors under 14 - 20 zł juniors under 10 - 10 zł

Open G: 20 zł
juniors under 14 - 15 zł juniors under 10 - 10 zł

Open H: 15 zł
juniors under 14 - 10 zł juniors under 10 - 5 zł

Discounts on the entrance fee

Open A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H. Discounts do not refer to additional.

  • 10% for regular gustomers Chess Firm "Caissa"
  • 20% Participants in 5 current festivals (from 2004)
  • 20% and 5% for accommodation for Lyoness members (discount calculated according to principles of the system).

Additional classification charge for Polish Chess Federation : Open A,B,C-20 zł, Open D,E-10zł

Every participant of full legal age in the Festival has the right to receive the discount card of the Lyoness system entitling to discounts in the Chess Firm Caissa and over 400 companies in Poland and 19000 in Europe!

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation in Holiday House "Alma 2" , "Idylla", "Hania", "Anna".

All Holiday Houses are 50 - 200 meters to the sea.

  • 1 person room with breakfast - 29 euro for room for one day
  • 2 person room with breakfast - 39 euro for room (19,5 euro for one person for day)
  • 3 person room (studio 1+2) with breakfast - 49 euro for room (16,5 euro for one person for one day)
  • full pension (3meals, 2 or 3 person room) 25 euro for one person for one day
  • In every room there is a bathroom, fridge and SAT TV. Standard is about ** , ***

TIME-TABLE

18.08
Registration to 20.00 in Tournament Office - Holiday House "Idylla", Saperska str.16
21.00 Technical briefing (Holiday House "Idylla", Saperska str.16)
19.08
10.00 I round in Open B,E
15.00 Opening Ceremony
15.30 - I round in Open A,C,D
20.08, 22-28.08
9.00 - II-IX rounds in Open B,E
15.00 - II-IX rounds in Open A,C,D
21.08
Free day
9.30 Open F P-15
19.00 Open G -P-5
25.08
20.00 Open H P-10
29.08
11.00 Closing Ceremony.

INFORMATION

Obligatory applications together with accommodation orders should be sent by 08.08

  • By email: juzez@go2.pl or
  • by phone: +48 68 355 34 80, + 48 509 983 593 gm Juri Zezulkin (the Director of Festival)
  • or by mail: SRGU"Strategy " Piaskowa ul. 6A / 24, 67-120 Kożuchów, Poland

Application should contain the name, surname, date of birth, chess category and ranking and information about lodging.

Whose application will be registered after 08.08.2011 will pay additional charge of 5 euro.

Obligatory presence on technical briefing in day 18.08 at 21:00 in Holiday House "Idylla", Saperska str.16

Another information,games online, photos: www.rewal.caissa.pl

ADDITIONAL ATTRACTIONS

During the festival are held over 10 accompanying events!!!

  • Symultan with Grandmaster (free).
  • The lectures with IM - free for participants of festival
  • The grill with sausage and beer (for adult) - free for participants of festival
  • The football and table tenis tornaments
  • Solving and historical tournaments
  • Discount for chess players in Fish Restaurant "Na skarpie","U Rybaka"
  • Sightseeing the ruins of church over crag in Trzesacz (2 km), and museum of fishery in Niechorz (4 km)

Rewal (former fishing settlement) is administrative, cultural and educationalcenter gminas Rewal. There is one of greatest baltic health resort in west pomeranian province. However, it does not crush this largeness, due to low building between marine coast exactly stretching but highway. Diversified architecture, taken care gardens, numerous cafés, flamboyant squares, romantic illumination of street everything it transmits cosy character. www.rewal.pl

Chess Festival in Rewal from 2006 is largest Chess Tournament in Poland.

In festival it took part of 390 participants from 12 countries.

The winner of previous tournaments:

  • 2004 IM Vitali Koziak - Ukraine
  • 2005 GM Vladimir Malaniuk - Ukraine
  • 2006 GM Ralf Akesson - Sweden
  • 2007 IM Jakub Czakon - Poland
  • 2008 GM Andrey Zhigalko - Belarus
  • 2009 GM Radoslaw Jedynak - Poland
  • 2010 GM Łukasz Cyborowski - Poland